Novada Review 2026: Proxy Prices, Trial, Speed and Refunds

Novada is a proxy and web scraping provider: it rents out residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter IP addresses and sells tools such as a Scraper API and Web Unblocker for collecting public web data at scale. Its customers range from e-commerce teams monitoring prices to marketers and developers building data pipelines. This Novada review explains what each proxy type costs, how the free trial and refunds work, what an independent speed and IP-quality check found, and where Novada fits against bigger names such as Bright Data.

Our verdict in brief

Novada is a capable, budget-friendly proxy provider with a huge advertised IP pool, low per-GB prices and a broad product range, and one independent test found its residential IPs clean and reasonably fast. It is a good fit for small and mid-size scraping and price-monitoring projects. The catches are strict refund rules, high latency in testing, some reports of imprecise city targeting, and a review landscape dominated by partners and affiliates.

How we researched this review

Simple Life Reviews did not buy or test Novada proxies ourselves. We read IPFighter's review, which includes a performance and IP-quality test, overviews from Research.com, Crozdesk and MyProsAndCons, partner pages from the antidetect browser makers Dolphin Anty and Undetectable, and Novada's own homepage. The partner pages promote Novada with discounts, and MyProsAndCons notes its content is AI-assisted, so we lean on IPFighter for performance and on the homepage for current prices.

What is Novada?

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The Novada homepage describes an all-in-one platform for data scraping with 100M+ real residential IPs in 195+ countries, 99.9% uptime, sub-0.5s response times and a client base of 8,000+ enterprises. Product lines include rotating residential, mobile, rotating ISP and rotating datacenter proxies, static ISP and dedicated datacenter IPs, a Scraper API that charges per successful request, ready-made datasets and a Web Unblocker that handles CAPTCHAs.

IPFighter lists the company in Germany with more than 5 years of operation, and MyProsAndCons gives an office address in Frankfurt am Main. Advertised pool sizes vary by source and date, from 100M+ on the homepage to 160 million at Research.com, so treat any single figure as marketing rather than an audited count.

What Novada is used for

Typical uses are e-commerce price and stock monitoring across regions, market research, SEO and ad verification, social media analytics, and collecting training data for AI models. Proxies let a scraper appear to browse from many real locations, which avoids blocks and shows local prices. Some partners also market Novada for running many social media or e-commerce accounts at once, which can breach those platforms' terms. Check the rules of the sites you collect from and the laws where you operate before scraping.

Pricing

Novada charges by traffic for rotating proxies and per IP for static ones, with packages bought in advance rather than a single monthly subscription. These are the starting prices on the homepage when we checked.

Published prices move often and differ by source: Research.com lists residential proxies at $0.65/GB and rotating datacenter at $0.87/GB, while MyProsAndCons quotes residential from $0.85 per gigabyte. Larger packages bring the per-GB price down, and enterprise customers get custom quotes.

Free trial and refunds

IPFighter reports a free $15 trial credit that requires sharing a campaign page to 3 groups, and Crozdesk lists a 7-days Free Trial for the Scraper API and Web Unblocker. The homepage advertises starting free with no credit card required.

Refunds are tight. Per IPFighter, a full refund is possible only if the proxies are unused and you ask within 24 hours of buying, cut to 12 hours for short-term packages; once any traffic is consumed, refunds are declined. Test with the trial credit before buying a large package.

Payment methods

IPFighter lists Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Maestro and American Express, plus Bitcoin, Tether and other cryptocurrencies.

Performance and reliability

IPFighter ran the most concrete test we found on a residential IP: an overall IP cleanness score of 88%, with platform-specific scores of 89% on Facebook, 88% on TikTok and 86% on Instagram, plus download and upload speeds of 32 Mbps and 28 Mbps. The weak point was latency at 247 ms unloaded and 266 ms loaded, which means noticeable delays per request. IPFighter's conclusion was that Novada suits budget, basic scraping better than heavy, latency-sensitive operations.

Novada's own reliability claims for its unblocker are vendor figures, not independent results. A separate profile on MyProsAndCons adds that some users found city-level geo-targeting less precise in practice, so test the exact locations you need.

Integrations and platforms

Proxies work over HTTP(S), and Research.com notes SOCKS5 support on several proxy types. Crozdesk lists Windows and MacOS support, integration guides for tools such as Shadowrocket, Selenium and SwitchyOmega, whitelisting for team accounts, and common use alongside antidetect browsers and data collection tools. Developers can call the Scraper API through REST endpoints.

Security & data

The homepage states that its residential IPs are legally authorized and sourced with user consent. Residential proxies route your traffic through real people's devices, so how those IPs are recruited matters ethically and legally; our sources repeat the consent claim but none verifies it independently. On your side, use authentication or IP whitelisting, keep API keys secret, and avoid sending logins or personal data through any third-party proxy. We found no published third-party security audit in our sources.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Very large advertised IP pool across residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter types
• Low entry prices per GB
• Clean residential IP scores in an independent test
• Scraper API, Web Unblocker and datasets alongside raw proxies
• Card, PayPal and crypto payments

Cons

• High latency in the one independent speed test
• Refunds only within hours and only if unused
• Trial credit requires social sharing
• Some reports of imprecise city targeting
• Most coverage comes from partners and affiliates

Who it's for

Use Novada if you run small to mid-size scraping, price monitoring, SEO or ad verification jobs, want low per-GB pricing, and can test locations before scaling.

Skip it if you need very low latency for real-time tasks, want generous refunds, or require an enterprise provider with audited compliance documentation. Do not use proxies to break site terms or the law.

Alternatives

Research.com names Bright Data, Smartproxy, NetNut and SOAX as the main alternatives.

Our ratings

Overall: 3.5/5, because IPFighter found clean, reasonably fast residential IPs and the Novada homepage shows low entry prices across many proxy types, while high latency, strict refunds and affiliate-heavy coverage hold it back.

Novada: 3.5/5, because the per-GB plans on the Novada homepage are cheap and varied with trial options, but refunds are tight and latency in testing was high.

FAQ

What is Novada?

Novada is a proxy and web data company that sells residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies, plus scraping tools such as a Scraper API, Web Unblocker and ready-made datasets.

How much does Novada cost?

Rotating proxies are billed per GB and static proxies per IP, with entry prices that vary by type and package size; see the pricing table above. Check the site, since prices change often.

Does Novada offer a free trial?

Yes. New users can get trial credit, though one reviewer found it required sharing a campaign page, and some tools have a short free trial. No credit card is needed to start.

What is Novada's refund policy?

Refunds are only available within a few hours of purchase and only if you have not used the proxies. Once traffic is consumed, refunds are declined.

How reliable are Novada's proxy services?

An independent test found clean residential IPs and decent speeds but high latency. Some users report city targeting is less precise than advertised.

What platforms does Novada support?

Its tools work on Windows and macOS and integrate with browsers, automation tools and antidetect browsers through standard proxy protocols and an API.

What payment methods does Novada support?

Major cards, PayPal and several cryptocurrencies, according to IPFighter.

Conclusion

Novada is worth testing if you need affordable residential, ISP or datacenter proxies for small to mid-size scraping, price monitoring or SEO work: start with the trial credit and a small package. Its main downside is high latency in independent testing, combined with refunds that disappear as soon as you use any traffic, so latency-sensitive teams and buyers who want a safety net should compare an enterprise provider first.