If you've found yourself in a situation where you could really use some Australian IPs,
don't pack your bags just yet.
While it would make a great trip, you don't need to move across the world to get them.
Our advice - just use proxies.
Don't worry if you don't know what they are.
That's what we'll be explaining in this video.
Though if you're in a hurry, feel free to skip ahead for the best Australian proxy providers
part.
Ok, let's start from the basics.
What exactly are Australian proxies?
You probably already know what proxies are, right?
Here's a quick reminder.
A proxy server is a middleman between you and the internet.
Instead of connecting to a website directly, it will route your connection through itself,
sending the request on your behalf.
So to put it simply, proxy essentially is just a way to get a different IP address.
If you now think that an Australian proxy must simply be an IP address located in Australia,
you're absolutely right.
When you use these proxies, your target server will think that you're just a regular Aussie.
But why would you need the server to think that you're somewhere you're not?
Let's take a look at the most common use cases.
Imagine that your company is expanding its global reach and making its website available
to Australia.
To make sure that everything is in order, you'll need Australian proxies for website
localization testing.
You can also use them for ad verification if you're running localized digital ads in
any specific Australian city or the whole country.
This way, you'll know where and how your ads appear, and you might even prevent losing
your investment to ad fraud.
If you don't know what ad fraud is, check out our video linked in the cards and description
below.
Probably the most common use case of region-specific proxies is web scraping.
Let's say you're analyzing a competitor, and you need to find how well they perform in
Australian Google.
To access accurate data, and not get blocked while doing so, you'll need an Australian
IP.
We should not forget travel fare aggregation and price comparison use cases, which also
rely on proxies.
However, you can use proxies for something as simple as reading Aussie news because they
can give you access to any regionally locked content.
What are you planning on using Australian proxies for?
Let us know in the comments.
You might be thinking, “wouldn't it be better to use a VPN for some of these use cases”?
That's an excellent point.
While proxies are perfectly capable of unlocking such websites as Australian BBC and allowing
you to browse the web from a different IP, VPN may be a better choice, especially if
you want your browsing history to be encrypted.
However, a VPN won't allow you to make several concurrent requests, and they usually don't
offer fast IP rotation, which means that you won't be able to perform web scraping or data
mining with them.
If you've decided that you need proxies instead of a VPN, let's talk about providers.
To discover the best providers of Australian proxy servers, we ran several different tests.
These tests measured the average speed and success rate of every provider when connecting
to Australian servers.
We also tested how each network performs when dealing with hundreds of simultaneous connections.
Only the top-performing providers made the final list.
Here are the top 5.
Let's start with NetNut, which is number 5 on our list.
NetNut offers rotating residential proxies, as well as static IPs that come straight from
internet service providers and don't need to rotate.
It performs well but the user experience could be improved.
If you pick this provider, you'll get a chance to dive deep into its 10 million proxy IP
pool.
However, it's unclear how many of them are Australian IPs.
NetNut recently expanded its reach and started offering much more beginner-friendly pricing
plans, so now the cheapest residential proxy plan runs for $20 per gigabyte.
The number 4 is GeoSurf.
This premium provider offers fast and well-performing proxies.
Despite a small proxy network of 2.5 million IPs, GeoSurf covers more than 1,000 locations
and has over 1700 Australian IPs.
The main drawback of this provider is the price.
The cheapest plan starts from $450 for 38GB, which is $11.85 per gigabyte.
In the 3rd place is Bright Data.
Bright Data has a huge 72 million proxy pool, and it includes nearly 300,000 Australian
IPs.
Its proxies are fast, stable, and efficient.
However, starting out with Bright Data is not straightforward and requires technical
knowledge to figure things out.
The pricing isn’t beginner-friendly either.
The cheapest plan costs $500 for 40 gigabytes, which means that you’ll pay $12.5 per gigabyte.
The feature to target particular Aussie cities will double the price.
Moving up to the second place.
Oxylabs is one of the largest providers out there, with more than 100 million proxies.
It offers a staggering number of 1.1 million Australian IP addresses, allowing you to target
pretty much anywhere in this country.
Oxylabs' proxies are fast and have a nearly perfect success rate.
However, just like most premium providers, Oxylabs isn't suited for beginners, mostly
for its price.
Expect to pay at least $300 for a plan with 20GB of data.
When it comes to Australian proxies, our number one pick is Smartproxy.
Why?
Simply because this company delivers premium quality service for a much lower price than
its counterparts.
Even though Smartproxy sacrifices fringe features, it focuses on making sure its customers get
the most of its services.
That's why the company provides an excellent user experience and fast customer support.
Speaking of its proxy pool, Smartproxy possesses 40 million IPs, and 32,000 of them are Australian.
To get access to it, you might want to check out its starter plan, which costs $75 for
5 GBs of data.
Are you interested in any of these top providers?
Check out links in the description.
If you need more global reach, watch our video where we explain US proxies and where to get
them.
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