Provider snapshot
IPRoyal
IPRoyal is a proxy provider with public product lines for residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile proxies. Aerod treats it as a flexible proxy-stack option rather than a browser-privacy solution by itself.
- Category
- proxy
- Network notes
- IPRoyal publicly lists residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile products. Its ISP proxy documentation describes dedicated IPv4 addresses sourced from ISPs worldwide with geo-targeting by country, state, or city.
- Support notes
- IPRoyal describes 24/7 support on its ISP proxy product page.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-05
IPRoyal is best evaluated as a multi-category proxy provider rather than as one interchangeable pool. Its public product map spans residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile proxies. The practical decision is two-stage: choose the proxy class that fits the workflow, then verify that the route, browser profile, DNS behavior, WebRTC behavior, timezone, language, and account state remain coherent.
Aerod verdict
IPRoyal is a strong shortlist option when one account must cover several proxy classes.
Its broad product map and unusually clean result in Proxyway’s 2026 IP-quality comparison are meaningful advantages. The tradeoff is that small residential purchases are relatively expensive, and Proxyway’s infrastructure benchmark showed weaker connection success and slower average response time than Webshare.
What Aerod reviewed
This page reviews official product categories, current public pricing, documented session and targeting controls, authentication, protocol support, and Proxyway’s 2026 independent residential-proxy benchmark. It does not claim that Aerod continuously measured IPRoyal speed, uptime, pool size, or success rate. Official prices were checked August 12, 2026.
IPRoyal product map
| Product | Billing shape | Typical reason to choose it | Main validation need |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotating residential | Per GB; subscription or pay as you go | Country, state, or city routing with rotation or sticky sessions | Rotation timing, exit continuity, DNS, WebRTC, and target acceptance |
| ISP / static residential | Per proxy subscription | Longer sessions that need one stable ISP-classified IPv4 address | Location accuracy, fair-use terms, client protocol, and authentication |
| Datacenter | Per proxy | Lower-cost infrastructure where datacenter classification is acceptable | ASN classification and target-site acceptance |
| Mobile | Time- or plan-based product | Workflows that specifically need a mobile-carrier route | Carrier ASN, rotation interval, route stability, and cost |
Current residential pricing
IPRoyal’s official residential pricing page displayed the following public rates when checked on August 12, 2026:
| Purchase option | Displayed rate | Important condition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 GB subscription | $7.00/GB | Subscription includes a 5% discount compared with pay as you go. |
| 1 GB pay as you go | $7.35/GB | No long-term commitment; purchased traffic does not expire. |
| 10 GB subscription | $5.25/GB | Higher volume lowers the rate. |
| 50 GB subscription | $4.90/GB | Still well above the provider’s advertised enterprise-scale floor. |
| Advertised volume floor | From $1.75/GB | Requires much larger volume; confirm the actual quote and included features. |
Sessions, targeting, protocols, and authentication
- Rotation: random IP on each request or a sticky IP.
- Sticky TTL: configurable from one second up to seven days. The provider notes that a residential exit can leave the network before the requested TTL ends.
- Targeting: country, state, or city where inventory is available.
- Protocols: HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 documented for residential and ISP products.
- Authentication: username/password and IP whitelisting.
- Concurrency: unlimited simultaneous residential sessions according to current documentation.
- Traffic expiry: purchased residential traffic does not expire.
Independent 2026 test data
Proxyway’s 2026 Proxy Market Research collected most data in March and April 2026. Its global residential-pool benchmark used 3.6 million requests over 21 days. Proxyway shared the methodology with participants in advance and asked providers for access, so the results represent tested configurations rather than a guarantee of default performance.
| Proxyway metric | IPRoyal result | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Global infrastructure connection success | 96.11% | Lower than most large participants in this specific small-page infrastructure test. |
| Global average response time | 1.24 seconds | Slower than the 0.93-second market median reported for the global residential pool. |
| Global IP-pool detectability | 16.70% | The lowest result in Proxyway’s selected detectability comparison; lower was better. |
| US average risk score | 6.49 | The lowest average in Proxyway’s US risk-score table; this does not guarantee acceptance by any target. |
The benchmark presents a mixed picture: IPRoyal’s tested IP quality was strong, while infrastructure connection success and response time were weaker. That tradeoff is more useful than a single star rating. Route quality, target behavior, location, and account configuration can change the outcome.
