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PacketStream alternative

PacketStream sells residential proxies at one flat rate, $1.00/GB, with a $50 minimum first purchase and targeting by country only, so 1 TB costs $1,000 (pricing page, 28 October 2026). QuanticData charges $5 for 5 GB and $800 for 1 TB, with state, city and ISP targeting and $2 of free API usage per month.

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Two bars for residential proxy bandwidth at the lowest published rate, read on 28 October 2026: QuanticData from $0.80/GB with city and ISP targeting, against $1.00/GB that another provider charges at any volume with country targeting only; the card compares targeting depth and shows the $2 of free monthly API usage on QuanticData.

QuanticData vs PacketStream: prices

What you pay forQuanticDataPacketStream
5 GB$5 ($1.00/GB), Starter bundlebelow the $50 minimum first purchase (50 GB)
100 GB$100 ($1.00/GB)$100 ($1.00/GB)
1 TB (1,000 GB)$800 ($0.80/GB), one purchase$1,000 ($1.00/GB)
Lowest published rate$0.80/GB at 1 TB$1.00/GB at any volume
Location targetingcountry, state, city, ISP (ASN)country only
Free trial100 MB residential, no cardby request
Free usage every month$2 of free API usagenot listed
Scraping and SERP APIs on the same keyfrom $0.0015/page, $0.0009/search$0.0025 per request, early beta

PacketStream as published on the packetstream.io pricing page and documentation, read on 28 October 2026. QuanticData prices from our residential proxy page and pricing page. At the lowest published rate on each side, $0.80/GB against $1.00/GB, QuanticData residential bandwidth costs 20% less, and its targeting goes down to city and ISP.

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Why teams switch to QuanticData

  • Cheaper at volume. PacketStream charges $1.00/GB whatever you buy. QuanticData Residential Basic falls to $0.80/GB at 1 TB: $800 against $1,000 for a terabyte.
  • Targeting below country. PacketStream's documentation sets country as its targeting boundary. QuanticData Basic targets by country, state, city and ISP/network (ASN), and Premium from $2.20/GB adds its own location catalog.
  • Every proxy type on one account. PacketStream sells residential bandwidth only. QuanticData adds mobile 4G/5G from $2.30/GB, static ISP from $2.50/IP a month, datacenter from $0.50/GB and IPv6 from $0.083/GB.
  • Data at a lower unit price. The web scraping API costs from $0.0015 per page and the SERP API from $0.0009 per search, against $0.0025 per request on PacketStream's beta APIs. Failed requests are never billed.

Switch in one connection string

curl -x "http://USER-country-us:PASS@PROXY_HOST:PORT" https://api.ipify.org

Generate the username and password in the dashboard, pick the country (and optionally state, city or ISP), and use the same string in Python, Node, Scrapy, Playwright, Puppeteer or any antidetect browser. Full setup on the residential proxies page.

Test it on your own targets

  1. Create a free account: $2 of free API usage per month and a 100 MB residential trial, no card.
  2. Point 100 of your real URLs at the new connection string.
  3. Count the pages you can use and divide by what you spent. That is the number to compare.

Sources

Prices and facts on this page, with the date they were read.

Questions about switching from PacketStream

Is QuanticData cheaper than PacketStream?

Yes at volume. PacketStream charges a flat $1.00/GB with a $50 minimum first purchase, so 1 TB costs $1,000 (pricing page, 28 October 2026). QuanticData charges $5 for 5 GB, $100 for 100 GB and $800 for 1 TB, 20% less per gigabyte at 1 TB, and its smallest bundle is $5.

Does PacketStream support city targeting?

No. PacketStream's documentation sets country as the supported targeting boundary, so you cannot pick a state, city or network. QuanticData Residential Basic targets by country, state, city and ISP/network (ASN) from $0.80/GB, set in the username string, with rotating or sticky sessions on the same connection.

Is PacketStream safe to use?

TechRadar, in a review updated in September 2026, rates PacketStream 3 out of 5 and reports Microsoft Defender blocking its installer during testing. AhnLab's security researchers documented attackers installing PacketStream's bandwidth-sharing client on compromised servers without the owners' consent.

Is there a free PacketStream alternative?

Every QuanticData account gets $2 of free API usage per month with no card, plus a free 100 MB residential proxy trial. That is enough to run your own targets through the new connection string and compare usable pages per dollar before you buy a residential bundle, which starts at $5 for 5 GB.

How do I switch from PacketStream?

Create a free account, generate a residential username with the country you need (state, city or ISP are optional) and replace the host, port and credentials in your client. Rotating and sticky sessions, HTTP and SOCKS5 are supported, so most scripts, scrapers and antidetect browsers need only the new connection string.

Residential proxies from $0.80/GB

1 TB costs $800 here against $1,000 on PacketStream, with targeting down to city and ISP (prices read on 28 October 2026).

Residential Basic · rotating or sticky · country, state, city or ISP · HTTP and SOCKS5 · $2 of free API usage per month

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