Research teams tracking impact metrics across public sources, or communications teams monitoring how a program is covered online, sometimes hit the same wall: websites block automated access at scale. Thordata provides the proxy and web scraping infrastructure that lets a small research or data team collect public web data reliably instead of getting blocked mid-project.
What Thordata does
Thordata is a proxy network and web scraping infrastructure provider. It offers residential, mobile, static ISP, and datacenter proxies alongside ready-made scraping APIs for search results, web pages, and general-purpose data extraction, so a team can pull public data without maintaining scraping infrastructure itself.
Key features
- Residential proxy network: over 100 million IPs across 190+ countries for accessing geo-restricted or rate-limited public data.
- Web Scraper API: extract structured data from websites without building and maintaining your own scraper.
- SERP API: pull search engine results programmatically for research or monitoring.
- Scraping Browser: run full browser automation in the cloud for sites that require JavaScript rendering.
- Static ISP and datacenter proxies: lower-cost options for large-scale, less restriction-sensitive collection.
- Pay-as-you-go credits: buy data or request volume in blocks rather than committing to a fixed monthly subscription.
Pricing
Thordata prices by volume tier across each product line, with the per-unit rate dropping as volume increases.
| Product | Entry tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Residential proxies | $2.00/GB (1 GB), down to $0.65/GB at 5,000 GB | Accessing public data behind geo or rate restrictions |
| Web Scraper API | Free trial (5,000 credits), then $1.00/1K credits | Structured data extraction without building a scraper |
| SERP API | Free trial (500 responses), then $1.20/1K | Search result monitoring and research |
| Scraping Browser | $5.00/GB (1 GB), down to $2.50/GB at 500 GB | JavaScript-heavy sites requiring full browser rendering |
All products offer a free trial tier before purchase. Static ISP and datacenter proxies are priced per IP at $0.75 each. Confirm current per-unit rates directly with Thordata before budgeting a research project, since proxy and scraping pricing shifts with capacity and demand.
Pros and cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Free trial tiers let a team test feasibility before spending | Volume-tiered pricing requires estimating usage upfront to get the best rate |
| Ready-made APIs remove the need to build scraping infrastructure in-house | Web scraping still requires technical setup, even with a ready-made API |
| Wide country coverage supports region-specific public data collection | Costs can scale quickly for large, ongoing data collection needs |
Who it’s for
Thordata fits research teams, communications teams, and impact measurement functions that need to collect public web data at a scale where manual collection or basic scripts consistently get blocked.
Who should skip it
If your data collection is occasional and small-scale, such as checking a handful of pages a month, a proxy and scraping platform is more infrastructure than the task requires.
How to get started
Start with a free trial on the API product closest to your use case, whether that is search results, general web pages, or full browser rendering, before committing to a paid volume tier.
FAQ
Do I need coding skills to use Thordata?
Basic technical setup is needed to call the APIs or configure proxy connections, though the ready-made APIs reduce the work compared to building a scraper from scratch.
Is there a free way to test Thordata before paying?
Yes. Each major product, including the Web Scraper API and SERP API, offers a free trial tier with a limited number of credits or responses.
What is the difference between residential and datacenter proxies?
Residential proxies route through real consumer IP addresses and are less likely to be blocked, while datacenter proxies are faster and cheaper but more easily detected by some sites.
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