Why mobile IPs are different
Mobile carriers put many phones behind a small number of public IP addresses, a technique called carrier-grade NAT. At any moment, hundreds or thousands of real people may share one mobile IP. Websites know this, so they're very reluctant to block a mobile IP: doing so would lock out real customers. That makes mobile proxies the most trusted proxy type for platforms that are strict about automation, especially social networks. Our mobile proxies guide explains the mechanics.
What Rayobyte offers
Rayobyte's mobile proxies route your traffic through carrier networks, with IPs "shared by many phone users for more anonymity". At the time of writing:
- Location: US carrier networks, with other countries available on request for specific projects.
- Sessions: sticky, to keep one IP across a session, or rotating, to get a new IP when the job needs one.
- Billing: monthly plans, with bandwidth that expires after 30 days. You can buy more within the month if you run out.
Plans
| Plan | Monthly price | Included traffic | Price per GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | $250 | 83 GB | $3.00 |
| Business | $1,000 | 571 GB | $1.75 |
| Corporate | $2,500 | 2,632 GB | $0.95 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Because bandwidth expires after 30 days, size your plan to a realistic month of use. Buying the Business plan for its lower rate only makes sense if you'll actually use most of its 571 GB. See Rayobyte pricing explained.
Testing mobile proxies
Mobile proxies aren't part of the self-serve free trial. Sign-up is free, but to test on your own targets you ask sales for a small amount of mobile bandwidth. Do that before buying a plan: mobile is the most expensive proxy type, and it's only worth it if your targets actually reward it.
Residential tip: You can test most of this guide for free: Rayobyte offers a no-card trial on Premium Residential, rotating ISP and rotating datacenter proxies. Move to a paid plan once the pilot works. See our complete Rayobyte guide.
What mobile proxies are good for
Rayobyte lists these uses, which match what we see in practice:
- SEO and SERP tracking on mobile results, which can differ from desktop. See Rayobyte for SEO rank tracking.
- Ad verification for mobile campaigns and app install ads. See Rayobyte for ad verification.
- Social media data collection on platforms that treat mobile traffic more kindly. See Rayobyte for social media management.
- AI data pipelines that need access to mobile-first sources.
When residential or ISP is enough
Mobile costs more per GB than Premium Residential at most volumes. Before you buy, ask:
- Do my targets block residential IPs but accept mobile? If not, Premium Residential is cheaper.
- Do I need one fixed identity per account? Static ISP is usually better for that, because a mobile IP is shared and changes.
- Do I need countries outside the US? Mobile coverage is narrower than residential.
Our mobile vs residential proxies guide goes deeper.
Using mobile proxies well
- Use sticky sessions for logged-in work so the IP doesn't change mid-session.
- Rotate between sessions, not between requests, on social platforms.
- Match the device profile. A mobile IP with a desktop browser fingerprint is a mismatch some sites notice. Use mobile user agents or an antidetect browser profile.
- Watch bandwidth. Media-heavy pages eat GB fast; block images and video when you don't need them.
Proxy tip: For a second opinion on hard targets, run the same test through Geonode residential proxies, which support sticky sessions up to 24 hours and ASN targeting. We compare the two in Rayobyte vs Geonode.
How it compares
Webshare doesn't sell mobile proxies. Geonode lists 4G and 5G mobile proxies in a few countries (the US, UK and Australia at the time of writing), billed per GB. If you need mobile IPs from one of our three partners, it's a choice between Rayobyte's monthly plans and Geonode's per-GB offer. See Rayobyte vs Geonode mobile proxies and mobile options compared across all three.
Before you commit to any provider, it helps to see the wider market: our guide to the best proxies in 2026 compares proxy types by job, and cheap proxies explains how to keep costs down without buying IPs that get blocked. To understand the IP type behind this, read our residential proxies guide.
Budget tip: For jobs where a fixed IP list is enough, Webshare is one of the cheapest options: shared datacenter proxies are sold by the IP, and static residential (ISP) proxies cost well under a dollar per IP per month at the time of writing. More in Rayobyte vs Webshare.
Key takeaways
- Rayobyte's mobile proxies use US carrier IPs shared by many phone users, with sticky or rotating sessions.
- Plans run from $250 for 83 GB to $2,500 for 2,632 GB; bandwidth expires after 30 days.
- Test through sales before buying; mobile isn't in the self-serve trial.
- Use mobile only where residential or ISP IPs fail.
FAQ
Are Rayobyte mobile proxies 5G?
Rayobyte describes them as carrier network IPs without specifying 4G or 5G. The network generation matters less than the fact that the IP belongs to a mobile carrier. See our 5G mobile proxies guide.
Does unused mobile bandwidth roll over?
No. Mobile plan bandwidth expires after 30 days at the time of writing.
Can I get mobile IPs outside the US?
Sales can add carriers in other countries for specific projects. Ask before you commit.
Sources and further reading
Independent references that back up the points above, from standards bodies, governments, universities and non-profits. They open in a new tab.
- Bandwidth (computing) (Wikipedia): What bandwidth means, the unit most residential proxies are priced by.
- User-Agent header (MDN Web Docs (Mozilla)): What the User-Agent header reveals about your client.
- Facts and Figures 2024 (International Telecommunication Union): The UN's figures on how many people are online and on mobile networks.
- RFC 6598: Shared Address Space for Carrier-Grade NAT (IETF / RFC Editor): Explains the shared address space carriers use for CGNAT, the reason many phones share one mobile IP.
- Cover Your Tracks (Electronic Frontier Foundation): The EFF's test that shows how unique your browser fingerprint is.
Editorial note: Proxy providers change their pools, features and prices often, so treat any figures here as typical ranges at the time of writing and confirm current terms with the provider before you buy.