Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) — 115M+ ethically sourced residential proxies with 99.86% success rate, city-level targeting, and sub-600ms response times.
Decodo is the same network operators used to know as Smartproxy — Vilnius-based, in market since 2018, rebranded in 2024 to clear room for a wider product slate (proxies plus scraping APIs and a no-code scraper builder). The residential pool sits at 125M+ IPs across 195+ locations, with city and ASN targeting on most ranges and a 99.86% claimed success rate that lines up with independent benchmarks. Decodo is the value pick of the tier-two providers: a thinner pool than Bright Data or Oxylabs, but a far cleaner self-serve dashboard and entry pricing that starts at $1.50/GB on annual commitment.
Decodo runs a peer-to-peer residential network sourced through partner SDKs that pay app users for unused bandwidth. Consent is opt-in at the SDK layer, with documented disclosures and a sourcing audit published annually. That puts the consent posture above the bottom-tier providers (where IPs come from murky botnets or undisclosed adware), but below Oxylabs' EU-native compliance posture. For most commercial scraping work the trust level is fine; for public-sector or regulated buyers, Oxylabs still has the cleaner paper trail.
Pool freshness is the underrated metric. Decodo refreshes its pool on a rolling daily basis — IPs that go cold, get blacklisted or stop responding cycle out within 24 hours. That keeps the success rate high on protected targets without needing the manual session-rotation logic that smaller pools demand. Sticky sessions hold for up to 30 minutes, which is the right window for most account-bound scraping (longer than IPRoyal's 10-minute default, shorter than Bright Data's 60-minute max).
Decodo publishes per-GB pricing across four residential tiers and a separate set of mobile and datacenter rates. The pay-as-you-go option starts at $7/GB; subscription tiers drop the rate steeply. There is no per-port or per-IP residential charge — bandwidth is the only meter on rotating residential.
| Tier | Monthly cost | Per-GB rate | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | None | $7.00 | Spot tests, sub-1 GB jobs |
| Starter (8 GB) | $50 | $6.25 | Solo devs, small crawls |
| Regular (50 GB) | $200 | $4.00 | SMB teams, regular pipelines |
| Advanced (200 GB) | $600 | $3.00 | Mid-market, daily crawls |
| Annual commit | varies | From $1.50 | Production teams above 500 GB/mo |
The 50 GB tier at $200/month is where most paying customers land. That gets you the full 125M IP pool, unlimited concurrent sessions, city-level targeting and the same 99.86% success rate that enterprise tiers see. The annual commit drops the rate to $1.50–$2/GB but locks twelve months of usage. Datacenter sits at $0.65/GB on the entry tier, which is the right meter for unguarded crawls.
| Dimension | Decodo | IPRoyal | SOAX | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential pool | 125M+ IPs | 32M+ IPs | 155M+ IPs | 150M+ IPs |
| Entry per-GB rate | $4 at $200/mo | $1.75 PAYG | $3.60 at $99/mo | $5.04 at $499/mo |
| Self-serve dashboard | Strong | Adequate | Strong | Complex |
| Compliance | ISO 27001 | None published | ISO 27001 + GDPR | ISO 27001 |
| Best for | SMB to mid-market | Bargain shoppers | Quality-first SMB | Hardest targets, scale |
Decodo's pool sits behind SOAX and Bright Data on raw size but ahead of IPRoyal, NodeMaven, ProxyEmpire and Rayobyte. The dashboard is the cleanest of the tier — proxy generator, traffic stats, sub-user management and integration code samples all sit under one navigation pane. For a team graduating from a bargain-tier provider to something with stable success rates, Decodo is the lowest-friction next step.
| Situation | Decodo fit |
|---|---|
| SMB scraping under 200 GB/month | Strong fit — pricing wins at this volume |
| Solo developer needing under 10 GB/month | Strong fit — $50/mo entry tier is honest |
| Cloudflare-protected targets | Good fit — site unblocker bundled in API plans |
| Public-sector or regulated buyer | Skip — Oxylabs has cleaner compliance story |
| Hardest targets requiring 95%+ unblock rate | Skip — Bright Data Web Unlocker is stronger |
| Country-specific city-level targeting | Good fit — 50+ countries with city granularity |
Data engineers building pipelines for competitive intelligence or price aggregation benefit from Decodo's large IP pool and low failure rate. The network scale prevents IP blocks during mass data collection.
Ad ops teams verifying campaign delivery across 195+ locations use Decodo's granular country and city targeting. The stable connections ensure accurate ad placement checks.
Researchers gathering public sentiment or product reviews require untraceable IPs. Decodo's residential proxies provide the anonymity needed to avoid source bias detection.
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| Feature | Decodo |
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| Free trial | 14 days |
| Cheapest paid plan | $0/mo |
| Annual discount | Up to 25% |
| Refund window | 30 days |
| Setup time | < 1 hour |
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