Proxidize vs Decodo: which proxy provider fits your workflow?

Yes. Smartproxy rebranded to Decodo on April 22, 2025. Accounts, subscriptions, gateway addresses, and pricing carried over unchanged — only the brand name and domain (smartproxy.com to decodo.com) changed.

Per gigabyte, yes, on both products at most volumes. Mobile: Proxidize is a flat $2/GB versus Decodo's $3.75 down to $2.75/GB; at 100 GB/month that's $200 versus $275. Residential: Proxidize is a flat $1/GB versus Decodo's $3.75 down to $3.00/GB; at 50 GB that's $50 versus $150. One honest caveat: Decodo's small mobile bundles (2 GB for $7.50, or pay-as-you-go from $4/GB) undercut Proxidize's 50 GB minimum for very light usage. Pricing changes, so verify both providers' live pricing pages before buying.

Breadth versus focus. Decodo is a broad web-data platform: mobile, residential, ISP, and datacenter proxies, plus a Web Scraping API, Site Unblocker, AI Parser, Fast Search API, and an MCP server. Proxidize is a focused mobile and residential proxy provider built around real US mobile carrier IPs, simple flat-rate pricing, and per-proxy control. If you want a global, all-in-one data platform, Decodo is the better fit; if you specifically need US mobile IPs at a lower published rate, Proxidize is.

No. Proxidize mobile proxies are US-only, with city-level targeting across major US cities. Decodo's mobile network spans 160+ locations and 700+ carriers worldwide. For coverage outside the US, Proxidize offers residential proxies across 195+ countries instead.

Yes. Proxidize sells per-proxy mobile plans: a real mobile IP assigned to your account with unlimited bandwidth, city and carrier selection, custom rotation intervals, and an API rotation URL, starting at $59/proxy/month. Decodo's public mobile pricing is bandwidth/package based; it doesn't publicly list a comparable per-proxy plan.

Decodo advertises a larger pool (115M+ IPs across 195+ locations) with ZIP-code targeting. Proxidize residential is ethically sourced from opt-in applications, priced at a flat $1/GB versus Decodo's $3.00 to $3.75/GB, supports city and ISP-level targeting, and unused bandwidth rolls over instead of expiring.

Yes. Decodo publicly sells ISP (static residential) proxies from $2.50/IP on its largest published tier, and datacenter proxies from $0.026/IP or $0.47/GB. Proxidize doesn't currently offer either — it focuses on mobile and residential proxies.

Not with either provider for standard plans. Proxidize plans are self-serve with credentials ready in under a minute and no credit card required. Decodo offers a 3-day free trial (100 MB) and self-serve monthly subscriptions or pay-as-you-go billing.

Proxidize is SOC 2 Type II attested and ISO 27001 certified, holds a 4.8/5 rating on Trustpilot and 4.7/5 on G2, and backs purchases with a 30-day money-back guarantee subject to usage and policy limits. Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) holds a 4.4/5 rating on Trustpilot (roughly 2,000 reviews) and 4.6/5 on G2 (546 reviews), and offers a 14-day money-back guarantee with terms.

Both providers restrict usage. Proxidize proxies are for legal use cases only: fraud, fake engagement, credential abuse, and collecting non-public data are prohibited. Decodo's License Agreement similarly prohibits illegal activity, malware and DDoS attacks, unauthorized access to its systems, fraud or deceptive content, and harassment. See each provider's policy for the full list.