Decodo and Soax both offer large residential networks at competitive pricing and both serve scraping teams at scale. The divergence is in what each provider treats as its primary operational contribution.

Decodo has completed its compliance stack — ISO 27001:2022 certified, EWDCI co-founder and EWDCI Certified designation, KYC with automated fraud checks — and built a mobile network with 700+ documented ASNs and carrier targeting across 160+ countries. Soax offers UDP and QUIC protocol support alongside standard HTTP/S and SOCKS5, a dashboard that exposes failure rates, banned IPs, and speed metrics in real time, and a mobile pool provider-reported at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are in progress.

Teams choosing between them are choosing between verified compliance credentials and mobile precision targeting, or operational observability and protocol coverage that most residential providers do not expose.

Decodo suits teams whose procurement requires ISO 27001 and EWDCI co-founder credentials today — or whose mobile workloads need carrier and ASN targeting across 700+ documented ASNs. ZIP and coordinate targeting are available on residential proxies. A 14-day money-back guarantee and uncapped PAYG lower the commitment risk. The limitations: ASN targeting on residential proxies is not documented, session TTL is configurable up to 24 hours, and UDP and QUIC protocols are not supported.

Soax suits teams that need real-time visibility into proxy performance — failure rates, banned IPs, and speed metrics in a dashboard — alongside UDP and QUIC protocol support for non-standard workloads. The mobile pool at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers is larger than Decodo's mobile offering. The limitations: ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are in progress but not yet obtained, ASN targeting is not documented, Texas is excluded from the network, and subscription billing is required — no PAYG is documented.

Decodo's philosophy is that compliance credentials and mobile precision should be accessible below enterprise commitment levels. ISO 27001:2022 and EWDCI co-founder status are independently verifiable. A 14-day money-back guarantee lowers the entry risk. The mobile network with 700+ ASNs and carrier targeting addresses precision requirements that most residential providers handle only at the country level. Banking, streaming, and ticketing targets are explicitly blocked by policy — a defined AUP that signals compliance intent.

Soax's philosophy is that proxy operations benefit from visibility into what is actually happening in the network. Failure rate monitoring, banned IP tracking, and speed metrics in real time let operators react to detection events before they compound. UDP and QUIC extend the network to workloads beyond standard HTTP proxy use cases. The mobile pool's scale across real cellular carriers addresses volume-intensive mobile workloads. Certifications are in progress — the compliance posture is not yet independently verified.

You gain verified compliance credentials and mobile ASN precision with Decodo. You give up network observability and UDP/QUIC protocol support. With Soax, the trade runs in reverse — you gain operational diagnostics and protocol breadth, and the verified compliance stack and mobile ASN depth become unavailable.

Decodo's residential pool is provider-reported at 115M+ IPs across 195+ countries. Residential proxies support country, region, city, ZIP, and coordinate targeting. ASN targeting on residential proxies is not documented. Mobile proxies cover 10M+ IPs across 160+ countries and 700+ ASNs — carrier and ASN targeting are both confirmed. Sticky sessions are configurable up to 24 hours. Dedicated residential IPs are not offered.

Soax's residential pool is provider-reported at 155M+ IPs across 195+ countries — larger than Decodo's residential offering. Targeting covers country, region, city, and ISP level. ASN and ZIP targeting are not documented. Texas is explicitly excluded from the network. Mobile proxies are provider-reported at 33M IPs from real cellular carriers across 3G/4G/5G/LTE — significantly larger than Decodo's mobile pool. Protocol support includes HTTP/S, SOCKS5, UDP, and QUIC. Session TTL is not published. Dedicated residential IPs are not offered.

Decodo authenticates via username and password in the proxy URL, with IP whitelist authentication also supported. Targeting is configured via proxy username parameters per request. The REST API covers zone management and usage statistics. An endpoint generator produces bulk proxy lists. Sub-user accounts for project isolation are available. A 14-day money-back guarantee applies to self-service plans under 20% usage.

Soax provides API access with multi-language support. The dashboard surfaces real-time diagnostics: failure rates, banned IPs, speed metrics, custom reports, and projection alerts. API rate limits are not published. IP whitelist authentication is not documented. Sub-user or team account management is not confirmed. No PAYG option is documented — monthly subscription commitment is required.

Decodo bills residential proxies per GB on PAYG and subscription tiers. PAYG has no published monthly cap. A 3-day trial with 100 MB is available, followed by a 14-day money-back guarantee for self-service plans under 20% usage. A pricing inconsistency between the pricing grid and billing FAQ is documented — verify the PAYG rate before committing to volume.

Soax offers four monthly subscription tiers with per-GB billing. A low-cost 3-day trial is available for a nominal fee. No PAYG option is documented — monthly commitment is required. No free tier exists.

ISO 27001 and EWDCI co-founder credentials are required today — or mobile carrier and ASN targeting across 700+ ASNs, ZIP targeting, a money-back entry path, or PAYG flexibility are priorities. Decodo fits.

Real-time failure rate and banned IP dashboards, UDP or QUIC protocol support, or a 33M+ mobile pool from real cellular carriers are the operational priorities. Soax fits.

You gain verified compliance and mobile ASN precision with Decodo. You give up network observability and protocol breadth. With Soax, the trade runs in reverse — you gain operational diagnostics and UDP/QUIC support, and the verified compliance credentials and mobile ASN depth become unavailable.

Neither fits teams that require Texas-based residential IP availability.

Ask whether your procurement requires ISO 27001 or EWDCI co-founder membership on the vendor record today — or whether your mobile workload requires carrier and ASN targeting across hundreds of documented ASNs. If yes, Soax's certifications are in progress and cannot satisfy those requirements yet. Decodo addresses them directly with a money-back entry path.

Ask whether your operations team needs to monitor failure rates and banned IPs in real time — or whether your workload requires UDP or QUIC alongside standard proxy protocols. If yes, Soax's observability dashboard and protocol stack are the fit, and the pending certification status and absence of PAYG are the constraints to accept.

If your requirement is verified compliance and mobile ASN depth — Decodo. If your requirement is network observability and protocol breadth — Soax.