IPRoyal Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing and more

IPRoyal is a proxy software provider based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Founded in 2020, it began as an IPv4 and IPv6 address leasing business before transforming into a full-fledged proxy service provider. Despite its relatively young age, IPRoyal has expanded its network to over 34 million IP addresses across 195 countries.

This platform offers residential, mobile, and datacenter proxies, with top locations including the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Canada, and Brazil. It’s one of the most affordable proxy providers with a robust network. We extensively tested IPRoyal to help you decide whether it’s a good choice. Our review covers its pricing, user-friendliness, customer support, and features, enabling you to decide whether IPRoyal is worth adopting for personal or business use.

IPRoyal: Plans and Pricing

IPRoyal offers different proxy types and pricing plans. Its pricing structure is complicated, but let’s simplify it below.

Users can access two types of residential proxies: static and rotating. Static proxies are assigned permanently, while rotating proxies change with each browsing session. IPRoyal charges according to the number of static proxies, starting from $2.70 monthly per proxy. In contrast, you pay for rotating proxies according to bandwidth, starting from $7 per GB.

The longer your subscription, the lower the unit cost for proxies. For example, a monthly static proxy subscription costs $2.70. However, it is discounted to $5.10 for 60 days ($2.55 monthly) and $7.20 monthly for 90 days ($2.40 monthly). If you need a subscription for over 120 days, you can contact IPRoyal’s sales team for a custom quote.

Rotating proxies costs $7 per GB, but this unit price gets discounted for higher bandwidth. For example, 50 GB costs $245 ($4.90 per GB), 100 GB costs $455 ($4.55 per GB), and 500 GB costs $1750 ($3.50 per GB).

For mobile proxies, IPRoyal charges a monthly fee for each slot, which gives unlimited bandwidth and sessions. A 30-day slot costs $130, a 60-day slot costs $247, and a 90-day slot costs $351. If you need more than 120 days, you can contact IPRoyal’s sales team for a special deal.

IPRoyal offers datacenter proxies, i.e., IP addresses of remote servers that act as an intermediary between your device and the internet. Pricing depends on the number of proxies and subscription length. You must choose at least 5 datacenter proxies for a subscription. 5 proxies for 30 days cost $9, 60 days cost $18, and 90 days cost $27. The higher the number of proxies, the lower the unit cost.

IPRoyal doesn’t offer a free trial. However, it offers some free proxies to test its features before deciding. If unsatisfied after paying, you can request a refund within a short 24-hour window.

IPRoyal: Features

Accessing IPRoyal’s features starts with creating an account. You can sign up with your email address or use an existing Google or LinkedIn account. You’ll be redirected to your dashboard after registration, where you can access these features:

Residential IPs

Residential proxies are sourced from real devices across the globe. Every internet-connected device has a unique IP address, and people agree to contribute their IP addresses to IPRoyal’s network for a benefit, e.g., a VPN subscription. As an IPRoyal user, you can then use one of these IP addresses to surf the web and bypass geographical restrictions.

IPRoyal offers roughly 34 million IPs, of which residential proxies constitute the majority (32 million). The countries with the largest available residential IPs are the U.S. (1.4 million), the U.K. (422,000), and Germany (439,000). You can choose an IP address by country, state, and city, making it easy to protect your anonymity and bypass geographical and IP restrictions.

Suppose you run a flight deals website that frequently scrapes prices from airlines’ websites. Many airlines don’t like external data scraping, so they use geographical and IP restrictions to block it. For example, website admins identify IP addresses used by scraping bots and block them from further access. In that case, IPRoyal’s residential proxies let you circumvent this block.

You can choose an endless list of proxies to scrape data from external websites. If one gets blocked, choose another and continue your scraping activity. Residential proxies also hide your online identity and prevent third-party tracking. As far as a website is concerned, your device is browsing from whichever IP proxy you use and not the actual location. You could be in the U.S. and surf the web with a German IP address.

IPRoyal offers two types of residential IPs: static and rotating. Static IPs are assigned for a long time while rotating IPs change (“rotate”) frequently. You can auto-rotate IPs at a specific interval (second, minute, hour, or day) or switch it manually by clicking on a button.

During our test, IPRoyal’s residential proxies provided a reliable and fast internet connection. We noticed no slowdown compared to browsing without a proxy IP address. The dashboard provided detailed insights on our proxy usage, including bandwidth and speed.

Mobile Proxies

IPRoyal offers a network of 2.5 million+ IP addresses from real mobile devices. These IPs mask your IP address for data scraping, ad verification, social media management, and many other use cases.

Mobile proxies work like typical residential IPs on IPRoyal. You can choose proxies from a specific country, state, or city, a specific mobile carrier (Vodafone, Orange, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) and a network type (3G, 4G, or 5G). You can auto-rotate mobile proxies or do that manually by clicking a button.

The mobile proxies were notably fast during our test, with up to 100 Mbps download speeds. Your monthly IPRoyal mobile slot subscription grants access to the entire pool of 2.5 million+ IPs with unlimited rotation.

