Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, competes on turnkey scraping tools as much as raw proxy infrastructure. Its no-code scraper and Scraping APIs target teams that do not want to build a request pipeline themselves. KnoxProxy stays infrastructure only: a larger pool, a cheaper per-GB rate, and 2xx-only billing, with no managed scraping layer on top.
KnoxProxy costs less per GB, runs a bigger residential pool, and never bills for failed requests -- real advantages for teams running their own scraping stack at volume. Decodo's no-code Scraping APIs and site unblocker give non-technical teams a genuine head start if they would rather not build that stack at all. Pick based on whether engineering time or per-GB cost is the scarcer resource on your team.
| KnoxProxy | Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential pool | 90.4M | ~55M |
| Residential price /GB | $2.10 PAYG (to $1.10 at volume) | ~$2.20 entry tier |
| Failed-request billing | Never billed (2xx-only) | Billed per completed connection |
| City / ASN targeting | All plans | 195+ countries, city-level (ASN not confirmed on all plans) |
| KYC to start | Light -- email + card | Standard signup |
| No-code scraping tools | ||
| Documentation depth | Core setup docs | Extensive tutorials and migration guides |
| Free trial | Yes, no card | 3-day trial |
| Support | 24/7 chat, median 4 min | 24/7 chat |
| Task | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| High-volume residential scraping on a fixed budget | KnoxProxy | $2.10/GB vs ~$2.20 entry rate adds up at scale, plus never billing for failed requests lowers real cost further |
| Non-technical team needs point-and-click scraping | Decodo | No-code Scraping APIs handle parsing and rendering without engineering time |
| E-commerce monitoring with high block rates | KnoxProxy | 2xx-only billing means retries against anti-bot walls do not burn budget |
| Small team wanting pre-built integrations and tutorials | Decodo | Longer track record of published docs and larger community from the Smartproxy years |
Provider marketing sells the biggest number on the page. Buyers should buy the smallest one that matters: cost per successful request on their own targets. List price, billing rules, success rate, and how much of the product your tier actually unlocks all feed it.
A rigged table is worthless to a buyer and obvious to a reviewer.
Pool size and pool quality are different axes. A large pool of recycled, previously flagged addresses can lose to a smaller, well-maintained one on your actual targets. Compare the numbers below, then verify with your own benchmark -- ask about IP hygiene, not headcount.
Score both finalists on all five, weight by what your program values, and the winner is usually obvious -- and defensible to whoever signs off.
The protocol is identical -- host, port, credentials. The migration isn't hard; the discipline is running both in parallel long enough to trust the numbers on your real workload.
Decodo encodes targeting into the proxy username (e.g. user-country-us-session-xxxx). List your current country, city, and session settings -- KnoxProxy maps these to similar but distinct username parameters.
Where Decodo packs all parameters into one compound username, KnoxProxy uses a similar but separate field syntax. Translate each Decodo username into its KnoxProxy equivalent per the docs.
Point a subset of traffic at KnoxProxy while Decodo stays live. Compare success rates and latency on actual targets for a few days, then shift the remaining volume.
Yes. Decodo is Smartproxy's rebrand -- same infrastructure and account history, new dashboard and product names. Older tutorials referencing Smartproxy generally still apply.
Yes, for teams running their own scraping stack. KnoxProxy costs less per GB ($2.10 vs Decodo's ~$2.20 entry rate), runs a larger residential pool (90.4M vs ~55M), and never bills for failed requests. Decodo's no-code Scraping APIs are the better fit if you would rather not build that stack yourself.
KnoxProxy at $2.10/GB vs Decodo's ~$2.20 entry rate. The gap compounds at volume, and 2xx-only billing lowers effective cost further on traffic with high block rates.
No. KnoxProxy is proxy infrastructure only -- teams bring their own scraper or headless browser. If managed scraping is the priority, Decodo's Scraping APIs are the more direct fit.
Teams running high request volumes with their own scraping tooling, where per-GB cost, 2xx-only billing, and unlimited concurrency matter more than a managed scraping layer.
Decodo encodes targeting into the proxy username (e.g. user-country-us-session-xxxx). List your current country, city, and session settings -- KnoxProxy maps these to similar but distinct username parameters. Most teams run both providers in parallel for about a week, comparing per-target success, before cutting over fully.
Nothing beyond the gateway host and credentials changes -- the proxy protocol is the same, so your existing scraping code, retry logic, and session handling keep working.
Enterprise plans include MSAs, invoicing, committed-use discounts, and a named account manager from 1 TB/mo.
Competitor specs re-verified quarterly against public rate cards. Found an error? Tell us -- we fix within 48h.
Free trial against your real targets -- same endpoints, your benchmark, no credit card.