Decodo vs ProxyScrape: the price lead moves at 50 GB, then moves back

Decodo and ProxyScrape produce almost the same checkout pattern for residential and mobile traffic. ProxyScrape is cheaper at 20 GB, Decodo is cheaper at 50 GB, and ProxyScrape is cheaper again at 100 GB. Both product types therefore cross in the 20-to-50 GB and 50-to-100 GB brackets. There is also a low-volume change, but it is secondary to the two crossings near ordinary monthly buying volumes. Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26

Residential checkout ladder

The first residential change is between 1 and 2 GB: Decodo costs $4 against $7.50 at 1 GB, then $11.25 against the same $7.50 at 2 GB. The more useful changes happen later. At 20 GB, ProxyScrape costs $53 against Decodo’s $81.25. At 50 GB, Decodo costs $150 against $187.50. At 100 GB, ProxyScrape costs $220 against $275. A buyer near either boundary should use the exact next-period forecast rather than extend the winner from the previous rung. Decodo residential pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25 ProxyScrape residential pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25

Mobile prices follow the same middle pattern

For mobile traffic, Decodo costs $4 at 1 GB against ProxyScrape’s $7.50. Both cost $7.50 at 2 GB, so there is no strict winner at that sampled point. At 5 GB, the checkouts are $28 and $14.25, making ProxyScrape cheaper. This produces a crossing bracket from 1 to 5 GB with a tie inside it.

The mobile comparison then matches the residential middle rungs: $81.25 versus $53 at 20 GB, $150 versus $187.50 at 50 GB, and $275 versus $220 at 100 GB. ProxyScrape remains cheaper at the sampled 250 GB and 500 GB points. The shared public mobile ladder ends there, so no 1,000 GB winner is claimed. Decodo mobile pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25 ProxyScrape mobile pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25

These reversals come from covering bundles. The calculation charges the whole cheapest published tier that can cover the requested traffic. It does not interpolate a per-GB rate between tiers.

What the price result leaves out

ProxyScrape’s residential row publishes 30-day expiry, no rollover on the provider’s page, account-wide pooling, unlimited concurrent sessions, and sticky sessions up to 120 minutes. It records country, state, and city targeting. At 2, 5, 10, 20, 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 GB, where ProxyScrape is cheaper, it does not publish ZIP or ASN targeting, which the dearer Decodo residential row does. ProxyScrape residential pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25

Decodo publishes 30-minute sticky sessions and country, state, city, ZIP, and ASN targeting for residential traffic. When Decodo is cheaper at 50 GB, it does not publish a concurrency maximum, bandwidth expiry, or rollover state in the captured row. ProxyScrape publishes all three states. A buyer expecting unused traffic or many simultaneous sessions should resolve those terms before switching.

For mobile traffic at 5, 10, 20, 100, 250, and 500 GB, cheaper ProxyScrape publishes rotating service with country and city targeting. It does not publish sticky mode or ASN targeting, while Decodo does. At 1 and 50 GB, cheaper Decodo does not publish the expiry, rollover, and concurrency states that ProxyScrape records.

One evidence issue deserves verification: the captured ProxyScrape mobile tier row points to the same pricing API endpoint used for residential tiers. The pair file remains the calculation source here, but a mobile buyer should verify the live checkout before acting.

Decision rule

Do not select one provider for the whole range. ProxyScrape has the lower public checkout at 20 GB, Decodo at 50 GB, and ProxyScrape again at 100 GB for both residential and mobile traffic. Then check expiry, rollover, concurrency, sticky sessions, and targeting before treating the lower checkout as the final choice.