Geonode vs SOAX

A direct comparison of Geonode and SOAX residential proxy services, covering pricing structure, pool size, geo-targeting depth, and support tiers to help procurement teams choose the right provider.

Straightforward Entry Pricing

Geonode starts at $0.79 per GB with no minimum spend required. SOAX requires a $200 per month minimum on its Builder plan, where residential bandwidth is priced at $3.00 per GB at comparable volume around 100 GB.

Pool Size Transparency

Geonode publishes its residential IP pool at 2.5 million IPs across 195 or more countries with city-level targeting. SOAX covers 190 or more countries with city, region, ISP, and on higher tiers ASN and ZIP targeting, but does not publish its pool size.

Billing Without Expiry

Geonode bills strictly per GB with no credit expiry and no subscription required. SOAX uses a credits-based subscription model with 60-day rollover on most plans, extending to 365 days only on annual Enterprise contracts.

Verdict

Geonode suits teams that want per-GB billing with no minimums, a published 2.5 million IP pool, and predictable costs starting at $0.79 per GB scaling to $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. SOAX is a stronger fit for large-scale operations that benefit from tiered geographic pricing across three cost tiers and need granular targeting down to ASN and ZIP level on Scale or Enterprise plans. Note that SOAX does not publish its residential pool size or supported protocols.

Geonode vs SOAX: side-by-side comparison


IP pool (residential, active)	2.5M	Not published
Entry price	$0.79/GB	Free (Sandbox plan)
Price at 100 GB	$0.50/GB	$3.00/GB (Builder plan, Tier 1, ~100 GB)
Price at 1 TB	$0.27/GB	$0.25/GB (Tier 3, 15 TB+)
Protocols	HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS5	Not published
Geo targeting	195+ countries, city-level	Multiple tiers covering 190+ countries, targeting by Country, Region, City, ISP (Scale/Enterprise adds ASN, ZIP)
Billing model	Per-GB, no expiry	Credits-based (1cr = $1); subscription plans with included credits; 60-day rollover (365 days on annual Enterprise); per-GB usage billed from credit balance; postpaid billing on Enterprise only
Free trial	1 TB free	Sandbox plan is free (no credits included)
Minimum spend	No minimum	$200/mo (Builder plan)
API access	REST + dashboard	Yes
Support	24/7 chat, 4.9 Trustpilot	Basic (Sandbox), 24/7 (Builder, Team, Scale), 24/7 + CSM (Enterprise)

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Verified against public pricing page on 2026-08-19

Where each wins

Geonode

No minimum spend, no expiry, and transparent per-GB pricing from $0.79.

SOAX

SOAX offers ASN and ZIP-level targeting on Scale and Enterprise plans.

Tie

Both providers cover 190 or more countries with city-level geo-targeting.

Switching from SOAX to Geonode

Migration requires only a credential swap and endpoint update, with no downtime if you run both providers in parallel during verification.

Claim Your Free Terabyte

Create a Geonode account and activate the 1 TB free trial before making any payment. This gives your team enough bandwidth to run live tests against your current workloads at production scale, so you can validate performance and IP quality before committing to a paid plan.

Swap Endpoint and Credentials

Replace your existing SOAX proxy endpoint and credentials with proxy.geonode.io on port 9000. Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, so no protocol-level changes are required in most cases. Update your rotation and authentication settings in the dashboard or via the REST API.

Verify Targeting and Billing

Confirm that country and city-level geo-targeting is returning the correct exit nodes for your use case. Check that usage is being recorded per GB with no expiry applied. Once targeting accuracy and billing behavior match expectations across a representative sample of requests, cut over your remaining traffic.

What Geonode customers say

FAQ

At around 100 GB, Geonode is priced at $0.50 per GB with no subscription required. SOAX lists $3.00 per GB on its Builder plan at that volume tier, which also carries a $200 per month minimum spend. Geonode does not require a minimum spend at any volume.

SOAX does not publish its residential IP pool size. Geonode publishes a pool of 2.5 million residential IPs. If pool size is a procurement requirement, you would need to contact SOAX directly to request that figure before making a decision.

Most migrations complete within a few hours. The main steps are creating a Geonode account, updating your proxy endpoint to proxy.geonode.io port 9000, and swapping credentials. Running both providers in parallel during a verification period is recommended before fully cutting over production traffic.

Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5. SOAX does not publish its supported protocols on its pricing page. If SOCKS5 support is required for your infrastructure, you should confirm SOAX protocol availability directly with their sales team before committing to a plan.

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