Best Proxies for Web Scraping 2026 — Tested on Cloudflare & DataDome

Last updated: May 2026 — By ToptierProxy Editorial Team — Independent testing across 225+ criteria

Hands-on benchmarks of the best proxy networks for general-purpose web scraping.

Web scraping spans everything from a simple GET against a public site to a complex headless browser session against a hostile anti-bot stack. The right proxy depends on the target — but residential is the safe default.