Decodo (Formerly Smartproxy) Alternatives

Smartproxy is now Decodo

In 2025, Smartproxy rebranded as Decodo. If you've been searching for Smartproxy, you're looking at the same company under a new name. Decodo offers residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile proxies, plus scraping APIs and an unblocker-style product, with a reputation for a clean dashboard and mid-market pricing.

People compare alternatives when they need enterprise features, lower budget prices, better performance on specific targets, or a second provider for resilience. Here's how the main options line up. Verify current pricing and features directly with each provider.

If you want more enterprise depth

• Bright Data: very broad products, compliance programme, premium pricing. See Bright Data alternatives.
• Oxylabs: enterprise proxies and scraper APIs. See Oxylabs alternatives.

If you want similar mid-market value

• SOAX: strong geo and ASN targeting for residential and mobile.
• NetNut: ISP-sourced residential and static residential networks.
• Rayobyte: solid datacenter/ISP with residential options.

If you want a lower budget

• IPRoyal: non-expiring residential traffic, small minimums. See IPRoyal alternatives.
• Webshare: inexpensive datacenter and residential, with a free tier. See Webshare alternatives.
• PacketStream and budget resellers for low per-GB residential.

Comparison overview

How to compare fairly

1. Use the same targets, code, concurrency and time window for each provider.
2. Measure success rate, latency, bytes per success and session stability.
3. Calculate cost per 1,000 successful requests at your real volume.
4. Check traffic expiry and plan minimums.

See how to test proxies before buying and residential proxy providers compared.

Feature checklist when comparing with Decodo

Mid-market buyers: when to move up or down

• Move up to enterprise when you need contracts with SLAs, extensive compliance documentation, dedicated pools or account management at scale.
• Move down to budget when your workloads are small, irregular or mostly on lenient targets.
• Stay mid-market when you need a broad product set at reasonable prices with good usability.

Testing alternatives without disruption

1. Create a separate configuration for the alternative provider.
2. Route 5 to 10% of traffic for a target through it.
3. Compare success, latency and cost for a week.
4. Shift more traffic if it performs better.

This canary approach avoids big-bang migrations. See how to choose a proxy provider.

Naming confusion

Because of the rebrand, you'll see both "Smartproxy" and "Decodo" in reviews, tutorials and code samples. Older tutorials may reference Smartproxy endpoints or dashboard paths; always check current documentation for the right hostnames and parameters.

Matching alternatives to specific Decodo products

Who typically stays with mid-market providers

Many teams find mid-market providers hit the right balance:

• Enough product breadth to cover most needs.
• Usable dashboards and documentation.
• Prices well below enterprise providers.
• Responsive support at moderate volumes.

They typically move to enterprise providers only when compliance, contract terms or scale demand it, and to budget providers when workloads are small or simple.

A note on reviews after rebrands

After a rebrand, older reviews may refer to the previous name and older product versions. When reading comparisons, check dates and whether they reflect current products and pricing. Your own test results remain the most reliable guide. See residential proxy providers compared and best residential proxies.

Tidying up your integration after the rebrand

Whether you stay with Decodo or move elsewhere, the rebrand is a good prompt to clean up an integration that may date from the Smartproxy era:

• Hostnames and endpoints. Check the current documentation for the endpoint names you should use, and plan to move configs to them rather than relying on older names indefinitely.
• Dashboard and API links saved in runbooks, scripts and bookmarks.
• Invoices and supplier records. Make sure finance knows that the new name on invoices is the same supplier.
• Whitelists and sub-users. A good moment to remove old server IPs and unused credentials.
• Documentation copies. Internal wiki pages often contain screenshots and settings from years ago.
• Search terms. Monitor reviews and status updates under both names.

If you're evaluating alternatives at the same time, do the clean-up first. A tidy integration makes a fair comparison much easier, because you'll know exactly which products, locations and session types you actually depend on.

For comparisons, see the sections above and residential proxy providers compared. For a broader view of provider due diligence, including how to handle rebrands, see the checks in how to choose a proxy provider.

FAQ

Is Decodo the same as Smartproxy?

Yes. Smartproxy rebranded to Decodo in 2025.

Do my Smartproxy credentials still work?

Existing customers were migrated as part of the rebrand; check Decodo's documentation for current endpoints and dashboard details.

What's the best Decodo alternative?

It depends on whether you want more features (Bright Data, Oxylabs), similar value (SOAX, NetNut) or lower prices (IPRoyal, Webshare).