Decodo Scraping API Review
By ProxyGlance Editorial Team · Last reviewed
Our verdict
One Web Data API with scrape, search, crawl and map endpoints and 100+ templates, billed only for successful requests.
Best for: Budget-conscious developers and small teams scraping SERP, e-commerce and social targets.
From
$0.15
per 1k requests
Pros
- Free plan with no card and paid plans from $19/month
- Only successful requests are billed
- One API key for scraping, search, crawling and mapping, with Markdown output
Cons
- Rate tables are complex, with different rates for JavaScript and premium proxies
- Premium proxy pool is the default, which raises costs if not configured
- No standalone browser product listed
About Decodo
Decodo (formerly Smartproxy, renamed in April 2025) sells residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies plus web scraping APIs, with self-service plans aimed at small and mid-size teams.
Full review in progress
Our hands-on test of Decodo scraping API is still running. Until it's published, this page lists the facts from Decodo's official pages. See how we test.
Specs
- Starting price
- $0.15 per 1k requests
- Free trial
- Free plan, no card; 14-day money-back on paid plans
- API types
- General web, SERP, E-commerce, Social media
- JavaScript rendering
- Yes
- Parsed JSON output
- Yes
- Pay only for success
- Yes
Score breakdown
Not scored yet. We publish a score only after hands-on testing. The facts on this page come from Decodo's official pages, last checked .
When we score it, these criteria and weights apply:
- Performance · 30%
- Target Coverage · 15%
- Pricing & Value · 20%
- Features · 15%
- Ease of Use · 10%
- Support · 5%
- Trust & Compliance · 5%
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