Keep Decodo for managed breadth
Stay when one dashboard covering residential, ISP, mobile and datacenter products or Site Unblocker removes meaningful maintenance work. Its MCP path is also documented for Web Scraping API users.
All comparisons
RESIDENTIAL PROXY COMPARISON
Decodovs IPRoyal
Compare managed tools, session controls and traffic terms. Match the provider to the client you already run.
ONE WORKLOAD
KEEP INPUTS FIXEDSame pages, fields and pass rule
01
Decodo
Provider route to validate
02
IPRoyal
Provider route to validate
03
ProxyLane
Proxy route for your client
Choose by usable output and total cost
WHEN IT FITS
Decodo
Residential access alongside managed scraping and browser products.
WHEN IT FITS
IPRoyal
Residential traffic with session controls and separate ISP or mobile options.
THIRD ROUTE
ProxyLane
Non-expiring residential traffic for your own HTTP client or browser.
SAME-WORKLOAD CALCULATOR
What does a useful
result cost?
Set your traffic and acceptance rate.
See the cost of the records you can use.
Your workload
Use the same inputs for each provider
Include retry traffic in GB and any fixed fees for this run.
YOUR ESTIMATED COST$81.25
per 1,000 accepted records
Total spend$65.00
Accepted records800
Based on your inputs. An estimate, not a provider quote or a measured success rate.
BUYER DECISION
Three routes side by side
Hold the workload constant and compare the decision field that can change your bill or your team's work.
| Decision field | Decodo | IPRoyal | ProxyLane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw residential route | DecodoDecodo generates an authenticated endpoint after you choose proxy type, location and session settings in the dashboard | IPRoyalIPRoyal generates HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 credentials with geo selection, randomize IP or Sticky IP and a TTL field | ProxyLaneResidential route for the HTTP client or browser you already operate, with country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN targeting |
| Managed difficult-target path | DecodoSite Unblocker uses Pay per GB or Pay per Request plans and can render JavaScript without your own headless browser | IPRoyalWeb Unblocker is a separate product from residential traffic and should be tested on its own output and meter | ProxyLaneYour team owns fetching, rendering and parsing; describe the workflow when creating an account |
| Residential price entry | Decodo$4/GB pay as you go with a $4 total before VAT on the current pricing page | IPRoyal1 GB pay as you go is $7.35/GB; subscription and bulk rates use different conditions | ProxyLaneResidential proxies from $2/GB; see pricing for package details |
| Session behavior | DecodoDecodo Custom Sticky Sessions documents a 10-minute default and sessionduration values of 1–1,440 minutes. A residential device going offline can rotate the IP early. | IPRoyalSticky IP TTL can be set from 1 second to 7 days, but the same peer is not guaranteed for the full period | ProxyLaneChoose rotating or sticky sessions over HTTP or SOCKS5 and validate recovery when an exit changes |
| Agent integration | DecodoHosted MCP is at https://mcp.decodo.com/mcp; local setup uses a Web Scraping API token | IPRoyalAn external script or custom MCP can route requests through IPRoyal; no first-party hosted IPRoyal MCP was verified | ProxyLaneMCP terms are separate; specify the MCP client, target and volume so the workflow can be scoped |
| Valid response test | DecodoMeasure the selected residential or Site Unblocker unit and reject output that misses required fields | IPRoyalMeasure full-page traffic, TTL behavior and peer changes; keep an access failure separate from a parser failure | ProxyLaneUse the same permitted URLs, valid-field rule, retries, bytes and session recovery checks |
STAY IF
Keep the current route
Keep IPRoyal for TTL control
Stay when your browser workflow benefits from a configurable Sticky IP TTL or when IPRoyal's pay-as-you-go and subscription choices match the active months of the job.
SWITCH IF
Change the route
You need a simple network layer
Test ProxyLane when your application already handles fetching and extraction, so a raw residential route is the actual missing component.
Unused traffic matters
Compare ProxyLane's non-expiring traffic with your real schedule when you want the balance to remain available between irregular collection jobs.
