The 8 Best Mobile Proxies in 2026

A mobile proxy sends your requests through an IP address that a cellular carrier assigned to a phone or a 4G/5G modem. Teams use them for ad verification, mobile app QA, localized price checks and managing brand social profiles from one location. Carriers put many subscribers behind a single public IPv4 address, and RFC 6598 reserves the 100.64.0.0/10 block for exactly this kind of carrier-grade NAT. That sharing is why websites handle carrier IPs with care. It also hides the weak spot of most mobile pools. The IP under a logged-in session can change, because sticky sessions end after 60 minutes on SOAX and after 120 on DataImpulse. We checked every price below on the provider's own page in September 2026 and scored all eight on one scale, our own Proxys.io included.

In this guide, you will learn:

• Why session control decides whether a mobile proxy holds up through a logged-in or multi-step task
• The six criteria we score every provider on, and how to check each one yourself
• What each of the eight providers costs, what that price includes and where it falls short

If your work is a few long sessions a day on one carrier IP, start with the first row. Our personal mobile ports keep the same IP until you rotate it and don't meter traffic. Choose a country, city and operator and run a 1-day port on your own task.

What Is a Mobile Proxy?

A mobile proxy is an intermediary server that forwards your traffic through an IP address issued by a cellular carrier to a smartphone or a 4G/5G modem. Target sites see a carrier network, such as Vodafone or T-Mobile, instead of a hosting company. Providers sell access either per GB of traffic or as a dedicated port billed by time.

The difference from a residential proxy is who issued the address. Residential IPs belong to home broadband lines, where a household usually has an address of its own. Carrier IPs sit behind carrier-grade NAT, so one public address serves many phones at once and gets reassigned as devices reconnect. A mobile IP therefore changes more often, and a site that restricts one risks cutting off real subscribers along with it.

Typical jobs look like this: checking how ads and search results render for mobile users in a specific city, testing region-specific flows in a mobile app, tracking the prices shown to app users, and handling a brand's social profiles from a consistent location. All of them depend on the carrier IP staying put for the length of a task. The target platform's terms apply to proxied traffic exactly as they apply to a direct connection.

How to Choose a Mobile Proxy Provider

These six criteria sit behind every score in the ranking, and we don't add new ones along the way.

1. Session control: whether the IP is reserved for you, who triggers rotation, and the longest sticky session.
2. Traffic limits: metered, capped per day or unmetered, and whether unused GB expire.
3. Carrier and city targeting: which of country, state, city, carrier and ASN are included and which cost extra.
4. Country coverage: the number of countries where mobile IPs are sold, not the network-wide total.
5. Price: compared only within one billing model, per GB against per GB and port against port.
6. Trial and refund terms: a free or paid trial, the refund window and the conditions attached to it.

Each criterion earns 1 to 5 points. Session control counts twice because it decides whether the task finishes at all, which puts the maximum at 35, rescaled to 10. A figure the provider doesn't publish earns no credit. These weights suit long, stateful sessions.

You can run all six checks on our ports before paying for a month. Take a 1-day personal port, rotate it by link a few times, look up the exit IP in our proxy checker, and if it doesn't fit the task, ask for a refund within 24 hours.

The 8 Best Mobile Proxies in 2026

1. Proxys.io

Our personal mobile ports are private channels on carrier IPs in 14 countries, the USA and Great Britain among them. You keep one IP for as long as the task needs and change it when you decide. Traffic isn't metered, so a heavy week doesn't change the bill. Speed follows carrier load, from 3 to 30 Mbps; websites and 1080p video need 10 Mbps at most. The ports suit social media teams, QA engineers and agencies that work from one IP for hours.

Key details

A practical note: our ProxyControl extension imports ports by API key but configures HTTP(S) only, so add SOCKS5 ports in your software or through Proxifier.

Pros

• Unmetered traffic on a private channel.
• Rotation on demand or by timer, plus a daily city or operator switch.
• HTTP and SOCKS5 open on every port at the same time.
• 24-hour refund for any reason; tests on request for new customers.

Cons

• Sold in 14 countries; Germany, Italy and Canada aren't included.

Reliability: in business since 2016, 24/7 support with a 5-minute response standard, 24-hour refunds.

Review score: 8.6/10

Test a personal mobile port for one day on the pages your team actually uses, with a refund inside 24 hours if it doesn't fit.

2. Decodo

Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, runs a shared mobile pool of 10M+ IPs from 700+ carriers in 160+ locations. State, city, ZIP and carrier or ASN targeting come at no extra charge. Sticky sessions can hold one IP for up to 24 hours.

Key details

Pros

• Free 3-day trial with 100 MB, plus a 14-day money-back window on monthly plans.
• ZIP and ASN targeting included in every plan.
• Published figures of a 99.94% success rate and under 0.5 s response time.

Cons

• No dedicated mobile ports, so every session depends on the shared pool.
• Pay as you go costs $4/GB, and the lower advertised rates are tied to monthly plans.

Review score: 8.0/10

3. IPRoyal

IPRoyal sells dedicated mobile ports, the model closest to ours. A port is billed by the day or month and allows unlimited concurrent sessions, while a separate rotating plan bills per GB from a 4.5M+ IP pool. Its top listed locations include markets we don't cover: Germany with 502,842 IPs, Italy with 503,734 and the Netherlands with 492,853. By its own figures the network reaches up to 100 Mbps with 99% uptime.

Key details

Pros

• Dedicated ports with unlimited concurrent sessions.
• Carrier choice across networks such as Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile.
• Payment by card, PayPal, Alipay or crypto.

