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The home page lists residential from $0.33/GB, mobile from $1.61/GB, unlimited residential from $7.91/hour, datacenter...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0,"free_unit":"none"},"record":{"provider":"IpStar","url":"https://ipstar.io/","category":"rotating residential, static residential and mobile proxy","tier":"Residential Proxies (per GB) and Static Residential (per IP)","free_tier":{"stated":"No free tier stated on the plan pages. The home page lists residential from $0.33/GB, mobile from $1.61/GB, unlimited residential from $7.91/hour, datacenter from $0.6/IP and static residential from $1/IP, and offers a free web-proxy page.","unit":"none","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://ipstar.io/","read_on":"2026-11-03","notes":"A second landing page lists different from-prices (residential $0.35/GB, mobile $3.2/GB, datacenter $1/IP, static $1.9/IP), so the from-prices vary by page."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: an address or a traffic quota, not an object","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://ipstar.io/","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable: a proxy session or a rented address, not stored bytes","days":null,"source_url":"https://ipstar.io/","notes":""},"egress":{"terms":"Residential is per GB ('Never Expires' on the home-page tile); static residential is 'Per-IP pricing, no traffic fees'.","metered":true,"free_allowance":"none stated","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://ipstar.io/pricing/static"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"HTTP(S) and SOCKS5; API and username and password extraction; targeting by country, city, state, zip code, coordinates and ASN on the residential line.","tooling":"Any client that speaks an HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 proxy with a username and password or an allowlisted source address: curl -x, python requests, rclone --socks5, or a host-side hop for a runtime that cannot dial a proxy itself.","chaining":"A host-side hop dials the vendor's HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 endpoint with credentials; the upstream sees an address from the vendor's pool in place of the caller's address.","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"residential from $0.33/GB (home page), $0.35/GB (second landing page); static residential from $1/IP, no traffic fees","source":"https://ipstar.io/"}],"limits_note":"The pool figure (90M+ residential IPs, 190+ countries) is a vendor claim. The pool is described as 'sourced from carefully selected partners', so supply comes from third-party partners, not from the vendor's own networks.","binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"Residential traffic is metered per GB; the static line is per IP with unlimited traffic.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"The login page says 'Unverified emails will be auto-registered upon verification', with Google sign-in as an alternative, so an email and its verification code open the account; no phone, card or identity document is asked at that step. Payment methods are shown as icons and were not readable.","country":null},"reliability_note":"/pricing answers a bot challenge to a page reader and /register returns no content; the static price page is readable through a second reader. unverified: the registration class of the exits (rung 5): no address was looked up.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Prices and the sign-up behaviour are from the vendor's pages; the pool and ISP labels are vendor claims.","evidence":[{"url":"https://ipstar.io/","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:e3b024187fd676582759bdf402bab58aac6fd0dce8b88bae2c69da254ff57a7f","quote":"Starting from $0.33 /GB","proved":"Residential proxies start at $0.33 per GB."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:e3b024187fd676582759bdf402bab58aac6fd0dce8b88bae2c69da254ff57a7f","quote":"Starting from $1 /IP","proved":"Static residential proxies start at $1 per IP."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:e3b024187fd676582759bdf402bab58aac6fd0dce8b88bae2c69da254ff57a7f","quote":"Over 90 million premium residential proxies","proved":"The vendor claims a 90M+ residential pool."},{"url":"https://www.ipstar.io/product/rotating/","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:31647619f86c2bf50ceeea1378bef760f6bc2f85421c919ab9f0acbf8a1b189d","quote":"IpStar's residential proxy pool is sourced from carefully selected partners who adhere to business ethics and strict compliance guidelines.","proved":"The pool is sourced from partners."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/pricing/static","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:b107993cd0c0c3f6948ccf1be3f2c23050cd504723a37c247021ef3f8d2f65aa","quote":"Per-IP pricing, no traffic fees","proved":"Static residential is billed per IP with no traffic fee."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/login","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:ed161838f3cfddbf015dd52dcfaea679e8fcdd46fb0d3d664d1a32da3fe21f7e","quote":"Unverified emails will be auto-registered upon verification.","proved":"An email and its verification create the account."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/unlimited-residential-proxy","date":"2026-11-03","capture":"sha256:c6940b51248c4307638fe3a499c42b9b167689a21380d244e6cfa3158fcedb56","quote":"$0.35/GB","proved":"A second landing page quotes a different from-price."},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/pricing/static","date":"2026-11-04","proved":"Static residential is priced per IP with no traffic fee, and the page offers a free trial with no credit card.","capture":"sha256:affad6b836e7be99cfe77fa14b85a4f4cc4736f0c911fa067cf9031a2a6bd314","quote":"Per-IP pricing, no traffic fees"},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/pricing/static","date":"2026-11-04","proved":"The static trial does not ask for a credit card.","capture":"sha256:affad6b836e7be99cfe77fa14b85a4f4cc4736f0c911fa067cf9031a2a6bd314","quote":"No credit card required"},{"url":"https://ipstar.io/pricing/static","date":"2026-11-04","proved":"The vendor's own page says static residential addresses are more likely to be identified as proxies by strictly monitored sites.","capture":"sha256:affad6b836e7be99cfe77fa14b85a4f4cc4736f0c911fa067cf9031a2a6bd314","quote":"Static residential proxy IPs can bypass standard proxy detection but cannot bypass advanced detection systems. 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