Mobile proxies are particularly useful for social media management and research. Most social networks like Facebook and Instagram have strict limitations on the number of accounts users can create on a single device. You can bypass these limitations with IPRoyal's massive pool of mobile proxies. Your device's real location stays hidden, and the social media platform assumes it's another device because of its proxy IP address. Hence, it doesn't flag your accounts.

You can manage as many social media accounts as possible with mobile proxies. You can also create many social accounts for research purposes, e.g., an academic study, without being flagged.

Datacenter Proxies

IPRoyal runs a network of IPv4 and IPv6 proxy servers that provide unlimited bandwidth for end users. These datacenter proxies are sourced from secondary corporations rather than internet service providers (ISPs). They provide much higher browsing speeds than residential and mobile proxies. The drawback is that they’re easier for websites to detect. But even if that happens, you can spin up a new one and continue your online activities.

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On IPRoyal, you have access to datacenter proxies in roughly 40 countries, unlike residential IPs available in 195 countries. Datacenter proxies cost more for IPRoyal to obtain, so their limited availability is understandable.

You can connect to IPRoyal’s proxy servers via the HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 protocols. During our test, they offered first-rate speed and performance with no downtime. IPRoyal places no bandwidth or session limits on proxy IPs, making them ideal for bandwidth-intensive use cases like data scraping, online streaming, content downloads, and app testing.

Browser extension

IPRoyal offers a browser extension that makes deploying and managing proxies easier. Instead of frequently logging into your dashboard to choose new proxies, you can use the extension to switch with a click. The proxy add-on is available on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

These browser extensions offer all-in-one proxy management. You can create distinct profiles for different proxies and switch between them with a single click. Each profile can have a single proxy or use different proxy IPs for specific traffic types (HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP). You can assign a backup proxy to ensure your internet access remains secure if your current proxy fails.

The browser extension doesn’t only work with IPRoyal’s proxy IPs. You can use it to manage IP addresses from other proxy providers your organization uses.

We’ve talked much about IPRoyal’s features, but there’s a crucial feature it lacks: web scraping APIs. Many proxy providers offer APIs that let users automate data scraping tasks. Users set a target website and the type of data they want to scrape. Then, the API scrapes the data to present in a tabular format. Unfortunately, you won’t find web scraping APIs on IPRoyal, so you’ll need an external platform for automated data scraping.

IPRoyal: Ease of Use

One of IPRoyal’s strengths is its user-friendliness. Users have an intuitive dashboard to manage their proxies and other complementary tools. All features are neatly arranged on the left menu, and the right side is the main menu. The interface looks visually pleasing and easy to understand with a white background, dark blue text, and orange buttons.

IPRoyal’s browser extension (for Google Chrome and Firefox) also contributes to its user-friendliness. It lets you manage proxies regardless of the web page you’re currently on. Usually, you’ll need to open your IPRoyal dashboard to do this, but the extension removes this need. Though, you must first set up proxies on your IPRoyal dashboard before you can manage them via the browser extension.

IPRoyal: Customer Support

IPRoyal offers direct email and live chat support. You can open a chat support ticket from your dashboard or send a support email and expect a response within 24 hours. IPRoyal’s support staff was reliable during our test and answered our inquiries speedily. The drawback is that IPRoyal does not offer a telephone support option.

Users can access complementary support resources, including a FAQ page, user guides, and extensive technical documentation. The website’s “Docs” section provides detailed information about all features, making it the ideal first place to consult when facing challenges. If you don’t find a solution in the documentation or FAQ section, you can seek direct help.

IPRoyal: The Competition

The proxy software market is very competitive. IPRoyal has numerous competitors, and we’d like to highlight Webshare, Oxylabs, and Bright Data. These platforms have pros and cons compared to IPRoyal.

Webshare offers a network of 30 million+ residential and datacenter proxy IPs, slightly less than IPRoyal’s 34 million. Residential IPs constitute the majority of Webshare’s network, just like IPRoyal. Users have an intuitive dashboard and a browser extension to manage their proxies, just like IPRoyal. Webshare differentiates itself by being more affordable than IPRoyal and offering a free-forever 10-proxy plan.

Oxylabs has a massive network of 100 million proxy IPs, nearly triple that of IPRoyal. This broader network provides users with more redundancy and reliability. Oxylabs provides web scraping APIs and ready-made datasets, two features lacking in IPRoyal. We consider it a much better proxy provider than IPRoyal, albeit a more expensive one.

Bright Data has a robust network of 72 million+ IPs, more than double IPRoyal’s network. It offers a broader selection of residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter proxies for data scraping. Bright Data also offers APIs for automated data scraping and pre-built datasets, which IPRoyal doesn’t have. Overall, we consider Bright Data a better proxy provider for enterprises, but IPRoyal is a more affordable solution we’d recommend for individuals and small businesses.

IPRoyal: Final verdict

IPRoyal is a reliable proxy provider for individual and business use. It offers a robust proxy network, excellent customer support, and affordable plans. However, it lacks some features you’ll find in rival platforms, e.g., web scraping APIs. Its proxy network also isn’t as extensive as that of many rivals. However, we recommend IPRoyal for individuals and small businesses seeking an affordable proxy provider.

To find out more, see our guide to the best proxies available. You might also like to read our guide to sneaker proxies, or find out the difference between residential and datacenter proxies.