# SOAX alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 202 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where SOAX 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/soax/alternatives

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

- Bright Data: 50
- Decodo: 42
- Oxylabs: 32
- Webshare: 11
- Smartproxy: 9
- ScrapingBee: 4

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name SOAX (SOAX is #4 of 8 at 8%).

- Decodo: first choice in 22 of those 61
- Bright Data: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Webshare: first choice in 5 of those 61
- ScrapingBee: first choice in 4 of those 61
- Smartproxy: first choice in 4 of those 61
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Zyte API: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Apify: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 64 of 84 answers did not name SOAX (SOAX is #9 of 13 at 0%).

- Decodo: first choice in 20 of those 64
- Bright Data: first choice in 8 of those 64
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 64
- Oxylabs: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Smartproxy: first choice in 3 of those 64
- DataImpulse: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Cloudflare: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name SOAX (SOAX is #3 of 7 at 6%).

- Bright Data: first choice in 37 of those 77
- Oxylabs: first choice in 28 of those 77
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Smartproxy: first choice in 2 of those 77
- FlashProxy: first choice in 1 of those 77
- NetBird: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 77

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