What is a mobile proxy, and what does a port include?
A mobile proxy sends your requests out through a mobile operator's network, so the destination sees an address that belongs to a 4G/5G carrier rather than a datacenter IP range. Carrier addresses are shared among many ordinary phone users at the same time, so a single mobile IP can stand for a large number of real people.
On Nefo you rent a port for a set period. Each port carries one live 4G/5G address at a time, and you decide when that address moves — hold it for the whole rental or change it whenever you want. Ports run on carrier modems that are shared, so the address is not reserved for you alone. Buy several ports and each one runs its own IP; a single purchase covers up to 50 ports.
- A 4G/5G port with one live carrier IP at a time, on shared carrier modems.
- Up to 3 concurrent connections per port.
- Keep the IP, or change it on demand as often as you like.
- Free country, US state and carrier switching for the whole rental.
- HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, switchable in the dashboard after purchase.
- Username and password authentication, or an IP whitelist of up to 3 addresses.
Mobile proxy pricing: Economy, Basic and Turbo
All three tiers share the same core: a port with one live carrier IP at a time, up to 3 concurrent connections and a 15 GB daily data allowance on the base plan. What changes between them is the headline line speed, how many countries the tier reaches, and which rental lengths it sells. Prices are per port and identical in every country a tier covers.
| Tier | Countries | Speed label | Rental lengths and prices | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | US only | 10 Mbps | 7 days $12; 30 days $30 | $30 ($1.00/day) |
| Basic | 9: US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Italy | 10 Mbps | 2 hours $1; 1 day $4; 3 days $8; 7 days $14; 15 days $24; 30 days $40 | $40 ($1.33/day) |
| Turbo | 6: US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Italy | 20 Mbps | 12 hours $2.50; 1 day $5; 7 days $24; 15 days $42; 30 days $60 | $60 ($2.00/day) |
The Mbps figures are tier labels for the line, not a guaranteed or sustained throughput, and longer rentals always cost less per day. Basic draws on the widest pool, with 291 modems across 12 carriers; Economy runs on 148 US modems across 2 carriers; Turbo is the fastest tier, on 34 modems.
US state-level targeting is on for every tier. How many states are live differs by tier and changes with the network, so the pricing page reads the current figure rather than printing a fixed number here.
Carrier targeting and IP rotation
Location is not chosen at checkout. The port activates as soon as payment clears, and you then pick country, US state and carrier in the dashboard — and change any of them, any number of times, at no extra cost, for as long as the rental runs. The picker shows live modem availability per location as Ready, Low or None, refreshed every few minutes, so you can steer around a location that is currently full.
The carrier list is pulled live per state and filtered down to genuine mobile operators, so home-broadband and cable ISPs never appear as options. What is on offer varies by tier and over time, which is why the dashboard shows the live list instead of a fixed one.
"Change IP" hands you a fresh address in the same location while your login stays exactly the same, and a private rotation link lets a script trigger the same thing. If you would rather have it on a schedule, server-side auto-rotate takes an interval in seconds — 60 seconds is the minimum — and keeps running with your browser closed, staying inside the country, state and carrier you selected.
The host you connect to is a stable domain that does not change when you switch location, so your configuration survives a move; only the exit IP that websites see changes. Switching between HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 keeps the same IP. If a port's modem becomes unreachable, it is moved to a healthy one automatically and the dashboard tells you when that happened.
How mobile proxy billing works
Mobile ports are rented, not metered by the gigabyte. The bill is rental length × number of ports, with the daily data allowance as a multiplier you choose at checkout: 15 GB/day is the base price, 50 GB/day is 1.3×, 100 GB/day is 1.6×, and an unlimited daily allowance is 2× (Basic and Turbo only). A 30-day Basic port is $40 at 15 GB/day, $52 at 50 GB, $64 at 100 GB and $80 unlimited; Economy's 30 days runs $30 / $39 / $48 with no unlimited option.
