antiproxies.com

What It Is

AntiProxies is a self-hosted anti-proxy and threat intelligence database. It does not replace reCAPTCHA, WAFs, or firewalls; instead, it enriches those security layers with more local decision-making data. It covers 22 categories of data, including data centers, VPNs, open proxies, residential proxies, Tor, threat IPs, bots/AI crawlers, disposable email addresses, SMTP blacklists, TLS/HTTP fingerprints, WAF regex rules, and country IP ranges.

Core Capabilities and Deployment

Its core model is “download and query locally.” The databases are delivered in standard formats such as CSV, JSON, and TXT, and can be imported into MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, or Redis, or read directly by applications. The official documentation provides integration examples for Nginx, Apache, Caddy, HAProxy, iptables, Fail2ban, Cloudflare Workers, Varnish, Traefik, as well as Node.js, Python, PHP/Laravel, Go, Ruby, Next.js, and more. Because there are no runtime API calls, lookups do not require sending user IP addresses or emails to a third party. The site describes this as GDPR-friendly / GDPR compliant by design, and provides DPA and GDPR documentation.

Pricing and Management

Pricing is very straightforward: €99/year, including all 22 data categories, 200+ tracked services, unlimited servers, and unlimited local queries. There is no usage-based pricing and no feature tiers. It supports automatic renewal by credit/debit card, as well as SEPA/international wire transfer. A 30-day money-back guarantee is offered, along with 100 free sample entries for each database. For updates, several parts of the main site state that the databases are updated monthly and can be automatically downloaded via cron. However, the integration pages mention a blocklist updated daily, so the wording is somewhat inconsistent. Before purchasing, it is worth confirming the update frequency of the specific lists you need.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are predictable costs, strong privacy posture, and no vendor API lock-in, making it suitable for teams sensitive to data residency and compliance. Its coverage across IPs, emails, bots, WAF rules, fingerprints, and other dimensions can also strengthen existing WAF, CDN, login risk-control, and registration anti-abuse systems. The downside is that it is fundamentally a data layer: teams need to import and update the data themselves, write their own policies, and handle false positives. Based on the visible public materials, it does not appear to offer real-time alerts, a hosted control panel, an SLA, or enterprise-grade support commitments. Monthly updates may also be less agile than real-time API-based services for fast-changing proxy networks and attack infrastructure.

Who It’s For and Access from China

AntiProxies is suitable for scenarios such as ecommerce payments, SaaS trial abuse prevention, game anti-cheat, community anti-spam, financial KYC assistance, and form abuse prevention. It is especially relevant for teams with existing engineering capacity that want to process user data locally. The available materials do not state how well it works from mainland China. Payments are supported via international cards and bank transfers. If access or payment becomes an issue, alternatives to compare include IPQualityScore, SEON, Fingerprint, and ProxyCheck, or combined setups using Cloudflare WAF, reCAPTCHA, Akismet, and similar tools.