Singapore Mobile Proxy vs IPRoyal: where each one actually delivers in 2026
IPRoyal is one of the better-priced proxy providers in the mid market. Their residential and ISP pools are large, the dashboard is functional, and the per-gigabyte rates undercut Decodo and Bright Data on most tiers. The mobile proxy side of IPRoyal is where the story gets thinner, especially for country-specific work. Singapore Mobile Proxy operates from the opposite direction: small fleet, one country, real carrier infrastructure. Here is how the two stack up for Singapore-targeting work in 2026.
TL;DR
- IPRoyal mobile proxies start at $90/mo for a US or UK port. Singapore mobile is not in the standard catalog and has to be requested through sales.
- SMP starts at $40/mo for a dedicated Singapore port and Singapore is the only country we sell.
- For residential and ISP at scale, IPRoyal is competitive on price and reasonable on quality.
- For Singapore mobile specifically, SMP is the closer match because we are the only provider on this comparison list with physical 4G dongles on Singtel, StarHub and M1 SIMs.
Who they are
IPRoyal is a Lithuania-based proxy operator launched in 2020. They have grown fast on aggressive pricing across residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile. The product is functional and the support is reasonable. Their mobile fleet is the smallest part of their offering and is concentrated in US, UK, Germany and France. They will quote Singapore on request, but you are not getting their flagship product, you are getting their long-tail.
Singapore Mobile Proxy is a Singapore-based 100+ modem operation that only sells Singapore mobile IPs. Our flagship product is the country we live in. We do not have a US fallback, we do not have a UK fallback. If you need a country we do not cover, we are not the right vendor and we will say so.
Mobile network quality
IPRoyal’s mobile network leans on a small fleet of operator-owned 4G/5G devices plus peering. The US and UK pools are solid because there is operational scale behind them. For Singapore, the supply is thin and the IPs they can route to you tend to come from one of two places: a small physical inventory of dongles that may not be online when you ask, or a peering relationship with another mobile carrier-adjacent provider. In practice this means the Singapore exit availability is bursty. You can request it, it might work today, it might not work tomorrow.
SMP’s network is the opposite tradeoff. We do not have US. We do not have UK. We do not have 195 countries. We have one country with 100+ modems sitting in our office, each one on a real consumer SIM, each one reachable on the same dedicated port for as long as the customer rents it. Availability is essentially a function of whether the dongle has signal and whether the SIM has data, both of which we monitor with hardware and a Telegram alert pipeline.
Pricing comparison
USD, retail, May 2026.
| Plan | IPRoyal | Singapore Mobile Proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Residential entry | $1.75/GB rotating, $7/GB sticky | n/a (we do not sell residential) |
| Mobile entry | $90/mo single port, US or UK only on the page. SG via sales. | $40/mo dedicated SG port, 300GB cap, unlimited rotations |
| Mobile mid | $300/mo for 3 ports | $80/mo, 500GB |
| Mobile heavy | Custom quote | $120/mo, 1TB |
| Singapore as catalog item | No (request only) | Yes (default) |
| Real Singtel/StarHub/M1 ASN | Best effort | Guaranteed (you pick) |
| Free trial on mobile | No (3-day money back) | 24h free trial, no card |
The catch on IPRoyal’s $90 mobile pricing is that it is a US/UK rate. The Singapore SKU, when you can get one, prices closer to the mid tier. SMP’s $40 is the actual Singapore rate.
Where IPRoyal is the right choice
- You need rotating residential at the lowest per-gigabyte rate in the mid market.
- Your target country is US, UK, Germany, France, or any of the well-covered European or North American markets.
- You are running heavy bandwidth datacenter or ISP workloads and you want a discount-first vendor.
- You do not need Singapore specifically and you do not care about ASN guarantees.
Where SMP is the right choice
- Singapore is the country you need and you need it to be real.
- You are running Carousell, Shopee SG, Lazada SG, TikTok SG, Grab, or any Singapore-centric platform.
- You want a dedicated port that does not rotate unless you tell it to.
- You want to talk to the operator running the modem when something goes wrong, instead of opening a support ticket and waiting 48 hours.
- You want pricing that does not have a US/UK star next to it.
The Singapore SKU problem on global providers
This is worth saying directly because it shows up on Bright Data, Decodo, IPRoyal, Oxylabs and most other global mobile networks. Singapore is a small market by global proxy demand. Less than 1 percent of the queries on a global proxy provider’s dashboard are Singapore-targeted. There is no commercial reason for a global provider to invest in a real Singapore mobile fleet. So they do not. They have peering. They have best-effort routing. They have a button in the dashboard that says Singapore. When the routing day is good, you get a Singapore IP. When the routing day is bad, you get a peer that geoIPs to Singapore but ASN-resolves to Indonesia or Hong Kong. None of this is fraud. It is the rational economics of running a global network: spend the capital where the volume is.
SMP is a bet in the opposite direction. We think Singapore-specific operators (sellers, agencies, OTT viewers, ad verifiers, local SEO tracking, financial compliance) are big enough to support a dedicated operation at a price point they can actually afford. If you are reading this, the bet is working.
FAQ
Can I get a Singapore mobile proxy on IPRoyal?
You can request one. Whether it shows up as a real Singtel, StarHub or M1 ASN depends on what peer or device is available at the time. The catalog rate is not the Singapore rate.
Why is SMP $40 for unlimited rotations?
Because the operating model is per port not per gigabyte. You rent the port, you use it as much as you want up to the data cap. No metering games.
What is the SMP data cap actually for?
The cap protects the modem and the SIM from being hammered into oblivion. 300GB on the entry plan is more than every SMP customer except a handful of heavy scrapers uses. If you hit the cap we notify you in advance and you can upgrade or wait for the cycle reset.
Do I get to pick the carrier on SMP?
Yes. Singtel, StarHub, M1, or a Vivifi MVNO that rides StarHub or M1 underlay. We carry inventory on all four. You pick at signup or on swap.
Is the IP residential, mobile, or both?
It is mobile. The exit hits a real 4G modem on a real consumer mobile SIM. The ASN matches the carrier. The geoIP matches Singapore.
Related reading
- Singapore Mobile Proxy vs Bright Data
- Singapore Mobile Proxy vs Smartproxy (Decodo)
- cloudf.one vs GeeLark
- Mobile vs residential proxies: the real trade-offs
- Why accounts get banned even when using proxies
Bottom line
IPRoyal is a price-competitive mid-market proxy provider with strong residential and ISP coverage in major markets. For Singapore-specific mobile, the supply story is thin and the ASN delivery is not guaranteed. SMP is small, focused, and the only provider on this list with the country baked into the business model. Trial both if you have the time. If you only have an afternoon, go straight to the SMP trial because it takes 30 seconds and no card.