Free vs Paid Proxies: When Free Is Enough and When to Pay
An honest comparison of free and paid proxies — reliability, speed, security, detection and cost — and how to tell which one your task needs.
Read →5,368 working proxies right now. Every address is re-checked about once a minute by our own judge server — dead proxies drop out of the list automatically.
| IP address | Port | Protocol | Anonymity | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
185.118.51.163 |
3128 | HTTP | Elite | 342 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
7181 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 1877 ms | ||
83.218.186.22 |
5678 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 2334 ms | ||
77.65.50.118 |
34159 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 2335 ms | ||
31.42.2.113 |
5678 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 2336 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
7897 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2379 ms | ||
45.74.31.40 |
13839 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2401 ms | ||
123.56.232.96 |
9998 | HTTP | Transparent | 2630 ms | ||
110.93.203.83 |
1080 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2657 ms | ||
52.128.241.109 |
1080 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2739 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
14033 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2751 ms | ||
102.244.78.61 |
8081 | HTTP | Elite | 2855 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
16734 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2885 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
5888 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2912 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
6418 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2912 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
8167 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 2941 ms | |
45.74.31.47 |
9716 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2942 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
4691 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 2963 ms | |
64.176.221.15 |
1080 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 2964 ms | ||
79.110.118.15 |
1080 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 2991 ms | ||
41.65.55.27 |
1981 | HTTP | Transparent | 3018 ms | ||
180.211.93.106 |
8080 | HTTP | Anonymous | 3244 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
9738 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 3382 ms | ||
138.255.240.66 |
40736 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 3544 ms | ||
123.200.15.226 |
1080 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 3600 ms | ||
103.222.255.161 |
8055 | HTTP | Transparent | 3666 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
5090 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 4029 ms | ||
1.20.101.32 |
443 | HTTP | Transparent | 4098 ms | ||
43.245.226.70 |
1080 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 4246 ms | ||
45.74.31.46 |
6219 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 4334 ms | |
157.10.97.37 |
8080 | HTTP | Transparent | — | 4413 ms | |
45.74.31.47 |
9095 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 4569 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
13021 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 4618 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
11047 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 4828 ms | |
45.74.31.47 |
6537 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 4839 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
14614 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 5079 ms | |
160.30.204.24 |
50008 | HTTP | Elite | 5141 ms | ||
45.74.31.47 |
5427 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 5216 ms | ||
45.74.31.42 |
17811 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 5245 ms | |
45.74.31.42 |
4569 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 5390 ms | |
45.74.31.40 |
11896 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 5410 ms | ||
45.74.31.46 |
4862 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 5634 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
11293 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 6288 ms | |
45.74.31.40 |
6813 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 6657 ms | ||
45.74.31.40 |
7551 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 6847 ms | |
45.74.31.42 |
8595 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 7050 ms | ||
45.74.31.42 |
13318 | SOCKS5 | Elite | — | 7391 ms | |
45.74.31.46 |
8543 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 7962 ms | ||
161.97.129.202 |
9060 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 8612 ms | ||
45.74.31.41 |
6191 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 8888 ms |
Most free proxy lists are scraped once and published as is, so half of the addresses are dead by the time you copy them. FreeProxyHub works differently. We collect public proxies from hundreds of sources and then test every address ourselves, around the clock. A proxy appears here only after a real request has passed through it to our judge server, and it disappears as soon as it stops answering.
X-Forwarded-For or Via, the proxy is marked transparent; if it only reveals itself as a proxy, it is anonymous; if the request looks like it came from a regular browser, it is elite.Filter the table by protocol, anonymity or country, then copy the result or download it as TXT, JSON or CSV. For scripts, use the free API: one GET request returns a fresh list in the format you need. Data refreshes every 30 seconds.
Public proxies are shared with strangers, can be slow and may vanish at any moment. They are great for testing, scraping public pages and checking geo-restricted content, but never send passwords or payment data through a proxy you do not control. For stable work, use private proxies.
Yes. The list, downloads and API are free and need no registration. The proxies themselves are public servers that we find and test; we do not own them.
Every working proxy is re-checked roughly once a minute, and the page pulls fresh data every 30 seconds. A proxy that fails is removed from the list right away.
A transparent proxy passes your real IP to the website. An anonymous proxy hides your IP but adds headers that reveal a proxy is used. An elite proxy hides both. We determine the level by inspecting what actually reaches our judge server.
SOCKS5 works with any TCP traffic and is the most universal choice. HTTP proxies are enough for browsers and most scraping tools. Pick elite proxies if the target site must not know a proxy is involved.
Use them only for non-sensitive tasks. The owner of a public proxy can see unencrypted traffic, so always use HTTPS websites and never log in to important accounts through a free proxy.
An honest comparison of free and paid proxies — reliability, speed, security, detection and cost — and how to tell which one your task needs.
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