Proxy review

Decodo review

Strong value / features balance

In our rankings

Same order as the hub comparison table. Swipe for more.

Verdict

Mid-market sweet spot: full proxy lineup, polished UX, and scraping APIs - without the heaviest enterprise friction.

Review updated Apr 13, 2026

From (indicative) ~$4/GB residential PAYG (public list; promos change)

Promo

Promotional codes circulate for self-service plans - verify eligibility and stack rules on decodo.com before checkout.

Company profile

About Decodo

Smartproxy rebranded to Decodo in 2025; residential, static residential, mobile, datacenter, site unblocker, and structured scraping APIs under one brand.

Country

Lithuania

Founded

2018 (as Smartproxy)

Rebrand

April 2025 → Decodo

Proxy networks

Residential, mobile, datacenter (shared, dedicated, rotating pool), ISP-style

Scraping stack

SERP & e-commerce APIs, Site Unblocker (proxy-style HTTP interface to rendered pages)

Supporting tools

Dashboard, Chrome/Firefox extensions, proxy checker, antidetect browser (per vendor marketing)

Price segment

Mid-market

Payments (typical)

Card, PayPal, crypto, Apple Pay, Google Pay - confirm for your region

Trials

Vendor advertises trials and limited refunds on several products; read current ToS

Dataset last reviewed

April 13, 2026

Strengths

What stands out

  • Legacy smartproxy.com flows and new decodo.com endpoints may coexist during migration
  • Expanded IP pool claims post-rebrand in vendor messaging
  • Strong SERP and e-commerce API positioning alongside proxies

Analysis

Our take on Decodo

Decodo began life as Smartproxy, positioning itself as the friendlier alternative to premium-only vendors: fast signup, clear docs, and support that answers in minutes, not days.

The April 2025 rebrand keeps the same core stack while unifying marketing under a new name - expect both decodo.com and legacy smartproxy hostnames in the wild during migration.

Residential rotating proxies remain the hero SKU, but mobile, datacenter tiers, and structured scraping APIs make it a credible default for SMB and mid-market scraping teams.

Compared with the absolute largest platforms, Decodo trades some enterprise ceremony for speed-to-value: you still get country/city/ASN-style targeting, unlimited concurrency story on several products, and integrations that feel product-led rather than sales-led.

Always validate pool marketing numbers, refund windows, and API rate cards on the live site; proxy economics move quarterly.

Product lines

Proxy networks

How we summarize each line in this review. Expand a row, then confirm details on the official site before you buy.

Residential proxies

Flagship rotating network for strict targets; gateway + backconnect-style username patterns depending on protocol.

  • Vendor advertises 115M+ IPs and 195+ countries - treat as marketing until you benchmark your own targets.
  • Filtering: random, country, state, city, ASN; ZIP-level control advertised for the United States.
  • Rotation: per request or sticky sessions (vendor cites up to 24h-style stickiness with idle timeouts).
  • Protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5; UDP mentioned for some setups - confirm with support if you need it.
  • Pricing: PAYG and subscriptions with traffic as the meter; entry promos change - screenshot the quote you accept.
Mobile proxies

Carrier-style IPs for mobile-heavy or hostile anti-bot stacks.

  • Advertised pool ~10M devices across 160+ locations.
  • Rich filters including OS; some filter combinations are mutually exclusive to keep pool depth (per vendor docs).
  • Same gateway vs backconnect split as residential; SOCKS5 geo targeting may require the flexible username format.
  • Traffic-metered plans with PAYG and monthly options - compare effective $/GB across tiers you actually need.
Datacenter proxies

Entry and scale path when residential reputation is overkill.

  • Three shapes typically called out: shared lists, US dedicated lists, and large rotating datacenter pools.
  • Shared/dedicated SKUs often priced per IP or bundle; rotating pools priced more like bandwidth packages.
  • Good fit for structured scraping, CDN-heavy targets, or when you control retry logic and fingerprints elsewhere.
ISP / static residential-style

ISP-assigned addresses for longer sessions that still look residential to many sites.

  • Positioned between pure DC and rotating residential: more stability, still billed with residential-adjacent economics.
  • Check session guarantees, refresh rules, and whether IPs are truly static for your subnet.
Residential - vendor-advertised snapshot

Marketing figures only. Measure success rate and latency against your own domains.

TopicDetails
Advertised pool115M+ IPs
Geo coverage195+ countries
Session modesRotate each request or sticky sessions (with idle cutoffs)
Concurrency storyUnlimited threads/ports on several plans (fair use applies)
AuthUser:pass and IP allowlisting (plan-dependent)
Where Decodo fits

Editorial positioning on stealthkit.io - not a performance certificate.

DimensionNotes
OnboardingFast self-service; lighter enterprise theater than top-tier megavendors
Docs & supportHistorically a differentiator - keep tickets as receipts for SLAs
APIsSERP/ecom scrapers complement raw proxy gateways for structured data
RisksRebrand migration, changing promo codes, and pool claims that need your own probes

Compare

See Decodo next to competitors

Same table layout as on this review: open a hub to compare pricing rows and protocols side by side.

Editorial note: April 2025 rebrand; keep former name in keywords and redirects for SEO.

Last researched: 2026-04-13. Confidence: high. Verify pricing and features on the vendor site before buying.

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