4.2 on Trustpilot 1 countries5-min refreshFree CSV/JSON/TXT API
Need reliable Mexico proxies?
The free list above churns every 5 minutes and most entries fail within hours. For production scraping in Mexico, Databay operates 1,552,484+ paid IPs with 99.9%+ uptime, sticky sessions up to 120 minutes, and full HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS5 from $0.50/GB.
The same live-verified proxy pool, mirrored open-source as JSON / TXT / CSV on the jsDelivr CDN. Auto-updated every 5 minutes via CI, MIT licensed, no API key, no rate limit beyond jsDelivr's defaults.
How this list stacks up against the most-cited free proxy directories on the open web.
Databaydatabay.com
Typical free-list APIskey-less JSON feeds
Static HTML directorieslegacy proxy lists
Refresh cadence
Every 5 min
Every 5 min
Every 10 min
Live verified proxies
76
~5,000
~500 displayed
Countries covered
1
~88
~63
Free API (no key)
JSON / CSV / TXT
JSON / CSV / TXT
No public API
Per-protocol pages
HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5
HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5
SOCKS4, SOCKS5 only
Per-country pages
All countries
All countries
No
3-tier SSL state
Strict / Loose / None
Binary
Binary
Open-source on GitHub
1,402 stars, MIT
No
No
License
MIT (mirror)
Proprietary
Proprietary
Counts gathered from representative public free proxy directories on the date this page was rendered. Comparison is intended as an honest signal of category positioning, not a knock on any specific tool.
Summary 76 proxies · 1 countries · verified every 5 min
Live-verified free Mexico proxy list. 76 HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies with IPs registered in Mexico, re-probed every 5 minutes. Each entry includes protocol, latency, uptime and Google reachability. Download as JSON, CSV, or plain text. Methodology: how we discover and verify entries.
Why Databay
Built for Reliability
Continuous probing, real-time verification, transparent metrics. Everything you need to pick a proxy that actually works.
76Live Proxies
Continuously probed every 5 minutes. Never stale.
5 minRefresh Cycle
Every proxy re-verified on a rolling 5-minute window.
1Countries
Global coverage from IPs registered worldwide.
6 hrsAuto-Expiry
Stale entries drop on the next cycle. No dead proxies.
Reviews
Trusted by Developers Worldwide
See what proxy users say about Databay's proxy infrastructure.
The proxy success rate for scraping blew me away - it's really more than 96%. Databay delivers excellent service quality for business, and the price is much lower than other services. Definitely worth trying their residential proxies.
O. Gardner
5-star support
Being a proxy newbie I needed more help than most users. Their support runs through Discord and it's top-notch. They answer quick and truly seem committed to giving the best experience - usually a reply within a couple of hours. I never once felt like I had to wait.
Beryl Hughes
Good experience
Been using Databay for a while now and I've got nothing but good things to say. The proxies run smooth, rarely drop, and setup was pretty easy. All in all, really happy with it and wouldn't hesitate to point others their way.
Harrison
Good for account creation
A dependable service for various online tasks. The IP rotates with each request. Would recommend.
Andrei Dyachenko
Good and easy to use
Found them while looking for proxies. They're good and easy to use, and the support is nice. A bit slow for Brazil, but overall I recommend them for most uses.
Arnau Blasco
Good service so far
Talking about prices, it's the ideal and safe choice for work. Quality is top-notch, and I can recommend Databay for its stability and work speed.
G. Brenner
Proxy Fundamentals
Understanding Proxy Servers
A complete guide to proxy servers, protocols, use cases, and how to use them effectively.
Core Concept
What Is a Proxy Server?
A proxy server is an intermediary computer that sits between your device and the internet. When you send a request through a proxy, the proxy forwards it to the destination server using its own IP address. The destination server sees the proxy's IP, not yours.
This masks your real location, allows you to appear in a different country, and can bypass restrictions imposed by networks or websites. Free proxies work exactly the same way, the only difference is that they are operated by third parties and shared among many users simultaneously.
Your Device
Proxy Server
Internet
HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5 Protocols
ProtocolLayerEncryptionBest For
HTTPApplicationNoneBasic browsing, data collection
HTTP proxies handle standard web traffic and work well for basic browsing and data collection from HTTP websites. They operate at the application layer and can interpret web requests directly.
