Geonode vs ProxyEmpire

A direct comparison of Geonode and ProxyEmpire for teams evaluating residential proxy costs, geographic coverage, and billing flexibility. Figures are drawn from published pricing and are intended to help buyers make an informed decision.

Pricing at Scale

Geonode's residential entry price is $0.79/GB, dropping to $0.50/GB at 100 GB and $0.27/GB at 1 TB. ProxyEmpire's published residential entry is $0.75/GB; mid-tier pricing is not published, making direct scale comparisons difficult.

Geographic Reach

Geonode covers 195+ countries with city-level targeting across its 2.5 million residential IP pool. ProxyEmpire covers 170+ countries with country, region, city, and ISP-level targeting across a stated pool of 30 million or more IPs.

Billing Flexibility

Geonode charges per GB with no expiry and no stated minimum spend, including 1 TB free to start. ProxyEmpire offers per-GB residential billing and a $1,500 per month unlimited flat plan; minimum spend is not published.

Verdict

Geonode suits buyers who want transparent, per-GB pricing that scales clearly from $0.79/GB down to $0.27/GB, plus 1 TB free to test at no commitment. ProxyEmpire genuinely leads on raw pool size at 30 million or more IPs, adds HTTP/2 support, ISP-level targeting, and rollover bandwidth — advantages for teams with specialized session or targeting requirements. Its mid-tier pricing is not published, so cost at volume requires a direct quote.

Geonode vs ProxyEmpire: side-by-side comparison


IP pool (residential, active)	2.5M	30M+
Entry price	$0.79/GB	$0.35/GB
Price at 100 GB	$0.50/GB	Not published
Price at 1 TB	$0.27/GB	$1500/month (Unlimited Residential Proxies)
Protocols	HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS5	HTTP, HTTPS, Socks5, HTTP/2
Geo targeting	195+ countries, city-level	170+ countries, country, region, city, and ISP targeting
Billing model	Per-GB, no expiry	per-GB (residential from $0.75/GB, mobile from $1.25/GB, datacenter from $0.35/GB); flat monthly for unlimited plan ($1500/month)
Free trial	1 TB free	$1.97 trial
Minimum spend	No minimum	Not published
API access	REST + dashboard	Yes
Support	24/7 chat, 4.9 Trustpilot	24/7 chat support; dedicated Account Manager for Corporate & Enterprise clients

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Verified against public pricing page on 2026-08-19

Where each wins

Geonode

Published per-GB pricing at every tier, 1 TB free, no minimum spend.

ProxyEmpire

Larger IP pool, rollover bandwidth, ISP targeting, and HTTP/2 support.

Tie

Both offer city-level targeting, per-GB residential billing, and 24/7 chat support.

Switching from ProxyEmpire to Geonode

Migration typically takes under an hour: claim your free terabyte, update one endpoint, and confirm targeting before cutting over fully.

Claim Your Free Terabyte

Create a Geonode account and activate the 1 TB free allocation before making any other changes. This lets you run live tests against your actual use case — country, city, or session patterns — without incurring charges, so you can validate performance independently of your current provider.

Swap Endpoint and Credentials

Replace your existing proxy host with proxy.geonode.io on port 9000 and update the username and password fields with your Geonode credentials. The endpoint accepts HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, so no protocol-level changes are required for most standard proxy integrations or scraping frameworks.

Verify Targeting and Billing

Run a representative sample of requests, confirming that city-level geo-targeting resolves correctly and that bandwidth consumption appears as expected in the Geonode dashboard. Review the per-GB billing with no expiry to confirm it maps to your usage pattern, then complete the cutover once results match your benchmarks.

What Geonode customers say

FAQ

Geonode publishes $0.79/GB at entry, $0.50/GB at 100 GB, and $0.27/GB at 1 TB. ProxyEmpire's residential entry is $0.75/GB, but mid-tier pricing is not published on their site, so a direct volume comparison requires requesting a quote from ProxyEmpire directly.

Migration requires updating your proxy endpoint to proxy.geonode.io:9000 and replacing your credentials. Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, covering the same protocols ProxyEmpire supports except HTTP/2. Most integrations complete the switch in under an hour without code restructuring.

Geonode provides 1 TB of free residential proxy bandwidth with no expiry and no minimum spend required to activate it. ProxyEmpire offers a $1.97 paid trial. The Geonode free allocation is larger and costs nothing, making it practical for extended pre-production testing.

ProxyEmpire publishes ISP-level targeting and a dedicated mobile proxy network priced from $1.25/GB. Geonode does not publish a separate mobile proxy tier or ISP-level targeting. Buyers with ISP or mobile-specific requirements should evaluate ProxyEmpire's feature set for those use cases.

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