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About Proxy API Review

Proxy API Review is an editorial comparison of 10 proxy detection APIs and related integration options for engineering, product and risk teams choosing application protection.

By Adrian Kessler · Updated October 23, 2026

Our mission

Make the response
part of the buying decision.

A free lookup, a security API and a live browser assessment may all promise proxy detection while exposing different evidence, access and billing units. This publication connects those differences to the engineering decision.

One consistent framework. All ten APIs share 42 criteria in seven categories, with published scores and weights.
Public, checkable sources. Product facts link to documentation, pricing and guides; unknown values remain unknown.
B2B integration focus. Coverage, response semantics, freshness, false positives, delivery and commercial access matter to the application buyer.

Author

Adrian Kessler

API Integration Editor at Proxy API Review. Coverage focuses on proxy and VPN response contracts, developer integration, testing and access models.

Adrian’s editorial principle: a reader should be able to follow a score to its criteria, inspect the linked response documentation, and know what to verify before adding a dependency to a protected action.

Editorial standards

Methodology and scope: which interfaces belong here and how evidence is used.
Scoring: every criterion, category and weight on the 0–10 editorial scale.
Editorial policy: zero paid placements, awards and questions about vendor links.
Terms of Use: the scope of this publication’s informational content.

Editor’s Choice and ratings

The score is an editorial assessment under the same rubric for every API. It is not a user-review average, detection probability or provider risk score. The visible 9.5 for ShieldLabs is the same on the homepage and full review.

Editor’s Choice identifies ShieldLabs for live device/network intelligence, account-level abuse detection and self-serve access. It does not add points to the score. Read the review and compare other integration models.

How to reach us

Use the Contact page for corrections, current sources and proposals for relevant tools. Include the page, passage, product tier and date. Confirmed corrections are checked against the rubric and reflected in the content-review date.

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