LimeProxies

LimeProxies is one of the older names in the proxy industry, operating since 2010 and targeting buyers who want a mixed bag of dedicated datacenter IPs alongside residential and mobile networks. The provider markets itself as a premium proxy shop rather than a per-GB scraping API, which puts it in an unusual spot in 2026 — most competitors have pivoted entirely to bandwidth-based residential pricing, while LimeProxies still leans on per-IP datacenter plans and per-user dedicated ports. That positioning makes it more interesting to SEO agencies, account managers, and sneaker hobbyists than to enterprise scraping teams.

The network spans residential, static residential (ISP), dedicated datacenter, and mobile proxies, with marketing claims of 80M+ IPs across 195+ countries and a residential pool of 10M+ real consumer IPs. Datacenter plans come in two flavors — "recycled" IPs for cheaper bulk use and "virgin private" IPs reserved for a single customer. Residential traffic supports country, state, and city-level targeting and can be configured as rotating per-request or static for persistent sessions. Both HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 are supported across the premium plans, with each user assigned a unique SOCKS5 port.

Pricing is split across product lines. Datacenter plans start around $21/month, with a recycled-IP entry plan at roughly $25/month for 250GB of traffic, and a "virgin" private plan around $50/month. Per-IP discounts kick in at scale — 1,000 private datacenter IPs run about $750 ($0.75/IP), while premium dedicated IPs land near $1.50 each. Residential proxies are bandwidth-metered, with the entry tier at $75 for 5GB (around $15/GB) sliding to roughly $4/GB at the $500/month tier — notably more expensive than the market leaders. Mobile plans start near $64/month. LimeProxies offers a 3-day free trial and a 3-day money-back guarantee, with annual billing knocking 15% off.

The standout features are the dedicated SOCKS5 ports, on-demand IP replacement (you can swap IPs anytime), and up to 25 simultaneously authenticated IPs per account on premium plans. They advertise 99% uptime and a 1 Gbps speed cap on premium proxies. The dashboard has been around long enough to feel mature for basic proxy management but is not in the same league as BrightData's or Decodo's modern control panels. Support is 24/7 on paper, though response times in independent reviews vary widely from same-day to multi-day.

LimeProxies is a sensible pick if you specifically need dedicated datacenter IPs with SOCKS5 for SEO rank tracking, ad verification, social account management, or moderate-scale scraping where you control rotation in your own code. It is not the right pick if you are doing high-volume residential scraping — Decodo, Webshare, and IPRoyal will run cheaper per GB, and BrightData and Oxylabs will deliver higher success rates against tough anti-bot stacks. Treat LimeProxies as a mid-tier specialist rather than a price leader or an enterprise-grade scraping platform.

Worth knowing before you buy: independent reviews are genuinely polarized. Trustpilot and Private Proxy Reviews carry serious complaints about billing — cards charged after cancellation, refunds denied — alongside positive long-term-user reviews praising the support team. The residential pricing is materially above market, and the public material does not document the IP-sourcing model (peer-network vs SDK partners) the way newer providers do. Run the 3-day trial, test against your actual target sites for success rate and JA3/TLS fingerprinting behavior, and verify cancellation works cleanly before committing to an annual plan.