operated by ProxyUniverseThe old PYPROXY blog reviewed dozens of browser-based "free proxy" sites. Those articles are gone, but people keep searching for the brands. Here's the honest state of each one — and what free web proxies actually cost you.
| Service | What it is | 2026 reality |
|---|---|---|
| Coky Proxy | Browser web proxy | Intermittent; heavy ads, sessions drop on video and logins — full status |
| Plain Proxy | Minimal web proxy | Works for basic pages; no HTTPS guarantees, no session persistence — full status |
| Proxyium | The fastest of the big web proxies | Fine for one page; no video, logins or sessions — full review |
| ProxySite.com | The decade-old veteran | Still loads, but its ranges are blocked everywhere that matters — full review |
| 4everproxy | Web proxy with country choice | Alive, and the only free one that lets you pick an exit country — full review |
| CroxyProxy | The biggest of them all | Alive, and the only free option where video genuinely plays — full review |
| Hidester | Free web proxy + paid VPN | Both alive; two different products people keep confusing — full review |
| Node Unblocker | A library, not a site | The engine behind most homemade unblockers, and why they die — explainer |
| BlockAway | School-network favourite | Alive; same shared-exit blocks as the rest — full status |
| Interstellar | Self-hosted school unblocker | Deploy-it-yourself; instances die as fast as they appear — explainer |
| Nebula Proxy | Interstellar sibling | Same engine, same lifespan — full status |
| Croxy.rocks | CroxyProxy mirror | Unofficial mirror of the big one — what it really is |
| Proxy Escape | Web proxy | Mostly dead domains and parked clones |
The school-network side of this scene — BlockAway, Interstellar, Nebula and the question everyone is actually asking, how to get YouTube unblocked — is covered in its own set of honest status pages.
Before you trust any of them with a task that matters, it is worth knowing what your connection reveals regardless of which one you use — that is what Whoer and 2ip scores actually measure, and why the number people chase is the wrong target.
Web proxies are fine for opening one blocked article once. For anything involving accounts, payments or repeated use, a real proxy with your own credentials is safer — and it starts at a couple of dollars, not hundreds.
Related: the PYPROXY shutdown story · why the old client is dead · FAQ