# Decodo alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 149 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Decodo holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/decodo/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Bright Data: 33
- Oxylabs: 28
- Smartproxy: 10
- ScraperAPI: 3
- Webshare: 3
- Cloudflare One: 2

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Decodo (Decodo is #1 of 9 at 40%).

- Smartproxy: first choice in 4 of those 39
- ScraperAPI: first choice in 3 of those 39
- Webshare: first choice in 3 of those 39
- Bright Data: first choice in 2 of those 39
- ZenRows: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Crawlbase: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Decodo – formerly Smartproxy: first choice in 1 of those 39
- IPRoyal: first choice in 1 of those 39

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Decodo (Decodo is #1 of 11 at 41%).

- Smartproxy: first choice in 6 of those 41
- Oxylabs: first choice in 4 of those 41
- Bright Data: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Rayobyte: first choice in 1 of those 41
- SOAX: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Decodo (Decodo is #3 of 7 at 2%).

- Bright Data: first choice in 28 of those 69
- Oxylabs: first choice in 24 of those 69
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Forcepoint Web Security: first choice in 1 of those 69
- NetNut: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Netskope: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 69
- ProxyOmega: first choice in 1 of those 69

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