Webshare: The Proxy Service That Gives You 10 Proxies Free, Forever
Most proxy providers ask for a credit card before you have sent a single request. Webshare flipped that: sign up and you get ten datacenter proxies free, no card, no trial clock, usable for as long as you keep the account. It sounds like a gimmick until you realize how many scrapers, bots and side projects run entirely on that free tier, and how cheap the paid tiers are when you outgrow it.
The short version
Webshare is the budget-friendly, self-service proxy provider. Ten free datacenter proxies on signup with no credit card, paid datacenter plans that undercut nearly everyone, and residential options when a target demands them. Everything is instant: sign up, copy credentials from the dashboard, and your first proxied request works minutes later. For developers who want to start small and scale by the numbers, it is one of the easiest entry points into proxies.
What you get on the free plan
The free tier includes ten shared datacenter proxies with a monthly bandwidth allowance, enough to build and test a scraper, run a small automation, or learn how proxy rotation works without spending anything. They are shared IPs, so expect them to be recognized by sophisticated targets, but for development work and gentler sites they are genuinely usable, not a crippled demo.
Scaling up when you need to
Paid plans move you to larger pools of shared or private datacenter proxies, priced low enough that a hundred-proxy setup costs what a handful of IPs costs elsewhere. Private proxies mean the IP is yours alone, which improves reliability against rate limiting. When a target blocks datacenter ranges outright, residential proxies are available in the same dashboard, priced per gigabyte, so you can mix cheap datacenter volume with residential firepower only where required.
The self-service dashboard is a quiet strength: proxy lists download in every common format, credentials and IP authorization are instant, and bandwidth or IP refreshes are a button, not a support ticket.
Before you sign up
Be realistic about what datacenter IPs can do. Heavily protected platforms detect and throttle them regardless of provider, that is when residential is worth the premium. Shared proxies also mean shared reputation, a noisy neighbor can get an IP flagged before you touch it, which is the trade for the price. The free tier makes all of this testable at zero cost, which is precisely its value: find out what your target tolerates before spending a cent.
Where it shines
- 10 genuinely free proxies, no card, no expiry
- Some of the lowest datacenter prices anywhere
- Instant self-service setup and credential export
- Residential available in the same account
Worth knowing
- Shared IPs carry shared reputation
- Datacenter ranges fail on hardened targets
- Free tier bandwidth is capped monthly
Common questions
Is the free plan really free forever?
Yes, the ten free proxies stay with your account, refreshed with a bandwidth allowance each month, no card on file and no trial expiration.
What is the difference between shared and private proxies?
Shared proxies are used by multiple customers at once, cheaper but with shared reputation. Private proxies are dedicated to you, which costs more and behaves more predictably under rate limits.
Do the proxies work with any tool?
They use standard HTTP and SOCKS5 authentication, so any scraper, browser, bot framework or SEO tool that accepts proxy credentials will work.
Bottom line
Webshare is the lowest-friction way to put proxies into a project today. Take the ten free ones, point them at your actual workload, and let the results tell you whether the paid tiers are worth it, an evaluation that costs you exactly nothing.