Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) vs Oxylabs

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✓ last verified 2026-11-02 · every rate below was read from the provider’s live pricing page on that date · how we verify

Both sell residential proxies to the mid-market and up, but they price on opposite philosophies: Decodo publishes a full self-serve tier ladder ($4.00/GB pay-as-you-go down to $2.75/GB at 100 GB, all verified), while Oxylabs publishes four plans ($6.00/GB at 5 GB down to $2.50/GB at 1 TB) and expects a conversation above that. That difference is the comparison.

At a glance

Pricing in detail

Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) — every verified tier

Oxylabs — every verified tier

Which should you pick?

Pick Decodo if you want a price before you talk to anyone

Every Decodo tier is on the page and checkable: $4.00/GB PAYG, $3.50/GB at 10 GB, $3.00/GB at 50 GB, $2.75/GB at 100 GB. You can size a budget in a minute. In August its pricing page and FAQ disagreed on the PAYG rate ($4.00 vs $8.50); on 2 October only the $4.00 figure remained.

Pick Oxylabs if procurement matters more than per-GB

Oxylabs sells to teams that need compliance paperwork, account management and SLA conversations. Its published entry ($6.00/GB residential, ISP from $1.50/IP, mobile from $7.50/GB) is above Decodo’s ladder, and the real number is negotiated. If you’re buying at volume with legal review, that process is the product.

If price is the only axis, neither wins

Both are mid-to-premium. Verified cheaper residential exists at $1.00/GB (DataImpulse) and $1.40–$2.25/GB (Webshare bulk). See cheap residential proxies.

Also compared, and what Reddit adds

The same shortlisting session usually includes Bright Data vs Oxylabs; IPRoyal vs Decodo. Reddit threads on this pairing are worth skimming for the billing and support experiences landing pages omit — weight recent, specific complaints over star averages, then check the dated numbers here.

Neither provider pays for placement here. Both profiles — Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) and Oxylabs — carry the full verified tier tables and change history.

FAQ

Is Decodo cheaper than Oxylabs?

On published rates as of 2026-11-02, yes: Decodo runs $2.75–$4.00/GB across its self-serve tiers (enterprise plans $2.50/GB at 250 GB to $2/GB at 1 TB) while Oxylabs runs $6.00/GB on its 5 GB plan down to $2.50/GB at 1 TB. Decodo is cheaper at every published volume we can compare.

Which has the bigger residential pool?

Oxylabs markets 175M+ residential IPs; Decodo markets a smaller but still multi-million pool. We don’t publish pool-size rankings because no provider allows independent verification of the claim — treat vendor pool numbers as marketing until someone audits them.

Do both offer a free trial?

Decodo runs a 3-day residential trial. Oxylabs offers trials through sales contact rather than self-serve. Full trial-terms verification is in progress and will land on our free-trials page.

What is the alternative to Oxylabs?

Oxylabs’s verified residential rates run $2.50–$6.00/GB; the verified field is compared at the pricing matrix. The cheapest flat rate in our dataset is DataImpulse at $1.00/GB, with Webshare ($1.40–$3.50/GB) and Decodo ($2.75–$4.00/GB) the usual self-serve swaps — which one fits depends on volume and billing shape, not a single ‘best’.

What is the alternative to Decodo?

Decodo (ex-Smartproxy)’s verified residential rates run $2.75–$4.00/GB; the verified field is compared at Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) alternatives. The cheapest flat rate in our dataset is DataImpulse at $1.00/GB, with Webshare ($1.40–$3.50/GB) and Decodo ($2.75–$4.00/GB) the usual self-serve swaps — which one fits depends on volume and billing shape, not a single ‘best’.

Is Oxylabs worth it?

‘Worth it’ is a volume question, not a brand question. Oxylabs’s verified rates ($2.50–$6.00/GB) price it at the premium end of the 12 providers we verify. It earns that premium when you need what it uniquely sells — see the verdict sections above — and wastes money when a cheaper verified provider covers your targets. Run the smallest paid test on your own workload before deciding; that answer beats anyone’s review.

Which Socks5 is the best?

SOCKS5 is a protocol, not a pool — most providers expose the same residential network over HTTP and SOCKS5 at the same per-GB rate, so ‘best SOCKS5’ resolves to the same ranking as best residential. The rate cards no longer differ on protocol: Oxylabs no longer quotes a separate SOCKS5 rate; its residential plans list SOCKS5 among supported protocols at the same per-GB price (checked 2 November 2026). Pick by the rate table and confirm protocol support at checkout.

What is the controversy with Oxylabs?

Searches about ‘Oxylabs controversy’ generally track the industry-wide arguments this market runs on: how residential exit nodes are sourced and consented, aggressive litigation between major providers, and what customers do through the pools. We publish only what we can verify, and the verifiable industry fact is the July 2026 FBI seizure of NetNut-associated domains, which Google says followed its work on a network it describes as also known as the Popa botnet; no charges had been announced as of 2 October 2026 — the case that made sourcing diligence non-optional. For anything provider-specific, primary sources (court filings, regulator statements) beat SEO’d recap posts.