Shifter vs Massive
Looking for a Massive alternative? We counted the residential IPs each network had live and answering in five markets. Shifter led every one, from 87% more in Germany to twenty-two times more in France, at 85% less per GB.
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A deeper pool at a fraction of the rate
Lowest published rate per GB from each provider. Massive's $4.90 is its Pro tier; a 10 GB buyer pays $8.00.
| Monthly volume | Shifter | Massive | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | $10 5 GB at $2.00/GB | $80 10 GB at $8.00/GB | 75% |
| 100 GB | $100 $1.00/GB | ~$550 ~$5.50/GB Scaler | 82% |
| Best rate | $0.75/GB from 200 GB | $4.90/GB Pro tier | 85% |
Live IPs online during the test
Distinct IPs each network had live and reachable at test time, not the size of its total network. Residential IPs rotate all day, so both providers serve far more addresses across 24 hours.
Every metric, country by country
Pick a country to see the complete measurement, including the numbers that did not go our way.
| Metric | Shifter | Massive |
|---|---|---|
| Requests sent | 250,000 | 250,000 |
| Live IPs during the test | 212,212 | 84,827 |
| Unique networks (ASNs) | 1,828 | 1,138 |
| Unique cities | 5,805 | 5,170 |
| Average latency | 427 ms | 539 ms |
| Success rate | 100% | 100% |
Shifter served 150% more live US IPs, 212,212 against 84,827, across 1,828 networks against 1,138, and answered in 427 ms against 539 ms. Massive's US result is its strongest by some distance. A 100 GB month costs $100 with Shifter against roughly $550.
How we measured this
Every provider in this series receives the identical test: plain HTTP to an IP echo service, one fresh connection per request, 1,000 concurrent, 10 second timeout, and fixed volumes of 250,000 requests in the United States, 100,000 in the United Kingdom, 80,000 in France, 70,000 in Canada and 60,000 in Germany. One connection per request means one fresh exit per request, so distinct addresses map directly to the reachable pool.
Massive's run was the cleanest in the series. Every country returned effectively everything we sent, and geo accuracy came back at 99.8% or better, so none of these counts are shaped by failed or misrouted requests.
Both providers ran plain HTTP, so the latency figures compare directly. Shifter was re-measured on 7 October 2026 with the identical method, server and settings; Massive's figures come from its run on 13 August 2026.
What these numbers mean
Every count on this page is the number of IPs that were live and reachable at the time of the test, not the size of either provider's network. Residential IPs rotate constantly as real devices come online and drop off, so across a full day both networks serve far more addresses than a single window can capture. What limits a crawl is how many respond at the same moment, which is what this measures.
Why use Shifter residential proxies?
A larger live pool in all five markets
87% more in Germany, 150% more in the United States, 165% more in the United Kingdom, 369% more in Canada, and twenty-two times more in France.
Wider network spread everywhere
1,828 US networks against 1,138, 147 French against 28, 272 German against 202. Anti-bot systems key on the network an address sits on, so spread does more than raw count.
85% less per GB
$0.75 against $4.90 at each provider's best published rate, and Massive's entry tier is $8.00 per GB.
Usable French coverage
49,449 live French addresses across 147 operators against 2,239 across 28. On French traffic at volume these are not comparable products.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about how we benchmarked Massive.
Yes, and consistently so. Its average latency ran 429 ms to 583 ms across the five countries, and its French and German results were quick enough to edge or approach ours. Speed is the strongest thing about this network.
We can only report what we measured: on the identical test of 80,000 French requests, Shifter returned 49,449 distinct addresses from 147 networks and Massive's French gateway returned 2,239 from 28. We did not test long enough to say whether that is structural or a temporary shortage.
It is the highest published rate in our series. $4.90 per GB is the Pro tier, a 100 GB buyer pays around $5.50, and the 10 GB entry tier is $8.00. Shifter is $1.00 at 100 GB and $0.75 from 200 GB.
It counts IPs live at test time rather than a lifetime total. Residential IPs rotate all day, so both providers serve far more addresses across 24 hours than any single window shows.
The same speed, a sixth of the price
A deeper live pool in every market we measured, across more networks, at $0.75 per GB against $4.90.