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IPRoyal vs Floppydata
Floppydata and IPRoyal residential proxies side by side, measured in our own benchmark of 12 providers (5–8 October 2026): cost, speed, success rate, IP quality and sticky sessions.
We operate Floppydata and tested it on the same terms as the other providers. See the full benchmark.
- Public price
- $1.00/GB
- Best placements in our test
- Cost per 1,000 successful requests: 2nd of 12
- Price per GB (as paid): tied 2nd of 12
- Proxy Detection Rate: 2nd of 12
- Fraud Score (avg, 0–100): tied 2nd of 12
- Price as paid
- $5.31/GB
- Best placements in our test
- Residential / ISP IPs (by ASN): tied 3rd of 12
- Wikipedia success rate: tied 4th of 12
- Sticky Session Stability: tied 4th of 12
Overview
Every row is a measured result from our benchmark. The better value in each row is highlighted. Where our 95% confidence intervals don't separate the two results, we don't call a winner and leave the row unmarked.
| Metric | Floppydata | IPRoyal |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per 1,000 successful requests Money spent on traffic divided by successful requests lower is better | $0.019 | $0.104 |
| Price per GB (as paid) What we paid per GB for the package we bought lower is better | $1.00/GB 50 GB, 30 days | $5.31/GB 2 GB, may include tax |
| Proxy Detection Rate Share of 300 sampled IPs that Scamalytics flags as a proxy lower is better | 60.7% 95% CI 55.0–66.0 | 96.0% 95% CI 93.1–97.7 |
| Fraud Score (avg, 0–100) Scamalytics risk score, averaged over 300 sampled IPs lower is better | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Geo Accuracy Exit IP was in the country we requested (Cloudflare database) higher is better | 99.8% 95% CI 99.7–99.8 | 99.6% 95% CI 99.5–99.6 |
| Latency, median Full request time on successful requests: connect, tunnel, TLS, response lower is better | 0.93 s | 1.23 s |
| Latency, P90 9 in 10 successful requests were at least this fast lower is better | 1.76 s | 3.14 s |
| Residential / ISP IPs (by ASN) Not flagged as datacenter and not on a hosting network (ASN check) higher is better | 99.0% 95% CI 97.1–99.7 | 99.3% 95% CI 97.6–99.8 |
| Amazon success rate A real search page came back, not a CAPTCHA or challenge (no browser, no JavaScript) higher is better | 49.4% 95% CI 47.2–51.7 | 50.1% 95% CI 47.9–52.4 |
| Wikipedia success rate Control target without anti-bot protection higher is better | 98.6% 95% CI 98.2–98.8 | 99.6% 95% CI 99.3–99.7 |
| Success Rate Rotating requests that got a valid answer, 25,200 per provider higher is better | 98.0% 95% CI 97.8–98.2 | 99.5% 95% CI 99.4–99.5 |
| Duplicate Rate Successful requests that reused an IP already seen lower is better | 11.7% | 7.0% |
| Sticky Session Stability 30-minute sessions that kept one IP and answered at least 90% of checks. Floppydata: only sessions in the format from its official documentation (264; 312 for the others) higher is better | 47.3% 95% CI 41.4–53.4 | 80.4% 95% CI 75.7–84.5 |
How we tested. We bought a residential package from each of 12 providers and ran the same scripts from three servers (USA, Germany, Singapore) on 5–8 October 2026: 25,200 rotating requests per provider, plus Amazon and Wikipedia, sticky-session and IP-quality tests. Prices are as paid for each package.
Full results and methodology · Raw data and scripts on GitHub
Which One Should You Choose?
Choose Floppydata if you need:
- Lower cost per 1,000 successful requests: $0.019 vs $0.104
- Lower price per GB: $1.00/GB vs $5.31/GB
- Fewer IPs flagged as proxies: 60.7% vs 96.0%
- Lower average fraud score: 3.0 vs 4.5
- More accurate country targeting: 99.8% vs 99.6%
Choose IPRoyal if you need:
- Higher Wikipedia success rate: 99.6% vs 98.6%
- Higher success rate: 99.5% vs 98.0%
- Fewer repeated IPs: 7.0% vs 11.7%
- More stable sticky sessions: 80.4% vs 47.3%
Benchmark Results
Tested by Floppydata, 5–8 October 2026. Each bar is scaled to the highest value among all 12 tested providers.
Pros & Cons
Ranked against all 12 providers we tested, not only these two. A pro is a top-third result (places 1–4 of 12), a con a bottom-third result (places 9–12), so both providers can share a pro. For the head-to-head result, see the Overview table.
Pros
- Cost per 1,000 successful requests: $0.019, 2nd of 12
- Price per GB (as paid): $1.00/GB, tied 2nd of 12
- Proxy Detection Rate: 60.7%, 2nd of 12
- Fraud Score (avg, 0–100): 3.0, tied 2nd of 12
- Geo Accuracy: 99.8%, tied 2nd of 12
Cons
- Sticky Session Stability: 47.3%, 12th of 12
- Wikipedia success rate: 98.6%, 11th of 12
- Success Rate: 98.0%, 11th of 12
- Duplicate Rate: 11.7%, 11th of 12
- Residential / ISP IPs (by ASN): 99.0%, tied 9th of 12
Pros
- Residential / ISP IPs (by ASN): 99.3%, tied 3rd of 12
- Wikipedia success rate: 99.6%, tied 4th of 12
- Sticky Session Stability: 80.4%, tied 4th of 12
Cons
- Fraud Score (avg, 0–100): 4.5, 11th of 12
- Latency, median: 1.23 s, 11th of 12
- Latency, P90: 3.14 s, 11th of 12
- Cost per 1,000 successful requests: $0.104, 10th of 12
- Price per GB (as paid): $5.31/GB, 10th of 12
In Our Benchmark
How each provider did overall, from the provider-by-provider notes of the full benchmark.
98.0% Success Rate, 0.93 s median latency, a Duplicate Rate of 11.7%, and the lowest sticky stability in the test (47.3%). Cost per Successful Request is among the three lowest ($0.019 per 1,000). We operate this provider; see the disclosure above.
99.5% Success Rate with a P90 latency of 3.14 s. Sticky stability 80.4%. $5.31/GB.
Floppydata vs IPRoyal: Which Is Better?
Which one is better depends on what you need most:
- Best for lowest cost per request Floppydata
- Best for fewer proxy flags Floppydata
- Best for speed (median latency) Floppydata
- Best for success rate IPRoyal
- Best for fresh IPs (duplicate rate) IPRoyal
- Best for sticky sessions IPRoyal