HTTPS proxies (also called SSL proxies) support encrypted connections. When you access a site over HTTPS through one of these proxies, the connection between your browser and the proxy is tunneled, so the proxy cannot read the encrypted payload. Use these for any site that requires a secure connection.
SOCKS4 proxies tunnel raw TCP at the transport layer with a minimal handshake. They do not support authentication, UDP, or remote DNS resolution, but they remain useful for legacy clients and cases where the simpler protocol is enough. SOCKS4a is a backwards-compatible extension that adds remote hostname resolution.
SOCKS5 proxies are the most versatile. They operate at a lower network layer and are protocol-agnostic, they can tunnel any TCP or UDP traffic including web, FTP, SMTP, and game traffic. SOCKS5 also supports authentication and IPv6. For anything beyond basic web browsing, SOCKS5 is the preferred choice.
Common Use Cases for Free Proxies
Geo-restriction bypassAccess content that is blocked in your country by routing through a proxy in a different region.
Basic web scrapingCollect publicly available data from websites that rate-limit by IP address. Rotating through multiple proxies prevents blocks on small-scale scraping jobs.
Privacy and IP maskingHide your real IP address from websites you visit for casual browsing. Note that free proxies do not guarantee zero logging.
Testing and QADevelopers and QA engineers use proxies to test how their applications behave when accessed from different countries or network conditions.
Academic researchResearchers collecting publicly available data from multiple regions can use proxies to gather geographically diverse samples.
Free Proxies vs. Premium Proxies
Free Proxies
Shared infrastructure
Unreliable uptime
Slow speeds, high latency
Often offline within hours
Hundreds of concurrent users
Premium (Databay)
34M residential IPs
99.9%+ uptime
Auto-rotation & sticky sessions
200+ countries covered
24/7 dedicated support
For any production workload, price monitoring, ad verification, market research, or large-scale scraping, premium proxies are the only reliable option.
How to Use a Proxy
Most tools accept a proxy in the format host:port or host:port:username:password. Copy the IP and port from this list, then configure:
Settings > Network > Proxy Configuration
Enter IP, Port, and select HTTP, SOCKS4 or SOCKS5
For premium rotating proxies from Databay, the endpoint is gw.databay.co:8888 with your credentials using the format countryCode-XX:sessionId-YY.
Methodology
How We Verify These Proxies
An open look at how Databay discovers, probes and scores every entry in this list.
Maintained by Daniel Okonkwo, DevOps Engineer at Databay. Verified by an automated probe pipeline. Last pipeline run .
Expertise: DevOps, Network Security, IP Rotation, Scraping Infrastructure, Proxy Protocols
Every proxy on this page is an IP and port harvested from publicly known proxy sources and then put through a continuous verification loop. Fresh batches land on this page within seconds of being re-probed, and every candidate is re-verified on a rolling 5-minute window. Any proxy whose most recent check is older than 6 hours is dropped from this list entirely, stale entries never appear, regardless of how the upstream feed behaves.
For each probe we open a real connection, issue a lightweight HTTP request and a targeted HTTPS request, and measure the end-to-end round-trip. The result drives three public columns:
Speed is the median latency in milliseconds of the last successful request. We bucket it into Fast (<500 ms), Medium (<1500 ms) and Slow.
Uptime is the percentage of successful probes across the full lifetime of each IP:port pair. Entries with consistent failures are removed, not merely hidden.
Google-passed means the proxy successfully completed a probe against google.com without receiving a block page or CAPTCHA. A large share of free proxies are permanently blacklisted by Google.
HTTPS support is reported in three states, full (valid certificate chain), loose (works only with SSL verification disabled), and unsupported (HTTP destinations only).
Dead proxies are not kept on the page to inflate the count: if an entry stops responding, it disappears on the next cycle. That is why the list size shifts throughout the day. Machine-readable copies of this dataset (with the same fields) are available at /api/v1/proxy-list in json, csv and plain-text formats.
FAQ
Free Proxy List - Common Questions
What is a free proxy list?
A free proxy list is a directory of publicly available proxy server IP addresses and ports. These proxies are open to use by anyone and are tested regularly for uptime, speed, and protocol compatibility. Our list supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies and is updated every 5 minutes. The same dataset is mirrored open-source on GitHub at github.com/databay-labs/free-proxy-list.
