Pros & Cons
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- Offers multiple proxy types for specific needs
- Unlimited bandwidth for all proxy types
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- No free trial
- Lacks a pay-as-you-go plan
- Small proxy pool and limited proxy location choices
- Privacy policy lacks critical information
Storm Proxies Specs
| # of Residential IPs | 700000 |
| Mobile Option | |
| Protocols Supported | HTTPS |
| Support Types | Email, support website |
Storm Proxies is for people who want to do highly specific yet anonymous online tasks, like buying sneakers and purchasing hot concert tickets. The company offers monthly pricing packages for several different proxy types, and all IPs come with unlimited bandwidth. That said, its proxy pool is small, the locations are limited, and it doesn't offer features beyond proxy use. Competition in the proxy category is strong, and while Storm Proxies is useful, it isn't quite keeping pace with other companies in this space, so we have reduced its score by half a point since our last review. By comparison, Soax offers a generous free trial, a large proxy pool, a transparent privacy policy, and flexible, scalable pricing options, all of which make it our Editors’ Choice winner for consumers and small businesses.
How Much Does Storm Proxies Cost?
Like IPRoyal and MarsProxies, Storm Proxies’ features are aimed more at individual customers or small businesses rather than enterprise-level clientele. Each Storm Proxy service tier is priced monthly and includes unlimited bandwidth and support for multiple connections or multiple proxies.
Overall, Storm Proxies’ services are more expensive than the competition’s, and the company doesn’t offer a flexible pay-as-you-go plan. You’re also unable to purchase a per-gigabyte data plan, which boosts the costs even higher. That said, these proxies are designed for specific use cases, like buying concert tickets or sneakers, so that may explain the pricing differences.
We always recommend trying out services before committing to an expensive, long-term contract. Storm Proxies does not offer a free trial for potential customers, but you can try out the rotating proxies by purchasing one month of service and one proxy at a discounted rate. Storm Proxies doesn’t offer the same discount for static proxies, but if you purchase any plan and are dissatisfied, you can request a refund within 24 hours of purchase. Storm Proxies doesn’t accept anonymous forms of payment like cryptocurrency, for example. Instead, the company accepts major credit cards, Amazon Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal.
Dedicated Rotating Proxies
These private, rotating datacenter proxies are best for tasks like gathering pricing data or SEO monitoring. You can choose from three different types of proxy rotations. With the first option, you’ll get a fresh proxy pulled from the company’s pool of 700,000 IPs every time you make an HTTP request. You can also choose to rotate proxies every three minutes, or every 15 minutes if you require longer sessions.
Pricing starts at $39 per month and includes unlimited bandwidth for up to 40 simultaneous connections for one computer. Your location choices are limited to proxies in the US, Europe, a combination of the two regions, and a worldwide proxy network.
Residential Rotating Proxies
Storm Proxies’ residential rotating IPs automatically switch to a new IP every five minutes. Service packages start at $50 per month for access to one IP address with five ports and unlimited bandwidth. Your location options are limited to Europe or the United States. Despite this, according to the company’s website, you can access the pool of 700,000 IPs, which is the same number quoted for the services that include access to worldwide proxies.
Sneaker/Ticket Buying Residential Proxies
If you’re trying to score sneakers or event tickets, Storm Proxies’ specialized IP networks for Sneakers and Ticket buying may be good options for you. The residential IP pool has 40,000 proxies with unlimited bandwidth, located in Europe and the United States. Packages start at $160 per month for 20 ports on a single proxy.
Dedicated Concert Ticketing Proxies
Hoping to score tickets to the next BTS concert? In addition to invoking the power of prayer, you may want to consider using a proxy service specifically designed for Ticketmaster or other ticketing websites. You’ll need to pay a lot for this service, though. The packages start at an eye-watering $600 monthly for 200 ticketing proxies with unlimited bandwidth. The reason for the major expense? On Storm Proxies' website, the company states the common use case for these proxies for "ticketbots, Insomniac and custom made bots for tickets sites." In other words, these proxy packages are for scalpers who use the proxies to scoop up plum seats on sites like StubHub and Ticketmaster and resell them at a premium.
Social Media and Mobile Proxies
Storm Proxies also offers specialized dedicated servers designed to keep you anonymous on platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. You can also find specialized IPs for Pokémon Go or Twitter for managing multiple profiles concurrently. These proxies are helpful for running multiple social media profiles or conducting market research. Pricing starts at $15 monthly for unlimited bandwidth for five proxies from the 1 gigabit network.
General Dedicated Proxies
If you need to use a proxy for data gathering projects, website comparison, or advertising research, you should consider Storm Proxies’ general dedicated IPs. The service packages start at $10 monthly for five proxies. The IPs are limited to only three US-based locations (Cheyenne, Los Angeles, and New York City), but you get unlimited bandwidth.
Reviews From Current Customers
As of publication, Storm Proxies has a 1.8 on its unclaimed TrustPilot profile. This is a pretty poor score, especially when compared with competitors like MarsProxies (4.8) and IPRoyal (4.6).
(Credit: TrustPilot/PCMag)There are few recent reviews on TrustPilot for Storm Proxies, but over the last five years, customers have complained about the support team’s responses (or lack thereof), and easily detectable proxies. The smattering of positive reviews praised the 24-hour refund policy.
Customer Support Options
For what it’s worth, my interactions with the Storm Proxies support team via email were polite. Storm Proxies offers 24/7 support via the help site or email. IPRoyal and MarsProxies offer better support options, including email, live chat, and a support website. MarsProxies even offers support via the company’s Discord server.