Where IPRoyal fits best
- Multi-product teams: users who want residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile routes under one account.
- Long-lived residential sessions: workflows that benefit from configurable sticky TTL, while accepting that a peer exit can disconnect early.
- Static ISP workflows: longer sessions where a dedicated ISP route is more appropriate than a rotating residential pool.
- IP-quality-sensitive testing: teams that want to investigate IPRoyal’s strong external detectability result in their own target environment.
- Non-expiring traffic: buyers who use residential bandwidth intermittently and do not want unused traffic to expire.
Where it is not the best fit
- A buyer choosing only by the lowest small-plan residential price.
- A workflow that cannot identify the required proxy class and session model.
- A target where the actual route must consistently match a very precise city or ISP and available stock has not been checked.
- Someone expecting a proxy to erase cookies, logged-in identity, extensions, or browser fingerprinting.
- A large deployment that has not run its own target-specific success and latency sample.
Setup sequence
- Select the exact IPRoyal product instead of starting with the provider name alone.
- Record the endpoint, port, protocol, authentication method, location, rotation mode, and requested TTL.
- Apply the route to the exact browser, app, or system layer that will use it.
- Open IP Lookup from the routed client and verify visible IP, ASN, owner, and approximate location.
- Run the WebRTC Leak Test and Proxy/VPN Detection.
- Record connection success and response time against the permitted target you actually care about.
- Repeat after a reconnect or rotation before adding a real account.
Validation checklist
Minimum validation path
- Confirm the purchased proxy category.
- Confirm the protocol and authentication method in the target client.
- Verify visible IP, ASN, and organization.
- Check approximate location against the selected target.
- Review WebRTC candidates.
- Review DNS, timezone, and language consistency.
- Use a clean profile when account separation matters.
- Measure the actual target rather than relying on a generic proxy checker.
- Record the sample size and test date.
- Recheck the route after rotation or reconnect.
IPRoyal vs Webshare
IPRoyal is the broader provider and produced the cleaner IP-quality result in Proxyway’s 2026 comparison. Webshare had lower small-plan prices and stronger infrastructure success and response-time results in that report. Read the full IPRoyal vs Webshare comparison before choosing between them.
FAQ
What proxy types does IPRoyal offer?
IPRoyal publicly sells residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile proxies. The products use different billing and session models, so the correct comparison starts with the proxy class rather than the provider name alone.
How much do IPRoyal residential proxies cost?
When checked on August 12, 2026, IPRoyal listed 1 GB at $7.00 per GB with a subscription or $7.35 per GB as pay as you go. Larger bundles reduce the per-GB rate, and the provider advertises volume pricing from $1.75 per GB.
How long can an IPRoyal sticky session last?
IPRoyal lets users set residential sticky-session TTL from one second up to seven days. Because residential exits come from real devices, the provider does not guarantee that every IP will remain online for the full requested duration.
Does IPRoyal support SOCKS5 and IP whitelisting?
Yes. IPRoyal documents HTTP or HTTPS and SOCKS5 support for residential and ISP products, plus username-and-password authentication and IP whitelisting.
How did IPRoyal perform in Proxyway’s 2026 benchmark?
Proxyway reported 96.11% global residential infrastructure success and a 1.24-second global average response time for IPRoyal. It also reported the lowest global detectability score in its comparison at 16.70%. These are Proxyway measurements from its March–April 2026 methodology, not Aerod measurements.
Sources and review dates
- IPRoyal residential pricing — checked August 12, 2026.
- IPRoyal residential quick-start guide — checked August 12, 2026.
- IPRoyal ISP quick-start guide — checked August 12, 2026.
- Proxyway Proxy Market Research 2026 — published June 30, 2026; most data collected March–April 2026.