Head to head · reviewed Sep 28, 2026

Decodo vs Bright Data: a gigabyte versus a platform

Decodo is a proxy you can start. Bright Data is a platform that will ask who you are before the residential traffic flows. Price is the easy part. The door is the comparison.

Author Valentin FourierSep 28, 2026Last modified Sep 28, 2026

DecodoSelf-serve · Vilnius, LT

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Bright DataEnterprise · Netanya, IL

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DoorSelf-serve

DecodoVilnius, LT

Bright DataNetanya, IL

The resultDefault: Decodo

The result

Default: Decodo

Pick: Decodo

Decodo for a team buying proxies. Bright Data when the surrounding tools are the reason the logo is on the shortlist.

In brief

What to know before you pick

Decodo $4 PAYG + VAT, or $3.75 on 3 GB.
Bright Data $8 list, coupon often $4, KYC.
Pool claims on both sides stay claims.

Same fields

The comparison

Catalog facts first. The pick above is editorial. Confirm the live rate before you pay.

Field	Decodo	Bright Data
Door	self-serve	enterprise
First priced cell	$4.00/GBWins this row	$8.00/GB
That cell is	Residential · payg	Residential · payg
Session on that cell	Rotating or sticky	Rotating or sticky
HQ	Vilnius, LT	Netanya, IL
Founded	2018	2014

Buy Decodo if

You want a published gigabyte, targeting, and no KYC project.

Skip it if You already know you need a contracted enterprise pool and a named SLA. Or you are optimizing a single dollar and have tested a cheaper meter on your own URLs.

Buy Bright Data if

You already know you will use more than the proxy, and waiting on verification is fine.

Skip it if You want the cheapest gigabyte, or you need traffic tonight and KYC is a closed door. A door you cannot open is not a product.

Decodo

Public pay-as-you-go and a subscription that starts at 3 GB
Targeting is on the plan, not a slide: country, city, ASN
The brand is the old Smartproxy product, so docs and habits carried over

Bright Data

The widest product surface: proxy types plus tools around them
Targeting depth is the reason enterprises stay
The list rate is published, so the promo is visible as a promo

The door is the product

A closed KYC queue is an infinite price. Decodo’s advantage in this edition is that a normal team can enter and leave. Bright Data’s advantage is everything that is not the proxy. Pick the sentence you actually meant.

The trap

How this comparison usually goes wrong

Calling Bright Data cheaper because a coupon matches Decodo’s PAYG, while ignoring KYC and the list price.

What I would do

The move

If the only sentence you need is ‘residential, this country, this month’, open Decodo. If the sentence includes a dataset or an unlocker, price Bright Data with the coupon written separately.

Published rates

Decodo and Bright Data in this catalog

Entry rates. Quotes omitted from the price sort. Not a reservation.

TypesScopeBillingSessionRateOpen provider

ResidentialPay as you go $4/GB plus VAT. Entry subscription is $3.75/GB at 3 GB ($11.25/mo). Volume floor on the same page goes to $2/GB.Country, city, ASNPay as you goRotating or sticky$4.00/GBOpen type

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