Are free proxies safe to use?
Free proxies provide basic IP masking but come with risks. They are shared among many users, may log your traffic, and lack the security guarantees of commercial services. For sensitive tasks, consider our premium residential proxies which offer dedicated, encrypted connections with no logging. Learn more: Are Free Proxies Safe?
How often is this list updated?
Our free proxy list is verified and refreshed automatically every 5 minutes. Each proxy is tested for responsiveness, latency, and SSL support. Proxies that fail uptime checks are removed and replaced. The "Updated" column in the table shows the exact time each proxy was last verified. Learn more: Our free proxy list methodology.
What is the difference between HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies?
HTTP proxies handle standard web traffic. HTTPS proxies add SSL/TLS encryption for secure connections. SOCKS4 is a lightweight TCP-only tunnel without authentication or UDP support, useful for legacy clients or simple TCP forwarding. SOCKS5 proxies are the most versatile - they work at a lower level and support any TCP/UDP traffic, authentication, IPv6, and remote DNS, not just web browsing. For web scraping, HTTP and HTTPS are the simplest to use, for non-HTTP traffic prefer SOCKS5 over SOCKS4.
How do I use a proxy from this list?
Copy the IP:Port using the copy button next to any proxy in the table. For cURL, run curl -x http://IP:PORT https://example.com. For Python, use requests.get(url, proxies={"http": "http://IP:PORT", "https": "http://IP:PORT"}). In your browser, go to Settings > Network > Proxy and enter the IP and Port. Proxies marked “HTTPS” work with secure websites. Proxies marked “HTTP” only work with non-secure (http://) websites, if a proxy doesn’t seem to work, check whether you’re connecting to an HTTPS site with an HTTP-only proxy. Full setup walkthroughs: How to use a free proxy (cURL, Python, Node.js, Scrapy, Playwright).
What does the SSL column mean?
The SSL column indicates whether the proxy can access HTTPS websites (sites starting with https://). This is about the destination site, not the proxy connection itself. A proxy marked with a checkmark can tunnel encrypted traffic to HTTPS sites. A proxy marked with a lock icon works with HTTPS but requires you to disable SSL verification in your client (verify=False in Python, -k in cURL). A cross means the proxy only works with plain HTTP sites.
Do you offer a free API?
Yes. Our free proxy list API is available at https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list. It supports filtering by protocol, country, speed, and Google compatibility. Output formats include JSON, CSV, and plain text. The API is rate limited to 50 requests per second with 10-second caching. See the API documentation section below for details.
Why should I upgrade to premium proxies?
Databay's premium proxies offer 34M+ dedicated IPs across 200+ countries with 99.9%+ uptime, rotating and sticky sessions, geo-targeting by country/city/carrier, and 24/7 support. Free proxies are unreliable for production use - they are frequently offline, slow, and shared with unknown users. For any serious automation or scraping workload, premium proxies are the right tool.
Statistics
Proxy Distribution
Real-time breakdown of our 76 active proxies by protocol and country.
By Protocol
HTTP
69
SOCKS5
3
SOCKS4
4
HTTPS Support
40
Top Countries
Mexico
76
Of 76 currently-live free proxies, 3 support SOCKS5, 4 support SOCKS4, 69 support HTTP, and 40 tunnel encrypted HTTPS traffic. The list spans 1 countries, led by Mexico (76). Last verification completed 127 seconds ago.
Free API
Proxy List API
Access our free proxy list programmatically. Rate limited to 50 requests per second with 10-second caching.
API Endpoint
Base URL
GET https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list
cURL Examples
# Get all proxies (JSON)
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list"
# Filter by protocol and country
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?protocol=socks5&country=US"
# Get US SOCKS5 proxies as CSV
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?protocol=socks5&country=US&format=csv"
# Get fast, Google-compatible proxies as plain text
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?google=true&speed=fast&format=txt"
Python
import requests
# Fetch fast SOCKS5 proxies in Germany
resp = requests.get("https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list",
params={"protocol": "socks5", "country": "DE", "speed": "fast"})
data = resp.json()
for proxy in data["data"]:
print(f"{proxy['ip']}:{proxy['port']} - {proxy['latency']}ms")
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