AdsPower vs Dolphin{anty}: 2026 Head-to-Head Comparison
AdsPower vs Dolphin{anty}: 2026 Head-to-Head Comparison
Neither AdsPower nor Dolphin{anty} sells proxies. Both are antidetect browsers, tools that isolate each browser profile into its own fingerprint environment so that the underlying proxy’s IP address is not linked to your other sessions. But how you pair a proxy with one of these browsers matters more than most operators realize. The wrong combination means wasted residential bandwidth, failed account logins, or IP bans even with perfectly clean proxies. After running both browsers in production across e-commerce seller accounts, ad verification workflows, and multi-account affiliate work out of Singapore, I have developed clear opinions on which one handles proxy integration better and, more importantly, for whom.
The short version: AdsPower is better value for solo operators and small teams, especially across Asia where the userbase is larger and Chinese-language support is strong. Dolphin{anty} is the choice for Eastern European affiliate teams who need deep proxy organization, bulk profile creation, and a Russian-language support ecosystem built specifically around arbitrage workflows. If you are solo and need something to pair with a residential proxy for 10 to 20 accounts, AdsPower’s free or entry-level plan covers the basics at a price that is hard to argue with. If you are running a team of five or more doing ad arbitrage or traffic buying at scale, Dolphin{anty}’s interface is more purpose-built for that work.
Both tools support HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxy protocols, which covers the full range of residential, datacenter, mobile, and ISP proxy types. Both comply with the SOCKS5 specification documented in RFC 1928 for SOCKS-based connections. Where they differ meaningfully is in how proxy management is surfaced inside the UI, how sticky sessions are handled and labeled, how many concurrent profiles you can run before the license cost becomes a blocker, and how much fingerprint flexibility each browser engine gives you. Those differences compound when you are running 50 or more profiles simultaneously against real residential or mobile proxy pools.
TL;DR comparison table
| Feature | AdsPower | Dolphin{anty} |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 2 profiles | 10 profiles |
| Entry paid plan | ~$4.5-5.4/mo (10 profiles) | ~$89/mo (100 profiles) |
| Proxy types | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 |
| Built-in proxy checker | Yes | Yes |
| Proxy marketplace | Yes (partner integrations) | No |
| Proxy label / organization | Basic | Detailed (type, stickiness, label) |
| Browser engines | Chromium (SunBrowser) + Firefox (FlexBrowser) | Chromium only |
| RPA / automation | Built-in, more mature | Basic scripting |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes, with role permissions |
| Primary market | Asia, global | Eastern Europe, CIS |
| Support languages | English, Chinese | Russian, English |
| Best for | Budget operators, beginners, mixed-engine needs | Scale affiliate teams, CIS market |
AdsPower at a glance
AdsPower launched around 2019 and has become one of the more widely adopted antidetect browsers in Asian markets. The product is available at adspower.com and runs on a dual-browser engine, offering both a Chromium-based SunBrowser and a Firefox-based FlexBrowser. That dual-engine approach gives you more fingerprint coverage than tools locked to a single rendering engine, which matters when a platform starts flagging specific browser fingerprint signatures.
From a proxy standpoint, AdsPower lets you assign a proxy at the profile level, test the proxy connection before saving the profile, and view the resolved IP address and geolocation directly within the profile manager. The proxy checker is fast and handles all supported types without issues. You can paste a proxy list in bulk format, assign proxies across multiple profiles in a single action, and verify status without leaving the main dashboard. This bulk workflow is particularly useful when you are setting up a large batch of profiles for the first time or rotating a proxy pool after a burn event.
AdsPower also has a built-in proxy marketplace that connects you to partner residential and datacenter providers. I would always recommend sourcing your own proxies and comparing prices against multiple providers before buying through any in-app marketplace, but the integration is convenient for operators who want a one-stop starting point.
Pricing is where AdsPower has the clearest advantage in the market. The free tier gives you 2 profiles permanently, which is practical for initial testing. The first paid tier runs roughly $4.5 to $5.4 per month depending on billing cycle for 10 profiles. From there you scale up in increments. For operators running fewer than 50 to 100 profiles, AdsPower is significantly cheaper than most competitors on a per-profile basis. The RPA automation built into AdsPower is more developed than what Dolphin{anty} offers, which matters if you are scripting repetitive browsing actions, form fills, or session warmups across a large number of profiles.
The main criticism I have heard from other operators about AdsPower is that the interface can feel cluttered at higher profile counts and the English-language documentation occasionally lags behind the Chinese version for newer features. Neither issue is a dealbreaker, but it is worth knowing going in.
Dolphin{anty} at a glance
Dolphin{anty} is a newer entrant, launching around 2021 to 2022, and it grew quickly in the Russian-speaking affiliate marketing and traffic arbitrage community. The interface is clean and purpose-built for teams doing high-volume account work, and the UX shows that the product was designed by people who were themselves running large-scale campaigns. The onboarding is faster than AdsPower for users who already know what they are doing.
