What do you like best about Decodo (formerly Smartproxy)?
Man, those Decodo residential proxies straight-up crushed it for me. I was honestly blown away at how smoothly everything ran compared to the usual headaches with other providers. They pull from this massive pool of real home internet connections — over 115 million IPs across pretty much every country you can think of. So every request looked like it was coming from a normal person chilling at home instead of some obvious server. Websites just trusted it without a fight.
That authenticity killed off almost all the bans, CAPTCHAs, and random blocks that used to wreck my flows. I could run long sessions for hours or days without getting slapped down. Speeds were consistently solid (usually under a second), uptime was basically flawless, and the whole thing just kept delivering. City-level targeting made geo-specific work effortless, the IP reputation was strong, rotation was seamless, and integration was stupid simple whether I was scraping data, managing accounts, or whatever.
On top of that, their customer support was genuinely helpful when I hit a snag setting up a new browser configuration. I reached out, explained the connection issue, and they jumped on it fast with clear steps and tweaks that got me back online quick — no corporate runaround, just real people who knew their stuff.
Pricing was another big win. Super flexible plans let me scale up or down without feeling locked into something oversized, which kept things budget-friendly while I tested and grew my usage.
I haven’t dug super deep yet, but it also feels like there might be some smart AI optimization under the hood for routing and session management — that could explain why the performance stayed so reliable even under load. Still need to look into that more, but it’s impressive either way.
Bottom line? These proxies saved me a ton of time and frustration, boosted my success rates like crazy, and actually got out of my way so I could focus on the real work. If you’re doing anything that needs to stay under the radar, stay fast, and just work reliably, Decodo is the real deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.