# Proxy-Cheap alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 230 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Proxy-Cheap holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/proxy-cheap/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Decodo: 61
- Bright Data: 56
- Oxylabs: 42
- Smartproxy: 11
- Webshare: 10
- SOAX: 9

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Proxy-Cheap (Proxy-Cheap is #7 of 8 at 4%).

- Decodo: first choice in 33 of those 72
- SOAX: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Bright Data: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Smartproxy: first choice in 5 of those 72
- IPRoyal: first choice in 4 of those 72
- ScrapingBee: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Oxylabs: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Proxy-Cheap (Proxy-Cheap is #8 of 13 at 2%).

- Decodo: first choice in 28 of those 78
- Bright Data: first choice in 14 of those 78
- Oxylabs: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Smartproxy: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Webshare: first choice in 4 of those 78
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Cloudflare: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Proxy-Cheap.

- Bright Data: first choice in 37 of those 80
- Oxylabs: first choice in 31 of those 80
- SOAX: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Smartproxy: first choice in 2 of those 80
- FlashProxy: first choice in 1 of those 80
- NetBird: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Peripheo: first choice in 1 of those 80

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