ProxyRadar · v2026.1

Proxy Reliability Index

A transparent framework for comparing measured reliability without inventing scores when evidence is incomplete.

Published weighting

Published weighting

Published weighting

Telemetry

70%
availability35% weight

Successful scheduled checks across included regions.

success rate20% weight

Completed proxy requests as a share of valid attempts.

latency10% weight

Median response latency for successful checks.

error rate5% weight

Provider-attributable errors as a share of valid attempts.

Editorial

30%
documentation10% weight

Clarity and completeness of public technical documentation.

pricing transparency10% weight

Ability to understand pricing and material limits before purchase.

support5% weight

Documented support access and assessed response usefulness.

feature coverage5% weight

Verified coverage of features relevant to the comparison.

Publication cadence

Monthly, after the eligibility window closes

Minimum 28 days, 1,000 valid checks, and 3 regions per provider. A monthly edition is skipped when these thresholds are not met.

Material corrections trigger a dated changelog entry and, when scoring changes, a recalculation under the same methodology version.

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