Free web proxy alternatives
The most popular free web proxies send everyone through a few datacenter servers in two or three regions and pay for it with ads. Here is how each one compares with Shifter Web Proxy, which exits through residential IPs in 54 countries and shows no ads.
CroxyProxy Alternative
A free web proxy with residential exit IPs in 54 countries, no ads and no record of the pages you open. Pick the country first, then browse.
ProxySite.com Alternative
ProxySite gives you a US server or an EU server. Shifter Web Proxy gives you 54 countries, residential IPs and no ads, free every day.
Proxyium Alternative
Three servers, two of them marked slow by Proxyium itself. Shifter Web Proxy offers 54 countries on residential IPs, with no ads and a named company behind it.
BlockAway Alternative
BlockAway and CroxyProxy share one platform. Shifter Web Proxy is a separate network: residential IPs in 54 countries, no ads, no account.
hide.me Free Proxy Alternative
hide.me's free proxy stops at the Netherlands, Germany and Finland. Shifter Web Proxy covers 54 countries, including the US, on residential IPs and with no app to install.
ProxyPal Alternative
Like ProxyPal, Shifter Web Proxy is run by a proxy company. Unlike it, the free tool runs on residential IPs in 54 named countries, with no ads on the page.
VPNBook Web Proxy Alternative
VPNBook's web proxy offers 3 countries on a page built around VPN affiliate links. Shifter Web Proxy gives you 54 countries of residential IPs on a page that sells nothing but its own network.
CoProxy Free Web Proxy Alternative
CoProxy's free web proxy is a demo on a proxy seller's site, and it gives you no choice of where your traffic exits. Shifter Web Proxy lets you choose from 54 countries of residential IPs before you open a page.
4everproxy Alternative
4everproxy offers 21 exit locations on an ad-supported page that sells a VPN. Shifter Web Proxy offers 54 countries of residential IPs, with no ads at all.
ProxyOrb Alternative
ProxyOrb is free and funded by ads, and it does not publish which countries it exits from. Shifter Web Proxy has no ads and lets you pick from 54 countries of residential IPs.
911Proxy Web Proxy Alternative
911Proxy's free proxy pages carry other brands' names and lead to its residential proxy offers. Shifter Web Proxy is a free residential proxy under Shifter's own name, with 54 countries to choose from.
Hidester Alternative
The original Hidester web proxy is gone, and the site that ranks for its name is run by an unknown operator. Shifter Web Proxy is a free replacement from a named proxy company, with 54 countries of residential IPs.
ProxFree Alternative
ProxFree gives you three countries to browse from. Shifter Web Proxy gives you 54, each through a residential IP, with no ads and no account.
LumiProxy Online Proxy Alternative
Both are free web proxies run by residential proxy companies. Shifter Web Proxy publishes its 54 countries and its daily allowance up front, under its own name.
KProxy Alternative
KProxy's free tier offers two countries, according to TechRadar. Shifter Web Proxy gives every visitor 54, through residential IPs, with no Pro upgrade needed to reach them.
UnblockVideos Alternative
UnblockVideos is built around video sites. Shifter Web Proxy is built for browsing any site as a local visitor in 54 countries, through residential IPs.
GenMirror Alternative
GenMirror is a quick, ad-supported SSL proxy. Shifter Web Proxy adds what it leaves out: a choice of 54 countries, residential exit IPs and no ads.
Every free web proxy we track
Ranked by monthly visits. Facts come from each proxy's own pages, checked by hand; anything we could not confirm says so rather than guessing.
| Web proxy | Countries | Exit IP | Ads | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shifter Web Proxy | 54 countries | Residential | None | No page logs |
| CroxyProxy | No location choice | Datacenter | Yes | Records activity |
| ProxySite.com | 2 countries | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| Proxyium | 3 countries | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| BlockAway | No location choice | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| hide.me Free Proxy | 3 countries | Datacenter | None | No page logs |
| ProxyPal | No location choice | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| VPNBook Web Proxy | 3 countries | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| CoProxy Free Web Proxy | No location choice | Datacenter | None | No policy |
| 4everproxy | 21 countries | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| ProxyOrb | No location choice | Not published | Yes | No page logs |
| 911Proxy Web Proxy | Country dropdown, defaults to the United States | Datacenter | None | No policy |
| Hidester | No location choice | Datacenter | Yes | No policy |
| ProxFree | 3 countries | Datacenter | None | No policy |
| LumiProxy Online Proxy | 199 countries | Datacenter | None | No policy |
| KProxy | 2 countries | Not published | Not checked | Records activity |
| UnblockVideos | No location choice | Not published | None | No policy |
| GenMirror | No location choice | Datacenter | Yes | No page logs |
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