singapore mobile proxy vs decodo (smartproxy): the honest 2026 comparison for singapore-targeting workloads

smartproxy rebranded to decodo in late 2024 and the proxy review industry never quite finished updating. most “smartproxy vs SMP” search traffic in 2026 is actually about decodo, so we will use both names interchangeably here. decodo is a strong mid-market proxy provider with a clean dashboard, decent country coverage, and pricing that sits below bright data and oxylabs while still covering most of the planet. singapore mobile proxy is something narrower: a singapore-only hardware operation.

TL;DR

• decodo’s mobile pool covers about 195 countries with rotating IPs from peer devices. singapore is in there but is not a flagship region.
• SMP is 100 percent singapore. real 4G dongles. real singtel, starhub, M1, and vivifi MVNO ASNs.
• decodo’s pricing starts at $8.50/GB on rotating mobile, with a $30/mo entry plan. SMP starts at $40/mo for unlimited rotation on a dedicated port.
• if you are scraping ten countries, pick decodo. if you are running anything singapore-specific that platforms actually check the ASN on, pick SMP.

who is who

decodo (formerly smartproxy) is a lithuania-based proxy provider with a 65M+ residential IP network and a 10M mobile pool. they have done a good job of making proxies approachable for non-enterprise customers. the dashboard is friendly, the API is clean, and they have integrations with most scraping tools out of the box.

singapore mobile proxy is a much smaller operation by IP count. we own 100+ modems, a handful of cloud android phones, and we focus entirely on the singapore market. our customer base is dominated by singapore-based marketplace sellers, SEA-focused agencies, OTT geo-unblocking buyers, and a steady stream of customers from offshore who specifically need a singapore presence and got burned trying to fake it on a generic global provider.

network reality check

this is where most “vs” comparisons hand-wave. let’s be specific.

decodo’s mobile network is peer-to-peer at its core. when you request a singapore mobile IP, you are assigned an exit node from their peer pool that says it is singapore mobile. sometimes it is. sometimes it is a residential IP that happens to be in singapore. sometimes it is a peer that was singapore yesterday and is now somewhere else. we have run head-to-head tests across full days and seen decodo’s singapore mobile pool land on M1 ranges, on starhub residential cable ranges, on datacenter ASNs that lease through singapore, and on legitimate singtel mobile ranges. the mix shifts. for aggregate scraping this is workable. for account warming on platforms that fingerprint the ASN, the inconsistency is a problem because the account looks like it is hopping carriers, which is a textbook bot signal.

SMP’s network has none of this variance because there is no peer pool. every IP we sell is bound to a physical SIM in a physical dongle that we plug in and leave alone. if you buy a starhub port today, it is on a starhub SIM tomorrow, next week, and three months from now.

pricing comparison

pricing in USD, may 2026 retail.

if you are running heavy bandwidth singapore workflows, SMP is cheaper. if you are running light traffic across 10 countries, decodo is cheaper.

when decodo wins

• your project spans multiple countries and singapore is just one of them.
• you want a friendly dashboard, decent docs, and a no-hassle API.
• your bandwidth is genuinely low (a few gigabytes a month per country).
• you do not care about ASN-level accuracy as long as the geoIP returns singapore.

when SMP wins

• you are warming carousell, shopee SG, tiktok SG, or any platform that runs ASN-aware fraud detection.
• you need one IP to stay one IP for weeks.
• you are running OTT geo unlock for SG residents abroad: meWatch, mediacorp, starhub TV+. these services check the ASN against a known singapore consumer ISP allowlist.
• your bandwidth is bursty or high. hitting decodo’s per-gigabyte meter on a 200GB scrape adds up. SMP’s 500GB plan is a flat $80.

how customers usually arrive at SMP

the most common decodo-to-SMP migration story we hear: customer signs up for decodo on the singapore plan, runs their shopee SG or carousell workflow, sees account bans climb, switches sticky session windows, sees no improvement, finally checks the IP details on a request that got banned, sees a non-singtel ASN, and calls us. the fix is not better stealth on decodo. the fix is a real singapore consumer ASN.

FAQ

is decodo the same as smartproxy? yes. smartproxy rebranded to decodo in late 2024.

why does decodo’s singapore mobile sometimes resolve to residential? because their mobile pool is a peer-to-peer mix that includes mobile-tethered residential connections, and the classification of “mobile” depends on what peer is available at the time of your request.

can I get a sticky session on SMP? you already have one. every port is sticky by default. you hit the rotation URL when you want a new IP.

what if I need both singapore and malaysia? decodo for the malaysia side, SMP for the singapore side. they coexist in the same proxy manager fine.

bottom line

decodo is a solid mid-tier proxy provider for global scraping. SMP is the right answer when the country you actually need is singapore and your target platforms care which mobile carrier the IP came from. the 24-hour trial costs nothing and answers the question for your specific workload faster than this article can.

Pricing and pool composition were verified against live dashboards in May 2026; Decodo’s singapore mobile share has grown slightly but the ASN inconsistency described above persists, and SMP’s carrier lineup now includes vivifi as a bookable MVNO alongside singtel, starhub, and M1.