Smartproxy (now Decodo) is a proxy network with a scraping API on top, so you still pick pools and tune request tiers. Anakin is a managed scraping API that owns unblocking, rendering, and parsing, billed only on success.
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Comparison·August 4, 2026·6 min read
Anakin vs Smartproxy: manage proxies, or an API
Smartproxy (now Decodo) is a proxy network with a scraping API on top, so you still pick pools and tune request tiers. Anakin is a managed scraping API that owns unblocking, rendering, and parsing, billed only on success.
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Mahendra Sreekumar
Anakin Team
