Decodo vs SOAX
Nine of fourteen models named Decodo first on the direct prompt; one named SOAX. Decodo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SOAX by twelve and Decodo carries 45 labels and SOAX 23, 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 modelsSOAX
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Decodo and SOAX were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 107 answers naming Decodo and the 58 naming SOAX. In those answers SOAX took the first choice zero times and Decodo fifteen.
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 SOAX first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Decodo on the left and SOAX on the right.The direct prompt
Decodo first, SOAX an alternative
9 of 14 modelsSOAX was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.SOAX first, Decodo not the choice
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
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
What 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 SOAX
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“moving toward mid-sized specialized providers (such as Decodo, Soax, or NodeMaven)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounders: Smartproxy & SOAX” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“SOAX: Predictable pricing, 155M+ IPs (strong mobile/residential). City/ZIP/ASN targeting, stable for business.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative
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.