# Smartproxy: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 20 judge labels across 1 category by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/smartproxy

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 8% | 3 | 0% | 20 |

## What the models said for it

- "### 1. The Balanced Choice: Smartproxy ... Choose Smartproxy if you want to get started quickly, need easy pricing, and require a friendly account manager." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "Smartproxy — Best Overall Balance of Price, Performance & Support ... frequently the top choice for mid-market B2B companies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "Recommendation: Start with a trial of Smartproxy. It offers the lowest friction to entry for a mid-market team" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "I'd recommend starting with Smartproxy or Decodo" (Kimi K2, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Smartproxy, from 28 of the 51 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- proxyway.com: 14
- brightdata.com: 11
- gane.ai/index: 11
- aimultiple.com: 10
- dev.to: 10
- proxidize.com: 9
- docs.google.com: 8
- g2.com: 8
- github.com: 8
- oxylabs.io: 8

### Pages cited

- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2024: 7
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2026: 6
- https://5-proxy.com/: 5
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks: 5
- https://proxidize.com/blog/best-proxies-for-b2b-data-collection: 5
- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 4
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 4
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/enterprise: 4

## In its own words

What Smartproxy's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Best Global Residential Service Provider (https://smartproxy.ai/)
- For: businesses and individuals (https://smartproxy.ai/)
- Price stated: Pricing $-/GB (https://smartproxy.ai/)
- Starting price: $-/GB (https://smartproxy.ai/)
- Free plan or trial: Free Trial (https://www.smartproxy.ai/products/static)
- Hosting: 200 countries, 200+ countries, 200 regions worldwide, US, EU-5, key APAC markets

## What it publishes

Every page smartproxy.ai exposes, read 2026-10-05: 284 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.