Decodo, Smartproxy's 2023 rebrand, keeps the same account infrastructure and residential IP pool Smartproxy built for years, with a new dashboard, new product names, and a set of no-code scraping tools layered on top. Decodo residential proxies still run on that original network, so teams researching smartproxy.com today are really evaluating the same infrastructure under a new brand. KnoxProxy takes a different path: no rebrand, no managed scraping layer, just a larger residential pool billed at a lower per-GB rate with every failed request excluded from the invoice.
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, Chrome extension, 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 | Smartproxy (Decodo) | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | None -- email + card | Standard signup |
| No-code scraping tools | ||
| Chrome/Edge browser extension | Yes -- one-click proxy switching from the toolbar | |
| Documentation depth | Core setup docs | Extensive tutorials and migration guides |
| Getting started | Instant, 14-day money-back | 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 |
| Multi-account browser workflows (social profiles, marketplace logins) | Decodo | Its Chrome extension switches proxy location per browser session without separate app-level configuration |
| Usage that swings month to month | KnoxProxy | Pay-per-GB scales down in slow months; subscription tiers typically bill the full rate whether or not that allotment gets used |
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, so nothing goes offline mid-migration. Compare success rates and latency on actual targets for a few days, then shift the remaining volume once the numbers hold up.
Yes. Decodo is Smartproxy's 2023 rebrand -- same account infrastructure and residential IP pool, just a new dashboard, new product names, and a layer of no-code scraping tools on top. Older Smartproxy tutorials, credentials, and documentation generally still apply, since the underlying network and account history carried over unchanged.
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 versus Decodo's ~$2.20 entry rate, and KnoxProxy's rate drops further to $1.10/GB at higher volume tiers while Decodo's pricing stays closer to its entry level. The gap compounds fast at 500 GB/month, and 2xx-only billing lowers effective cost further on traffic with high block rates.
No. KnoxProxy sells proxy infrastructure only -- teams bring their own scraper, headless browser, or scraping framework. Decodo's rebrand added AI-assisted, no-code Scraping APIs that let non-technical staff pull data without writing code. If managed scraping is the priority over raw infrastructure, Decodo's tools are the more direct fit.
Yes. Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, still ships a browser extension for Chrome and Edge that switches proxy locations from the toolbar without touching system network settings. KnoxProxy has no browser extension; connections route through gateway credentials set in code or a scraping tool instead.
Yes. Decodo residential proxies run on the same roughly 55M-IP pool Smartproxy built under its original name, just repackaged under new branding, a new dashboard, and new product names. Existing Smartproxy residential proxies credentials, API syntax, and documentation largely still apply after the rename, since the underlying infrastructure and account history did not change.
No. KnoxProxy skips promo-code discounts entirely. Pricing instead drops automatically at higher volume tiers, from $2.10/GB down to $1.10/GB, and 2xx-only billing means failed or blocked requests are never charged in the first place. Every plan also carries a 14-day money-back guarantee and instant activation, rather than a one-time coupon.
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. It also fits e-commerce monitoring against high-block-rate sites and usage that swings month to month, since pay-per-GB billing scales down automatically in slow months.
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 underlying proxy protocol (HTTP/S and SOCKS5) is the same, so your existing scraping code, retry logic, and session handling keep working as-is. Most teams simply point requests at gw.knoxproxy.com and run both providers in parallel for a few days before cutting over fully.
Yes. Enterprise plans include signed MSAs, standard invoicing, committed-use volume discounts, and a named account manager once usage passes 1 TB/mo. Below that threshold, every account still gets self-serve PAYG pricing, 2xx-only billing, and 24/7 live chat support, so enterprise-grade terms and everyday self-serve billing sit on the same platform.
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Test against your real targets -- same endpoints, your benchmark, 14-day money-back guarantee.