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Deeman 79d1b0e672 feat(extract): tiered proxy with circuit breaker + proxy provider research

- playtomic_tenants.py: simplify proxy cycler call (cycler() instead of
  cycler["next_proxy"]()) — matches refactored proxy API
- docs/proxy-provider-inventory.md: proxy provider comparison table for
  Playtomic scraping (~14k req/day, residential IPs, pay-per-GB)
- .env.*.sops: updated encrypted secrets (re-encrypted)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-02-24 22:15:11 +01:00

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Proxy Provider Inventory

Compiled: 2026-02-24 Purpose: Identify proxy providers for distributed web extraction — rotating IPs to avoid per-IP rate limits when scraping Playtomic and similar APIs at scale (14k+ venues/day).

Use case requirements:

~14,000 HTTP requests/day to api.playtomic.io (availability + tenant endpoints)
Need IP rotation to stay under per-IP soft bans (observed ~1,000 req/IP/day limit)
Serial or low-concurrency (1–8 workers), not high-throughput
Residential IPs strongly preferred — Playtomic's API likely blocks datacenter ranges
HTTP/HTTPS proxies; SOCKS5 a bonus
Pay-per-GB preferred over per-IP (light usage: ~1–5 GB/month estimated)
Budget: €20–100/month target

Bandwidth estimate: A Playtomic availability API response for one venue is roughly 5–30 KB of JSON. At 14,000 requests/day with ~15 KB average (request + response + headers, pre-compression), that is ~200 MB/day or roughly 6 GB/month. At the low end (small venues, cached pages) it could be 1–2 GB/month; at the high end (large venue JSON, retries) up to 10 GB/month. Budget for 5–10 GB/month when choosing a plan.

Provider Comparison Table

Provider	Pool Size	Res. Price (GB)	ISP/Static Price	Min Spend	Sticky	City-level	SOCKS5	Score
Nimbleway	Millions (proprietary)	$8.00–$14.00 PAYG	—	$300/mo	30 min	Yes	Yes	2
Froxy	10M+	$12.00–$1.95/GB (tier)	—	$1.99 trial; $60/mo entry	10–60 min	Yes	Yes (SOCKS4/5)	3
LunaProxy	200M+	$0.65–$0.77 PAYG	$3/IP/week static	$7 (10 GB bundle)	90 min	Yes	Yes	⛔ REMOVED
Proxy-seller	20M+ res; 400+ ISP	$0.70–$7.00	$1–$2/IP/mo ISP	~$1 (1 GB)	24 hr res; static ISP	Yes	Yes	3
ProxyScrape	48M+	$4.50–$4.85/GB	—	$2 (1 GB test)	120 min	Yes	Yes	3
Bright Data	150M+	$2.80–$10.50 PAYG	$2.80/IP/mo	$500/mo sub; PAYG no min	30 min	Yes	Yes	3
Oxylabs	175M+	$3.75–$8.00 PAYG	$1.15–$1.60/IP/mo	$99/mo	30 min	Yes	Yes	3
Decodo (Smartproxy)	115M+	$7–$12.50/GB	—	$80/mo sub	24 hr	Yes	Yes	3
IPRoyal	34M+	$1.75–$7.00	—	No min (PAYG)	7 days	Yes	Yes	5
Rayobyte	40M+	$3.20–$9.00	Unlimited BW plans	No stated min	60 min	Yes	No	3
NetNut	85M+	$3.54–$15.00	$17.50+/GB static	$99/mo	Indefinite	Yes	No	3
SOAX	191M+	$3.60–$4.00	—	$90/mo sub; $1.99 trial	60 min	Yes	Yes	3
Webshare	—	$2.00–$3.00	$0.30/IP/mo	~$7/mo	Limited	Yes	Yes	4
Geonode	10M+	$0.50–$3.00	—	No min (PAYG)	24 hr	Yes	Yes	4
PacketStream	45–72M+	$1.00 flat	—	$50 deposit	Supported	Yes	Yes	4
Proxy-Cheap	6M+	$2.99	—	No min	Supported	Yes	Yes	3
ProxyEmpire	—	$1.50–$3.50	—	$1.97 trial	Unlimited rollover	Yes	Yes	4
Infatica	20M+	$4.00 PAYG	—	$4 trial (1 GB)	Supported	Yes	No	3
Shifter	31M+	Port-based $299+/mo	—	$299/mo	—	Yes	No	1
Storm Proxies	20M+	Port-based $19+/mo	—	$19/mo	5 min	USA/EU only	No	2
DataImpulse	90M+	$1.00 (never expires)	—	No min	30 min	Yes	Yes	5
Evomi	5–10M+	$0.99 PAYG / $0.49 sub ($49.99/mo)	—	Money-back guarantee (<1 GB)	Supported	Yes	Yes	4
922Proxy	200M+ claimed	$0.77	$0.16/IP/day	No min	Supported	Yes	Yes	3

Score (1–5): fit for Playtomic extraction — rotating residential, pay-per-GB, no large minimum, city/country targeting, low total cost at 5–10 GB/month.

