Choose between a residential gateway and managed collection. Compare billing and integration work before moving your scraper.
Residential access alongside managed scraping and browser products.
Monthly residential packages, with separate managed collection APIs.
Non-expiring residential traffic for your own HTTP client or browser.
Set your traffic and acceptance rate.
See the cost of the records you can use.
Use the same inputs for each provider
Include retry traffic in GB and any fixed fees for this run.
per 1,000 accepted records
Based on your inputs. An estimate, not a provider quote or a measured success rate.
Hold the workload constant and compare the decision field that can change your bill or your team's work.
| Decision field | Decodo | Oxylabs | ProxyLane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw route for an existing scraper | DecodoDecodo residential endpoint generated in the dashboard with proxy type, geo and session settings | OxylabsOxylabs residential backconnect at pr.oxylabs.io:7777 with country, city and session controls in the username | ProxyLaneResidential route for the HTTP client or browser you already operate, with country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN targeting |
| Managed target handling | DecodoSite Unblocker uses unblock.decodo.com:60000 and offers Pay per GB or Pay per Request plans with JavaScript rendering | OxylabsWeb Unblocker manages request and browser parameters and can render JavaScript, but returns raw HTML | ProxyLaneYour team owns fetching, rendering and parsing; describe that 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 | OxylabsStarter shows 5 GB at $6/GB, or $30 billed monthly, and VAT may apply | ProxyLaneResidential proxies from $2/GB; see pricing for package details |
| Session and geo choice | 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. | OxylabsOxylabs Session Control documents a 10-minute default that ends after 60 seconds idle, whichever comes first. Its sesstime parameter allows up to 1,440 minutes, but peers can leave sooner and requests can outlast the session. | ProxyLaneChoose country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN targeting and rotating or sticky sessions over HTTP or SOCKS5 |
| Agent path | DecodoHosted MCP uses https://mcp.decodo.com/mcp; local configuration uses a Web Scraping API token | OxylabsHosted MCP uses Web Scraper API or AI Studio credentials for different tool sets | ProxyLaneMCP terms are separate; specify the client, target and volume so the workflow can be scoped |
| Acceptance evidence | DecodoCompare valid fields and the selected Site Unblocker or residential meter; keep request and GB units distinct | OxylabsCompare raw HTML, rendered output or parsed results under the selected Oxylabs product, not one blended quota | ProxyLaneUse the same permitted URLs, valid-field rule, retries, bytes and session recovery checks |
Stay when the dashboard's residential, ISP, mobile and datacenter options or Site Unblocker reduce a real maintenance burden. Its hosted and local MCP routes are useful when the agent needs the Web Scraping API tool surface.
Stay when Web Unblocker rendering or Oxylabs result-oriented products matches the artifact your pipeline needs. Its hosted MCP also separates Web Scraper API tools from AI Studio tools.
Test ProxyLane when the job needs a reusable residential connection and your application already handles requests, retries, rendering and extraction.
Compare ProxyLane's non-expiring traffic with a measured schedule when recurring allowances or managed credits do not match when your team actually runs the job.
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. Oxylabs Session Control documents a 10-minute default that ends after 60 seconds idle, whichever comes first. Its sesstime parameter allows up to 1,440 minutes, but peers can leave sooner and requests can outlast the session.
Decodo's current Site Unblocker guide documents Pay per GB and Pay per Request plans at unblock.decodo.com:60000. Oxylabs describes Web Unblocker with provider-side JavaScript rendering and raw HTML output. Neither product should be treated as an ordinary residential GB balance. Compare them only when the buyer wants managed handling and can define the same accepted output.
Decodo's pricing page currently shows residential pay as you go at $4/GB with a $4 total before VAT. Oxylabs lists a 5 GB Starter plan at $30 billed monthly, or $6/GB, and notes that VAT may apply. Decodo also shows monthly tiers, so a recurring workload should be modeled against the selected term rather than the smallest pay-as-you-go card.
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. Oxylabs Starter is billed monthly; cancel through Manage subscription to stop the next period. Billing & Subscriptions says access continues until the current period ends. The reviewed billing page does not establish unused-GB rollover, so obtain that term before valuing an idle balance.
ProxyLane's current offer is a residential connection for an existing HTTP client or browser. It 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.
Use a reversible sample and preserve the acceptance rule that made the current route useful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No. The official guide gives Site Unblocker its own endpoint and Pay per GB or Pay per Request plans. Compare its managed output and meter separately from residential GB.
The current residential pricing page lists Starter at 5 GB, $6/GB and $30 billed monthly, with VAT potentially applying. Check the plan before purchase.
Yes, the offer covers HTTP and SOCKS5 plus rotating or sticky residential sessions. Choose the location and session policy, then validate the browser workflow on permitted pages.
Compare the tool surface, credential type, returned artifact and separate usage meter for the exact agent task. Decodo uses its Web Scraping API token; Oxylabs exposes Web Scraper API and AI Studio paths.
Run the targets you would send to Decodo or Oxylabs. Get 350 MB of residential traffic with sticky sessions up to 72 hours. Keep any unused traffic for later.
