What Smartproxy does

Smartproxy, now operating under the Decodo brand, is a public data access platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company provides proxy infrastructure and web scraping APIs that allow businesses and developers to collect public web data at scale, bypassing anti-bot defenses, geo-restrictions, and CAPTCHAs. Its network spans 125M+ ethically-sourced residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter IPs across 195+ countries with city, state, and ASN-level targeting, and is paired with APIs that return structured JSON, SERP results, and video content.

The product portfolio is organized around three surfaces: core proxy products (residential, ISP, mobile, datacenter, plus Site Unblocker for anti-bot bypass), scraping APIs (Web Scraping API, eCommerce, SERP, Social Media, Fast Search, AI Parser, Video Downloader, and pre-built Scraping Templates), and an AI Hub that consolidates AI-focused tooling. Notable technical components include an MCP Server, official LangChain and n8n integrations, and an AI Parser that turns raw HTML into structured JSON via natural-language prompts. Free tools (Chrome and Firefox extensions, Proxy Checker) sit alongside the commercial stack to drive product-led adoption.

The business model is overwhelmingly usage-based. Residential proxies start at $2/GB, ISP proxies at $0.27/IP, datacenter at $0.02/IP, mobile at $2.25/GB, Site Unblocker at $0.95/1K requests, Web Scraping API at $0.09/1K requests, and Video Downloader at $0.08/GB, with credit-based pricing tied to request complexity. Enterprise contracts for Fast Search API and Video Downloader are quoted on request, and the company pairs self-serve onboarding with a field sales motion for large deployments. Customers span enterprise data teams, AI/ML companies (for training and RAG), SEO and ad-tech firms, e-commerce price intelligence teams, and individual developers, with a claimed base of 135,000+ clients served since founding. The company is privately held and self-funded, with no disclosed venture or institutional investment rounds.

Name

Smartproxy

Legal name

Decodo

Website

https://smartproxy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Smartproxy (rebranded to Decodo) provides proxy infrastructure and AI-ready web scraping APIs that enable developers, data teams, and AI/ML companies to collect public web data at scale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proxy Infrastructure & Web Data Collection

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Contract Execution Environments (EVM/WASM, runtimes, precompiles) (FSAPABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Encoding & Transcoding Services (SaaS/PaaS) (MPAHAHAC), Smart Contract Frameworks & SDKs (developer kits, templates, standards) (FSAPABAB), Smart Contract Security Tooling (static/dynamic analysis, formal verification) (FSAPABAI)

Keywords

• Residential proxy network
• Web scraping API
• Data collection infrastructure
• Proxy server services
• AI data pipelines

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Proxy Services: Usage-based pricing for residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter proxies. Customers pay per GB of data consumed or per IP rented.
2. Scraping APIs: Credit-based consumption model where customers pay per 1K requests based on request complexity and target website difficulty.
3. Site Unblocker: Per-request pricing for advanced anti-bot bypass capabilities.
4. Enterprise Custom Solutions: Quote-based pricing for Fast Search API and Video Downloader for enterprise-scale deployments.
5. Free Tools: Chrome/Firefox extensions and Proxy Checker offered free to drive product adoption and upsell to paid tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Smartproxy (operating as Decodo) provides a proxy infrastructure and web data access platform for businesses and developers to collect public web data at scale. The product portfolio includes residential, ISP/static residential, mobile, and datacenter proxies, plus web scraping APIs (Web Scraping API, eCommerce, SERP, Social Media), Site Unblocker for anti-bot bypass, AI Parser for HTML-to-JSON transformation, Fast Search API, and Video Downloader. Native integrations with n8n, LangChain, MCP Server, and OpenClaw enable AI-powered data workflows for RAG, AI agent enablement, and large-scale web data collection.