1. Residential Rotating Proxies

1.1 Bright Data

Field	Value
URL	https://brightdata.com
Types	Rotating residential, ISP, datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	150M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries; country + city + ZIP + ASN + carrier targeting
Pricing (residential PAYG)	$10.50/GB; promo ~$5.25/GB when available
Pricing (Starter subscription)	~$2.80–$3.50/GB for 141 GB ($499/month)
Sticky Sessions	Up to 30 minutes
Auth Method	Username:password; API key; browser extension
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	Starter plan: $500/month; PAYG: no minimum
Trial	7-day free trial for registered companies; $5 credit on account creation
ToS scraping	Commercial scraping explicitly supported; most permissive ToS in market

Bright Data is the industry benchmark — 150M+ IPs, 195+ countries, the deepest targeting options (ZIP-level, ASN, carrier), and a platform that includes scraping browsers, CAPTCHA solvers, and managed datasets beyond raw proxies. Their IP quality is the highest in the market; IPs are very unlikely to be pre-flagged by Playtomic.

The economics are the problem for small-volume use. The Starter plan requires $500/month — 50–100x the actual data cost at 5–10 GB/month. The PAYG rate of $10.50/GB (or $5.25/GB at promo) is usable but the promo is time-limited. The $5 trial credit on account creation allows a no-risk integration test.

Choose Bright Data if: (a) extraction scales to 100+ GB/month and justifies the Starter plan, (b) Playtomic begins aggressively blocking mid-tier residential IPs and only Bright Data's IP quality works, or (c) you need the managed scraping infrastructure (Web Unlocker API) rather than raw proxies.

1.2 Oxylabs

Field	Value
URL	https://oxylabs.io
Types	Rotating residential, ISP (static residential), datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	175M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries; country + state + city targeting
Pricing (residential PAYG)	$8.00/GB
Pricing (Micro plan)	$99/month (13 GB = $7.62/GB)
Pricing (Starter)	$150/month (40 GB = $3.75/GB)
Pricing (ISP proxies)	$1.15–$1.60/IP/month with unlimited bandwidth
Sticky Sessions	Up to 30 minutes (residential); indefinite (ISP)
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$99/month (Micro) or PAYG at $8.00/GB
Trial	Free trial for qualified businesses
ToS scraping	Full commercial scraping support; dedicated scraping APIs available

Oxylabs has the largest claimed pool at 175M+ IPs and is consistently strong on reliability. The ISP proxy tier is a notable option: 10 static ISP IPs at $1.60/IP = $16/month with unlimited bandwidth. If Playtomic's rate limits reset daily and you distribute 14,000 requests across 10 IPs (1,400 req/IP/day), this may exceed the soft limit. Expanding to 20 IPs at $32/month brings each IP to 700 req/day — safely under the ~1,000/IP threshold.

The $99/month minimum for the residential rotating plan makes it expensive for small volumes. Like Bright Data, Oxylabs is better justified at scale. The ISP tier is the most interesting option at this budget level — worth a direct test.

1.3 Decodo (formerly Smartproxy)

Field	Value
URL	https://decodo.com
Types	Rotating residential, ISP, datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	115M+ ethically sourced residential IPs
Countries	195+ locations; country + state + city + ZIP + ASN
Pricing (PAYG)	$12.50/GB (1 GB)
Pricing (Micro)	$80/month (8 GB = $10.00/GB)
Pricing (Starter)	$225/month (25 GB = $9.00/GB)
Pricing (Enterprise)	As low as $1.50/GB at 1,000 GB/month
Sticky Sessions	Up to 24 hours (1–1,440 minutes configurable)
Auth Method	Username:password; whitelist IP
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$80/month (Micro) or PAYG at $12.50/GB
Trial	3-day free trial
ToS scraping	Explicitly supported; scraping use case documented
Performance	99.86% success rate, 0.63s avg response time (Proxyway 2025 — top tier)

Decodo (rebranded from Smartproxy in 2025) is the top performer in Proxyway's 2025 benchmark: 99.86% success rate and 0.63-second response time, winning Proxyway's "Best Value Provider" award for the fourth consecutive year. The 24-hour sticky sessions are the longest among major providers and the 115M+ pool with ZIP+ASN targeting is excellent.

The difficulty is pricing at small volumes. $12.50/GB PAYG for 6 GB = $75/month. The Micro plan at $80/month forces purchasing 8 GB regardless — at 6 GB actual usage, 25% is wasted each month. Decodo is the right choice if performance is the primary requirement and/or volume scales to 25+ GB/month where the Starter plan's $9.00/GB becomes competitive.

1.4 IPRoyal

Field	Value
URL	https://iproyal.com
Types	Rotating residential, static residential (Pawns), datacenter, mobile/4G, ISP
Pool Size	34M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries; country + state/region + city targeting
Pricing (rotating residential PAYG)	$7.00/GB (1 GB) → $4.90/GB (50 GB)
Pricing (sticky residential)	From $1.75/GB; up to 7-day sessions
Sticky Sessions	Up to 7 days per IP
Auth Method	Username:password; API key
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No minimum; PAYG only
Trial	No free trial; small PAYG purchases from $1.75
ToS scraping	Web scraping and data collection explicitly permitted
Performance	99.56% success rate, 1.06s avg response time (Proxyway 2025)

IPRoyal stands out for the combination of no-minimum PAYG billing, non-expiring traffic, and industry-unique 7-day sticky sessions. For the Playtomic extraction pipeline, the sticky residential tier at $1.75/GB is exceptional value — lower than almost any other provider's rotating residential rate, with sessions that hold an IP for up to a full week.

