{ "name": "VPNCompareHQ Free Tier and Proxy Limits", "title": "Free Tier and Proxy Limits", "url": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/free-tier-and-proxy-limits/", "csv": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/free-tier-and-proxy-limits.csv", "markdown": "https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/free-tier-and-proxy-limits/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-19", "license": "https://vpncomparehq.com/terms", "headline": "The Free Tier and Proxy Limits carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 1.99 to 117 USD, read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Free Tier and Proxy Limits carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 1.99 to 117 USD, read 12 October 2026.", "3 of the 21 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 12 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"VPNCompareHQ Free Tier and Proxy Limits\", updated 2026-10-19, https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/free-tier-and-proxy-limits/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 3, "median": 49.95, "min": 1.99, "max": 117, "p25": 1.99, "p75": 117, "mean": 56.3133, "units": { "USD": 3 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 24, "read_sources": 21, "not_published": 18, "published_share": 0.143 }, "by_axis": {}, "rows": [ { "source": "Hotspot Shield free VPN", "url": "https://www.hotspotshield.com/free-vpn/", "figure": "$1.99", "value": 1.99, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "$1.99/mo", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "1b69224b39fd09fad4b2cc8c78d3f2db6d20b418443832c477444475d9279059" }, { "source": "IPRoyal pricing", "url": "https://iproyal.com/pricing/", "figure": "$117", "value": 117, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "from $117/month", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "4add1dc982b5239c0d87c7f4ced31b9c13ce10fa41dd612c5d26a1edbe81f9d4" }, { "source": "ProxyRack pricing", "url": "https://www.proxyrack.com/pricing/", "figure": "$49.95 ", "value": 49.95, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "We have products to suit all needs and budgets starting from $49.95 per month", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "36586ca248082918712ab2e78c603aab1a054ea210688f5b4f9dd93ebd7d6b3f" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Proton VPN free plan", "url": "https://protonvpn.com/free-vpn", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Windscribe free plan features", "url": "https://windscribe.com/features", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "TunnelBear free vs paid", "url": "https://help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059027431-What-is-the-difference-between-a-free-and-paid-TunnelBear-account", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "TunnelBear apps", "url": "https://www.tunnelbear.com/apps", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "PrivadoVPN free", "url": "https://privadovpn.com/free-vpn/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ZoogVPN free", "url": "https://zoogvpn.com/free-vpn/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "hide.me free web proxy", "url": "https://hide.me/en/proxy", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "CroxyProxy", "url": "https://www.croxyproxy.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ProxySite", "url": "https://www.proxysite.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Blockaway", "url": "https://www.blockaway.net/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Proxyium", "url": "https://proxyium.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Rayobyte pricing", "url": "https://rayobyte.com/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Geonode free proxy list", "url": "https://geonode.com/free-proxy-list", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Free-proxy-list.net", "url": "https://free-proxy-list.net/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "VPNBook free VPN", "url": "https://www.vpnbook.com/freevpn", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ProxyEmpire pricing", "url": "https://proxyempire.io/pricing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Decodo pricing", "url": "https://decodo.com/pricing", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Storm Proxies", "url": "https://stormproxies.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://protonvpn.com/free-vpn", "label": "Proton VPN free plan", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://windscribe.com/features", "label": "Windscribe free plan features", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059027431-What-is-the-difference-between-a-free-and-paid-TunnelBear-account", "label": "TunnelBear free vs paid", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tunnelbear.com/apps", "label": "TunnelBear apps", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://privadovpn.com/free-vpn/", "label": "PrivadoVPN free", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://zoogvpn.com/free-vpn/", "label": "ZoogVPN free", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.hotspotshield.com/free-vpn/", "label": "Hotspot Shield free VPN", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://hide.me/en/proxy", "label": "hide.me free web proxy", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.croxyproxy.com/", "label": "CroxyProxy", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.proxysite.com/", "label": "ProxySite", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.blockaway.net/", "label": "Blockaway", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://proxyium.com/", "label": "Proxyium", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://iproyal.com/pricing/", "label": "IPRoyal pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rayobyte.com/pricing/", "label": "Rayobyte pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://geonode.com/free-proxy-list", "label": "Geonode free proxy list", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://spys.one/en/free-proxy-list/", "label": "Spys.one free proxy list", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://free-proxy-list.net/", "label": "Free-proxy-list.net", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.vpnbook.com/freevpn", "label": "VPNBook free VPN", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://proxyempire.io/pricing/", "label": "ProxyEmpire pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.proxyrack.com/pricing/", "label": "ProxyRack pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://decodo.com/pricing", "label": "Decodo pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://netnut.io/pricing/", "label": "NetNut pricing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://stormproxies.com/", "label": "Storm Proxies", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=free+vpn+data+limit", "label": "google.com", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 21 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 54 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per free VPN tier or web proxy: the cap the operator itself states (GB per month, locations, simultaneous devices, throttling, whether P2P is blocked), the operator behind the brand and its jurisdiction, and the price of the cheapest paid tier that lifts each cap; across the set, the median and range of free data allowance, the count of free services that publish a cap at all against those that say 'unlimited' without qualification, and the free-to-paid step in cost per GB, which nobody computes", "embed": "

1.99 to 117 USD

3 published figures, Free Tier and Proxy Limits, across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: VPNCompareHQ Free Tier and Proxy Limits
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