The daily allowance is a hard cap. A port that runs past its allowance inside a UTC day stops accepting connections until the bucket resets at 00:00 UTC, and allowances do not roll over. Mid-rental, you can upgrade the allowance for the remaining term and pay only the prorated difference, or buy a top-up block of 15 GB or 50 GB for the current day.
An active port can be renewed and the new time is added on top of what is left. Once a port expires it is released and cannot be renewed, so renew before the clock runs out if you want to keep it.
- Up to 50 ports in one purchase, each with its own IP and its own 3 connections.
- Volume rentals and custom regions are handled by our team rather than self-serve.
Prefer to pay per GB? Rotating mobile proxies
If you need many carrier IPs rather than a port you control, rotating 4G/5G mobile proxies are billed by traffic instead: from $3.90/GB (5 GB for $19.50) down to $2.30/GB at 2 TB and above, in 110 countries, with sticky sessions up to 2 hours. Country targeting is included; state, city and ASN targeting count traffic at 2×. That bandwidth never expires.
Mobile vs residential proxies: how to choose
The two products answer different questions. Residential proxies use real home IPs across 227 countries and are billed per gigabyte, which makes them the tool for broad, geo-specific collection at scale. Mobile proxies exit through 4G/5G carrier networks, where many phone users share each address, and are billed by time, which suits a small number of long-lived sessions you control directly.
If you need many countries, city or ASN targeting, or thousands of independent requests, residential is the better fit. Many teams run both. The residential vs mobile comparison and why mobile proxies are the hardest to detect go into detail. Choose a mobile port when:
- Your work is on a mobile-first platform and you need to see it the way a phone on a carrier network does.
- You want an address you can hold for hours or days, then change on your own command.
- You run a handful of long sessions rather than thousands of stateless requests.
- A predictable rental price suits you better than per-gigabyte metering.
Either way, use them for lawful work on public data and stay within each site's terms.
How to buy a mobile proxy
Pick a tier, a rental length, a daily allowance and how many ports you need, then pay. The port is ready straight after payment; you choose country, state and carrier in the dashboard and copy the SOCKS5 or HTTP details into your tool. Authentication is a username and password, or an IP whitelist of up to 3 addresses if your software prefers that.
The cheapest way in is the $1 two-hour Basic rental, which exists so you can test the product against your own target before committing to a longer term. If you need more than 50 ports or custom regions, get in touch and we'll set it up rather than sending you through self-serve checkout.
Frequently asked questions
A proxy whose traffic exits through a real mobile carrier network rather than a datacenter IP range. On Nefo each one is a rented port carrying one live 4G/5G address at a time on shared carrier modems, with up to 3 concurrent connections and a 15 GB daily allowance on the base plan.
A 30-day port costs $30 on Economy (US only, $1.00/day), $40 on Basic ($1.33/day) and $60 on Turbo ($2.00/day) at 15 GB/day. Shorter rentals start at $1 for 2 hours on Basic. Larger daily allowances multiply the price. See mobile pricing.
Mobile proxies exit through 4G/5G carrier networks and are rented per port for a fixed period with a daily data cap. Residential proxies use real home IPs in 227 countries and are billed per gigabyte, with bandwidth that never expires.
Yes, as often as you like and at no extra cost. Change IP gives you a fresh address in the same location while your login stays the same, a private rotation link does the same from a script, and server-side auto-rotate runs on a schedule with a 60-second minimum.
Economy is US-only, Basic reaches nine countries (US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Italy) and Turbo reaches six (US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Italy). US state targeting is available on all three, and you can switch country, state and carrier during the rental for free.
There is a paid taster rather than a free trial: Basic sells a 2-hour rental for $1 at the base 15 GB daily allowance, so you can test a real port against your own target. Economy starts at 7 days and Turbo at 12 hours.
Up to 3 at a time on every tier. For more parallel work, buy more ports; each is an independent proxy with its own IP and its own 3 connections, and one purchase can cover up to 50 ports.