Live Proxies Review 2024 — Exploring LiveProxies.io Services

Overview

Live Proxies is one of the best residential proxy services on the market. Established in 2020, this provider has built a strong reputation as a trustworthy website with a vast residential proxy network of 10M+ IPs. This proxy pool hosts servers mainly from the USA, the UK, Canada, and RL regions, so finding the US residential proxy servers is simple. 

Looking ahead, I will say at once that the service delivers a high connection rate, stable performance, and absolute anonymity. The company offers undetectable IPs that bypass anti-spam systems, avoid CAPTCHAs, and circumvent blocks. The servers you request will neither see your IP address nor detect you are using an intermediary. 

Live Proxies offers solely private residential proxy servers, among which you can find rotating, static, and even 4G IPs. Residential IPs are assigned by ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to residential devices. Mobile IPs, on the contrary, are assigned by MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) to mobile devices. Such an approach makes Live Proxies indetectable even for the most sophisticated websites. 

Feature-Set and Guidance ✨

Rotating residential IPs 

Rotating residential IPs is one of the most frequently ordered and cheapest services on Live Proxies. Issued by ISPs, these are highly anonymous servers that mask your IP and are not detected as intermediaries by other websites. I was delighted with the fantastic user experience I obtained. The IP rotation is automatic, but you can keep the same IP for up to 60 minutes if you like. Among the IP switcher benefits is that the likelihood of being blocked reduces to zero. 

Get to know the 11 best rotating proxy services for 2024 I’ve picked for you!

Static residential IPs 

These are practically the same servers yet with a slight difference — they can keep the same IP for 30 days or longer. I enjoyed stable performance, 99% uptime, and a high connection rate. These servers similarly mask your presence so that websites detect you as a typical user. Though rotation brings many benefits, the static option is incredibly convenient for local SEO, ad verification, or other tasks that require the same IP. 

Rotating mobile IPs 

Mobile servers offered by Live Proxies are residential and rotating. They are incredibly stable compared to servers of other providers I used, but the connection rate is a bit lower. These servers are unique and come from mobile carriers. They support 3G and 4G and are more expensive since mobile IPs are more complicated to obtain. 

Searching for reliable mobile servers? Read my article about the 7 best mobile proxy services for 2024!

Proxy Tester

Apart from qualitative residential and static proxies, Live Proxies has prepared an advanced proxy tester that is absolutely free! Though this tester requires installation, I find it rather convenient — you can check the proxy availability within two clicks. 

How does the proxy tester work? That’s quite simple: the software sends a request through the user’s proxy and tests whether the response is received. Also, the tester can check the country of the proxy location and the time it takes to establish a connection.

When I checked IPs with this tool, some servers failed to test. There’s no need to worry because the availability of residential servers depends on user activity, device connectivity, and IP rotation. If you doubt the results obtained, I recommend checking IPs with a browser or a curl query because some websites can throttle the tester. 

One more thing to warn you about — this tool is inapplicable with Mac devices. If you use Windows, there is a green light for you. 

Usability 👍

My user experience with LiveProxies.io was mostly positive. Though this is an enterprise-centered platform, they have excellent features for all customers. Live Proxies dashboard is intuitive and multifunctional — you can purchase proxies from it, get your IPs, renew your proxies, etc. 

The navigation is simple. The company facilitated only a few UI elements because it lacks advanced features. However, if you are new to these services, Live Proxies has a help center to guide you through their services. 

When examining the website, I was a bit disappointed with a lack of extra tools like SERP scraping API or eCommerce scraper. Still, you can use the proxy checker — a helpful tool that goes free of charge. 

Another downside of the company is targeting limited to the UK, the USA, and Canada. Other countries can drop randomly. Also, there is no option for city-level targeting B2C users but it is available for the B2B users.

Customer Service 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

I was impressed with liveproxies.io user feedback — 4.8 points on Trustpilot scored from 760+ user reviews. 85% of users were absolutely satisfied with the services — cosmic numbers I rarely see. Most users highlight responsive customer support as well as fast and stable proxies that have never let them down — what else can one yet desire? 

Such a high level of consumer satisfaction bribes me because I’ve seen thousands of user reviews published on forums and sites like TrustPilot. Even the most capricious customers were satisfied with the services. Also, it is important to mention that most of the reviews on TrustPilot have a “verified” tag. This tag indicates that the review was submitted by a paying customer who received an invitation from TrustPilot after the purchase. 

