Decodo is the company that used to be Smartproxy, and it is one of the more polished mid-market proxy products out there: a clean dashboard, granular geo-targeting, a stack of scraping tools, and years of reputation behind it. We run a competing network, so we will say plainly where that polish is worth paying for. The honest question is whether you want a guided, feature-rich platform on a subscription, or clean residential IPs at the lowest pay-as-you-go rate we can offer.
Is HProxy a good Decodo alternative?
For most buyers, yes. HProxy sells residential IPs at $0.65/GB, pay as you go, with no subscription and no KYC for standard use. Decodo starts at $4/GB pay as you go and reserves its lower rates for monthly plans. Decodo still wins for people who want its mature tooling, its city and ZIP-level targeting, and a money-back window to evaluate on. If you mainly need clean residential proxies at the best price, HProxy covers it for a fraction of the cost.
The short version
- Price: HProxy residential is $0.65/GB, pay as you go. Decodo is $4/GB pay as you go, $3.75 to $2.75/GB on monthly subscriptions, and advertises a $2/GB floor on larger volume. HProxy is cheaper at every one of those.
- Model: HProxy is pay as you go with no commitment and a balance that never expires. Decodo's best rates are monthly subscriptions.
- Platform: Decodo sells a broader toolset (site unblocker, scraping APIs, prebuilt scrapers) and very fine geo-targeting. HProxy is leaner and focused on cheap, clean IPs.
- Independence: Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) is in the Tesonet portfolio alongside Oxylabs, Nord Security, and Surfshark. HProxy is independent.
Decodo pricing vs HProxy: the part that decides it
| HProxy | Decodo | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential, entry per GB | $0.65 | $4.00 (pay as you go) |
| Lowest published per-GB | $0.65 | $2.75 (100 GB/mo subscription) |
| Advertised floor | $0.65 | from $2.00/GB (larger volume) |
| Billing model | Pay as you go | Pay as you go or monthly subscription |
| Monthly commitment | None | Subscription for the lower rates |
| Balance expiry | Never expires | Subscription bills monthly |
| Onboarding | Self-serve, no KYC | Self-serve, 3-day / 100 MB trial |
| Protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 | HTTP(S), SOCKS5 |
Here is Decodo's residential pricing exactly as its own page lists it today, so the per-GB figures are not something you have to take on our word (prices are shown before VAT):
| Decodo residential | Monthly price | Per-GB |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | from $4 (min transaction) | $4.00 |
| 3 GB | $11.25 | $3.75 |
| 10 GB | $35.00 | $3.50 |
| 25 GB | $81.25 | $3.25 |
| 50 GB | $150.00 | $3.00 |
| 100 GB | $275.00 | $2.75 |
The table shows the pattern clearly. The rate falls as you commit to a bigger monthly plan, from $3.75/GB on the smallest subscription to $2.75/GB at 100 GB a month, and only the largest volume reaches the advertised $2/GB floor. The pay-as-you-go rate, the one with no commitment, is $4/GB. HProxy's $0.65 is a single pay-as-you-go rate with nothing to subscribe to, and for buyers in the EU it is worth noting Decodo lists its prices before VAT, which adds to the real number on the invoice.
The commitment is the quiet cost. A monthly subscription you underuse raises what you actually pay per successful request every month you fall short of your plan, and subscription gigabytes bill on a monthly cycle rather than sitting in a balance that waits for you. HProxy's credit does not expire, so a project you pause in July is still there in September at the same $0.65.
Where Decodo genuinely wins
This is the part the marketing comparisons skip, so here it is straight.
A mature, polished platform. Decodo inherited years of product work from Smartproxy, and it shows: a clean dashboard, solid documentation, browser extensions, and a support reputation that predates the rebrand. If you want a guided experience with guardrails rather than a bare endpoint, that is a real advantage.
Deep tooling and targeting. Beyond raw proxies, Decodo sells a site unblocker, scraping APIs, and prebuilt scrapers, and it offers geo-targeting down to country, state, city, and ZIP across a 115M+ IP pool in 195+ locations. If your work needs that precision or you want to offload the anti-bot fight, that toolset is genuine.
A real evaluation window. The 3-day trial plus a 14-day money-back guarantee on eligible subscriptions gives you a low-risk way to test the network on your own targets before committing. That is a fair offer and we will not pretend otherwise.
If a polished platform with fine-grained targeting and a money-back window is what you want, Decodo is a legitimately good mid-market pick.
Where HProxy wins as a Decodo alternative
Price, at every tier. Roughly six times cheaper than Decodo's pay-as-you-go rate, and still about three times cheaper than Decodo's advertised $2/GB volume floor. The headline holds all the way down the table.
Pay as you go with no subscription. You get HProxy's single $0.65/GB rate without committing to a monthly plan to earn it. There is no tier to climb.
A balance that never expires. Top up once and use it whenever, across bursty or seasonal work, without a monthly reset.
Independence. Decodo sits in the Tesonet portfolio next to Oxylabs, Nord Security, and Surfshark. HProxy is independent, and if buying from a vendor that is not part of a larger group matters to you, that is a real difference (we map the common-ownership pattern across this cluster in our Bright Data comparison).
The same jobs, done. For scraping, price monitoring, ad verification, and multi-region account work, HProxy's residential (and ISP, datacenter, and mobile) IPs do the job. Decodo also sells ISP proxies from $0.27/IP, mobile from $2.25/GB, and datacenter from $0.02/IP, and HProxy covers the same four types. If you want the difference between them explained plainly, our datacenter vs residential proxies guide walks through which fits which task.
Who should pick which
Pick Decodo if you want a polished, feature-rich platform with fine geo-targeting, an unblocker and scraping tools, and a money-back window, and you are comfortable on a monthly subscription to get the better rates.
Pick HProxy if you want residential, ISP, datacenter, or mobile proxies that work, at $0.65/GB pay as you go, with no subscription, no commitment, and no tier to climb before the price gets good. That covers the large majority of scraping, monitoring, and multi-region tasks.
Try it before you decide
You do not have to take our word on the network. Test HProxy's free proxy checker and the live free proxy list to see the infrastructure, then start on residential at $0.65/GB pay as you go when you are ready. If you are new to the proxy types and want to know what you are actually buying, what is a residential proxy explains it, and our full pricing lays out every per-GB rate with nothing to subscribe to.