Which mobile proxy provider is right for you? An honest, side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and performance.
Decodo (SmartProxy) is stronger for broad global proxy-pool buying, while Proxy Poland is built for teams that need dedicated Polish 4G/5G mobile proxies, flat daily pricing, HTTP/SOCKS5/OpenVPN/Xray access, and predictable rotation. Choose Proxy Poland when local mobile identity, simpler setup, and unlimited-bandwidth workflows matter more than buying large global proxy pools.
The Decodo comparison page is meant for buyers deciding between shared mobile pools versus dedicated modem or Android-phone access. It keeps the tradeoff practical: detection profile, session control, protocols, bandwidth pricing and how much infrastructure ownership matters for Polish account work, scraping or local checks.
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Decodo's rebrand from SmartProxy brought a new name and a broader product vision, but the mobile proxy infrastructure underneath did not change. The same shared pools, the same backconnect gateways, the same multi-tenant IP addresses. A new brand does not solve the fundamental limitation of shared proxy architecture. Here is why Proxy Poland's hardware-based approach delivers tangibly better results for professional users who need more than a refreshed logo on the same service.
We operate real dedicated physical 4G/5G modems or real Android phones with real SIM cards in Warsaw. No reselling, no shared pools. Each modem or Android phone is a dedicated device with a real Polish SIM card on a live carrier network.
Every proxy runs on a genuine LTE 4G/5G connection. Platforms see real mobile traffic from Polish carriers — consistent with a regular smartphone connection. That is why detection rates stay at no in our tested workflows.
No per-GB billing, no bandwidth caps, no surprise charges. Pay a flat daily rate and use as much data as you need. Scrape terabytes, stream video, run automation -- all included.
Test the proxies for 1 hour free. No credit card, no business verification, no commitments. Sign up, get your proxy credentials, and start testing in under 2 minutes.
Decodo (SmartProxy) rebranded in 2025 but kept similar proxy infrastructure -- shared mobile IP pools through centralized backconnect gateways. Proxy Poland operates individual dedicated physical 4G/5G modems or real Android phones with real SIM cards. A rebrand does not change the underlying technology: Decodo's IPs are still shared across customers, while Proxy Poland's modems are exclusive to one user at a time.
Decodo currently shows mobile proxy pay-as-you-go at $4/GB, with larger promotional monthly tiers from $3.75/GB down to $2.25/GB. Proxy Poland charges a flat $2/day on the 30-day plan with unlimited bandwidth — one price, no per-GB metering.
Decodo supports HTTP and SOCKS5 only, inherited from the SmartProxy platform. Proxy Poland adds OpenVPN and Xray, enabling full operating system tunneling. This is not a minor feature gap -- without OpenVPN or Xray, you cannot route system-level traffic (DNS, background services, desktop applications) through the proxy. You are limited to applications that have explicit proxy settings.
Decodo currently promotes a free trial and a 14-day money-back policy on mobile proxy plans. Proxy Poland provides a free 1-hour trial with no payment and no credit card, so users can test before spending anything.
Decodo is the rebranded version of SmartProxy, one of the more established names in the proxy industry. Its current mobile proxy pricing starts at $4/GB pay-as-you-go, with larger promotional tiers shown as low as $2.25/GB. The product still relies on shared mobile proxy pools routed through centralized infrastructure.
The core difference between Decodo and Proxy Poland is in the proxy architecture itself. Decodo aggregates mobile IPs into shared pools where multiple customers use the same addresses. Proxy Poland gives each customer a dedicated physical 4G/5G modem or real Android phone with a real SIM card. Your IP fingerprint stays consistent, there is no risk of other users getting your IP flagged on Instagram or TikTok, and detection rates stay low on platforms where shared pools routinely fail.
On pricing, Decodo's current mobile proxy pricing starts at $4/GB pay-as-you-go, with larger promotional tiers shown as low as $2.25/GB. Proxy Poland costs $2/day on the 30-day plan with unlimited bandwidth — no GB tracking, no break-even math required. We also support OpenVPN and Xray in addition to HTTP and SOCKS5.
The SmartProxy-to-Decodo rebrand in April 2025 was primarily a marketing move -- new name, new website, new positioning around AI-powered data extraction. But the proxy infrastructure underneath remains unchanged. The same backconnect gateway servers, the same shared IP pools, the same rotation mechanisms. If you experienced detection issues or inconsistent performance on SmartProxy, switching to Decodo will not fix those problems because the technical architecture is similar. Proxy Poland offers a genuinely different architecture: physical modem and real Android phone hardware instead of shared software pools.
Decodo has expanded beyond raw proxy access into a broader data intelligence platform with their Web Scraping API, AI Parser, and pre-built scraping templates. For non-technical teams that want to extract structured data from websites without writing code, these tools add genuine value. But if you already have your own scraping infrastructure and need the proxy layer to be as reliable and lower-detection as possible, Decodo's value-added tools are irrelevant -- what matters is the IP quality. And shared pools will never match dedicated hardware on IP cleanliness and detection resistance.
Decodo's pricing tiers create a data-metered cost structure. Pay-as-you-go mobile traffic is currently shown at $4/GB, with larger promotional plans from $3.75/GB down to $2.25/GB. A marketing team managing 15 social media accounts with 2 GB/day each pays $120/day at pay-as-you-go pricing, or less on larger prepaid tiers. The same operation on Proxy Poland with 15 dedicated modems costs $30/day with unlimited bandwidth and dedicated hardware.
Decodo's all-in-one Web Scraping API with 100+ pre-built templates and an AI Parser is useful for teams that want structured data extraction without building their own scraping stack. If you need to extract product prices, reviews, or SERP data and prefer a no-code solution over configuring Scrapy or Playwright, Decodo's integrated tooling saves development time. Proxy Poland provides raw proxy access, not pre-built data extraction pipelines.
