Oxylabs and Soax both target scraping teams at scale with large residential networks and multi-type proxy access. The similarity ends at compliance posture and what each provider treats as its primary operational differentiator.

Oxylabs has completed the compliance stack: ISO 27001:2022 certified, SOC 2 Type 2 audited for its Scraper API, and EWDCI founding member. ASN targeting is available on residential proxies. OxyCopilot generates integration code. Soax has a different answer to the question of what makes a proxy network operationally useful: UDP and QUIC protocol support alongside HTTP/S and SOCKS5, a dashboard that surfaces failure rates, banned IPs, and speed metrics in real time, and a mobile pool provider-reported at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are in progress — not yet obtained.

The comparison turns on whether a team needs compliance credentials that hold up in procurement today, or operational visibility tools and protocol coverage that most residential providers do not expose.

Oxylabs suits teams whose procurement requires ISO 27001, SOC 2, or EWDCI founding credentials — or whose residential workloads need ASN targeting, configurable sticky sessions up to 24 hours, and a REST API accessible at every plan tier. The limitations: PAYG is capped at 50 GB per month, no published response time SLA exists for the proxy network, and protocol support does not include UDP or QUIC.

Soax suits teams that prioritize real-time network diagnostics — failure rate monitoring, banned IP tracking, speed metrics — alongside protocol support for UDP and QUIC workloads. The mobile pool at 33M IPs across real cellular carriers is substantially larger than Oxylabs' mobile offering. The limitations are real: ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications are in progress but not yet obtained, ASN targeting is not documented, Texas is excluded from the network, and session TTL is not published.

Oxylabs' philosophy is that proxy infrastructure credibility requires independent verification. ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, and EWDCI founding membership are third-party audits and certifications — not self-attested compliance claims. KYC is applied to every customer with documented rejection criteria. ASN targeting extends residential precision to network-operator level. OxyCopilot and a full REST API reduce the integration burden. The product is built for procurement processes that require audit reports, not compliance pages.

Soax's philosophy is that operational visibility is the underserved layer in proxy infrastructure. Most providers tell you which IPs they have — Soax also tells you which ones are getting banned, how fast responses are, and where failure rates are climbing, in real time. UDP and QUIC extend the network beyond standard HTTP/S and SOCKS5 use cases. The mobile pool at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers addresses mobile-specific targeting workloads at a scale most residential providers cannot match on the mobile dimension. Certifications are in progress — the compliance posture is not yet independently verified.

You gain independently verified compliance and ASN targeting with Oxylabs. You give up real-time network diagnostics and UDP/QUIC protocol support. With Soax, the trade runs in reverse — you gain operational observability and protocol breadth, and the verified compliance stack and ASN targeting become unavailable.

Oxylabs' residential pool is provider-reported at 175M+ IPs across 195 countries. Residential proxies support country, state, city, ZIP, and ASN targeting. Mobile proxies cover 20M IPs with carrier targeting and 3G/4G/5G support. ISP static and datacenter proxies are also available. Sticky sessions are configurable up to 24 hours. Dedicated residential IPs with exclusive assignment are available. HTTP/S and SOCKS5 protocols are confirmed; UDP and QUIC are not documented.

Soax's residential pool is provider-reported at 155M+ IPs across 195+ countries. Targeting covers country, region, city, and ISP level. ASN targeting is not documented. ZIP and coordinate targeting are not documented. Texas is explicitly excluded from the network due to regulatory constraints. Mobile proxies are provider-reported at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers across 3G/4G/5G/LTE — significantly larger than Oxylabs' mobile offering. Protocol support includes HTTP/S, SOCKS5, UDP, and QUIC. Session TTL is not published. Dedicated residential IPs are not offered.

Oxylabs authenticates via username and password in the proxy URL, with IP whitelist authentication for up to 10 IPs. Targeting is configured via proxy username parameters per request. The REST API at developers.oxylabs.io covers proxy configuration, zone management, and usage statistics at all tiers. OxyCopilot generates integration code from natural language. Sub-user credentials for project isolation are documented.

Soax provides API access with multi-language support. The dashboard exposes real-time diagnostics: speed metrics, failure rates, banned IPs, custom reports, and projection alerts. API rate limits are not published. Sub-user or team account management is not confirmed in product documentation. IP whitelist authentication is not documented. No standalone proxy manager tool exists.

Oxylabs bills residential and mobile proxies per GB on subscription tiers and PAYG. PAYG is capped at 50 GB per month. A 7-day free trial for businesses and 3-day trial for individuals are available without a credit card. KYC is mandatory before full access.

Soax offers four monthly subscription tiers with per-GB billing. A low-cost 3-day trial is available for a nominal fee — not a free trial. ISP and datacenter proxies are available per-IP from a minimum batch. No PAYG option is documented — monthly commitment is required. No ongoing free tier exists.

ISO 27001, SOC 2, or EWDCI founding credentials are required by procurement today — or ASN targeting, 24-hour sticky sessions, and a REST API at every tier are operational needs. Oxylabs fits.

Real-time failure rate and banned IP dashboards matter operationally, UDP or QUIC protocol support is needed, or a 33M+ mobile pool from real cellular carriers is the scale requirement. Soax fits.

You gain verified compliance and ASN targeting with Oxylabs. You give up network observability and protocol breadth. With Soax, the trade runs in reverse — you gain operational diagnostics and UDP/QUIC support, and the verified compliance stack and ASN targeting become unavailable.

Neither fits teams that require Texas-based residential IP availability.

Ask what your procurement process requires to approve a proxy vendor today. If the answer is ISO 27001, SOC 2, or EWDCI founding membership — Soax's certifications are in progress and cannot satisfy that requirement yet. Oxylabs' audit stack addresses it directly.

Ask whether your operations team needs to monitor failure rates and banned IPs in real time — or whether your workload requires UDP or QUIC alongside standard proxy protocols. If yes to either, Soax's observability dashboard and protocol stack address those requirements, and the pending certification status and absence of ASN targeting are the constraints to accept.

If your requirement is verified compliance and targeting precision — Oxylabs. If your requirement is network observability and protocol breadth — Soax.