Free Tier and Proxy Limits
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.
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| IPRoyal pricing | 117USD | 2026-10-12 |
| ProxyRack pricing | 49.95USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Hotspot Shield free VPN | 1.99USD | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
- IPRoyal pricing, read 2026-10-12:
from $117/month
- ProxyRack pricing, read 2026-10-12:
We have products to suit all needs and budgets starting from $49.95 per month
- Hotspot Shield free VPN, read 2026-10-12:
$1.99/mo
Read in full, publishes no figure
18 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Proton VPN free plan, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Windscribe free plan features, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- TunnelBear free vs paid, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- TunnelBear apps, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- PrivadoVPN free, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ZoogVPN free, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- hide.me free web proxy, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- CroxyProxy, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ProxySite, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Blockaway, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Proxyium, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Rayobyte pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Geonode free proxy list, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Free-proxy-list.net, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- VPNBook free VPN, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ProxyEmpire pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Decodo pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Storm Proxies, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
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
54 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (24)
- Proton VPN free plan(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Windscribe free plan features(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TunnelBear free vs paid(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TunnelBear apps(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PrivadoVPN free(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ZoogVPN free(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hotspot Shield free VPN(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- hide.me free web proxy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CroxyProxy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ProxySite(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blockaway(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Proxyium(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IPRoyal pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rayobyte pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Geonode free proxy list(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Spys.one free proxy list(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Free-proxy-list.net(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- VPNBook free VPN(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ProxyEmpire pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ProxyRack pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Decodo pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NetNut pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Storm Proxies(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- google.com(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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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.
Cite as: "VPNCompareHQ Free Tier and Proxy Limits", updated 2026-10-19, https://vpncomparehq.com/datasets/free-tier-and-proxy-limits/.
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