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Residential Proxy Quality Score

A practical scorecard to evaluate residential proxy quality across core metrics.

Scorecard

Quality Score
83.5
Weighted average across the four core metrics.

Methodology

  • • Use a fixed destination set and request cadence
  • • Run at least 500 requests per region before comparing
  • • Track failures separately from timeouts
  • • Keep concurrency stable when comparing runs

Metrics

Success rate: Percent of requests that return a valid response without retries.
Block rate: Percent of responses that indicate blocking (403, 429, CAPTCHA pages).
Median latency: Median time-to-first-byte across the sample set.
Session stability: Consistency of response quality within a single session.
Last updated 2026-03-11 • 30-day window

What this benchmark measures

Residential proxies are often evaluated by success rate, block rate, and median latency. This benchmark provides a consistent framework you can use to compare sessions, regions, or providers.

How to use it

Collect a sample of requests from the same destination class and compute your metrics. Use the scorecard below to standardize results so you can compare runs over time.

Steps

1
Collect a sample
Gather a consistent set of requests for at least 30 minutes.
2
Compute metrics
Calculate success rate, block rate, and median latency.
3
Score and compare
Use the scorecard to compare runs and regions.

Tips

  • • Use the same destination set for fair comparisons.
  • • Separate timeouts from block pages in your logs.

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