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You've probably heard of VPNs, but proxy services can also play a critical role in protecting your identity while you're online. We detail the best proxies we've tested to help you find the right one for your needs.

By Chris Stobing
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2.0

Hide.me Proxy is free and fulfills the simplest of needs in protecting your online privacy, but it's buggy and omits many of the features we've seen in competing services.

By Chris Stobing
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4.0

MarsProxies makes it easy to get what you want from your online shopping experience with some of the lowest prices and most flexible options of the proxy services we've tested.

By Chris Stobing
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3.5

Storm Proxies is a fast and affordable proxy service, but it lacks the flexibility and polish of the competition.

By Chris Stobing
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3.0

Proxy provider Oxylab offers a vast number of IP addresses and a reassuring privacy policy, but its residential plans offer no volume discounts, and it doesn't work out of the box with Netflix.

By Chris Stobing
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Proxies are simple, affordable tools for protecting your online privacy and unlocking content from abroad. We explain how we put them to the test to determine which proxy service is the best.

By Chris Stobing
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3.5

IPRoyal offers a standard proxy service with a special option to help sneaker collectors get ahead in the next shoe drop.

By Chris Stobing
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Proxies and VPNs both let you change how your web traffic is perceived by the outside world, but they're fundamentally different technologies. We explain which one is right for you.

By Max Eddy  & Chris Stobing
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A proxy server is an easy and secure way to protect your identity online. But is it better than a VPN? We explain how proxies work and whether you should be using one.

By Chris Stobing
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