Cons

• Each dedicated proxy has a 30 GB daily data limit.
• No free trial, and refunds within 24 hours apply only when proxies don't work as described.

Review score: 7.1/10

4. DataImpulse

DataImpulse sells mobile traffic at $2/GB on a pay-as-you-go basis, and purchased traffic never expires. The pool lists 16M+ carrier IPs in 195 countries on 3G, 4G, 5G and LTE. Country targeting is free, while state, city, ZIP and ASN filters cost extra. Sticky sessions last up to 120 minutes, over HTTP(S) or SOCKS5.

Key details

Pros

• $2/GB with no monthly plan to buy first.
• Purchased traffic has no expiry date.
• Mobile IPs in 195 countries.

Cons

• Granular targeting is billed on top of the base rate.
• No dedicated ports, and sticky sessions stop at 120 minutes.

Review score: 6.9/10

5. Oxylabs

Oxylabs offers the deepest targeting in this comparison: continent, country, state, city, coordinates and ASN, with no extra fees. The pool holds 20M+ IPs in 140+ countries, sessions can stay static for 24 hours, and HTTP3 works alongside HTTP(S) and SOCKS5. Every plan includes a dedicated account manager. The barrier is entry. Plans are monthly, start at $30 for 4 GB, and the mobile pricing page lists no trial.

Key details

Pros

• Coordinate-level targeting included in the price.
• Average 99.9% uptime and 1.1 s response time, by its own figures.
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified proxy products.

Cons

• Monthly plans only, and the smallest one works out to $7.50/GB.
• No free or paid trial listed for mobile proxies.

Review score: 6.6/10

6. SOAX

SOAX lists UDP and QUIC support on its mobile proxies, next to HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. That matters for tools that don't run over TCP. The network lists 33M+ mobile IPs in 195+ locations, with country, region, city and ASN targeting. Billing runs on per-GB subscriptions, and the lower rates come with monthly commitments. A $1.99 trial gives 400 MB for three days.

Key details

Pros

• UDP and QUIC support for tools outside plain HTTP.
• The largest listed mobile pool in this comparison.
• A $1.99 paid trial.

Cons

• Sticky sessions end at 60 minutes.
• Lower per-GB rates require a monthly spend commitment.

Review score: 6.0/10

7. Evomi

Evomi is a Swiss provider selling mobile traffic from $2.20/GB, with a free trial. According to the company, its mobile IPs come from volunteer nodes on carrier networks, with city and state targeting over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. Paid plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, capped at 10% of the data allowance or 1 GB, whichever is smaller. The mobile product page doesn't publish a pool size, a country count or sticky-session limits, and our scale gives no credit for missing figures.

Key details

Pros

• Free trial before the first payment.
• HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 on mobile.
• A Swiss company, which some compliance teams require.

Cons

• Pool size, country count and sticky-session limits aren't published for mobile.
• The money-back guarantee lapses once 1 GB or 10% of the plan is used.

Review score: 6.0/10

8. Proxy-Cheap

Proxy-Cheap sells two mobile products under one account. Static mobile proxies come from 47+ locations on 3G and 4G networks, as shared or dedicated IPs, from $11.61 per proxy. Rotating mobile proxies run on 3G, 4G and 5G networks and bill at $5.99/GB regardless of volume. The company lists 155M+ IPs across 180+ countries for all proxy types combined. Payment works by card, PayPal, Alipay or crypto.

Key details

Pros

• Static and rotating mobile proxies under one account.
• HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS support.
• Card, PayPal, Alipay and crypto payments.

Cons

• Plan length and traffic terms aren't shown next to the $11.61 headline price.
• Rotating mobile has one flat rate with no volume discount.

Review score: 5.4/10

Mobile Proxy Providers Compared

Three criteria separate these eight providers: control over the session, metering while it runs, and mobile coverage in your countries. We rank Proxys.io first at 8.6 because our ports lead on the first two, and we're behind most of this list on the third. If your task is a few long sessions in one of our 14 countries, start with a 1-day port.

Our mobile ports are rented by the day, so a real test on your own targets costs one day of rent, and the 24-hour refund still applies. See countries and operators.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best mobile proxy provider in 2026?

For long sessions on one carrier IP, our Proxys.io ports scored highest at 8.6 out of 10: traffic is unmetered and the IP rotates only when you choose. Decodo came second at 8.0, with ZIP and ASN targeting included and a free trial. For cheap per-GB traffic, DataImpulse charges $2/GB.

How much do mobile proxies cost?

Per-GB mobile plans in this comparison start at $2/GB with DataImpulse and reach $7.50/GB on the smallest Oxylabs monthly plan. Dedicated ports are priced by time: IPRoyal from $10.11 per day, our personal ports from $56.79 for 30 days with unmetered traffic. Compare prices only inside one billing model.

What is the difference between mobile and residential proxies?

Residential proxies use IPs from home broadband lines. Mobile proxies use IPs that carriers assign to phones and 4G/5G modems and share among many subscribers through carrier-grade NAT, using address space such as the 100.64.0.0/10 block from RFC 6598. For fixed home-line addresses, see our residential proxies.

Should I pay per GB or per port?

Pay per port when one workflow keeps the same carrier IP for hours, because the port price doesn't change with traffic. Pay per GB when you need many IPs, many countries or small, irregular volumes. Our pay-per-traffic mobile plan covers that second case for 30, 60 or 90 days.