Head to head · reviewed Sep 28, 2026
Decodo vs Oxylabs: start small, or start as a company
Decodo will sell you a gigabyte this afternoon. Oxylabs will sell you a ladder that starts at 5 GB and makes sense when the buyer is a company. The floors both fall toward a few dollars. The first invoice does not.
DoorSelf-serve
DecodoVilnius, LT
OxylabsVilnius, LT
The resultDefault: Decodo
The result
Default: Decodo
Pick: Decodo
Open Decodo unless procurement, support, or a contract is the reason you are shopping. Revisit Oxylabs when the monthly commit is real.
In brief
What to know before you pick
- Decodo PAYG $4/GB + VAT. Entry plan $3.75/GB at 3 GB.
- Oxylabs cited at $6/GB on 5 GB. No PAYG in this sample.
- Neither pool-size claim is a ProxyTopSite measurement.
Same fields
The comparison
Catalog facts first. The pick above is editorial. Confirm the live rate before you pay.
| Field | Decodo | Oxylabs |
|---|---|---|
| Door | self-serve | enterprise |
| First priced cell | $4.00/GBWins this row | $6.00/GB |
| That cell is | Residential · payg | Residential · subscription |
| Session on that cell | Rotating or sticky | Rotating or sticky |
| HQ | Vilnius, LT | Vilnius, LT |
| Founded | 2018 | 2015 |
Buy Decodo if
You want pay-as-you-go or a 3 GB plan, city or ASN targeting, and a way to stop.
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 Oxylabs if
A company needs the vendor, the paperwork, and will actually reach the rungs where $6 becomes $2.50.
Skip it if You need ten gigabytes and a card checkout. The entry tax is the product you are refusing.
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
Oxylabs
- A public ladder, so the volume discount is not only a rumor
- Enterprise targeting and a KYC story buyers can read
- The brand shows up in procurement shortlists for a reason
The first invoice is the comparison
Decodo’s page lets a small team start. Oxylabs’ cited entry is $30 for 5 GB. If that $30 is annoying, you are not the Oxylabs buyer yet. If that $30 is a rounding error and you need the account a security review can hold, you are.
The trap
How this comparison usually goes wrong
Comparing Decodo’s $4 to Oxylabs’ $2.50 terabyte price and calling Oxylabs cheaper.
What I would do
The move
Write both entry rates. Add VAT on Decodo. Ignore both floors until the volume is on a spreadsheet you believe.
Published rates
Decodo and Oxylabs 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
TypesScopeBillingSessionRateOpen provider
ResidentialSmallest public rung cited at $30/mo for 5 GB ($6/GB). No pay-as-you-go rate on that grid. 1 TB floor cited at $2.50/GB.Country, city, ASNMonthlyRotating or sticky$6.00/GBOpen type
DatacenterDatacenter is a separate product from the residential subscription. No entry cell copied into this row.Datacenter ASNQuoteStatic or rotatingQuoteOpen type
FAQ
Decodo vs Oxylabs
Is Decodo cheaper than Oxylabs?+
At the start, yes. $4 pay-as-you-go or $3.75 on 3 GB versus $6 on 5 GB. At a terabyte the cited floors are close. Confirm both live pages.
Did Smartproxy become Decodo?+
Yes. Comparisons that still say Smartproxy mean this product.
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