LunaProxy sells a large, low-cost residential pool built around pay-per-GB and pay-per-IP plans. KnoxProxy sells a smaller, verified pool at a higher per-GB rate with 2xx-only billing and longer sticky sessions. The gap that matters most is sourcing: in January 2026, Google's Threat Intelligence Group named LunaProxy as one of 13 proxy and VPN brands reselling traffic from the IPIDEA network, which it says routed through compromised consumer devices without owner consent. That changes the comparison from a simple price-per-GB question into a sourcing question first.
KnoxProxy wins on billing fairness (2xx-only), sticky-session length (up to 24 hours vs LunaProxy's 1-90 minutes), and IP sourcing that Google has not flagged in a botnet disruption. LunaProxy wins on headline pool size (200M+ advertised) and entry price ($0.65-$0.90/GB) if you only weigh cost per GB. Given the January 2026 Google Threat Intelligence Group disclosure naming LunaProxy as an IPIDEA reseller, teams should treat sourcing and compliance risk as the deciding factor, not price alone.
| KnoxProxy | LunaProxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential pool | 90.4M | 200M+ (self-reported; independent reviewers call this figure inflated) |
| Residential price /GB | $2.10 PAYG (to $1.10 at volume) | $0.65-$0.90 PAYG, plus per-IP and unlimited plans |
| IP sourcing | Commercial and partner-sourced residential network | Named by Google Threat Intelligence Group (Jan 28, 2026) as a reseller of the IPIDEA network, which Google says used compromised consumer devices without consent |
| Failed-request billing | Never billed (2xx-only) | Billed per completed connection |
| Countries | 195 | 195+ advertised; independent testing found roughly 80 countries on metered plans and roughly 50 on unlimited plans |
| City-level targeting | All plans | Available through its proxy manager app |
| Protocols | HTTP/S, SOCKS5 | HTTP/S, SOCKS5 |
| Sticky session length | Up to 24 hours, same per-GB rate as rotating | 1 to 90 minutes per session |
| Getting started | Instant, 14-day money-back | Metered plans start around $16.50 for 5GB; free trial limited to verified companies |
| Support | 24/7 chat, median 4 min | 24/7 chatbot (reviewers report inconsistent English replies) plus email, roughly 24-hour reply time |
| Task | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Teams with compliance or vendor-risk requirements | KnoxProxy | LunaProxy was named by Google's Threat Intelligence Group in the January 2026 IPIDEA disruption; that history alone rules it out for regulated or brand-safety-sensitive workloads |
| Multi-step account flows or checkout testing | KnoxProxy | 24-hour sticky sessions cover long flows that LunaProxy's 90-minute session cap cannot hold through |
| Small, price-first scraping jobs on mainstream targets | LunaProxy | Lower advertised per-GB rate helps if budget is the only constraint and sourcing risk is acceptable to the team |
| US/UK/AUS targeting on a flat-rate unlimited plan | Benchmark both | Independent reviews found limited IP availability in those markets on LunaProxy's unlimited tier; test actual success rates on your targets before committing |
Provider marketing sells the biggest number on the page. Buyers should buy the smallest one that matters: cost per successful request on their own targets. List price, billing rules, success rate, and how much of the product your tier actually unlocks all feed it.
A rigged table is worthless to a buyer and obvious to a reviewer.
Pool size and pool quality are different axes. A large pool of recycled, previously flagged addresses can lose to a smaller, well-maintained one on your actual targets. Compare the numbers below, then verify with your own benchmark -- ask about IP hygiene, not headcount.
Score both finalists on all five, weight by what your program values, and the winner is usually obvious -- and defensible to whoever signs off.
The protocol is identical -- host, port, credentials. The migration isn't hard; the discipline is running both in parallel long enough to trust the numbers on your real workload.
Replace LunaProxy's gateway host and credentials with gw.knoxproxy.com and your KnoxProxy username/password. One config change in your proxy client.
LunaProxy encodes country, city, and session settings through its proxy manager app or username string. Translate each active setting into KnoxProxy's username-flag targeting and set explicit sticky-session parameters for flows longer than 90 minutes.
Run a portion of traffic through KnoxProxy in parallel for a few days. Compare success rate and cost per successful request, since 2xx-only billing changes the real per-GB math versus LunaProxy's metered billing.
Google's Threat Intelligence Group publicly named LunaProxy on January 28, 2026, as one of 13 proxy and VPN brands reselling traffic from the IPIDEA network. Google said IPIDEA routed traffic through compromised consumer devices without owner consent. KnoxProxy was not named in that disclosure, and sources its residential pool through a commercial and partner-based network instead.
Yes, especially for teams that need verifiable IP sourcing. KnoxProxy was not named in Google's January 2026 IPIDEA disclosure, bills only successful requests, and holds sticky sessions for up to 24 hours versus LunaProxy's 90-minute cap. It also offers city and ASN targeting on every plan plus a 14-day money-back guarantee on signup.
On advertised list price, yes: LunaProxy starts around $0.65-$0.90/GB versus KnoxProxy's $2.10/GB. LunaProxy does not bill 2xx-only, though, so failed and blocked requests still count against usage, which narrows the real-world gap. Factor that metered billing into the comparison before choosing on sticker price alone.
LunaProxy advertises 200M+ residential IPs versus KnoxProxy's 90.4M. Independent reviewers have called LunaProxy's figure inflated and found coverage gaps in the US, UK, and Australia on its unlimited plans. KnoxProxy publishes a smaller, verified pool size instead of a headline number that reviewers cannot confirm against real test results.
Yes. LunaProxy supports both HTTP/S and SOCKS5, matching KnoxProxy's protocol support on every plan. The real difference between the two providers comes down to sourcing, billing, and session length, not protocol coverage. KnoxProxy's sticky sessions also run far longer, up to 24 hours against LunaProxy's 90-minute cap.
Up to 24 hours, at the same per-GB rate as rotating traffic. LunaProxy caps sticky sessions between 1 and 90 minutes, which is too short for long checkout flows or multi-step account logins. That longer hold matters most for compliance-sensitive or multi-step account flows that need one identity to survive the whole session.
Replace LunaProxy's gateway host and credentials with gw.knoxproxy.com and your KnoxProxy username/password. One config change in your proxy client. Most teams run both providers in parallel for about a week, comparing per-target success, before cutting over fully.
Nothing beyond the gateway host and credentials changes -- the underlying proxy protocol (HTTP/S and SOCKS5) is the same, so your existing scraping code, retry logic, and session handling keep working as-is. Most teams simply point requests at gw.knoxproxy.com and run both providers in parallel for a few days before cutting over fully.
Yes. Enterprise plans include signed MSAs, standard invoicing, committed-use volume discounts, and a named account manager once usage passes 1 TB/mo. Below that threshold, every account still gets self-serve PAYG pricing, 2xx-only billing, and 24/7 live chat support, so enterprise-grade terms and everyday self-serve billing sit on the same platform.
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