The 34M IP pool is smaller than Bright Data or Oxylabs but very adequate for 14,000 requests/day. The 99.56% success rate and 1.06s response time are strong for a mid-tier provider. SOCKS5 support and city/country targeting complete a well-rounded offering.

At $1.75/GB sticky residential for 6 GB/month, total cost is approximately $10.50/month — well within budget, with no monthly commitment. Caveat: verify with IPRoyal support whether the $1.75/GB sticky tier draws from the same 34M rotating pool or a separate static IP inventory, as IP quality may differ.

1.5 Rayobyte

Field	Value
URL	https://rayobyte.com
Types	Rotating residential, ISP (static), datacenter (dedicated + semi-dedicated), mobile
Pool Size	40M+ residential IPs across ~180 countries
Countries	~180 countries; country + state + city + ASN targeting
Pricing (residential rotating)	~$9.00/GB for small plans; ~$3.20/GB at 1,000 GB/month
Pricing (datacenter dedicated)	From $2.50/IP/month (US); from $1.00/IP/month semi-dedicated
Sticky Sessions	Soft sticky (IP held while peer is online) or hard sticky (1–60 min fixed)
Auth Method	Username:password; dashboard configuration
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS
Min Purchase	No stated minimum; PAYG available
Trial	Trial proxies available via portal
ToS scraping	Commercial scraping supported

Rayobyte (formerly Blazing SEO) built its reputation on datacenter proxies; their residential offering is solid but not price-competitive for small volumes. At ~$9.00/GB it is more expensive than IPRoyal ($7.00/GB), DataImpulse ($1.00/GB), or Evomi ($0.99/GB PAYG) for equivalent low-volume usage.

The soft/hard sticky session distinction is technically useful — hard sticky guarantees the same IP for up to 60 minutes regardless of peer status; soft sticky holds only while the peer device is online. For venue-by-venue crawling, hard sticky at 5–10 minutes is sufficient. The lack of SOCKS5 for residential is a minor inconvenience. Rayobyte becomes more compelling at 200+ GB/month where the pricing curve ($3.20/GB) is competitive. Not recommended as primary for 5–10 GB/month.

1.6 NetNut

Field	Value
URL	https://netnut.io
Types	Rotating residential, static residential (ISP), datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	85M+ rotating residential; 1M+ static residential
Countries	195+ countries; city targeting
Pricing (rotating residential)	Starter: $99/month (28 GB = $3.54/GB); enterprise: $1.59/GB
Pricing (static residential)	$17.50+/GB (primarily for long-term sessions)
Sticky Sessions	Indefinite (static residential); ~30 minutes (rotating)
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS (no SOCKS5)
Min Purchase	$99/month (28 GB)
Trial	Free trial for enterprise accounts
ToS scraping	Commercial use permitted

NetNut's differentiated product is direct ISP connectivity for static residential proxies — lower latency and more predictable performance than peer-sourced networks. The rotating residential pool of 85M+ is competitive. However, the $99/month minimum (28 GB) is oversized for 5–10 GB/month consumption, and the static residential tier at $17.50/GB is very expensive for bandwidth-intensive work.

NetNut updated pricing in March 2025 to align more closely with Oxylabs and Bright Data, making it less of a budget option than it historically was. The lack of SOCKS5 is a limitation. Best suited to operations running 28+ GB/month where the Starter plan breaks even.

1.7 SOAX

Field	Value
URL	https://soax.com
Types	Rotating residential, mobile, ISP, datacenter
Pool Size	191M+ IPs (residential + mobile combined)
Countries	195+ locations; country + city targeting
Pricing (residential Starter sub)	$90/month (25 GB = $3.60/GB)
Pricing (residential PAYG)	$4.00/GB
Pricing (3-day trial)	$1.99
Pricing (Enterprise)	As low as $0.32/GB at scale
Sticky Sessions	Up to 60 minutes
Auth Method	Username:password; dashboard-based session management
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$90/month (Starter) or PAYG at $4.00/GB
Trial	$1.99 for 3-day trial
ToS scraping	Fully supported; web scraping is a primary advertised use case
Performance	99.95% success rate, 0.55s avg response time (Proxyway 2025 — near best in class)

SOAX achieves near-best-in-market performance metrics: 99.95% success rate and 0.55-second response time in Proxyway's 2025 benchmarks. The 191M+ combined pool, 60-minute sticky sessions, and SOCKS5 support make it technically strong. The $1.99 three-day trial is the cheapest paid entry point for validation.

At PAYG: $4.00/GB × 6 GB/month = $24/month — within the lower budget range. The Starter subscription at $90/month is only justified at 20+ GB/month usage. SOAX is a good option if performance reliability is paramount and you do not want to accept the uncertainty of smaller providers like Evomi or DataImpulse.