In the case of Live Proxies, everything is different — the percentage of bad reviews is so tiny that you won’t even notice it. However, some users consider the service a bit pricey, but it is not such a significant drawback against the background of immense advantages.  

I fell in love with Live Proxies’ response to user claims. They do their best to sort out the problem directly with the client. Support agents view user accounts, check proxy performance, and figure out the issue’s core. Take a look at the company’s response below — it is magnificent, isn’t it?

Performance Testing 📈

I have tested myriads of “best” residential proxies and can assure you that most providers are not telling all the truth about the actual performance of their proxies. Quite often, I reveal a significant disparity between their promises and what they offer. 

Get to know the main reasons to test your proxy. 

During the liveproxies.io performance evaluation, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the servers — I would even call them premium proxies. Why did I like them? Private residential proxies by Live Proxies showed no interruptions, blocks, or any other malfunctions during my tests (and I have tested them insight-out). 

The residential rotating proxies are fast compared to intermediaries issued by other providers. Static residential proxies also do not lag behind — their speed is almost the same (slightly lower, but this is insignificant). 

Here are the speed results I obtained during the LiveProxies.io performance review: 

• Average ping: 236 ms
• Response time: 3.52 seconds
• Download speed: 21.62 Mbps
• Upload speed: 15.78 Mbps

You might think these results are not as great as they could be, but this is not so. The average download speed of a rotating residential proxy is 20+ Mbps; the ping rate is about 200 ms. If you are an experienced gamer, you know that such ping is insufficient for gaming purposes, where everything depends on the connection rate and ping. Hence, I can conclude that Live Proxies is not the best proxy for gaming. I consider this provider to be best for web scraping proxies or proxies for Instagram.

Apart from speed parameters, I have verified the proxy success rates. My results were rather inspiring — a 99% success rate on such “difficult” websites as Google and Amazon. It means Live Proxies is a good fit for web scraping purposes, ad verification, and other marketing tasks. Also, their servers have shown a decent performance on Hayha Bot, Instagram, and even Discord — this is my favorite Discord proxy now. 

If you want to know how to estimate the services, read my article about 11 working methods to test your proxies effectively.

Pricing ⚠️

You’ve come to the wrong place if you are looking for cheap private proxies. My LiveProxies.io pricing analysis has proved that their residential IP proxies cost more than their competitors. The thing is, the company focuses mainly on businesses and enterprises, so pricing plans can seem rather expensive for individuals. Still, the game is worth the candle, considering the total privacy, anonymity, and stable performance. 

However, there are some features where Live Proxies shine. Unlike many competitors, Live Proxies does not charge for the uploaded data. Instead, they count only the downloaded data logs. This approach allows Live Proxies users to significantly reduce their data consumption compared to other residential proxy providers. Additionally, they offer a valuable “rollover” feature, which enables users to save any unused data from their previous plan.

Let’s take a look at liveproxies.io pricing details. The minimum proxies price starts at $45 for rotating and $65 for static servers; the mobile proxies cost over $55. Though these prices seem quite reasonable, they go for metered connections. Unmetered residential proxies will offer unlimited bandwidth but cost more — $80 for rotating and $135 for static IPs.

Some pricing plans for static residential proxy servers are sold out, and I hate it. The pool is so small that it can hardly cover its customers — I hope they fix it soon.

Another thing you need to be aware of is that the Live Proxies pricing system does not suggest gig accumulation, so each month, you will have to purchase new plans. I recommend accurately calculating the amount of traffic you need in a month. Try to spend as many gigs as you’ve bought, or order smaller plans. 

As for the residential proxy free trial, it is available solely to enterprise-level customers who work with B2B projects. I also didn’t like the absence of a refund policy. The company claims its products are final, and no refund is needed if the servers were delivered to you. 

However, there are some cases when customers can get their money back. First, when the company fails to provide the consumer access to their product – they compensate users with free data and free extension. If a user accidentally purchases the wrong product and has not used it yet, the company can refund it within three days.

Final Verdict 💥

When testing the service, I’ve weighed all the pros and cons of LiveProxies.io. My verdict is that Live Proxies is a must-try service for all users seeking the best residential proxies. They are stable, fast, and anonymous, but be ready for expensive pricing plans. Also, you should consider the user cases this provider is best for — web scraping, market research, ad verification, etc. I would not recommend this service for SEO purposes (because of limited geo-targeting) or online gaming (because of insufficient ping). All in all, Live Proxies can be proud of high-quality servers that do not let down. 

FAQ 🤔