An Asocks Alternative With Residential From $1.26 per GB
Asocks sells residential and mobile traffic at a flat $3 per GB. CatProxies Standard Residential starts at $2.50 for 1 GB and drops to $1.26 per GB, with Dedicated ISP, mobile and Premium Residential beside it.
- Consent-sourced pools
- Static Dedicated ISP IPs
- HTTP, SOCKS5 and UDP
Last updated October 5, 2026. Facts about Asocks are linked to their public sources.
CatProxies vs Asocks: Side-by-Side Comparison
CatProxies leads on residential price, pool size, static IPs and UDP. Asocks leads on traffic that never expires, cheaper small mobile jobs and unlimited ports.
Swipe the table sideways to see both providers.
| Checked October 5, 2026 | CatProxies | Asocks |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Operating | Operating at the same prices as before May 2026 |
| Residential sourcing | Paid opt-in app (Standard), vetted upstream pools (Premium) | A marketplace of independent suppliers, per Asocks |
| Residential price | $2.50 at 1 GB, down to $1.26 per GB at 250 GB | $3.00 per GB at any size |
| Mobile | 5M+ real 4G and 5G IPs; $4.50 at 1 GB, $2.80 per GB at 250 GB | $3.00 per GB; mobile pool size not published |
| Unlimited plans | Datacenter from $6 a day; residential and mobile billed per GB | Per port: $5 residential, $15 mobile for 30 days |
| Traffic validity | 90 days | Never expires |
| Published pool size | 20M+ (Standard), 100M+ peers (Premium), 5M+ mobile | 7M+ IPs on the homepage; other Asocks pages say 8M+ or 72M |
| Static ISP IPs | Dedicated ISP from $5 per IP for 30 days, unlimited bandwidth | No ISP product or price listed |
| Targeting | State and ASN; city and device on Premium; carrier on mobile | Country, state, city, ASN and carrier |
| Sticky sessions | Up to 24 hours (Standard), up to 7 days best effort (Premium) | Set per port; no maximum published |
| Protocols | HTTP, SOCKS5 and UDP | HTTP and SOCKS5 |
| Payment | Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, crypto, Alipay, Pix, SBP | Crypto and third-party payment processors, per its terms |
| Support | Live chat, email, Telegram, Discord | Telegram bot, email, WhatsApp, WeChat, phone |
| Trial | Free trial for approved new accounts | 3 days with at least 500 MB, per its terms |
| Best for | Residential at volume, static IPs and buyers who want a known source | Small mobile jobs and unlimited ports paid by the month |
Asocks figures from asocks.com, its terms and refund policy, checked October 5, 2026.
Why Is CatProxies a Better Asocks Alternative?
Four differences matter most to buyers comparing the two: where the residential IPs come from, static IPs, the mobile pool and how the premium pool is built.
Peer source check
LiveResidential IPs From People Who Opted In
Asocks describes itself as a marketplace of independent suppliers, and HUMAN linked apps that enrolled phones without their owners knowing to its network in 2024. CatProxies residential pools come from people who agreed to share.
- Standard Residential: an opt-in app whose users are paid for the bandwidth they share.
- Premium Residential: vetted pools from more than one upstream source.
Dedicated ISP IP
PrivateExit IP
104.183.•.27
A Static IP That Stays Yours
Asocks sells rotating traffic and ports, with no static ISP product on its site. CatProxies Dedicated ISP proxies give one private IP for the whole plan.
- One private IP from $5 for 30 days, with no traffic cap.
- HTTP, SOCKS5 and UDP, on consumer carrier networks.
- Swapped within 24 hours if a guaranteed site blocks it.
Exit IP
172.58.•.41
TypeMobile carrier
Network4G / 5G
Pool5M+ IPs
A Bigger Mobile Pool on the Record
Asocks lists 7M+ IPs across all of its products and gives no separate mobile figure. CatProxies mobile proxies alone run on 5M+ real 4G and 5G IPs.
- Country, state, city and carrier targeting, rotating or sticky for up to 4 hours.
- From $4.50 per GB, and $2.80 per GB on the 250 GB plan.
Premium Residential
One loginGateway
user:pass
A Premium Pool From Several Vetted Sources
Premium Residential combines several vetted upstream pools behind one login, so one source going offline does not take the product down.
- 100M+ real residential peers with city and device targeting.
- Quality, speed and auth filters for stricter targets.
Take a Look Inside CatProxies
These are real screens from the CatProxies dashboard, from paying for a plan to managing renewals and API keys.
Pick a plan in a few clicks
Every product on one page
Residential, mobile, datacenter, IPv6 and ISP plans, with the price per GB shown up front.
Pay your way
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, crypto and local methods at checkout.
What Does the Same Traffic Cost on Each?
Standard Residential costs less than Asocks at every size, and Premium Residential from 25 GB up. Asocks mobile costs less per GB below 250 GB on a pool it does not size, while CatProxies mobile runs on 5M+ real 4G and 5G IPs.
