At Aethyn, we believe in radical transparency. Instead of just saying our proxies are "fast," we measure success and latency on the same residential pool. We recently ran a series of benchmarks across Premium (country and volume) and Elite (city and ISP, plus harder anti-bot). HTTP and SOCKS5 share that pool.
The Testing Environment
- Targets: Amazon (E-commerce), Google (Search), and LinkedIn (Social).
- Concurrency: 500 simultaneous threads.
- Locations: Global (US, EU, ASIA).
Success Rates
Success rate is the most important metric for any scraper. If 50% of your requests fail, your costs effectively double.
- Aethyn Premium: 98.2% avg success rate.
- Aethyn Elite: 99.6% avg success rate.
Elite performs better because it is a smaller, curated pool with city and ISP targeting and harder anti-bot reputation — not a separate product type.
Latency (Time to First Byte)
Latency is the delay between sending a request and receiving the first byte of data.
- Aethyn Premium: 450ms avg.
- Aethyn Elite: 280ms avg.
Throughput (Requests per Second)
How many successful requests can the gateway handle per second?
- Both Pools: Unlimited. Our infrastructure scales horizontally to meet any demand.
[!IMPORTANT] Benchmark Note: Latency is heavily dependent on the target website's location. For the best results, use our geo-targeting feature to match your proxy location to the target server's region.
Which Pool Should You Choose?
- Choose Premium for bulk data scraping, SEO monitoring, and general automation. It offers the best price-to-performance ratio.
- Choose Elite for high-security targets, checkout bots, and accounts where a single 403 error could be catastrophic.
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