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What are the best US city proxies in 2026?
Ranked by the price of 10 GB of city-targeted US residential traffic on 18 October 2026: MetroProxies ($0.59/GB, no KYC, crypto), Geonode ($0.79), Thordata ($1.80, sale price), DataImpulse ($2.00 for city traffic), Webshare ($2.75, sale price), Decodo ($3.50) and IPRoyal ($5.51). Rankings differ at other volumes; see the full table.
Which US city proxy providers rank best in 2026?
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Built around US cities: a page of local data for 181 cities and the exact username segment for each. City, state, ZIP and ASN targeting are included at every tier.
Pros
- No surcharge for any targeting
- Traffic never expires
- 1 GB test plan
Cons
- Crypto only
- No free trial
- Geonode is cheaper from 2 TB
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Geonode
Low monthly per-GB prices; its residential page lists state and city targeting "where live IPs are available", while the pricing page names only country targeting.
Pros
- $0.50/GB at 1 TB, $0.468/GB at 2 TB
Cons
- Monthly subscription
- 10 GB minimum (3-day $5 trial)
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Thordata
Country, city, state and ISP targeting with sale prices shown under a struck-through original price.
Pros
- $2.00 single-GB plan
Cons
- Prices shown as discounts from an "original" price
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DataImpulse
A $1/GB standard rate, but its documentation says city-targeted traffic is billed at double, and that it cannot guarantee a specific city at a given time.
Pros
- No monthly minimum
- $0.80/GB standard at 1 TB
Cons
- City, ZIP and ASN cost extra
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Webshare
Country, city, state, ZIP and ASN targeting listed; every tier shown as a sale from $7.00/GB.
Pros
- 1 GB plan available
Cons
- No crypto
- Monthly plans
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Decodo
Continent, country, state, city, ZIP and ASN targeting on every residential plan.
Pros
- ZIP and ASN included
Cons
- Higher price per GB at small volumes
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IPRoyal
City-level targeting on pay-as-you-go traffic; its documentation reserves ISP targeting for verified customers who have spent $1,000.
Pros
- Pay as you go
Cons
- Highest 10 GB price in this table
Disclosure: this page is published by MetroProxies. Competitor details come from their public websites at the date shown above and may have changed since.
How does the ranking change at other volumes?
At 1 GB, MetroProxies ($1.50) and Thordata ($2.00, sale) are the only providers in the table under $3; Geonode and DataImpulse have no 1 GB plan. At 100 GB, Geonode ($0.65/GB monthly) is close to MetroProxies ($0.50/GB), and at 1 TB Geonode ($0.50/GB) matches MetroProxies ($0.50/GB), with Geonode lower from 2 TB ($0.468/GB). We do not claim to be the cheapest at any volume; the price index has all five volumes.
What else matters when you choose a US city proxy?
- Is targeting extra? Check the documentation, not only the pricing page: a city surcharge or a ZIP restriction is often written there.
- How is a city named? Some providers want
city-new_york, others a numeric ID. Test one request before you script a run. - What does the exit really look like? Check the IP in the geolocation database your target uses; suburbs are often labelled with the core city.
- How do you pay? Card-only providers need a billing identity; crypto-only providers such as MetroProxies do not ask for identity documents.
- Does unused traffic expire? Monthly plans usually reset; MetroProxies traffic never expires.
Where should I go next?
Check the five volumes in the residential proxy price comparison, the targeting surcharges in geo-targeting proxy prices, and the one-to-one pages for DataImpulse, SOAX, Decodo and Webshare. Ready to test? Buy residential proxies by city or open the city list.
What else do people ask about the ranking?
Why rank by the 10 GB price?
Ten gigabytes is a common first purchase for city-level checks, and it is a volume where most providers publish a price. Rankings at 1 GB, 100 GB and 1 TB are in the price index.
Is MetroProxies first because it wrote the list?
It is first by the rule stated above, which we apply the same way to every provider: price per GB of city-targeted traffic at 10 GB on 18 October 2026. The prices of the others are on their own public pages, linked below, so you can check them.
Which provider has the most US cities?
None of them publishes a verified city count, and we do not either. City availability varies with the residential devices online; test your own cities with a small plan first.
Sources (read on 18 October 2026) (7)
- Pricing geonode.com/pricing — Geonode (2026-10-18)
- Residential proxy pricing thordata.com/pricing/residential-proxies — Thordata (2026-10-18)
- City parameter docs.dataimpulse.com/proxies/parameters/city — DataImpulse (2026-10-18)
- Residential proxy webshare.io/residential-proxy — Webshare (2026-10-18)
- Residential proxy pricing decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing — Decodo (2026-10-18)
- Residential proxy pricing iproyal.com/pricing/residential-proxies — IPRoyal (2026-10-18)
- Residential proxy location settings docs.iproyal.com/proxies/residential/proxy/location — IPRoyal (2026-10-14)