Best HTTP Proxies in 2026: 13 Providers Compared (HTTP and HTTPS)

An HTTP proxy is a server that sends your web requests for you, so the website sees the proxy’s IP address instead of yours. Despite the name, it carries HTTPS traffic too, through an encrypted tunnel, which is why almost every browser, scraper and API client supports it. To find the best HTTP proxies for 2026 we compared 13 paid providers on what decides it: how you log in, whether you can get static IPs as well as rotating residential proxies, what their documentation says about HTTP and HTTPS, and what you pay.

Best HTTP proxies compared

The residential column shows the regular rate on the smallest plan, then the lowest per-GB rate published at 1 TB or less; promotions are covered in the reviews. Bright Data is shown at its current 50% discount (list $8.00 → $5.00/GB). The static column is the monthly price of one ISP or static residential IP, from the smallest order to the largest published volume; “—” means the provider sells no static per-IP product. Login options come from each provider’s own documentation. All figures were checked on 26 September – 1 October 2026.

How we compared HTTP proxy providers

Every provider here supports HTTP and HTTPS. What differs is how you log in, whether you can buy a fixed IP or only rotating traffic, how deep targeting goes, and what a realistic volume costs.

The 13 best HTTP proxies in 2026

1

ProxyEmpire

Best overall

ProxyEmpire supports HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 on rotating residential, rotating mobile, static residential, dedicated mobile and rotating datacenter proxies, and residential and mobile share one endpoint, v2.proxyempire.io on port 5000, for every protocol.

HTTP(S) onAll five proxy products

TargetingCountry to ZIP, ISP, ASN

PriceFrom $1.50/GB, $1.97 trial

• 30M+ residential and 4M+ mobile IPs, with sticky sessions or rotation on every request, and bandwidth that rolls over
• Static residential HTTP proxies at $3.50 → $2.00 per IP a month in 24 countries, 99.9% uptime and 24/7 support from real people
• Username and password only, with no IP whitelisting, so a tool that cannot send proxy credentials needs a workaround

Start $1.97 trialStatic residential proxies

2

Oxylabs

HTTPS to the proxy

Oxylabs documents three ways into its residential network: plain HTTP, HTTPS to the proxy itself (an https:// entry point that encrypts the hop to the proxy), and HTTP/3 over MASQUE for UDP traffic.

ProtocolsHTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/3, SOCKS5

LoginLogin or up to 10 whitelisted IPs

Price$6.00 → $2.50/GB

• The most detailed HTTP protocol documentation of any provider here, with code examples
• Oxylabs lists 175M+ residential IPs, with targeting down to ZIP, coordinates and ASN
• The smallest plan is 5 GB for $30, there is no pay-as-you-go option and no residential trial

3

ResiProx

Residential and mobile on a budget

ResiProx sells rotating residential and rotating mobile proxies over HTTPS and SOCKS5, with country, region, city and ISP targeting on every plan.

Residential$3.50 → $1.75/GB

Mobile$6.00 → $3.50/GB

Trial$3.97, residential and mobile

• ISP-level targeting from the first gigabyte, and unused traffic rolls over
• Pay by card, PayPal or crypto
• Rotating proxies only — no static, ISP or datacenter IPs for jobs that need a fixed HTTP proxy

4

Proxy-Seller

One login for every protocol

Proxy-Seller supports HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5, and the same credentials work across all three, whether you log in with a username and password or an IP allowlist.

TypesResidential, mobile, ISP, IPv4, IPv6

ISP per IP$3.00 → $2.25 a month

Price$3.50 → $1.45/GB

• $1.45/GB at 1 TB, the lowest tiered residential rate among the top ten here
• IP allowlisting for older tools that cannot send proxy credentials
• Residential traffic expires 30 days after purchase, and per-IP prices on its location pages are one-week rentals

5

Decodo (formerly Smartproxy)

Same setup on every product

Decodo states that all its proxies, residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter, support HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and its residential plans accept a login or whitelisted IPs.