WORKLOAD DETAILS
Check the details that matter
Choose a session before a provider
Decodo Custom Sticky Sessions documents a 10-minute default and sessionduration values of 1–1,440 minutes. A residential device going offline can rotate the IP early. Keep the same client, cookie state, geography and page sequence across the residential tests. IPRoyal's cancellation FAQ says residential pay-as-you-go traffic does not expire under standard conditions, but account-specific activity requirements can apply. Check your dashboard before parking a balance. Its seven-day sticky TTL still depends on the residential peer staying online.
Decodo's Site Unblocker is a separate managed path with JavaScript rendering and Pay per GB or Pay per Request plans. Use it when the team wants request handling from the provider. Do not compare its requests with raw residential GB or assume the same retry and rendering work remains in your application.
Compare the active month and the idle month
Decodo currently lists residential pay as you go at $4/GB with a $4 total before VAT. IPRoyal lists 1 GB pay as you go at $7.35/GB, while subscription and bulk options use different rates and account conditions. For an uneven workload, model the month in which the crawler runs and the month in which the balance sits unused. Include page assets and recovery traffic in both cases.
Decodo's PAYG guide requires Wallet funds and automatically buys another 1 GB at 90% usage while funded. After disabling PAYG, remaining traffic lasts 12 months or until a regular residential subscription is purchased. PAYG cannot coexist with an active monthly subscription; unused monthly traffic is lost when that plan expires.
Use ProxyLane when the client is the product
ProxyLane's current residential offer includes country, region, city, ZIP, ISP and ASN targeting, HTTP and SOCKS5, rotating and sticky sessions, and traffic with no expiry. Residential traffic starts from $2/GB. See the pricing page for package details. Account creation is free, and MCP terms are separate. The fit is strongest when your code already defines the output and needs a network route rather than a managed parser.
MIGRATION CHECKLIST
Move one useful job first
Use a reversible sample and preserve the acceptance rule that made the current route useful.
- 01
Choose your first pilot budget
Select a small permitted URL set or one browser sequence based on your own budget. Set maximum pages, concurrency, spend and bytes before running; these are your pilot caps, not vendor limits. Include retries and assets.
- 02
Check credentials in the actual client
Save the incumbent host, port, protocol, username/session parameters and secret reference as a rollback configuration. Install candidate credentials in the same client; verify its chosen HTTP or SOCKS5 authentication, HTTPS request and expected exit geography without logging passwords.
- 03
Keep the parser acceptance rule fixed
Run the unchanged parser and cookie policy. Require the expected record ID, currency, price and capture time for a price-monitoring job; reject challenges, wrong locales and missing fields. Record accepted records, retries and billed traffic; set your maximum cost per accepted record before testing.
- 04
Cut over only the bounded job
Stop on a pilot cap, authentication failure, field mismatch or unexpected identity change. Restore the saved incumbent configuration and restart from the last accepted checkpoint. Expand only when the pilot meets your valid-record and cost thresholds; keep managed-product meters separate.
QUESTIONS TO SETTLE
Before you change providers
Can IPRoyal's 7-day TTL guarantee one residential IP?
No. IPRoyal documents a TTL up to 7 days but says the peer may leave the network before the period ends. Build recovery into any multi-page workflow.
What is Decodo's smallest residential pay-as-you-go purchase?
The current page shows pay as you go at $4/GB with a $4 total before VAT. Check the live checkout and selected product terms.
Does IPRoyal traffic expire?
Its FAQ says residential pay-as-you-go traffic does not expire under standard conditions, while account activity requirements may apply. Check the dashboard for your plan.
When should I test ProxyLane?
Test it when your existing client owns fetching and parsing and you want country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN targeting, HTTP or SOCKS5, rotating or sticky sessions and no traffic expiry.
STILL DECIDING?
Test ProxyLane for $1.95
before you choose
Run the targets you would send to Decodo or IPRoyal. Get 350 MB of residential traffic with sticky sessions up to 72 hours. Keep any unused traffic for later.