1.8 Webshare

Field	Value
URL	https://www.webshare.io
Types	Rotating residential, static residential (ISP), datacenter, shared proxies
Pool Size	Not publicly stated for residential
Countries	195+ countries; city targeting supported
Pricing (residential rotating)	10 GB/mo: $3.00/GB; 60 GB: $2.33/GB; 100 GB: $2.00/GB
Pricing (static residential / ISP)	$0.30/IP/month (unlimited bandwidth)
Pricing (free tier)	10 datacenter proxies + 1 GB/month — permanent
Sticky Sessions	Limited; primarily a rotating service
Auth Method	Username:password or whitelist IP
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	Very low; plans start ~$7/month for residential
Trial	Free tier permanent (10 proxies + 1 GB/month datacenter)
ToS scraping	Permitted for commercial use

Webshare offers two compelling products for this use case. First, the permanent free tier enables no-cost integration testing. Second, the static residential (ISP) proxies at $0.30/IP/month represent the cheapest stable-IP option on the market: 30 ISP IPs at $9/month provides unlimited bandwidth across a persistent pool of 30 residential-quality IPs.

If Playtomic's soft ban is per-IP-per-day (resetting at midnight), a pool of 30 ISP IPs at 14,000 requests/day means ~467 requests per IP per day — safely below the ~1,000/IP observed limit. This setup at $9/month is potentially the cheapest viable production configuration, contingent on ISP IPs not being pre-blocked.

The rotating residential plan at $3.00/GB (10 GB tier) is mid-market and straightforward. Webshare has a developer-friendly API and clean dashboard.

1.9 Geonode

Field	Value
URL	https://geonode.com
Types	Rotating residential, static residential (ISP), datacenter
Pool Size	10M+ residential IPs
Countries	190+ countries; country + city targeting
Pricing (PAYG)	$3.00/GB
Pricing (Starter plan)	From $1.00/GB (subscription)
Pricing (Business plan)	From $0.50/GB
Sticky Sessions	Configurable, up to 24 hours
Auth Method	Username:password; whitelist IP
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No minimum for PAYG
Trial	No formal trial; $2,250 proxy credit on first purchase (promotional)
ToS scraping	Explicitly permitted for commercial use
Performance	Trustpilot 4.7/5; latency anomalies reported on Reddit

Geonode advertises $0.50/GB on the Business plan and up to 24-hour sticky sessions — both market-leading for a mid-tier provider. The PAYG rate of $3.00/GB with no minimum results in approximately $18/month for 6 GB.

The 10M IP pool is the smallest among recommended providers, meaning IP reuse frequency is higher. For 14,000 requests/day this is still fine — at 10M IPs cycling uniformly, each IP would appear roughly once every 700 days at that volume. In practice pools are not uniform, so some IPs will be reused sooner.

The reported Reddit latency anomalies (up to 800 seconds for some requests) are concerning for a latency-sensitive extraction loop. Test against a sample before committing; the $3.00/GB PAYG is not cheap enough to absorb high retry overhead.

1.10 PacketStream

Field	Value
URL	https://packetstream.io
Types	Rotating residential, static residential
Pool Size	45–72M+ residential IPs (P2P network)
Countries	102–195 countries; country + city targeting
Pricing	$1.00/GB flat
Sticky Sessions	Supported
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$50 deposit (credit persists indefinitely)
Trial	No formal trial
ToS scraping	General commercial use permitted

PacketStream's $1.00/GB flat rate with no tiers or subscriptions is extremely simple and competitive. The $50 minimum deposit is the main friction point but credit persists indefinitely. SOCKS5 and city targeting are included at no extra charge.

The P2P model (volunteer peers share their bandwidth) means IP quality and availability vary by geography. For Europe (Spain, Germany, France — primary Playtomic markets), the peer density should be adequate. The latency variance inherent in P2P networks adds noise to extraction timing. For a background extraction job running overnight, this is not a significant issue. At $1.00/GB for 6–10 GB/month, cost is $6–10/month — comparable to DataImpulse.

1.11 Proxy-Cheap

Field	Value
URL	https://www.proxy-cheap.com
Types	Rotating residential, ISP, datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	6M+ residential IPs
Countries	180+ countries; city targeting
Pricing (residential)	$2.99/GB
Sticky Sessions	Supported
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No stated minimum
Trial	No formal trial
ToS scraping	Permitted

At $2.99/GB with no minimum and SOCKS5 support: 6 GB/month = $18/month. The 6M IP pool is small. More expensive than DataImpulse ($1.00/GB), PacketStream ($1.00/GB), or Evomi ($0.99/GB PAYG) without a clear advantage. The service is better reviewed for ISP proxies than rotating residential. Viable if preferred on other criteria but not the first choice.

