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- Verdict
- Side-by-side comparison
- About Oxylabs
- About SOAX
- Pricing compared
- Performance compared
- Pool & coverage
- Features face-off
- Trials & support
- Where Oxylabs wins
- Where SOAX wins
- Oxylabs pros & cons
- SOAX pros & cons
- Consider the alternative
- Switching between them
- Comparison FAQ
- Related comparisons
- Full reviews
- Related searches
- Make the call
Verdict
Overall: Oxylabs. Our scoring (value 30%, speed 25%, pool 20%, features 15%, support 10%) puts it ahead at #3 versus #6. Choose SOAX instead when social media managers and mobile-first data work describes you precisely.
Side-by-side comparison
| Criterion | Oxylabs | SOAX |
|---|---|---|
| Our rank | #3 of 15 | #6 of 15 |
| Rating | 4.6/5 | 4.3/5 |
| Entry price | $4.00/GB | $3.30/GB |
| IP pool | 100M+ | 8.5M+ |
| Success rate | 99.0% | 97.5% |
| Proxy types | 4 | 3 |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| City targeting | Yes | Yes |
| Support | 24/7 plus dedicated account managers | 24/7 chat |
About Oxylabs
Oxylabs is a polished, enterprise-first operation whose claim to fame is the largest declared residential pool in the business and unusually consistent benchmark numbers.
It built its reputation serving data-hungry corporations and later added AI-assisted scraper APIs that handle parsing as well as proxying.
About SOAX
SOAX is a quality-over-quantity network that vets its pool aggressively, making it a favourite for social platforms where IP reputation is everything.
Rather than chase headline pool numbers, it invested in continuous IP hygiene and unusually precise carrier and city filters.
Pricing compared
Oxylabs starts at $4.00/GB against SOAX’s $3.30/GB. Raw stickers favour SOAX, but success rates adjust the picture: at 99.0% vs 97.5%, effective cost per successful request narrows the headline difference.
Performance compared
Our latency and throughput testing favoured Oxylabs (96 vs 88 speed index), while pool depth favours Oxylabs. Match the strength to your workload’s bottleneck.
Pool & coverage
Oxylabs declares 100M+ IPs against SOAX’s 8.5M+; Oxylabs offers city-level targeting. Depth matters less than cleanliness — weigh both against your pilot results.
Features face-off
Oxylabs: Very consistent success rates in our tests; Excellent documentation and dashboard.
SOAX: Precise city and carrier targeting; Strong on mobile and social use cases.
Trials & support
Oxylabs support: 24/7 plus dedicated account managers; trial: yes. SOAX support: 24/7 chat; trial: yes. For mission-critical workloads, the support row of the table above deserves more attention than it usually gets.
Where Oxylabs wins
- Claimed 100M+ residential IPs.
- Very consistent success rates in our tests.
- Excellent documentation and dashboard.
Where SOAX wins
- You are social media managers and mobile-first data work.
- Strong on mobile and social use cases.
- Frequently refreshed, clean IP pool.
Oxylabs pros & cons
- ✅ Claimed 100M+ residential IPs
- ✅ Very consistent success rates in our tests
- ✅ Excellent documentation and dashboard
- ⚠️ Premium pricing with higher minimums
- ⚠️ More machinery than small teams need
SOAX pros & cons
- ✅ Frequently refreshed, clean IP pool
- ✅ Precise city and carrier targeting
- ✅ Strong on mobile and social use cases
- ⚠️ Smaller pool than the big names
- ⚠️ Premium-leaning pricing
Consider the alternative
Before settling this matchup, price in our overall #1: Cheapest Proxies undercuts both ($0.80/GB) while posting a 99.4% success rate — the highest of the fifteen networks we benchmark.
Check Cheapest Proxies → Read the reviewSwitching between them
Switching between these vendors is low-friction: both expose gateway-plus-credential access, so migration is usually a config change. Run both in parallel for a week, splitting traffic 90/10, before cutting over fully.
Comparison FAQ
Is Oxylabs cheaper than SOAX?
Entry pricing: $4.00/GB vs $3.30/GB. No on stickers — but compare cost per successful request after a pilot on your own targets.
Which has the bigger pool, Oxylabs or SOAX?
Oxylabs — 100M+ versus 8.5M+. Pool size matters most for high-concurrency rotation.
Which is better, Oxylabs or SOAX?
Oxylabs wins our weighted benchmark (#3 vs #6), combining claimed 100m+ residential ips with stronger value scores. SOAX remains the right call when social media managers and mobile-first data work matches your situation.
Can I use both Oxylabs and SOAX together?
Yes — multi-vendor setups are common: route easy targets through the cheaper network and reserve the other for its specialty, with automatic failover between them.
Do Oxylabs and SOAX offer free trials?
Oxylabs: yes. SOAX: yes. Trials are the cheapest way to settle this comparison for your specific workload.
Full reviews
Deep-dive both sides: Oxylabs review · SOAX review — or browse all 15 provider reviews.
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