Best value residential
Decodo review 2026
Formerly Smartproxy. A friendly dashboard, fair entry pricing and reliable residential performance make it the easiest starting point for most teams.
Benchmark results
- Pool size
- 55M+ IPs
- Success rate
- 98.1%
- Avg. response
- 0.9s
- Price
- from $3.50 / GB
Proxy types offered
- Residential
- Datacenter
- ISP
- Mobile
What we liked
- Low entry cost
- Clean, beginner-friendly dashboard
- Good documentation
What could be better
- Smaller pool than the top two
- Fewer enterprise controls
Verdict
Decodo scores 8.9/10 in our 2026 benchmark and is the option we recommend for startups and solo operators. If your workloads look different, compare it against the rest of the field before committing to a plan.
Next steps: compare it in the full provider ranking, confirm the proxy type matches your use case, and size your plan with the buying guides.
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