Proxy and web data providers · RankedDecodo
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, is a proxy service that provides a globally distributed network of residential, mobile, datacenter, and ISP proxies · decodo.com ↗
Leads at mid-market. Ranked 9 of 107 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Webshare at 11%.
Ranked first. Next is Webshare at 13%. 11 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Bright Data is first at 47%.
Why models recommend it
“For most small businesses, Decodo offers the best overall value due to its reliable network, transparent pricing, and strong feature set.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Decodo is the top recommendation due to its balance of ethical sourcing, extensive IP pool, granular targeting, and competitive pricing.”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · first choice
“my default recommendation would be Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) if you want the best balance of price, performance, and ease of use”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Decodo (Smartproxy) offers the best overall value-to-performance ratio once you need reliable, regular proxy usage.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Decodo, over the 133 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 27 | Compare → | |
| 101 | 29 | Compare → | |
| 76 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 2 | View → | |
| 56 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 30 | 0 | View → | |
| 25 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Decodo →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Decodo's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Choose a plan based on your scraping volume.
- Price stated
- Starts from $2 / GB; $0.27 / IP; $2.25 / GB; $0.02 / IP; $0.95 / 1K req; $0.09 / 1K req; $0.4 / 1K req; free
- Starting price
- $0.02 / IP
- Free plan or trial
- Start for free; Start free with Google; Free Trials; Start free trial; Start free plan; 14-day money-back option
- Certifications
- ISO 27001
- Hosting
- United States, United Kingdom, Turkey, Australia, China, India, Global (EN), 8 countries
- Customers named
- Novabeyond, RoiDynamic, Cybereg, Lemong.ai, Skaler.app, BeOn, Stratalis, Qubit3 Technologies
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 133 of the 133 answers that named Decodo and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
389 of the 429 domain citations in answers naming Decodo came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 390 | 54 | 2026-09-29 | Proxy and web data | |
| Glossary or explainer | 263 | 4 | 2026-09-16 | DLP, ETL | |
| Comparison | 46 | 16 | 2026-09-30 | ||
| Case study | 12 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | undated | |||
| News or press | 2 | 0 | 2026-06-03 | ||
| Conference or event | 1 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-30Puppeteer vs playwright comparison
- 2026-09-29Ai agent development tools blog
- 2026-09-28Isp vs residential proxies comparison
- 2026-09-25Ipv4 vs ipv6 comparison
- 2026-09-24Nitter is dead blog
- 2026-09-24Browser mcp blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page decodo.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.