Residential IPs115M+, per Decodo

Datacenter per IP$1.85 → $1.15 a month

Price$4.00 → $2.00/GB

• A free three-day trial with 100 MB, and targeting down to ZIP and ASN
• Dedicated datacenter HTTP proxies from 3 to 2,000 IPs, self-serve
• City, state or ZIP targeting can’t be combined with ASN, and dedicated datacenter IPs cover only the US, UK, Germany and Japan

6

Byteful

Traffic that never expires

Byteful, formerly Ping Proxies, sells residential, static residential, datacenter and mobile proxies over HTTP and SOCKS5, with IP authentication on its static proxies.

Residential IPs35M+, per Byteful

Datacenter per IP$2.50 → $1.40 a month

Price$3.25 → $1.95/GB

• Residential bandwidth never expires, and a 1 GB free trial lets you test first
• Datacenter IPs from one at a time, with no minimum order
• The smallest residential plan is 10 GB, and static residential needs at least 10 IPs

7

NodeMaven

Quality-filtered IPs

NodeMaven offers HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 residential proxies with unlimited concurrent sessions, and screens every IP for quality before assigning it.

IPs30M+ residential, 295K mobile

TargetingCountry, city, ISP, ZIP

Price$5.31 → $2.75/GB

• A current 20% discount brings residential to $4.25 → $2.20/GB, and unused traffic rolls over
• ISP proxies at $2.99 per IP for 30 days with unlimited traffic, and a $3.50 trial with 750 MB
• No datacenter proxies, and its regular residential rate is higher than most here

8

Webshare

Free starter plan

Webshare lets you use the same proxy servers as HTTP or SOCKS5, sells datacenter proxies in bulk, and offers IP authorization on its datacenter plans.

Free plan10 datacenter proxies

Dedicated ISP$3.70 → $1.80 per IP

Price$3.50 → $1.50/GB

• Shared datacenter HTTP proxies from 100 for $2.99 a month, about three cents each
• $1.50/GB residential at 1 TB
• No mobile network, and unused residential bandwidth does not roll over

9

SOAX

HTTP(S) plus UDP

SOAX says its residential proxies work with HTTP(S), SOCKS5 and UDP/QUIC, and lets you connect with a username and password or an IP allowlist.

Residential IPs155M+, per SOAX

Trial$1.99 for 400 MB

Price$5.00 → $1.50/GB

• Region, city and ISP or ASN targeting on residential and mobile
• $1.50/GB on its 1 TB plan
• Residential and mobile only on its current pricing, with no static IPs, and credits expire after 60 days

10

IPRoyal

Long sticky sessions

IPRoyal runs HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 on separate ports, and its documentation states that residential connections are TCP only.

Sticky sessionsUp to 7 days

LoginLogin or IP whitelist

Price$7.00 → $3.36/GB

• Residential traffic never expires
• ISP proxies from $2.70 for 30 days, alongside datacenter and mobile
• One of the pricier options at volume: $3.36/GB even at 1 TB

11

MarsProxies

Cheap datacenter IPs

MarsProxies documents HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 support and dual authentication, a username and password or IP whitelisting.

Datacenter per IP$1.99 → $1.19 a month

ISP per IP$2.99 → $2.09 a month

Price$4.99 → $2.10/GB

• Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile from one account, with 24/7 support
• Residential traffic does not expire
• MarsProxies lists 1M+ residential IPs, a small pool next to the others here, and there is no free trial

12

Bright Data

Enterprise tooling

Bright Data supports HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 across residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter networks, and an IP allowlist adds a lock on top of the zone login.

Residential IPs400M+ monthly, per Bright Data

Datacenter per IP$2.20 → $1.30 a month

Price$4.00 → $2.50/GB

• The current 50% discount halves its list price of $8.00 → $5.00/GB
• Scraping APIs and datasets alongside the proxies for enterprise teams
• Strict KYC checks for new users, and monthly commitments do not roll over

13

DataImpulse

Lowest flat price

DataImpulse sells residential HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 proxies at one flat per-GB price, pay as you go, with login or IP authorization.

