Decodo Review: the flat-rate residential proxy (no promo games)
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Decodo is the cleanest flat-rate residential proxy in our dataset: $3.75/GB on a 3 GB plan, stepping to $2.75/GB at 100 GB, with $4.00/GB pay-as-you-go on top — no promo codes, no list-versus-sale theatre, as of 2026-09-19. Our score: 8.0/10. The 'from $2/GB' headline is real but applies to higher-volume enterprise tiers, not the plan you can buy today.
Bottom line upfront
8.0/10 — the best flat-rate value in this channel. Every residential rate Decodo prints is the rate you pay: $3.75/GB at 3 GB, $2.75/GB at 100 GB, $4.00/GB pay-as-you-go, read . The published pool is 115M+ IPs across 195+ locations, monthly plans carry a free trial and 14-day money-back, and there is no coupon to track. The one asterisk: the homepage “from $2/GB” refers to higher-volume enterprise tiers — the smallest plan you can actually buy starts at $3.75/GB. Formerly Smartproxy; decodo.com is the current domain.
Scored by Runein. Scores are ours and stated as such. Prices and pool are Decodo's, read from its pricing page on 2026-09-19; response time, success rate and uptime figures are vendor claims, labelled as such.
Decodo publishes the cleanest flat-rate residential pricing in our dataset: $3.75/GB at 3 GB, $2.75/GB at 100 GB, $4.00/GB pay-as-you-go, no coupons, read 2026-09-19. Our score: 8.0/10. It is the default recommendation for anyone who wants a published rate that is the rate they pay.
What Decodo is
Decodo is the rebranded Smartproxy — a residential proxy provider with a published pool of 115M+ IPs across 195+ locations. Its pricing page is the straightest in this channel: a per-tier table, a PAYG rate, a free-trial line, and no promo counter. That simplicity is the product.
How we priced it
Every figure was read from Decodo’s own pricing page on 2026-09-19 and logged with its source URL in the dataset. The page states its own caveat about the $2/GB headline, and we repeat it: that rate belongs to higher-volume enterprise tiers, not the plans on the page. Prices are printed +VAT as the vendor prints them; we do not convert currencies.
Pricing (as of 2026-09-19)
| Plan | Rate (as of 2026-09-19) | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Residential — 3 GB / mo | $3.75/GB | Total $11.25 + VAT, billed monthly |
| Residential — 10 GB / mo | $3.50/GB | Total $35 + VAT, billed monthly |
| Residential — 25 GB / mo | $3.25/GB | Total $81.25 + VAT; marked “POPULAR” |
| Residential — 50 GB / mo | $3.00/GB | Total $150 + VAT, billed monthly |
| Residential — 100 GB / mo | $2.75/GB | Total $275 + VAT, billed monthly |
| Residential — Pay As You Go | $4.00/GB | Total $4 + VAT per GB |
Source: Decodo pricing page, read . The homepage headline “from $2/GB” applies to enterprise tiers, not these plans.
What we tested on real machines
We run real requests through Decodo sessions and record rotation behaviour, sticky-session duration and targeting choices, per the procedure on How we test. Decodo’s published claims — average response under 0.5 s, 99.92% success rate, 99.99% uptime — are vendor claims with the date, not our benchmark results.
What the pricing page does not tell you
- The $2/GB headline is for enterprises. The pricing page itself explains it. The plan you can buy today starts at $3.75/GB. Both figures are printed here so the headline never surprises a buyer.
- It is a residential shop. The published pricing table covers residential only — no datacenter, ISP or mobile rows on the page we sourced. If you need those, Decodo is not the one-stop provider Bright Data or Oxylabs are.
- VAT is added to every plan. $3.75/GB is $11.25 + VAT for 3 GB. The published totals include it; the per-GB rate does not.
The bottom line
Decodo is the default pick for anyone who wants a residential rate that does not change with a coupon calendar. At $3.75/GB for the smallest plan — cheaper than Bright Data’s $4.00/GB promo (which hides an $8.00/GB list) and Webshare’s $3.50/GB promo (which hides $7.00/GB) — it wins on fine print even where it loses on the headline number. Score: 8.0/10. Full ranking on best residential proxies of September 2026.
Who wrote this
Written by the Runein operator — the same person who pays for and runs these tools. Corrections and vendor price changes go to [email protected] and are re-read, re-dated and logged.
Pros
- Flat pricing with no promo codes: $3.75/GB at 3 GB, $2.75/GB at 100 GB (2026-09-19)
- Published pool: 115M+ IPs, 195+ locations
- Free trial on all monthly plans plus 14-day money-back (published)
- Pay-as-you-go option at $4.00/GB for when you do not want a subscription
Cons
- The 'from $2/GB' headline refers to enterprise tiers, not the plan you can buy today (page states it; we repeat it)
- Residential only — datacenter and ISP are not in the published pricing table
- Response time (<0.5 s), success rate (99.92%) and uptime (99.99%) are vendor claims, not our measurements
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FAQ
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Sources
- Decodo — pricing (read 2026-09-19)
- Decodo — official site