Can You Trust Storm Proxies?
You need to trust your proxy service, because like a VPN, the company can see a portion of your online traffic. It’s wise to ask yourself what companies do with the data you give them when you sign up to use their services. Before testing any proxies, I send questions to proxy companies about privacy policies and customer support options. I may follow up with additional questions as I begin poking around the platform, but the questionnaire serves as a chance for a company to show customers why it should be trusted to handle their data ethically and securely. You can read Storm Proxies’ answers to my initial questions and follow-ups below.
Interview With Storm Proxies
Some proxy services use third-party botnets for their remote IPs. When you use one of those residential proxies, the IP could belong to someone who is unaware that they’re sharing bandwidth with you, which is unethical and unsafe for all parties involved. In addition to asking about a company’s privacy policies, I also ask how a company gets consent to use residential IPs. Storm Proxies’ responses are below, verbatim.
How does Storm Proxies obtain residential proxies?
We use BBStorm technology that is our business secret. It is invented by us and we can't share how it works.
For user/residential proxies, does Storm Proxies use active and informed consent for endpoints?
We use very different technology.
Follow-up question: The secret technology your company uses appears to require using a mix of residential and datacenter IPs (according to the website). What about the technology prevents Storm Proxies from needing consent from residential IP owners?
For IPs where consent is needed, we are having it.
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Does Storm Proxies directly own its datacenter proxies, or does the company use a third-party service to host them?
Both.
Does Storm Proxies collect user data? If so, what kinds of data does Storm Proxies collect?
No.
How is data stored? How long does the company store user data?
It's not stored.
Follow-up question: The privacy policy on your company's website states that Storm Proxies collects customer data. Please let us know what types of data the company collects.
On this page, you can see all the fields mandatory for registration. We collect that data to make the member area possible.
I really want to take Storm Proxies at the spokesperson’s word, and believe that the company gets consent from the people who are sharing their home IP addresses with this proxy service. I want to believe what the company said the second time I asked, that it doesn’t collect any data other than the information customers voluntarily provide at signup. However, the answers above are very inconsistent, which is behavior I haven’t encountered while reviewing competitors in this category.
Analyzing Storm Proxies’ Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
You should read the privacy policy for every service you sign up for and every app you download. (I've even created a handy cheat sheet for scanning privacy policies quickly.) You should read Storm Proxies’ privacy policy, too. I promise it won’t take long.
While I appreciate a short and to-the-point policy, the document above provides little to no information for customers who need to know what kinds of personal data the company collects, how it secures that data, and how long Storm Proxies retains customer information. It also provides little information about the country in which Storm Proxies operates, the laws that govern its practices, and how customers can request data deletion.
I also read the company’s Terms and Conditions of Use agreement. It contains some helpful information, like where the company is located (New York state), and includes a link to the company’s refund policy. I suggest reading the refund policy carefully if you plan to try the service, considering its one-time, 24-hour money-back guarantee. It only applies to the smallest package for each proxy type. I describe the process in further detail in the hands-on testing portion of the review.
Hands On With Storm Proxies
To test the service and the money-back guarantee, I purchased a Storm Proxies plan for $10 at 4:15 p.m. on a Wednesday. After entering my preferred form of payment, I was asked for my name and phone number, and I also had to create a password.
I provided a fake name and phone number and was able to purchase the proxies. It seems that, unlike enterprise-level services like Bright Data and Oxylabs, Storm Proxies doesn’t have a Know Your Customer policy.
(Credit: Storm Proxies/Foxy Proxy/PCMag)For other reviews, I’ve tested a company’s static residential proxies because those types of addresses don’t change automatically. Since Storm Proxies only offers rotating residential IPs, I opted for the next best thing: dedicated private proxies. After purchasing the proxies, I opened the Storm Proxies dashboard. It’s fairly spartan in appearance, unlike the detailed graphs and settings options found in dashboards from IPRoyal or MarsProxies.
To access my dedicated IPs, I clicked on the appropriate button at the top of the window. I couldn’t see or change the location of the US-based servers, which is not ideal. Authentication using your username and newly created password is required for these servers. I was unable to authorize my IP list without enabling authentication. I’d prefer to be given an option to authorize.
Location Spoofing Test Results
Unlike MarsProxies, Storm Proxies doesn’t offer a browser extension, so I used the free, open-source browser extension from FoxyProxy. I pasted my server list into the extension and connected to each IP address. All of the addresses were valid, non-residential IPs, and according to BrowserLeaks, Storm Proxies successfully obscured my browser data’s true location.
(Credit: BrowserLeaks/PCMag)The five proxies were in a mix of locations; some appear to be virtual datacenter IPs in Los Angeles, and others were based in Miami. On the website, Storm Proxies states that these proxies are located in three places: “Cheyenne, LA, and NY.” Miami isn’t on that list, so the website information may be out of date.
I sent an email requesting a refund at 4:56 p.m. on the same day and received an instant auto-reply. At 5:05 p.m., a member of the support team replied, letting me know my order was canceled and I could expect my $10 back in 1 to 10 business days.
The refund system worked well for me, but I was also emailing the company from my work address. Some TrustPilot reviews warn that the refund process didn’t go as easily. When you need to cancel your monthly subscription, visit the section labeled Invoices within the member area of the dashboard and click the Cancel Subscription text.
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