SOAX vs Decodo (ex-Smartproxy)

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✓ last verified 2026-08-07 · every rate below was read from the provider’s live pricing page on that date · how we verify

SOAX prices by geography; Decodo prices by volume. SOAX Tier 1 (US, UK, AU, JP) runs $1.50–$5.00/GB depending on plan, and cheaper tiers drop to $0.25–$2.00/GB for emerging and developing markets. Decodo charges $2.75–$4.00/GB everywhere. Which is cheaper depends on where you’re scraping.

At a glance

Pricing in detail

SOAX — every verified tier

Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) — every verified tier

Which should you pick?

Pick SOAX if your targets are outside Tier 1

SOAX’s Tier 2 (India, Brazil, Mexico) runs $0.55–$2.25/GB and Tier 3 goes to $0.25–$2.00/GB. If your work is emerging-market heavy, no flat-rate provider comes close.

Pick Decodo for US/EU work at mid volume

For Tier 1 targets, SOAX only beats Decodo’s $2.75–$3.00/GB once you’re on its $500/mo Team plan ($2.20/GB) or $1,500/mo Scale plan ($1.50/GB). Below that commitment, Decodo is cheaper for the same traffic.

Watch the plan-fee structure

SOAX rates are attached to monthly plans ($200/$500/$1,500 + VAT) with included credits, so the effective per-GB depends on whether you use the allowance. Decodo’s ladder has no equivalent monthly floor.

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

FAQ

Is SOAX cheaper than Decodo?

For non-Tier-1 geographies, yes, substantially — SOAX Tier 3 reaches $0.25/GB versus Decodo’s flat $2.75–$4.00/GB. For US/UK traffic, SOAX only undercuts Decodo from its $500/mo Team plan upward (2026-08-07 rates).

What are SOAX’s geo tiers?

Tier 1 covers developed markets (US, UK, Australia, Japan); Tier 2 covers emerging markets (India, Brazil, Mexico); Tier 3 covers developing regions. Each tier has its own per-GB rate on every plan.

Do both include mobile proxies?

SOAX shares plan credits across residential and mobile, so mobile costs the same per GB as residential on your tier — unusual and useful. Decodo prices mobile separately.

Is smartproxy.org legit?

Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) is an established commercial operation whose published pricing we verified against its live site on 2026-08-07. No one independently audits performance in this market — including review sites quoting precise success rates — so check its Trustpilot and recent Reddit threads for reputation patterns, weight billing-dispute reports over star averages, then test small against your own targets.

Which socks proxy is 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 one verified rate-card difference we track: Oxylabs lists dedicated SOCKS5 pricing from $8/GB. Pick by the rate table and confirm protocol support at checkout.

Is Smartproxy better than IPRoyal?

Usually the honest answer is ‘it flips with volume’ — per-GB rates fall 2–7× between entry and top tiers across the providers we verify, so the cheaper provider at 10 GB is often the dearer one at a terabyte. The at-a-glance table above shows both ladders; the verdict section states the crossover. If your volume sits near it, the deciding factors become billing shape (expiring plans vs non-expiring traffic) and the terms you can actually verify.

How much does SOAX cost?

Verified 2026-08-07: residential from $5.00/GB at entry down to $1.50/GB at the best published tier — full table with source URL on the SOAX profile.

Where is SOAX based?

We don’t republish corporate details — where a company is based or headquartered, its CEO or founder, its valuation — unless verified from primary sources, and comparison-site bios rot fast. The company’s own site, national business registry or filings answer in five minutes and stay current; that beats any aggregator, including us.