Residential IPs90M+, per DataImpulse

TrafficNever expires

Price$1.00/GB flat

• The lowest entry price here, with no subscription
• 24/7 human support
• City, state, ZIP and ASN targeting cost extra, and there are no static per-IP proxies

How an HTTP proxy works

An HTTP proxy speaks the protocol of the web itself, defined in RFC 9110 (HTTP Semantics) and RFC 9112 (HTTP/1.1), and handles two kinds of request differently.

Plain HTTP: forwarding. For an http:// address, your client sends the proxy the full URL, for example GET http://example.com/ HTTP/1.1 (the “absolute form” in RFC 9112, section 3.2.2). The proxy makes the request from its own IP and returns the response. Because nothing is encrypted, the proxy can read, cache or change that traffic.

HTTPS: the CONNECT tunnel. For an https:// address, the client sends CONNECT example.com:443 instead (RFC 9110, section 9.3.6). The proxy opens a TCP connection to that host, replies with a 200 status and from then on forwards bytes blindly in both directions. TLS runs end to end between your client and the website, so the proxy sees the host name and port but not the pages, cookies or form data.

Logging in. Paid proxies ask for credentials in the Proxy-Authorization header (RFC 9110, section 11.7.2), usually with the Basic scheme from RFC 7617. If they are missing or wrong, the proxy answers 407 Proxy Authentication Required; our guide to fixing proxy 407 errors covers the usual causes. Basic credentials are only base64-encoded, so on a plain http:// connection to the proxy they are readable in transit.

What “HTTPS proxy” means. Most providers use it for an HTTP proxy that tunnels HTTPS sites through CONNECT. A few, such as Oxylabs, also accept a TLS connection to the proxy itself (an https:// proxy URL), which encrypts the hop to the proxy, credentials included. Both hide your IP; neither makes a site you reach over plain HTTP secure.

HTTP vs HTTPS vs SOCKS5 proxies

In practice “HTTP proxy” and “HTTPS proxy” are the same endpoint: your client decides per request whether to forward or tunnel. For scraping and browsing, HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 give the same IPs, so pick whichever your tool handles best. Our SOCKS vs HTTP proxy guide goes deeper, and the best SOCKS5 proxies list compares providers on SOCKS5 alone.

How to use an HTTP proxy

Every paid HTTP proxy comes down to four values, usually written as one URL: http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@host:port. With ProxyEmpire the residential and mobile host is v2.proxyempire.io and the port is 5000; targeting such as country or city goes into the username. With curl, pass the proxy with -x; add -v to see what curl sends to the proxy.

# fetch an HTTPS page through the proxy
curl -v -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@v2.proxyempire.io:5000 https://example.com/
# curl opens the tunnel first:
> CONNECT example.com:443 HTTP/1.1
> Host: example.com:443
> Proxy-Authorization: Basic VVNFUk5BTUU6UEFTU1dPUkQ=
# the proxy answers 200, then TLS runs end to end

Python and other code. In Python requests, set the same http:// proxy URL for both the http and https keys; the https key still uses an http:// proxy address, because the client tunnels with CONNECT.

Browsers, anti-detect browsers and phones. Enter the host, port, username and password in the proxy settings and choose HTTP as the type; the browser asks for the login when the proxy first replies 407. On Android, ProxyEmpire’s free Proxy Manager app handles the setup; see our Android proxy guide.

Are free HTTP proxy lists worth it?

Free HTTP proxy lists are mostly open proxies: servers left misconfigured or taken over, which anyone can use. They are blocked on most sites, often die within hours, and a stranger’s HTTP proxy can read and change every unencrypted page you load, so we publish no list. If budget is the issue, start with ProxyEmpire’s $1.97 trial, Webshare’s free plan of 10 datacenter proxies, Byteful’s 1 GB free trial or Decodo’s free three-day trial. Whatever you use, the site’s terms and local laws still apply.

HTTP proxy FAQ