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| Traffic | Asocks ($3/GB) | Standard Residential | Premium Residential | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 GB | $30 | $18 | $35 | $40 |
| 25 GB | $75 | $40 | $75 | $93.75 |
| 100 GB | $300 | $140 | $225 | $325 |
| 250 GB | $750 | $315 | $462.50 | $700 |
US dollars, October 5, 2026. Green means cheaper than Asocks. CatProxies figures are single plans of that size; Asocks figures use its pay-as-you-go rate. Asocks traffic never expires; CatProxies traffic is valid for 90 days.
What Happened to Asocks in 2026?
Dutch authorities took down a large botnet in May 2026, and press reports named Asocks. Asocks says it cut ties with one supplier and kept trading. Each card links to its original source.
Play Store apps flagged
HUMAN links 28 Google Play apps that turned phones into proxy nodes to the Asocks network.
Source: HUMAN
Dutch botnet taken down
Dutch police and the NCSC take a botnet of at least 17 million devices offline. The statement names no company.
Source: Dutch police
Press names Asocks
NL Times reports the network as an Asocks botnet, and other outlets cite that report.
Source: NL Times
Asocks responds
Asocks says it ended its relationship with one supplier and does not dispute the investigation.
Source: Asocks legal notice
Back with little downtime
Lumen says Asocks kept operating almost without downtime by buying capacity from other proxy networks.
Source: Lumen
Is CatProxies Cheaper Than Asocks?
For residential proxies, yes. CatProxies Standard Residential costs less per GB than the Asocks flat rate at every plan size.
US dollars per GB, October 5, 2026. Asocks charges the same $3.00 per GB for residential, mobile and datacenter traffic, and its traffic never expires. The full CatProxies price list is on the proxy pricing page.
Which CatProxies Product Replaces Each Asocks Plan
Asocks sells residential, mobile and datacenter traffic plus unlimited ports, and each maps to a CatProxies product.
Asocks plan
Residential (pay as you go)
Standard Residential
From $2.50/GB
Pay per GB like Asocks, but from $2.50 down to $1.26, on 20M+ IPs with state and ASN targeting and UDP.
Asocks plan
Residential (city-level work)
Premium Residential
From $4/GB
City and device targeting on 100M+ peers drawn from several vetted pools, with quality, speed and auth filters.
Asocks plan
Mobile
Mobile Proxies
From $4.50/GB
5M+ real 4G and 5G IPs with city and carrier targeting, sticky for up to 4 hours.
Asocks plan
Unlimited residential port
Dedicated ISP Proxies
From $5/IP
The fixed-IP answer to an unlimited port: one private IP for 30 days with unlimited bandwidth, in six countries.
Asocks plan
Corporate (datacenter)
Datacenter Proxies
From $4/day
Five countries of datacenter IPs, with 250 GB a day from $4 or unlimited bandwidth from $6.
When Asocks May Still Suit You
Where Asocks is ahead
- Traffic never expires, which suits irregular use.
- Mobile traffic at a flat $3 per GB costs less than CatProxies below 250 GB.
- Unlimited ports from $5 for residential and $15 for mobile per 30 days.
- Support over WhatsApp, WeChat and phone, and a site in 35 languages.
Where CatProxies comes out ahead
- Residential traffic above a few GB a month, at less than half the price per GB from 100 GB.
- Static ISP IPs, which Asocks does not sell.
- A 5M+ mobile pool, against 7M+ IPs that Asocks lists across all products, plus UDP.
- Buyers who want residential IPs from a paid opt-in app or vetted pools.
Common Misconceptions About Asocks
"Dutch police named Asocks as the botnet operator."
The police and NCSC statements name no company. The Asocks name comes from NL Times and the outlets that cited it, and Asocks says it ended ties with one supplier and does not dispute the investigation. The status of other brands named in 2026 is in the post on proxy providers linked to botnets.
"A flat $3 per GB is always the cheapest."
For residential traffic, CatProxies Standard Residential costs $2.00 per GB at 5 GB and $1.40 at 100 GB. For mobile, the Asocks flat rate is lower until 250 GB.
"Asocks sells ISP proxies."
The Asocks comparison page mentions ISP proxies, but no ISP product or price appears anywhere on the site.
"More IPs on the pricing page means more IPs online."
Asocks pages give 7M+, 8M+ and 72M as the pool size, and Asocks told a reviewer that over 1 million are online at any time.
Switch From Asocks in Three Steps
Moving takes minutes because both services use the standard HTTP and SOCKS5 login format.
Match the product
Use the swap map above. Asocks residential traffic moves to Standard Residential, unlimited ports to Dedicated ISP, and mobile to CatProxies mobile.
Buy the plan
Buy the plan size you need, from 1 GB. Checkout takes cards, crypto and local methods, and the dashboard shows the credentials once it is paid.
Swap the endpoint
Replace the host, port and login in the tool you already use and set the location in the username. Test a few tasks, then move the rest.
Step-by-step guides cover CatProxies in Octo Browser and CatProxies in Dolphin Anty.
Asocks is a trademark of its owner. CatProxies is not affiliated with Asocks. Asocks says it ended its relationship with one supplier and does not dispute the Dutch investigation. Statements about third parties are attributed to the public sources linked above and reflect what those sources said on October 5, 2026. Also compare the NetNut alternative.
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