Proxy assignment works at the profile level, and the tool has a dedicated proxy manager tab where you can store, test, and label proxies by type before assigning them across profiles. You can tag proxies as mobile, residential, datacenter, or ISP, mark them as sticky or rotating, and attach notes. That labeling system is more structured than AdsPower’s approach, and when you are managing several hundred proxies across different campaigns it makes the difference between organized operations and a messy proxy list.
The proxy checker runs quickly and returns the IP address, country, city, ISP name, and proxy type in a single view. Dolphin{anty} also surfaces proxy latency directly in the checker, which helps you cull slow endpoints before they burn a session. That detail is absent from AdsPower’s checker, which gives you IP and geo but not latency.
The pricing gap is the main friction point for anyone evaluating Dolphin{anty} outside the Eastern European affiliate market. The free tier is one of the more generous in the category at 10 profiles. But paid plans jump sharply. The Base plan sits around $89 per month for 100 profiles, and Team and Scale plans go higher from there. Compared to AdsPower where 100 profiles would cost a fraction of that, Dolphin{anty} requires a justification rooted in workflow efficiency or market-specific community fit. For teams already embedded in the CIS affiliate ecosystem, where Dolphin{anty} is the default tool that partners, networks, and training resources are built around, the premium makes sense. For everyone else, it requires more scrutiny.
If you are evaluating cost-per-account across different browser and proxy combinations before committing, the multiaccountops.com blog has done useful breakdowns on this that are worth reading before you finalize a stack.
Head-to-head
IP pool size
Neither tool has its own proxy pool. Both are proxy-agnostic and work with whatever proxy endpoint you configure at the profile level. AdsPower’s in-app marketplace gives you a shortcut to partner providers, which means you can acquire proxies without leaving the browser app. Dolphin{anty} does not offer an equivalent marketplace but accepts all major proxy formats via standard connection strings. Advantage: AdsPower for convenience. Tie on raw compatibility.
Rotation control
Rotation logic lives at the proxy provider level, not the browser level. Both tools assign one proxy per profile, so rotating IPs within a single active profile session requires either a rotating endpoint from your provider or a manual proxy swap. Neither browser has built-in rotation scheduling. If you are using a rotating residential endpoint from a provider like Bright Data, Smartproxy, or Oxylabs, both browsers handle the resulting session identically. The difference is that Dolphin{anty} lets you label which proxy entries in your pool are rotating versus sticky, which makes it easier to avoid assigning a rotating endpoint to a profile that needs a persistent IP. That organizational feature has real value at scale. Slight advantage: Dolphin{anty} for organization.
Geo coverage
Geo coverage is entirely a function of your proxy provider, not the browser. Both tools will accept proxy endpoints from any geography. AdsPower’s marketplace integration means you can browse and filter providers by country without leaving the UI. Dolphin{anty} requires you to source proxies externally and enter them manually. For operators who want a single interface for everything, AdsPower has a marginal edge. That said, proxy pricing through in-app marketplaces is typically not the most competitive you will find, so I always source proxies directly. Slight advantage: AdsPower for convenience, tie on capability.
Connection success rate
Benchmarking success rates fairly requires a controlled test environment I do not have, so I will not fabricate percentages here. From operational experience, both browsers deliver comparable connection success rates when paired with clean residential proxies on stable endpoints. The clearer difference I noticed is with fingerprint variety. AdsPower’s dual-engine option means you can assign Firefox-fingerprinted profiles to proxies targeting sites that have started pattern-matching against Chromium fingerprints. Dolphin{anty} is Chromium-only, which limits your ability to adapt when platform-level detection tightens. Slight advantage: AdsPower for fingerprint flexibility.
Speed
Both browsers introduce overhead compared to a raw proxy connection because you are running full isolated browser environments, each with separate cookies, local storage, and fingerprint parameters. In my testing with 20 simultaneous profiles on a cloud server with 8 CPU cores and 16GB of RAM, AdsPower used somewhat more RAM per profile than Dolphin{anty}. Dolphin{anty} profiles loaded marginally faster on average. For solo use or small teams, neither difference is material. At 50 or more concurrent profiles, Dolphin{anty}’s lighter memory footprint may matter on cost-constrained hardware. Slight advantage: Dolphin{anty} at high concurrency.
Pricing per GB
Neither browser charges per gigabyte since they carry no proxy traffic themselves. Proxy data costs are billed by your external provider. The relevant pricing comparison is the per-profile browser license cost. At every tier until very high profile counts, AdsPower is significantly cheaper. A team running 100 profiles pays roughly $10 to $20 per month on AdsPower versus $89 per month on Dolphin{anty}. At 300 profiles the gap is even larger. Significant advantage: AdsPower.
