Geonode vs Zyte

A direct comparison of Geonode and Zyte for teams choosing between per-GB residential proxy pricing and per-request managed scraping. Covers cost, coverage, protocols, and support so you can match the tool to your workload.

Transparent Per-GB Pricing

Geonode starts at $0.79 per GB with no monthly minimum, dropping to $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. Zyte's mid-tier and top-tier per-request rates are not published, making cost projection at scale difficult without a direct sales conversation.

Confirmed Pool Size

Geonode publishes a verified residential pool of 2.5 million IPs across 195-plus countries with city-level targeting. Zyte confirms country and region targeting but does not publish the size of its underlying residential pool.

Around-the-Clock Support

Geonode provides 24/7 live chat backed by a 4.9 Trustpilot rating and a REST API plus dashboard. Zyte offers support through its dedicated support portal; live chat availability and response-time guarantees are not stated on its pricing page.

Verdict

Geonode suits teams that need predictable per-GB residential proxy costs, broad protocol support including SOCKS5, and no mandatory monthly commitment. Zyte is a stronger fit for teams that want fully managed scraping where difficulty handling and anti-bot logic are abstracted into per-request pricing tiers — a genuine advantage Zyte holds over a raw proxy service. However, Zyte requires a minimum monthly commitment of $100, and pricing beyond the entry tier is not published, which limits cost transparency for growing workloads.

Geonode vs Zyte: side-by-side comparison


Product model	Per-GB, no expiry	per-request (per 1,000 responses); pay-as-you-go or monthly minimum commitment tiers
Entry price	$0.79/GB	$0.06 per 1,000 successful responses
Mid tier	$0.50/GB	Not published
Top tier	$0.27/GB	Further discounts based on volume usage (Enterprise)
Underlying IP pool	2.5M	Not published
Protocols	HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS5	Not published
Geo targeting	195+ countries, city-level	Target specific countries and regions with location-based requests
Free trial	1 TB free	$5 free credit • No commitment; 30 days to try it out
Minimum spend	No minimum	$100 per month (lowest commitment tier); $200/mo and $500/mo tiers also available
API access	REST + dashboard	Yes
Support	24/7 chat, 4.9 Trustpilot	Support portal (support.zyte.com)

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Verified against public pricing page on 2026-08-19

Where each wins

Geonode

No minimum spend, published volume pricing, and SOCKS5 support from day one.

Zyte

Managed per-request scraping with built-in difficulty tiers and no overages.

Tie

Both provide API access and support country-level geographic targeting.

Switching from Zyte to Geonode

Migration from Zyte to Geonode requires only swapping your endpoint and credentials, with no code rewrites if you are using standard proxy authentication.

Claim Your Free Terabyte

Create a Geonode account and activate the 1 TB free trial before decommissioning any Zyte credentials. This lets you run both services in parallel at no cost during validation. No minimum spend is required, so there is no financial risk while you evaluate throughput, success rates, and geo-targeting accuracy against your existing benchmarks.

Swap Endpoint and Credentials

Replace your current Zyte API endpoint and authentication details with the Geonode residential proxy endpoint at proxy.geonode.io:9000. Geonode supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5, so update your protocol setting to match your scraper configuration. Credential format follows standard username-password proxy authentication, which most HTTP clients and scraping frameworks accept without additional changes.

Verify Targeting and Billing

Run a representative sample of your requests through Geonode and confirm that city-level geo-targeting returns the expected locations across your target countries. Check the dashboard to verify that bandwidth is being recorded per GB with no expiry applied to your balance. Once success rates and cost metrics match your targets, cut your production traffic fully to Geonode.

What Geonode customers say

FAQ

Geonode publishes rates of $0.79 per GB at entry, $0.50 per GB at 100 GB, and $0.27 per GB at 1 TB. Zyte's entry price is $0.06 per 1,000 successful responses, but mid-tier and top-tier rates are not published. Direct cost comparison at high volumes requires contacting Zyte's sales team.

Geonode has no minimum spend requirement. You can start with the 1 TB free trial and pay only for what you use beyond that at per-GB rates. Zyte's lowest published commitment tier is $100 per month, with $200 and $500 monthly tiers also available.

For most setups, migration involves updating a single endpoint to proxy.geonode.io:9000 and replacing credentials. If your scraper uses standard HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy configuration, the change typically takes under an hour. Running both services in parallel during the free trial period reduces cutover risk.

Geonode supports targeting across 195-plus countries at city level. Zyte confirms country and region targeting but does not publish granularity beyond that on its pricing page. If city-level precision is required, Geonode explicitly supports it and allows you to verify targeting during the free 1 TB trial.

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