1.12 ProxyEmpire

Field	Value
URL	https://proxyempire.io
Types	Rotating residential, static residential (ISP), mobile/4G
Pool Size	Not publicly stated
Countries	195+ countries; country + city + ASN targeting
Pricing (rotating residential PAYG)	$3.50/GB (1 GB) → $1.50/GB (1,000 GB/month subscription)
Sticky Sessions	Supported; unused GB never expires (unlimited rollover)
Auth Method	Username:password; HTTP and SOCKS5
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$1.97 trial package
Trial	$1.97 introductory package
ToS scraping	Permitted; ethical use policy
Performance	99%+ success rate (self-reported; limited independent benchmarks)

ProxyEmpire's $1.97 trial is the cheapest entry point among all providers — adequate for a live test against the Playtomic API without financial commitment. The unlimited rollover policy (unused GB never expires across months) is genuinely useful for bursty extraction patterns. At $3.50/GB PAYG for 6 GB/month: $21/month — comparable to Geonode at $3.00/GB. ASN-level targeting is a differentiator for precise geo-targeting.

1.13 Infatica

Field	Value
URL	https://infatica.io
Types	Rotating residential, mobile, datacenter
Pool Size	20M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries; city targeting
Pricing (PAYG)	$4.00/GB
Pricing (Light plan)	$96/month (25 GB = $3.84/GB)
Pricing (trial)	$4 for 1 GB / 7 days
Sticky Sessions	Supported
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS (no SOCKS5)
Min Purchase	$4 (trial); $96/month for subscription
Trial	$4 trial (1 GB, 7 days)
ToS scraping	Permitted
Performance	94.30% success rate (Proxyway 2025)

Infatica's 94.30% success rate in Proxyway testing is lower than IPRoyal (99.56%), DataImpulse (99.66%), SOAX (99.95%), and Decodo (99.86%). For a scraper where 6% of requests fail, that is approximately 840 failed venue lookups per day — requiring a robust retry system. At $4.00/GB PAYG it is also not cheap. The $4 trial allows quick validation. Not recommended as primary for this use case.

2. Budget Residential Providers (Strong Value)

2.1 DataImpulse

Field	Value
URL	https://dataimpulse.com
Types	Rotating residential, mobile
Pool Size	90M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries; country + city targeting
Pricing	$1.00/GB (never expires; no monthly minimum)
Sticky Sessions	Up to 30 minutes
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No minimum
Trial	No formal trial; small purchases from $1
ToS scraping	Permitted
Performance	99.66% success rate (Proxyway 2025)

DataImpulse at $1.00/GB with non-expiring credit and a 90M+ pool is the standout value pick for this use case. The 99.66% benchmarked success rate (Proxyway 2025) is excellent for a budget provider — better than Infatica, close to IPRoyal. No monthly subscription, no credit expiry. At 6–10 GB/month: $6–10/month total.

Country + city targeting and 30-minute sticky sessions cover all requirements. SOCKS5 support is a bonus. The main unknown is IP quality against Playtomic specifically (residential IPs from smaller providers are sometimes flagged in geographic clusters). Test first with a $5–10 credit load.

2.2 Evomi

Field	Value
URL	https://evomi.com
Types	Rotating residential, mobile, datacenter
Pool Size	5–10M+ residential IPs
Countries	150+ countries; city targeting
Pricing (PAYG)	$0.99/GB — no expiry, no commitment
Pricing (Core subscription)	$0.49/GB — $49.99/month for 100 GB
Sticky Sessions	Supported
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No stated minimum for PAYG
Trial	Money-back guarantee: full refund if <1 GB or <10% of plan used; credit card required
ToS scraping	Permitted

Evomi's advertised $0.49/GB requires a $49.99/month Core subscription (100 GB). At 6–10 GB/month that is terrible value — you pay for 90+ GB you will not use. The effective price for this use case is the PAYG rate of $0.99/GB, which is essentially identical to DataImpulse ($1.00/GB). The "free trial" is a money-back guarantee rather than a true no-cost trial: you pay, test, and request a refund if you have used less than 1 GB or 10% of the plan. A credit card is required.

At $0.99/GB PAYG for 6–10 GB/month: $6–10/month — the same cost as DataImpulse. The decision between them is therefore purely on reliability data, where DataImpulse has a published Proxyway independent benchmark (99.66% success rate) and Evomi does not. The 5–10M pool is also notably smaller. The money-back guarantee still enables low-risk validation before committing further spend.

2.3 922Proxy

Field	Value
URL	https://www.922proxy.com
Types	Rotating residential, static residential, mobile
Pool Size	200M+ claimed
Countries	190+ countries; country + city + ZIP targeting
Pricing (rotating residential)	$0.77/GB
Pricing (static)	$0.16/IP/day
Sticky Sessions	Supported
Auth Method	Username:password; client application
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	No stated minimum
Trial	No formal trial
ToS scraping	Permitted; operated from Asia-Pacific

922Proxy advertises 200M+ IPs at $0.77/GB — cheaper than DataImpulse ($1.00/GB) and Evomi PAYG ($0.99/GB). The large claimed pool is promising. However, 922Proxy is an Asia-Pacific operation with less visibility in Western proxy benchmarks. IP geographic distribution may skew toward Asia-Pacific rather than Europe, which matters for Playtomic's Spain/Germany focus. Worth testing if DataImpulse is unavailable or saturated, but verify European IP availability first.

3. ISP / Static Residential Strategy

If Playtomic's per-IP rate limit resets daily (most common configuration), a static pool of ISP proxies round-robined across workers is potentially the cheapest and most reliable solution — avoiding the latency variance of P2P residential networks.