Session persistence
Both browsers persist session data per profile across restarts. Cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, and cached data are maintained in the isolated profile container. This is a core antidetect browser feature and both implementations are reliable. For sticky residential proxy sessions, persistence duration is governed by your proxy provider’s session policy, not the browser. Dolphin{anty}’s proxy manager lets you label which entries are sticky, making it easier to track which proxies should not be interrupted mid-session. Slight advantage: Dolphin{anty} for organization, tie on underlying capability.
Concurrent connections
AdsPower’s concurrent profile limits are tied to plan level but are generally permissive, and the tool does not aggressively throttle simultaneous sessions beyond what your hardware can support. Dolphin{anty} enforces concurrency more strictly, particularly on lower-tier paid plans. At the Base plan level, the 100 profile slots do not all run simultaneously without constraint. For operators who need to run dozens of active profiles at the same time on a single machine, AdsPower’s approach is more flexible. Advantage: AdsPower.
Use-case verdicts
E-commerce multi-account management
Running multiple seller accounts on Amazon, Shopee, or eBay requires clean fingerprint isolation paired with reliable sticky residential or ISP proxies. Both tools handle this. AdsPower’s Firefox fingerprint option gives you more flexibility when a platform is scrutinizing Chromium-heavy traffic. At 5 to 15 accounts, AdsPower at $5 to $10 per month is far cheaper than Dolphin{anty}’s $89 entry point. Winner: AdsPower.
Ad verification and competitive intelligence
Ad verification teams need to check how campaigns appear across multiple geos using residential proxies that match real user profiles. Both browsers work for this. Dolphin{anty}’s team collaboration features, including role-based access controls and shared proxy pool management, make it easier to coordinate a 5 to 10 person verification team than AdsPower’s more basic team tools. Winner: Dolphin{anty}.
Affiliate marketing and traffic arbitrage at scale
This is Dolphin{anty}’s home territory. The tool was designed for teams doing high-volume campaign account management, with bulk profile creation, rapid proxy assignment across hundreds of profiles, and API access for external automation. The Eastern European affiliate community has built training materials, public playbooks, and workflow templates specifically around Dolphin{anty}. If you are running 200 or more profiles in this ecosystem, Dolphin{anty} is worth the premium. Winner: Dolphin{anty}.
Airdrop farming and Web3 multi-wallet operations
For airdrop farming where you need to isolate browser fingerprints per wallet address and pair each with a residential or mobile proxy, AdsPower’s free and entry tiers make it accessible for smaller operators who are testing strategies before committing to infrastructure spend. The built-in proxy checker and fast profile setup suit iterative airdrop campaigns well. For larger farming operations with 50 or more wallets, either tool is capable, but AdsPower’s lower per-profile cost means you scale wallet count without the license cost growing at the same rate. Winner: AdsPower for small to mid-scale operations.
Who should pick AdsPower
Pick AdsPower if you are budget-sensitive and running fewer than 200 to 300 profiles. It is the right call for solo operators and small teams across Asia, for anyone who wants a Firefox fingerprint option alongside Chromium, and for operators who want a usable free tier before spending money. The built-in RPA is genuinely useful for scripting repetitive actions across profiles, the proxy checker is clean and functional, and the Chinese and English support options are solid for teams based in Southeast Asia or Greater China. The pricing model rewards staying at small to mid scale, and the proxy integration does not overengineer what is fundamentally a straightforward assignment problem. Full details are in the full AdsPower review.
Who should pick Dolphin{anty}
Pick Dolphin{anty} if you are a team of five or more doing ad arbitrage, affiliate account management, or social media operations at scale, and you are embedded in Eastern European or CIS market networks where Dolphin{anty} is the default shared tool. The proxy organization system, team permissions, bulk profile tools, and API access are better suited to coordinated high-volume work than AdsPower’s equivalent features. The Russian-language support, documentation, and community resources are a genuine advantage if your team operates in that language or works with partners who do. The 10-profile free tier is one of the most generous in the antidetect browser market and makes it easy to test the tool in a real context before committing. See the Dolphin{anty} review for deeper coverage.
Verdict overall
This comparison comes down to budget and team size more than any proxy-specific technical distinction. AdsPower is the better default for most operators: cheaper at every meaningful scale tier, more fingerprint flexibility via the dual-engine approach, solid proxy integration that covers all standard proxy types, and a usable free tier for getting started. Dolphin{anty} wins on team workflow structure and proxy organization, and it is the established standard for Eastern European affiliate teams, but you pay a significant premium for that positioning relative to what the underlying proxy integration actually delivers.
If I was starting out as a new operator today: AdsPower. If I was building a professional affiliate team with a dedicated budget and operating primarily in Eastern European campaign networks: Dolphin{anty}. For most operators outside that specific context, the proxy integration quality is comparable enough that browser license cost and workflow fit should drive the decision.
For more context on how proxy type selection interacts with antidetect browser configuration, the proxyscraping.org blog covers proxy sourcing strategy in useful depth, which is worth reading before you lock in both a browser tool and a proxy provider combination.
Written by Xavier Fok
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