Decodo vs Oxylabs
Nine of fourteen models named Decodo first on the direct prompt; two named Oxylabs. Both were named by all fourteen models and Decodo carries 45 labels and Oxylabs 55, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the proxy and web data providers page.
By framing
DecodoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOxylabs
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Decodo and Oxylabs were named in the same answer eighty-one times, of the 107 answers naming Decodo and the 160 naming Oxylabs. In those answers Oxylabs took the first choice seventeen times and Decodo thirty-seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Decodo Oxylabs first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Decodo on the left and Oxylabs on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Decodo first, Oxylabs an alternative
8 of 14 modelsOxylabs was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Oxylabs first, Decodo an alternative
1 of 14 modelsDecodo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Decodo40%#1 of 9Oxylabs4%#6 of 9Oxylabs42%#1 of 7Decodo2%#3 of 7What the models said about Decodo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Go with Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) if you want the best balance of price, performance, and ease of use with ISO-certified compliance.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) - offers 115M+ IPs across 195+ countries, with a balance of enterprise capability and accessibility.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Oxylabs or Decodo tend to offer the best balance of reliability, support, and scalability without enterprise-level complexity” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Oxylabs
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid starting with enterprise-heavy plans like Oxylabs residential if budget is tight” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise-Only Providers (Bright Data, Oxylabs)” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Users report frequent account blocks triggered by false positives... Frequently cited as being overpriced for smaller-scale projects” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bright Data & Oxylabs: As above—hybrid leaders with scraping APIs, pre-built datasets (e.g., e-commerce prices), managed services.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Bright Data or Oxylabs if you need an enterprise-grade platform with broad coverage and stronger managed-data options.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B operations, Oxylabs or Decodo tend to offer the best balance of reliability, support, and scalability” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.