Provider	ISP Pricing	Bandwidth	30-IP Pool Cost	Notes
Webshare	$0.30/IP/month	Unlimited	$9/month	Cheapest option; static residential-quality IPs
Oxylabs	$1.15–$1.60/IP/month	Unlimited	$35–48/month	Enterprise-grade; lower blocking risk
Bright Data	From $2.80/IP/month	Unlimited	$84/month	Best IP quality; high cost

At 14,000 requests/day distributed across 30 IPs: ~467 req/IP/day — below the ~1,000/IP observed soft limit. Replace blocked IPs as they accumulate. Webshare allows adding/replacing IPs ad hoc.

If ISP IP ranges are pre-blocked by Playtomic (common for some ISP providers), fall back to rotating residential. The ISP test is worth running first before committing to a rotating plan.

4. Port-Based / Unlimited Bandwidth Providers (Not Recommended)

4.1 Shifter (formerly Microleaves)

Field	Value
URL	https://shifter.io
Pool Size	31M+ residential IPs
Pricing	$299/month for 25 ports (unlimited bandwidth)
Min Purchase	$299/month

Designed for 1 TB+/month operations. The $299/month minimum is 30–60x more than the actual cost of 6 GB/month at DataImpulse. Not appropriate for this use case.

4.2 Storm Proxies

Field	Value
URL	https://stormproxies.com
Pool Size	20M+ residential IPs
Countries	USA and EU only (no country-level selection)
Pricing	1 port: $19/month; 5 ports: $50/month
Sticky Sessions	5-minute rotation interval (fixed)
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS

Storm Proxies at $19/month for unlimited bandwidth is tempting on paper. However, the geographic restriction to USA/EU with no country-level selection means IPs may not be Spanish/European residential as needed. The fixed 5-minute rotation interval cannot be adjusted. Not flexible enough for this use case.

5. Mobile / 4G Proxies (Reserve Option)

Provider	Mobile Pricing	Performance
SOAX	$7–$15/GB	0.57s, 99.94% success (Proxyway 2025 — best mobile)
Decodo	$7–$12/GB	Excellent
Oxylabs	$8–$15/GB	Enterprise-grade
Bright Data	$8–$15/GB	Largest mobile pool

Mobile proxies use 4G/LTE carrier IPs — the hardest type to block without affecting real users. Costs are 5–10x residential. Not recommended until Playtomic demonstrates active blocking of residential IPs from established providers.

6. Recommended Setup for Playtomic Extraction

Phase 1 — Validation

Test three products simultaneously against a sample of 500 venues each:

Evomi — use the money-back guarantee (credit card required; refund if <1 GB used); test $0.99/GB PAYG against ~500 venues
DataImpulse — add $10 credit; test $1.00/GB tier with 90M+ pool against the same venues
Webshare static residential — sign up for 10 ISP IPs ($3/month); test whether static IPs work

Compare: success rate, 429 rate, response time, connection errors across all three.

Decision tree after Phase 1:

Evomi >95% success → Evomi as primary ($6–10/month at $0.99/GB PAYG)
Evomi <95%, DataImpulse >98% → DataImpulse primary ($6–10/month)
Webshare static passes (>98% success) → Webshare static at $9/month flat (simplest setup)
All fail → escalate to IPRoyal sticky ($1.75/GB) or SOAX PAYG ($4.00/GB)

Phase 2 — Production Configuration

Primary recommended: DataImpulse at $1.00/GB

Expected monthly cost: $6–10/month for 6–10 GB
Non-expiring credit (no waste on unused GB)
99.66% benchmarked success rate
30-minute sticky sessions for multi-step venue crawls
90M+ IP pool with country + city targeting

Fallback: IPRoyal sticky residential at $1.75/GB

Pre-load $20 of credit
Activate when DataImpulse returns sustained errors or 429s
7-day sticky sessions for maximum session stability

Integration pattern (Python):

import hashlib

def get_proxy_url(venue_id: str, provider: str = "dataimpulse") -> str:
    """Return a sticky proxy URL with a deterministic session ID per venue."""
    # Hash venue_id to a session bucket (0–999)
    session_id = int(hashlib.md5(venue_id.encode()).hexdigest(), 16) % 1000

    if provider == "dataimpulse":
        host = "gate.dataimpulse.com"
        port = 14433
        user = f"username-country-ES-session-{session_id}"
        password = "your_password"
    elif provider == "iproyal":
        host = "geo.iproyal.com"
        port = 12321
        user = f"username_country-ES_session-{session_id}"
        password = "your_password"

    return f"http://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}"

This distributes 14,000 venues across 1,000 session buckets, so each session handles ~14 venues/day. With 30-minute sticky sessions (DataImpulse) or 7-day sticky (IPRoyal), each bucket retains its IP for all requests to its assigned venues. Per-IP daily load: ~14 requests × (number of API calls per venue). Very safe.

Set PROXY_URLS in .env.prod.sops:

PROXY_URLS=http://user:pass@gate.dataimpulse.com:14433,http://user:pass@gate.dataimpulse.com:14433
EXTRACT_WORKERS=4

Use the same endpoint multiple times to create N workers — the sticky session logic differentiates them via session IDs in the username parameter. Or use multiple distinct proxy URLs if the provider assigns different IPs per credential pair.

