Trustpilot: 3.0Shifter is a pioneer in the proxy industry, based in the United Kingdom and operating since 2012. The company built one of the early residential proxy networks and pairs it with high-speed static ISP proxies, a managed Web Scraping API and a SERP API aimed at teams that need large-scale, programmatic data collection.
Network and pool size
Shifter advertises 205M+ residential IPs across 195+ countries, with unlimited concurrent connections on the residential tier. ISP and datacenter proxies sit alongside the residential network, and the Web Scraping API and SERP API run on top of the same infrastructure. The combined pool places Shifter among the larger residential networks.
Pricing and plans
Residential bandwidth is priced per gigabyte across a small set of monthly commitments. ISP and datacenter proxies are sold per port or per IP per month. The unlimited concurrent sessions positioning on residential plans is a notable differentiator for buyers running parallel scrapers at scale.
Where Shifter fits
Shifter is best for large-scale web scraping, SEO monitoring and localized brand protection. The combination of a large residential pool, unlimited concurrency and a managed scraping API makes it a fit for buyers who want to push heavy throughput without building their own unblocker on top.
Reputation and support
Independent review scores center on Trustpilot at 3.0, with no public G2 or Capterra rating to cross-check. User feedback commonly cites the unlimited concurrent connections and cost-effective pricing versus the largest competitors. As with any older network, validate success rate on your targets before committing to a large commitment.
What to watch for
Residential bandwidth is the main cost driver at any meaningful scale, so trim scraping payloads and cache responses wherever possible. The unlimited concurrency story is appealing, but real throughput depends on the destinations you hit - measure it on a paid trial rather than trusting the marketing copy.