Product overview

Smartproxy has rebranded to Decodo, expanding from a proxy infrastructure provider into a complete AI-ready data access and automation platform. The core product portfolio centers on proxy services (Residential, ISP/Static Residential, Mobile, and Datacenter proxies) with add-on capabilities like Site Unblocker for anti-bot bypass. The platform integrates scraping APIs (Web Scraping API, eCommerce, SERP, Social Media) with AI-powered tools including AI Parser for automatic HTML-to-JSON transformation and Fast Search API for structured search results. The AI Hub serves as the central platform for AI-powered workflows supporting RAG and AI agent enablement use cases. Free browser extensions and proxy checker tools complement the commercial offerings. Key integrations include n8n, LangChain, MCP Server, and OpenClaw for workflow automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Proxies Access to 115M+ real-user IPs across 195+ locations providing genuine residential locations and user-like behavior for high success rates and precise geo-targeting. Priced from $2/GB.
• ISP Proxies (Static Residential Proxies) ISP-issued static IPs from premium ASNs combining residential authenticity with datacenter-like stability for stable sessions and traffic-heavy workflows. Priced from $0.27/IP.
• Mobile Proxies Real smartphone IPs from 3G/4G/5G carrier networks across 160+ locations providing genuine mobile traffic footprints to bypass mobile-first blocks. Priced from $2.25/GB.
• Datacenter Proxies High-speed IP addresses from enterprise-grade data centers offering lightning-fast response times for high-volume tasks. Priced from $0.02/IP.
• Site Unblocker Advanced proxy solution engineered to bypass anti-bot defenses with automatic proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling. Priced from $0.95/1K requests.
• Web Scraping API All-in-one scraping API that combines Web Scraping API, eCommerce Scraping API, SERP Scraping API, and Social Media Scraping API into one streamlined solution for extracting structured data without CAPTCHAs or IP blocks. Priced from $0.09/1K requests.
• Scraping Templates Pre-built scrapers for popular websites enabling users to start collecting data in just a few clicks.
• AI Parser Turns raw HTML into clean structured data automatically using natural language prompts with no parsing logic or custom code needed. Free tier available.
• Fast Search API Retrieves structured search results at scale with ultra-low latency and built-in anti-blocking. Contact sales for pricing.
• Video Downloader Enterprise-ready solution for downloading YouTube videos and audio at scale for analysis, archiving, or AI dataset creation. Priced from $0.08/GB.
• AI Hub Unified launchpad for AI-powered data workflows to collect, structure, and deliver web data built for various AI use cases including RAG and AI agent enablement.
• High-Speed Proxies High-speed proxy infrastructure specifically built to power AI pipelines with scale for AI training data and model workflows.
• Proxy Checker Free tool to test lists of proxies and avoid potential errors in data collection operations.
• Chrome Proxy Extension Free Chrome extension bringing essential proxy features directly into the browser for quick and easy access.
• Firefox Proxy Add-on Free Firefox add-on providing proxy access to the browser with a few clicks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 125M+ ethically-sourced IPs available
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• n8ncoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial integration allowing users to automate web data workflows by scraping any website directly inside n8n using a drag-and-drop node. Enables no-code AI workflows that scrape, parse, and deliver data.
• LangChaincoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial LangChain loader integration that allows fetching, cleaning, and plugging web data directly into AI workflows.
• MCP ServercoreTechnology or IntegrationStandardized MCP interface allowing LLMs and AI agents to browse the web, fetch real-time results, and analyze the latest data through Decodo's infrastructure.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SOAX: SOAX provides rotating residential and mobile proxies with granular geo-targeting, directly overlapping with Decodo's residential and mobile proxy products for market research, ad verification, and SEO use cases.
• Bright Data: Bright Data is the largest residential and datacenter proxy network globally and a direct competitor offering residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter proxies plus web scraping APIs — overlapping substantially with Decodo's product set and customer base.
• Infatica: Infatica offers residential, mobile, and datacenter proxies plus a web scraping SDK, positioning itself as a comparable full-stack proxy and data platform to Decodo for mid-market and enterprise customers.
• Oxylabs: Oxylabs is a leading enterprise-focused proxy and web scraping platform offering residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies along with a Scraper APIs suite, directly competing with Decodo across both proxy infrastructure and scraping product lines.
• Zyte: Zyte (formerly Scrapinghub) provides a web scraping platform including Smart Proxy Manager and Zyte API — directly competing with Decodo's Web Scraping API and proxy-based data extraction capabilities.
• NetNut: NetNut offers residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies leveraging direct ISP connectivity, competing directly with Decodo's static residential and rotating proxy offerings for enterprise and data team customers.
• ScrapingBee: ScrapingBee offers a web scraping API that handles headless browsers and proxy rotation, targeting the same developer and data team audience as Decodo's Web Scraping API and Site Unblocker.
• IPRoyal: IPRoyal provides residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies with usage-based pricing aimed at developers and SMBs — a close direct peer to Decodo in both target customer and product mix.
• Rayobyte: Rayobyte (formerly Blazing SEO) sells residential, ISP, and datacenter proxies targeting developers and SEO professionals — overlapping with Decodo's lower-tier pricing and developer-led GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare is a broad incumbent in internet infrastructure with a Workers platform and proxy-adjacent capabilities; while not a direct proxy competitor, it increasingly serves as both a partner-via-MCP and a potential competitive threat as it expands data and AI services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Decodo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqHoe4Ixju1bcOy0jHPO8Kg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/decodo
• Xx.com/smartproxy_com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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