Budget Summary

Scenario	Provider	Est. Monthly Cost	Notes
Comparable to DataImpulse	Evomi	$6–10/month	$0.99/GB PAYG ($0.49/GB needs $49.99/mo 100 GB plan — not viable at this volume); money-back guarantee
Best value	DataImpulse	$6–10/month	$1.00/GB; strong benchmarks; no expiry
Static ISP pool	Webshare	$9/month flat	30 IPs × $0.30; unlimited BW; test ISP blocking first
PAYG reliable	IPRoyal sticky	$10–18/month	$1.75/GB; 7-day sessions; well-established
PAYG mid-tier	PacketStream	$6–10/month	$1.00/GB; $50 deposit; P2P quality variance
PAYG mid-tier	Geonode PAYG	$18–30/month	$3.00/GB; 24-hr sticky; test latency first
High-reliability	SOAX PAYG	$24–40/month	$4.00/GB; 99.95% success; justified if others fail
Enterprise-grade	Decodo Micro	$80/month	99.86% success; overkill at current scale
Enterprise-grade	Bright Data PAYG	$31+/month	~$5.25/GB at promo; reverts to $10.50/GB

For the stated budget of €20–100/month, DataImpulse at $6–10/month leaves substantial headroom. The money saved versus Decodo or Bright Data can fund a secondary provider for redundancy, or be reserved to escalate to mobile proxies if Playtomic deploys more aggressive anti-bot measures.

7. Additional Providers

7.1 Nimbleway

Field	Value
URL	https://www.nimbleway.com
Types	Rotating residential, ISP/unlocker, datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	Millions of IPs (proprietary; smaller than Oxylabs/NetNut)
Countries	Nearly every country; country, state, city targeting
Pricing (PAYG)	$8.00/GB
Pricing ($300/mo plan)	$14.00/GB (21 GB included)
Pricing ($4,000/mo plan)	$7.00/GB
Sticky Sessions	1–30 minutes (10 min inactivity timeout)
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 (recently added)
Min Purchase	$300/month; free trial requires contacting sales
Trial	Sales-gated; no self-serve trial
ToS scraping	Explicitly built for web data collection; GDPR/CCPA-compliant; KYC process
Performance	~0.25s response time (claimed); 99.9% uptime; AI-assisted IP routing

Nimbleway is a premium-tier provider aimed at enterprise data engineering teams — not casual or low-volume scrapers. Its proprietary residential network is quality-over-quantity: the pool is smaller than Oxylabs or Bright Data, but Nimble compensates with intelligent IP optimisation, built-in anti-detection routing, and an AI-layered product stack (Nimble API, Nimble Browser, Nimble IP). The 0.25s response time claim is genuinely fast and geo-targeting granularity is excellent.

The fatal problem for this use case is the pricing model. The $300/month minimum gives roughly 21 GB at $14/GB — 2–3x the bandwidth needed for ~6–10 GB/month. The PAYG $8/GB rate is more reasonable but the trial is sales-gated. Nimbleway targets teams spending $300–$4,000/month and makes no accommodation for low-volume users.

Unless Playtomic becomes extremely difficult to scrape and requires elite anti-bot bypass, Nimbleway is overengineered and overpriced for 14,000 requests/day. The $300/month floor alone exceeds the entire stated budget ceiling. Keep on a shortlist if usage scales dramatically or if other providers start failing systematically.

7.2 Froxy

Field	Value
URL	https://froxy.com
Types	Rotating residential, mobile (4G/LTE), SOCKS5 proxies
Pool Size	10M+ IPs worldwide
Countries	200+ countries; city-level targeting
Pricing (entry plan)	~$12.00/GB (5 GB for $60/month)
Pricing (scale)	~$1.95/GB at $2,000/month
Sticky Sessions	10–60 minutes (IP reassigned on inactivity)
Auth Method	Username:password
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$1.99 trial (3 days / 100 MB); entry plan ~$60/month (5 GB)
Trial	$1.99 / 100 MB / 3 days
ToS scraping	Permissive for data collection; no anti-scraping clauses in public docs
Performance	~70% success rate (independent tests); 340–800+ ms latency; Froxy claims 99%

Froxy is a mid-tier European-facing provider with a clean dashboard, SOCKS4/5 support, and a genuine low-cost entry point via the $1.99 / 100 MB trial — the most honest validation option in this comparison. Port-based rotation with configurable intervals (90–3,600 seconds) gives fine-grained control over IP churn rate. The protocol breadth works with any Python HTTP library.

The core problems are pricing and performance. At low volumes, Froxy is expensive per GB: 5 GB for $60 = $12/GB. Independent testing puts the real-world success rate at ~70% and latency at 340–800+ ms — measurably worse than premium providers and several budget alternatives. The 10M IP pool is on the smaller side with notable IP recycling reported.

Froxy is borderline-viable if you accept higher latency and occasional failures that the extractor's retry logic absorbs. Use the $1.99 trial first; if success rates on the actual Playtomic endpoint are acceptable, the $60/month entry plan fits within budget — but you are paying a premium per GB. Treat it as "test first, commit if it works" rather than a confident primary choice.

