Soax and IPRoyal both target scraping teams at mid-market pricing without enterprise compliance certifications. Neither documents ASN targeting on residential proxies — that shared limitation points the comparison toward the dimensions where each provider has actually concentrated its value.

Soax has concentrated value in operational visibility: failure rate dashboards, banned IP monitoring, speed metrics in real time, UDP and QUIC protocol support, and a mobile pool at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers. IPRoyal has concentrated value in transparency and session flexibility: per-country residential IP counts published as specific figures, sticky sessions documented at up to 7 days, and a 58-second average support response time confirmed as an operational metric.

Teams choosing between them are choosing between seeing what the network is doing in real time, or knowing exactly what pool they are buying into before they start.

Soax suits teams that need real-time failure rate and banned IP monitoring, UDP or QUIC protocol support, or a 33M+ mobile pool from real cellular carriers. The limitations: certifications in progress but not yet obtained, ASN targeting not documented, Texas excluded, subscription billing required, session TTL not published.

IPRoyal suits teams that value per-country IP count transparency before committing, or whose workloads require sessions that hold for hours or days. Sticky sessions documented at up to 7 days. Non-expiring PAYG without contracts. The 58-second average support response time is a stated metric. The limitations: no compliance certifications, residential pool at 32M+, ASN targeting not documented, carrier targeting not documented on mobile.

Soax's philosophy is that proxy network value extends to what operators can observe during usage. Real-time diagnostics let teams react to detection events before they compound. UDP and QUIC extend usability to non-standard workloads. The mobile pool at 33M IPs addresses volume-intensive mobile scraping. Certifications are in progress — the compliance posture is not yet independently verified.

IPRoyal's philosophy is that the proxy provider relationship should be legible at every stage. Per-country IP counts published as specific figures let teams verify pool coverage before purchasing. Sticky sessions documented at up to 7 days eliminate session re-authentication overhead for long-running workloads. Non-expiring PAYG removes billing-cycle pressure. The 58-second average support response is documented as an operational fact.

You gain operational observability and protocol breadth with Soax. You give up pool transparency and long-duration sticky sessions. With IPRoyal, the trade runs in reverse — you gain per-country transparency and 7-day sessions, and the observability dashboard, UDP/QUIC, and large mobile pool become unavailable.

Soax's residential pool is provider-reported at 155M+ IPs across 195+ countries. Targeting covers country, region, city, and ISP. ASN and ZIP not documented. Texas excluded. Mobile pool 33M IPs from real cellular carriers across 3G/4G/5G/LTE. Protocol: HTTP/S, SOCKS5, UDP, QUIC. Session TTL not published. Dedicated residential IPs not offered.

IPRoyal's residential pool is provider-reported at 32M+ IPs across 195 countries. Per-country counts published: US 4.2M+, India 3.7M+, China 2.5M+, UK 2.0M+, Germany 2.0M+, France 1.9M+. Country, state, ZIP, and city targeting confirmed. ASN targeting not documented. Sticky session TTL up to 7 days and explicitly documented. Mobile 4.5M+ IPs across 3G/4G/5G; carrier targeting not documented. ISP static in 31+ countries with flexible lease periods. Datacenter dedicated-only in 50+ countries with 99.9% uptime documented.

Soax provides API access with multi-language support. Dashboard exposes real-time diagnostics: failure rates, banned IPs, speed metrics, custom reports, and alerts. IP whitelist authentication not documented. Sub-user management not confirmed. Monthly subscription required.

IPRoyal supports IP whitelist alongside credential-based access. Two-factor authentication available. Sticky sessions hold up to 7 days. Dashboard monitoring for datacenter proxies. HTTP/S and SOCKS5 confirmed. Sub-user management not documented. The 58-second average support response time documented on datacenter documentation page.

Soax offers four monthly subscription tiers with per-GB billing. Low-cost 3-day trial for nominal fee. No PAYG documented. No free tier.

IPRoyal's residential PAYG traffic is non-expiring. No contracts required. Bulk discounts at higher volumes. Datacenter billed per IP per month. ISP billed per IP with daily or monthly options. Mobile unlimited traffic plans monthly. No free tier documented.

Real-time failure rate and banned IP dashboards, UDP or QUIC support, or a 33M+ mobile pool from real carriers are priorities. Soax fits.

Per-country IP count transparency, sticky sessions up to 7 days, non-expiring PAYG without contracts, or a documented sub-minute support response time are priorities. IPRoyal fits.

You gain operational observability and protocol breadth with Soax. You give up pool transparency and long-duration sessions. With IPRoyal, the trade runs in reverse — you gain per-country transparency and 7-day sessions, and the observability dashboard, UDP/QUIC, and large mobile pool become unavailable.

Neither documents ASN targeting on residential proxies — teams with that requirement should look elsewhere in this comparison set.

Ask whether your operations team needs to monitor failure rates and banned IPs in real time — or whether UDP or QUIC protocol support is a workload requirement. If yes, Soax's observability layer and protocol stack address those needs, and the subscription-only billing and pending certifications are the constraints.

Ask whether knowing the exact IP count per target country matters before committing — or whether your workload requires sessions that hold for hours or days without a forced timeout. If yes, IPRoyal's per-country transparency and 7-day sticky sessions are the fit, and the absence of observability tools and mobile pool scale are the trade-offs.

If your requirement is network observability and protocol breadth — Soax. If your requirement is pool transparency and long-duration sessions — IPRoyal.