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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 227 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where NetNut 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/netnut/alternatives/

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

- Decodo: 49
- Bright Data: 46
- Oxylabs: 40
- Webshare: 19
- Smartproxy: 11
- IPRoyal: 6

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name NetNut (NetNut is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Decodo: first choice in 28 of those 80
- Webshare: first choice in 13 of those 80
- Bright Data: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Smartproxy: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Oxylabs: first choice in 5 of those 80
- IPRoyal: first choice in 4 of those 80
- ScraperAPI: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Rayobyte: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name NetNut (NetNut is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- Decodo: first choice in 20 of those 74
- Bright Data: first choice in 10 of those 74
- Oxylabs: first choice in 7 of those 74
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Smartproxy: first choice in 5 of those 74
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 74
- DataImpulse: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 73 of 84 answers did not name NetNut (NetNut is #7 of 7 at 0%).

- Bright Data: first choice in 30 of those 73
- Oxylabs: first choice in 28 of those 73
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Decodo: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Forcepoint Web Security: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Netskope: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 73
- ProxyOmega: first choice in 1 of those 73

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