7.3 LunaProxy — ⛔ DO NOT USE

Disqualified January 2026. LunaProxy was revealed to be a front brand operated by IPIDEA, a malicious residential proxy network disrupted by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Cloudflare. The "residential IPs" were sourced from malware-infected devices enrolled without user knowledge via rogue SDKs distributed to developers. In January 2026 Google obtained court orders and partnered with Cloudflare to take down IPIDEA's command-and-control infrastructure, cutting the network by ~40%. Over 550 tracked threat groups had used IPIDEA exit nodes in a single week.

Using LunaProxy routes your traffic through compromised devices belonging to unknowing victims. Beyond the ethical problem, the network is actively degraded and unreliable. Do not use.

Reference: Google Cloud Blog — Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network

7.4 Proxy-seller

Field	Value
URL	https://proxy-seller.com
Types	ISP (static residential), rotating residential, datacenter, mobile
Pool Size	20M+ rotating residential IPs; 400+ ISP networks / 800+ subnets
Countries	220+ countries/regions; city and ISP targeting; ISP covers 22+ countries
Pricing (rotating residential bulk)	$0.70/GB; PAYG $7/GB
Pricing (ISP static)	$1–$2/IP/month (volume discounts up to 57%)
Sticky Sessions	Residential: up to 24 hours; ISP: static (permanent)
Auth Method	Username:password; IP whitelisting
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	~$1 (1 GB residential); ISP minimum varies
Trial	No formal free trial; ~$1 entry
ToS scraping	Positioned for scraping and privacy use; Trustpilot 4.7/5 (500+ reviews)
Performance	~91–92% success rate (SERP tests); 1 Gbps channel; 99% uptime; DNS leak inconsistency in one independent test

Proxy-seller has two genuinely distinct product lines. For rotating residential proxies, the $0.70/GB pricing at volume is competitive and approaches LunaProxy territory, though the PAYG $7/GB rate is high without upfront commitment. The 24-hour sticky session on residential is exceptional — the longest in this comparison for a rotating product. For the ISP line, $1–2/IP/month for dedicated static residential IPs is competitive and useful for account-based access or distributing requests across a fixed pool of IPs.

The independent security testing revealed a DNS leak issue where anti-fraud databases classified connections inconsistently (residential vs. corporate vs. proxy). This is material concern for high-security targets but unlikely to matter for Playtomic's public API. The 92% SERP success rate is solid though it drops on well-defended targets. City-level targeting across 220+ GEOs is a genuine differentiator if appearing geographically local to Spain is important.

Proxy-seller is a credible option particularly if you value long sticky sessions, ISP/city targeting granularity, or want a single vendor for both rotating residential and ISP static proxies. The DNS inconsistency is worth monitoring but unlikely to cause failures against a mobile API target. The ~$1 minimum makes it trivially easy to test.

7.5 ProxyScrape

Field	Value
URL	https://proxyscrape.com
Types	Rotating residential, shared datacenter (premium), dedicated datacenter; also maintains a well-known free public proxy list
Pool Size	48M+ residential IPs (some sources cite 55M+)
Countries	195+ countries; country, state, city targeting
Pricing (5 GB plan)	$4.85/GB ($24.25/month)
Pricing (20 GB plan)	$4.50/GB ($90/month)
Pricing (1 GB test)	~$2
Sticky Sessions	Up to 120 minutes
Auth Method	Username:password; IP whitelisting
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Min Purchase	$2 (1 GB test); 3-day / up to 1 GB refund policy
Trial	3-day refund policy functions as a trial
ToS scraping	Explicitly positioned for legitimate web scraping; emphasises ethical IP sourcing
Performance	~0.8s response time; 99%+ uptime claimed; some reviews report IPs labelled residential that behave as ISP/datacenter

ProxyScrape is best known as the source of large free public proxy lists, and that legacy creates both an opportunity and a perception problem. The paid residential product is a genuinely separate tier: 48M+ IPs, 195+ countries, city-level targeting, 120-minute sticky sessions (the joint-longest in this comparison), and SOCKS5 support. The 3-day refund policy on up to 1 GB effectively functions as a trial — pay $2, test against Playtomic, request a refund if it fails. Data does not expire monthly, which suits variable scraping workloads.

The concerns are meaningful. Independent reviews report that some IPs advertised as residential resolve to ISP or datacenter ranges when tested by anti-fraud tools, suggesting imprecise pool labelling. The 0.8s average response time is acceptable but slower than Nimbleway (0.25s); for 14,000 requests/day at roughly one request every six seconds, latency is not a bottleneck anyway. Trustpilot feedback is polarised with recurring mentions of support delays and filter reliability issues.

For the Playtomic workload, ProxyScrape is functionally adequate — pool is large enough, city targeting works, sticky sessions are long, and the $2 test-run is the easiest entry point in this comparison. Monthly cost for 6–10 GB would be $27–$49 on the 5 GB plan, within budget but worse value per dollar than LunaProxy. The main risk is pool quality inconsistency — if Playtomic checks IP type and blocks datacenter ranges, mislabelled proxies would silently inflate failure rates. Treat it as a solid backup or test-first option.

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