Decodo review: what you should know
Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) sells self-service proxies with pay-as-you-go traffic and one of the widest product ranges of the mid-market: residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter.
Decodo currently lists residential, datacenter and isp proxies. Published entry prices: residential $4 / 1 GB, datacenter $3.50 / 100 shared IPs and isp $4.70 / 10 shared IPs.
Decodo advertises 115M IPs; coverage: 195+ (state, city, ASN, ZIP). Advertised pool sizes and coverage are vendor claims, not independently audited numbers.
Validate success rate, rotation and targeting on the exact plan you intend to buy before you budget around it.
Quick take: pay-as-you-go residential traffic and 24/7 support including Discord.
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Who Decodo is for (and who should skip)
Decodo fits teams that care about pay-as-you-go residential traffic; 24/7 support including Discord; targets down to city, state, ASN and ZIP.
Think twice about Decodo if this is a deal-breaker for you: ASN targeting cannot be combined with other filters.
Support is listed as: 24/7 via live chat, Discord or email.
Feature coverage and proxy controls
Decodo supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and QUIC over UDP, with credentials and IP whitelist authentication. Extras listed: sub-users, management API, browser extension and proxy checker.
Treat the matrix below as signals to verify on the vendor site before procurement. A blank means we could not verify it, not that it is missing.
Pricing model and cost control
Decodo pricing as published and checked on November 4, 2026: residential $4 / 1 GB, datacenter $3.50 / 100 shared IPs and isp $4.70 / 10 shared IPs. On the residential grid, the published price falls from $4.00/GB at 1 GB to $2.00/GB at 1 TB. List prices change, so re-check the vendor checkout before budgeting.
Decodo offers pay-as-you-go on at least one product, which keeps the first test cheap.
Trial: 100 MB trial on residential mobile proxies, 14-day refund. Terms can change.
Compare Decodo on cost per GB at your real monthly volume, not on the entry price: entry prices are marketing, volume prices are what you pay.
| Product | From | Pool / IPs | Coverage | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | $4 / 1 GB | 115M IPs | 195+ (state, city, ASN, ZIP) | 7.3 |
| Datacenter | $3.50 / 100 shared IPs | 100K IPs | 18 countries | 8.4 |
| ISP | $4.70 / 10 shared IPs | Not verified | 21 countries (city, ASN) | 8.0 |
| Plan / volume | From | Price per GB |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | 1 GB | $4.00 |
| 3 GB plan | 3 GB | $3.75 |
| 10 GB plan | 10 GB | $3.50 |
| 25 GB plan | 25 GB | $3.25 |
| 50 GB plan | 50 GB | $3.00 |
| 100 GB plan | 100 GB | $2.75 |
| 250 GB plan | 250 GB | $2.50 |
| 1 TB plan | 1 TB | $2.00 |
Read on the vendor's pricing page on November 4, 2026. Promotions, taxes and add-ons are excluded.
Decodo vs the market
Decodo ranks 2nd out of 12 residential proxy providers on Beconsole's data score. The score uses published prices and features only; it is not a performance test.
- Score rank
- 2nd of 12
- Entry price
- $2.75/GB
- Market median
- $2.58/GB
- Verified features
- 3 of 3
7.3 / 10
Joint 7th cheapest of 12
$0.49 to $7
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Integration and setup walkthrough
Decodo gives you credentials and IP whitelist authentication over HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and QUIC over UDP. Keep credentials in a secrets manager and separate test endpoints from production jobs.
A practical starter: buy the smallest plan, route your real targets through it for 48 hours, and log host, status code, retries and cost per successful request. Scale only if the numbers hold.
Pros of Decodo
These strengths come from Decodo's published packaging. Validate each against your own bake-off.
- Pay-as-you-go residential traffic
- 24/7 support including Discord
- Targets down to city, state, ASN and ZIP
- QUIC over UDP support
Cons and trade-offs
No proxy provider is perfect. These are the trade-offs to plan for with Decodo.
- ASN targeting cannot be combined with other filters
- Advertised pool sizes and coverage are vendor claims, not independently audited numbers.
- Success rates are target-specific and not part of our score; benchmark on your own domains.
Verdict: should you use Decodo?
Decodo scores 7.9/10 on Beconsole's data score. Main strengths: pay-as-you-go residential traffic and 24/7 support including Discord.
The score is computed from published pricing and specifications only. It is not a performance benchmark, so run a small pilot on your own targets before committing budget.
Proxies, antidetect browsers and scraping tools are dual-use software. Lawful, ethical and contractual constraints still apply: Beconsole compares them so you can choose better infrastructure, not to bypass rules.
FAQ
Decodo: frequently asked questions
How much does Decodo cost?
Residential proxies: $4 / 1 GB; Datacenter proxies: $3.50 / 100 shared IPs; ISP proxies: $4.70 / 10 shared IPs. Prices are the vendor's published entry prices as of November 4, 2026 and change with volume.
Does Decodo offer a free trial?
100 MB trial on residential mobile proxies, 14-day refund. Terms can change, so confirm on the vendor's website.
Which protocols does Decodo support?
Decodo supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, QUIC over UDP. Authentication: Credentials, IP whitelist.
Does Decodo offer pay-as-you-go?
Yes, Decodo offers pay-as-you-go options on at least one product.
How big is Decodo's residential pool?
Decodo advertises 115M IPs; coverage: 195+ (state, city, ASN, ZIP). Advertised pool size is a vendor claim, not an independently audited number.
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