Irmu vs NaProxy
Irmu vs NaProxy: score breakdown
Irmu scores 64/100 against 52/100 for NaProxy, a 12-point gap. Irmu is ahead on Capability (17 vs 16), Ease of use (19 vs 15), Value (16 vs 12) and Delivery (12 vs 9). Each sub-score is out of 25.
Features and platforms
| Feature | Irmu | NaProxy |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Freemium | Paid |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, REST API, MCP server | Web, API (HTTP/SOCKS5), User+Password Auth |
| Best for | Solo developers and small teams building data pipelines who want one API key for scraping, rendering, and AI extraction. | Data engineers and scraping teams needing a large rotating residential IP pool. |
| Skip if | Teams needing multi-step browser automation or a standalone proxy endpoint today; those features are planned but not yet available. | Developers looking for AI coding assistance or teams on tight budgets needing unlimited bandwidth cheaply. |
Cost and usage limits
Irmu has a free plan. NaProxy has no free plan; paid plans start at $20/month (Rotating Residential - Trial (10GB)).
Prices from each vendor's pricing page. Irmu checked November 2026 · NaProxy checked November 2026
Pros and cons
Irmu
- Single credit pool covers scraping, JavaScript rendering, screenshots, AI extraction, Google SERP, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT answers, and Booking.com data, with no separate keys or quotas per API.
- Geotargeting by country, region, and city is free on every request and every plan, including the free tier, which is uncommon among comparable scraping APIs.
- MCP server with OAuth 2.1 or API key auth lets developers connect Irmu directly to Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT without writing REST integration code.
- Both the Proxy API (standalone IP pool endpoint) and the Browser API (multi-step scripted sessions) are listed as planned features but are not part of the live product, making the product page misleading for developers who need those capabilities now.
- Premium residential IPs and AI extraction are locked behind the $90/month Standard plan; the $19 Starter and $40 Lite tiers only offer datacenter IPs, which limits their usefulness against sites with meaningful anti-bot protection.
- Scheduling and webhooks, essential for any recurring crawl job, only appear at the $200/month Pro tier, forcing teams with modest volume but recurring needs to pay for 3,000,000 credits per month whether they use them or not.
NaProxy
- Pool of 90M+ residential IPs across 200+ countries gives meaningful geographic coverage and reduces IP exhaustion risk on large crawls.
- Five distinct proxy product types (rotating residential, unlimited-traffic, static residential, ISP, data center) let teams pick the right billing model for their workload rather than forcing a single approach.
- Per-GB rates drop substantially at volume: from $2.00/GB at 10GB to roughly $0.76/GB at 10,000GB, rewarding teams that consolidate bandwidth purchases.
- The unlimited-traffic residential plans are priced at approximately $270/day for a single day or $2,400 for 30 days, making them cost-prohibitive for most teams compared to simply buying a large GB package.
- The entry-level rotating residential plan delivers only 10GB for $20/month, which is thin for any serious scraping workload and forces an early upgrade.
- NaProxy has no presence in the AI coding or developer-tooling space despite its directory placement; buyers arriving from an AI dev tools search will find a pure proxy infrastructure product with no AI features whatsoever.
Our verdict
Irmu verdict
Irmu suits developers who want a single API key covering scraping, JavaScript rendering, screenshots, and AI extraction without stitching together separate services. The credit model is transparent and geotargeting is free at every tier, but residential IPs and AI extraction only enable at the $90/month Standard plan, putting real production features out of reach for the $19 and $40 tiers. Teams that need multi-step browser automation or a dedicated proxy endpoint should look elsewhere: both are listed on the roadmap but not yet shipped.
Read full Irmu review →NaProxy verdict
NaProxy suits developers and data teams who need a large rotating residential IP pool for scraping or ad verification at a mid-range price point. Its per-GB rates are competitive at volume but the unlimited-traffic plans are expensive per day, and the entry tier gives you only 10GB. Teams that need a coding or automation tool should look elsewhere entirely; this is a proxy infrastructure service, not an AI dev tool.
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