SOAX SOCKS5 Review 2026

Based on our 90-day benchmark, SOAX scores 9.1/10. It performs best for: ad verification and social-media automation needing clean, rotating mobile ips. With a 191M+ IP pool, 195-country coverage, and 890ms average response time, it earns a place in our top 10.

SOAX residential SOCKS5 starts at $6.60/GB. Committed monthly plans and enterprise contracts typically bring the effective per-GB price down by 30–50%. Check the current promotion on the SOAX pricing page before committing.

Yes. SOAX exposes SOCKS5 with username / password authentication on SOCKS5, HTTP. UDP passthrough is available on the residential gateway and works with cURL, Python (PySocks), Node, Selenium, Playwright, and Scrapy out of the box.

Pros: 191M+ IPs across residential and mobile; Per-port and per-second billing; Country, region, city and ISP targeting. Cons: No datacenter offering; Dashboard less polished than competitors. Read the full SOAX review above for benchmark data and a use-case verdict.

Solid SOAX alternatives depend on your workload — if pricing matters most, look at Smartproxy, IPRoyal or Proxy-Cheap. For enterprise-grade reliability, Oxylabs and Bright Data are the closest peers. For static ISP SOCKS5, NetNut leads.

SOAX typically offers either a 3-day money-back guarantee, a paid trial for verified businesses, or a small free-tier bundle. Availability changes — visit the SOAX deals section on this site or the provider dashboard to confirm.

SOAX operates a compliance program that includes KYC on residential access and an ethically sourced IP pool. Using a SOCKS5 proxy is legal in most jurisdictions; ensure your specific use case complies with each target site's terms of service.