Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) overview
Formerly Smartproxy. Best price-to-quality ratio for most scenarios — from scraping to multi-account work.
Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) holds our Editor's Pick badge. The criteria we award it on are set out in the methodology.
Pros and cons
+ Strengths
- Best success rate in residential — 99.5%
- 14-day free trial
- Friendly dashboard, simple API, iGaming-OK
− Limitations
- No ASN targeting on standard plans
- Smaller mobile pool than SOAX
Best for: scraping, SERP, price monitoring, research — start in minutes.
Skip if: you need ZIP-level geo or sticky beyond 30 minutes.
Standout: the fastest onboarding in the top-10 and honest self-serve PAYG.
Market position
Decodo (Smartproxy until February 2025) is the best price-to-quality ratio in the mainstream: a 125M+ pool, $2/GB, and the highest success rate in our weekly bench among non-enterprise providers. The rebrand changed neither the infrastructure nor the team.
What's genuinely good
Minutes-long onboarding: self-serve with no sales calls, a clear dashboard, honest PAYG. Docs and client libraries are among the best. On e-commerce targets (Amazon, Walmart) it consistently sits top-3 for success rate at half the leaders' price.
Weak spots
Geo targeting stops at country/city with no ZIP level; sticky tops out at 30 minutes — too short for long sessions. Limited tolerance for grey-area use: KYC checks trigger on suspicious patterns.
Who it's for
The default pick for 80% of readers: scraping, SERP, price monitoring, research. It's the Toyota of this catalog — if you don't know where to start, start here.
Technical specifications
Full set of Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) technical specifications as of 14.10.2026. Verified in our own benchmark tests on identical loads.
What Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) is good for
Based on tests and product parameters — our take on how well Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) fits various use-cases:
Geo coverage
Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) covers 15 countries from our catalog. Click a country to see alternative providers with similar coverage.
Pricing and payments
Starting price $2.00 / GB. Supports pay-as-you-go — top up the balance and spend at your own pace, no mandatory subscription.
Payments:
- Bank cards (Visa / Mastercard)
- Crypto: USDT (TRC-20 / ERC-20), BTC, ETH via NowPayments / Coinbase Commerce
- PayPal in some jurisdictions
Free trial: available — we recommend testing before paying for the main plan.
Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) promos and deals
Active promo for Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) as of 14.10.2026.
Alternatives to Decodo (ex-Smartproxy)
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