Databay Research Team
Engineering & Research
The same group that runs the probe pipelines and the free proxy list dataset researches, writes, and maintains every guide on this site. The working output is public: the blog and the IP-reputation study.
Company record · Operating since 2022
The company and rules behind Databay
Databay operates a rotating proxy network: 34 million residential IPs from people who opted in through a partner app and are paid for the bandwidth they share, plus 80 thousand datacenter IPs and 800 thousand mobile IPs across 200+ countries.
34M+ Residential IPs
800K+ Mobile IPs
80K+ Datacenter IPs
200+ Countries covered
Independently reviewed. Databay is listed on third-party platforms we don't control. Read them unfiltered.
Networks & pricing
What we sell, how we price it
Most proxy vendors don't publish their real prices. The numbers on the homepage are a starting point; the rate you actually pay shows up after a sales call, varies by country, and depends on what your purchasing department can argue down. We don't do that. The price on /proxies is the price you pay, anywhere we ship traffic, with no surcharge for the harder-to-source markets.
- One rate card, no sales call to see it
- No per-country surcharge, anywhere we ship
- 34M+ residential IPs, every one opt-in
- Working proxy URL in about five minutes
- ResidentialFrom $0.90/GB34M+ ISP-assigned home IPs with country, city, ZIP & ASN targeting.Explore residential
- Residential FlexFlat $0.55/GBThe budget rotating residential tier: one flat worldwide rate.Explore Flex
- DatacenterVolume from $0.50/GBFastest speeds and the lowest cost per GB for high-volume collection.Explore datacenter
- MobileFrom $2.50/GBPublished 5G/4G carrier-network IPs for authorized mobile-network testing.Explore mobile
Operating principles
Three bets we made
We bet on three things mattering more than they look.
01
Transparent supply
Databay states that its residential supply uses disclosed partner-app opt-in and compensation; review the Trust Center for the current sourcing description.
02
Predictable pricing
One rate card, no per-country surcharge, no negotiated tier, because if we negotiated we'd have to charge full price to someone else first.
03
Fast time-to-first-request
Signup to working proxy URL inside five minutes.
The first two we feel good about. The third we still want lower. Judge for yourself on the live rate card.
Who it's for
Who uses rotating proxies
What we sell is access to the public web from a lot of different IP addresses. The proxies are the tool; the access pattern is the product. The customers who actually care:
Research teams
Checking how a paywall renders for a Berlin reader without leaving the office.
E-commerce teams
Price-monitoring competitors that block datacenter IP ranges outright.
Ad-verification firms
Confirming a Mexican campaign actually delivered to Mexican IPs.
Security analysts
Pulling threat intel from regions where their corporate IP is geo-blocked.
See how each pattern maps to a network on the proxy use cases page.
Editorial standard
Who writes this site
Everything published here, the guides, the free proxy list methodology, the IP-reputation research, ships under one collective byline: the Databay Research Team, the engineers who operate the proxy network and probe pipelines the articles describe. No individual personas and no borrowed credentials; the method behind every published number lives openly on our Trust page.
Company record
Company facts
- Founded
- 2022
- Legal entity
- WATTENNE INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Registered address
- 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA (Wyoming registered-agent address)
- Network coverage
- 200+ countries
- Residential IPs
- 34,000,000+ ethically sourced from opt-in users
- Datacenter IPs
- 80,000+ across key markets, ~780ms latency
- Mobile IPs
- 800,000+ genuine 5G/4G mobile network IPs in 155+ countries
- Pricing
- From a flat $0.55/GB (Flex) pay-as-you-go, no monthly commitment
- Support languages
- English, French, Spanish, Russian
- Open data
- The live free proxy list dataset, free to use under an MIT license with a public JSON/CSV/TXT API.
Trust & compliance
Ethical sourcing & compliance
We don't route traffic through users who didn't actively say yes, and the policies that enforce that are public. The full sourcing methodology, covering the opt-in flow, the consent language, payment and revocation, lives on our Trust page.
Opt-in, paid supply
Databay states that residential peers join through a disclosed partner-app consent flow and receive compensation. The Trust Center documents the current sourcing commitment; buyers should include it in provider due diligence.
Sourcing methodologyAn AUP that names the abuse
Our Acceptable Use Policy explicitly bars credential stuffing, piracy, fraud-as-a-service, CSAM, and a long tail of other abuse patterns. Customers agree to the AUP before they can place an order.
Read the AUPHumans on the abuse inbox
Abuse complaints land in a dedicated Trust & Safety inbox monitored by people, not a triage queue.
Report abusePublic legal documents
The full AUP, refund policy, and our KYC/AML stance are published in the Legal Documents section; nothing is gated behind a sales call.
Legal documentsContact
Contact
Three inboxes for three audiences. Support handles account and technical issues; sales answers pricing and enterprise questions. General is what's left; we read it.
General
hello@databay.comCustomer support
support@databay.comSales / enterprise
sales@databay.com
From company record to first request
The published Flex rate is $0.55/GB. Create an account and receive a working proxy URL in about five minutes.
Pricing, order minimums, and traffic validity vary by product.