If you have existing workflows built on SmartProxy's infrastructure and the rebrand to Decodo has not caused you any issues, switching providers has a real cost in migration time and testing. If your current detection rates are acceptable and you are not experiencing blocks, the pragmatic choice may be to stay. Migration makes sense when shared pool limitations start causing problems -- blocked accounts, failed scrapes, inconsistent results.
Choose Decodo if you need multi-country mobile proxy access with integrated data extraction tools and your workloads are tolerant of shared pool limitations. Choose Proxy Poland if you need dedicated hardware with lower detection risk, unlimited bandwidth, and dramatically lower costs. If a rebranded shared pool has been working adequately for your needs, there is no urgent reason to switch. If you are hitting detection walls or watching costs climb with usage, Proxy Poland solves both problems.
Create a Proxy Poland account and activate the free 1-hour trial. Since Decodo requires payment for access, this costs you nothing to evaluate. During the trial, test your critical workflows -- the same target sites, the same request patterns, the same automation scripts. If you switched from SmartProxy to Decodo expecting improvements and did not find them, this trial will show you what genuinely different infrastructure looks like.
Replace Decodo's gateway endpoint (gate.decodo.com) in your proxy configuration. If you used SmartProxy's old endpoint (gate.smartproxy.com), both should be replaced with Proxy Poland's host:port:user:pass credentials. Remove any username-based session or rotation parameters since Proxy Poland provides a dedicated IP with on-demand rotation via API or timer, not session-based pool assignment.
Run Decodo and Proxy Poland in parallel for 24-48 hours. Compare success rates, response times, and detection events on your target platforms. If you are within Decodo's 3-day money-back window, this parallel test helps you make an informed decision before the refund deadline. Once Proxy Poland demonstrates equivalent or better results -- which it typically does on detection-sensitive platforms -- cancel Decodo and request your refund.
Yes. SmartProxy rebranded to Decodo in 2025. The underlying infrastructure remains the same -- shared mobile proxy pools routed through intermediary servers. The name changed, but the technology and limitations are similar.
Decodo currently shows mobile proxy pay-as-you-go at $4/GB, with larger promotional tiers down to $2.25/GB. Proxy Poland's 30-day plan costs a flat $2/day with unlimited bandwidth — the heavier the workload, the bigger the gap.
Decodo supports HTTP and SOCKS5 only. Proxy Poland supports HTTP, SOCKS5, OpenVPN, and Xray. The OpenVPN and Xray options are critical for routing your entire OS or VM through the proxy -- essential for browser fingerprint management and VPN-style usage.
Decodo uses shared mobile IP pools where multiple customers share the same IPs simultaneously. Proxy Poland provides dedicated physical 4G/5G modems or real Android phones with real SIM cards — your proxy is exclusively yours. Dedicated hardware means consistent fingerprints, no IP contamination from other users, and harder to flag traffic on major platforms we have tested.
Decodo offers a 3-day money-back commitment but requires payment upfront. Proxy Poland provides a free 1-hour trial with no credit card required. You can test everything -- speed, rotation, protocols, detection rate -- without spending a cent.
No. The rebrand changed the company name, website, and marketing positioning, but the underlying proxy infrastructure -- shared mobile IP pools, backconnect gateways, rotation mechanisms -- remained similar. If you had detection or performance issues with SmartProxy, Decodo will have the same limitations.
Proxy Poland provides raw proxy access, not a web scraping API. You will need your own scraping framework (Scrapy, Playwright, Puppeteer, or similar) paired with Proxy Poland's proxies. The advantage is dedicated IPs with lower detection risk and unlimited bandwidth -- your scraping framework runs better when the proxy layer never gets blocked.
Decodo's multiple per-GB tiers seem flexible but add billing complexity and make cost prediction difficult. Proxy Poland's flat daily rate per device with unlimited bandwidth is fully predictable — you know your exact proxy cost regardless of how much data you transfer. Simplicity is its own form of flexibility.
Pricing structure carried over from SmartProxy — Decodo mobile proxies still bill per GB, starting around $22.50/GB on entry plans, with sticky sessions up to roughly 10 minutes. Proxy Poland kept its flat rate during the same period: $11/day to $250/180 days on a dedicated Polish 4G/5G modem with unmetered traffic. The rebrand did not close the gap on long-session, high-volume workloads.
No — Decodo's mobile network is a shared rotating pool with country and city filtering for Poland, but the IP changes per request or per sticky window. Proxy Poland assigns one dedicated physical modem or real Android phone with a real SIM card to one customer with a single Polish carrier IP (Orange, T-Mobile, Plus or Play), held until the user calls the rotate endpoint. The dedicated model is a different product class than Decodo's pool, even when both are tagged PL.
No. Decodo exposes HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 on most products, suitable for browser and scraper integrations, but no OpenVPN or VLESS endpoint for full-device tunneling. Proxy Poland publishes HTTP, SOCKS5, OpenVPN and VLESS/Xray on every dedicated modem or real Android phone with a real SIM card, so an entire Android emulator, Windows VM or anti-detect browser profile can route through a Polish carrier IP without per-app proxy configuration.
Usually not for the same job. Decodo's Web Scraping API is a managed unblocking service charged on top of proxy traffic, aimed at heavily protected targets. Proxy Poland provides the dedicated mobile IP only — your existing scraper, headless browser or anti-detect setup handles unblocking. For multi-account management, mobile ad verification and price monitoring on standard targets, the dedicated carrier IP is typically enough.