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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 212 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Smartproxy 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/smartproxy/alternatives/

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

- Decodo: 45
- Bright Data: 44
- Oxylabs: 36
- Webshare: 17
- IPRoyal: 5
- DataImpulse: 2

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Smartproxy (Smartproxy is #3 of 9 at 12%).

- Decodo: first choice in 25 of those 68
- Webshare: first choice in 11 of those 68
- Bright Data: first choice in 5 of those 68
- IPRoyal: first choice in 4 of those 68
- Oxylabs: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Crawlbase: first choice in 1 of those 68
- DataImpulse: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Decodo – formerly Smartproxy: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Smartproxy (Smartproxy is #2 of 11 at 15%).

- Decodo: first choice in 19 of those 70
- Bright Data: first choice in 10 of those 70
- Oxylabs: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 70
- DataImpulse: first choice in 1 of those 70
- FloppyData: first choice in 1 of those 70
- IPRoyal: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Smartproxy (Smartproxy is #6 of 7 at 0%).

- Bright Data: first choice in 29 of those 74
- Oxylabs: first choice in 26 of those 74
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Decodo: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Forcepoint Web Security: first choice in 1 of those 74
- NetNut: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Netskope: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 74

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