Geonode vs Olostep

A direct comparison of Geonode and Olostep for teams deciding between a raw residential proxy network and a managed scraping API. Covers pricing, coverage, protocols, and support to help you choose the right infrastructure.

Transparent Per-GB Pricing

Geonode starts at $0.79 per GB with no monthly commitment, dropping to $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. Olostep bills per request on monthly subscriptions starting at $9 per month, making direct cost comparison difficult without knowing your request volume.

Verified Global Coverage

Geonode publishes a pool of 2.5 million residential IPs across 195 or more countries with city-level targeting confirmed. Olostep's residential pool size and geo-targeting granularity are not published, so buyers cannot independently verify coverage before committing.

Around-the-Clock Support

Geonode provides 24/7 live chat backed by a 4.9 Trustpilot rating. Olostep offers a Slack community and email support at info@olostep.com. Response time and availability outside business hours for Olostep are not published.

Verdict

Geonode suits teams that need a large, well-documented residential proxy network with pay-as-you-go billing, broad protocol support, and verified geo-targeting at scale. Olostep has a genuine edge for developers who need JS-rendered scraping handled at the API level without managing proxy rotation themselves. Olostep's free plan with 500 requests and no credit card required also lowers the barrier to testing. Protocol support, pool size, and geo-targeting depth for Olostep are not published.

Geonode vs Olostep: side-by-side comparison


Product model	Per-GB, no expiry	subscription (monthly) or credit packs valid for 6 months, per-request
Entry price	$0.79/GB	$9/month
Mid tier	$0.50/GB	$99/month
Top tier	$0.27/GB	$399/month (1 Million requests)
Underlying IP pool	2.5M	Not published
Protocols	HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS5	Not published
Geo targeting	195+ countries, city-level	Not published
Free trial	1 TB free	Free plan with 500 requests, no credit card required; refunds available on request
Minimum spend	No minimum	Not published
API access	REST + dashboard	Yes
Support	24/7 chat, 4.9 Trustpilot	Slack community, email (info@olostep.com)

Competitor data: text-only, no Review/Rating schema

Verified against public pricing page on 2026-08-19

Where each wins

Geonode

Flexible per-GB billing across 2.5 million IPs with no monthly commitment.

Olostep

Managed JS-rendered scraping with residential IPs included on every plan.

Tie

Both provide API access and support a free entry point to test before paying.

Switching from Olostep to Geonode

Migration from Olostep to Geonode takes minutes: claim your free terabyte, update one endpoint, and validate targeting before cutting production traffic over.

Claim Your Free Terabyte

Create a Geonode account and activate the 1 TB free trial, which carries no expiry and requires no minimum spend. Use this allocation to run representative traffic from your existing scraping workflows so you can measure bandwidth consumption and cost before any commitment is required.

Swap Endpoint and Credentials

Replace your Olostep API endpoint with proxy.geonode.io:9000 and insert your Geonode username and password. Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, so update the protocol field in your client to match your stack. No other code changes are required for basic proxy rotation.

Verify Targeting and Billing

Confirm city-level geo-targeting is resolving correctly by testing a sample of target locations across the 195 or more countries Geonode covers. Check the dashboard to confirm per-GB billing is accruing as expected with no hidden minimums, then cut production traffic over once validation passes.

What Geonode customers say

FAQ

Geonode charges per gigabyte, starting at $0.79 per GB with no monthly minimum, falling to $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. Olostep uses monthly subscriptions starting at $9 per month, billed per request. Because Olostep prices per request rather than per GB, a direct unit comparison requires knowing your average page size and request volume.

No. Olostep's residential pool size is not published on their pricing page as of August 2026. Geonode publishes a verified pool of 2.5 million residential IPs. Buyers who need to audit pool size or geo-targeting depth before committing should factor this transparency gap into their evaluation.

For most setups, migration involves updating one endpoint to proxy.geonode.io:9000 and replacing credentials. Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, so the main step is matching the protocol to your existing client. The free 1 TB trial lets you validate performance before switching any production traffic.

Olostep explicitly includes JS-rendered scraping handled at the API layer on all plans, which is a documented strength. Geonode provides the residential proxy network but does not manage JS rendering for you. Teams that need rendering handled automatically may find Olostep a better fit for that specific use case.

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