Looking for a NetNut replacement
NetNut's proxy service was disrupted in July 2026 when US authorities seized hundreds of its domains. If your crawls stopped, you need a network that is running today. Shifter serves 205M+ residential IPs across 195+ countries from $0.75/GB, and publishes measured performance you can check before you commit.
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Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Shifter | NetNut |
|---|---|---|
| Service status | Running | Domains seized July 2026 |
| IP Pool | 205M+ residential IPs | Service disrupted |
| Countries | 195+ | Service disrupted |
| Starting Price | $2.00/GB | No longer purchasable |
| Best Price | $0.75/GB | No longer purchasable |
| Protocols | HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS5 | HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS5 |
| Geo-Targeting | City-level (195+ countries) | City-level |
| Published benchmarks | Yes, measured live IP counts per country | Pool size claims only |
| Migration effort | Swap endpoint and credentials | Not applicable |
Pricing Comparison (per GB)
| Volume | ShifterUp to 71% OFF | NetNut | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | $10 for 5 GB ($2.00/GB) | No longer purchasable | — |
| Mid-Volume (~100 GB) | $100 ($1.00/GB) | No longer purchasable | — |
| Scale (200 GB+) | $149 ($0.75/GB) | No longer purchasable | — |
Why use Shifter residential proxies?
A Network That Is Running Today
On 2 July 2026 the FBI seized hundreds of domains tied to NetNut, in an operation alongside Google, Lumen, the Shadowserver Foundation and IRS Criminal Investigation. If your pipelines depend on that service, the immediate need is a working replacement rather than a marginally cheaper one.
Migrate Without Rewriting Anything
Shifter uses standard username and password authentication over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5, the same shape of integration NetNut used. In most cases you change the gateway host and credentials and your existing code keeps working.
Performance You Can Verify Before Committing
After a disruption of this kind, being able to check a provider's numbers rather than take them on trust is worth more than a discount.
Coverage Across 195+ Countries
Shifter serves 205M+ residential IPs with country, state and city level targeting, unlimited concurrent connections, and both rotating and sticky sessions, so most NetNut workloads map across without redesign.
Support While You Move
24/7 support on every plan, including the entry tier, so a migration under time pressure is not left waiting in a queue.
Simple, transparent pricing
Fixed monthly plans with included bandwidth. No hidden fees. Scale as your usage grows.
Frequently asked FAQ questions
Common questions about switching from NetNut to Shifter.
On 2 July 2026 the FBI seized hundreds of domains associated with NetNut as part of a coordinated action with Google, Lumen Technologies, the Shadowserver Foundation and IRS Criminal Investigation. Reporting described a network of around two million consumer devices, tracked by researchers as the Popa botnet. Parent company Alarum Technologies has not been criminally charged and remains listed on Nasdaq.
Not through the seized domains. If you hold a contract, direct questions about credit or refunds to Alarum Technologies, since that is between you and them rather than something we can advise on.
Usually within an hour. Both services use standard credential authentication over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5, so for most teams it is a change of endpoint and credentials. Country and city targeting is set through gateway parameters, so existing geo logic normally maps across directly.
Ask for measured evidence, not just a headline pool size. Advertised totals count every address a network has ever seen, over years and across every country, so they say little about what is reachable where you need it right now. Run your own test: send concurrent requests through the gateway to an IP echo endpoint, opening a fresh connection each time, and count the distinct addresses you get back in the country you care about. We publish that exact method and our own results at /benchmarks so you can compare like for like.
Yes. You can test coverage, geo-targeting and speed on your own targets before committing, which is the sensible way to validate any replacement after an unplanned migration.
Get your crawls running again
A network that is live today, in 195+ countries from $0.75/GB, with published measurements you can verify and support on every plan.