Decodo's Web Scraping API offers 100+ templates, up to 200 RPS, and output options including JSON, CSV, Markdown, PNG, XHR, and HTML. SocQ starts one layer higher with 50 social platforms, 1,000 resource endpoints, and agent-ready task workflows that reduce parsing and platform-specific scraper operations.
Confirm plan-level SLA, concurrency guarantees, compliance, and support.
Benchmark the exact tier rather than the maximum marketing throughput.
Is SocQ a Decodo alternative?
When should you choose SocQ or Decodo?
Required output
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Choose Decodo for HTML, screenshots, or XHR; choose SocQ for structured social objects
Decodo is the better fit when production must retain page markup, a rendered screenshot, network responses, or a custom field outside a social API contract. Choose SocQ when the application needs named profiles, posts, comments, search results, relationships, or media without owning selectors and parsers.
Mark every raw artifact the product must retain
List the exact structured fields consumed downstream
Keep unsupported or evidence-heavy pages on Decodo
Throughput test
02
Do not compare Decodo's RPS with SocQ calls; compare completed usable records
Rendering, blocks, retries, pagination, parser failures, and storage can reduce page-level throughput. Run the same target set end to end and compare accepted objects per minute, p95 completion, and total cost.
Use identical targets and page depth
Count retry and render multipliers
Reject records missing required fields
Agent responsibility
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Choose SocQ when agents should select resources, not scraping configuration
SocQ tools expose named social capabilities and schemas. A Decodo workflow may also require the agent or wrapper to choose URL, rendering, geo, output type, selectors, parsing, and artifact storage, which is appropriate only when that low-level control is required.
Allowlist the permitted URLs or SocQ endpoints
Keep collection and parsing as separate logged steps
Escalate every unmatched target to a reviewed fallback
AI Agent Ready
Connect SocQ to AI agents with MCP, Skill, or CLI
Codex, Claude, VS Code, OpenClaw, and other compatible environments can use SocQ through MCP, Skill, or CLI.
Use SocQ when a supported social endpoint provides the required resource; keep Decodo for arbitrary web targets or browser-level extraction.
Give compatible agents scoped access to SocQ tools.
https://api.socq.ai/mcp
Agent Skill
Install a reusable research workflow for endpoint discovery and task handling.
npx skills add SocQAPI/socq-devtools
CLI
Run and resume jobs from terminals, scripts, and editor agents.
npm i -g @socq/cli
Example semantic extraction prompt
Collect public profiles, recent posts, comments, and source URLs across eight social platforms. Use SocQ endpoint discovery, estimate credits, resume tasks, paginate to the required limit, and export JSONL without requesting HTML or writing selectors.
Migration checklist
Migrate supported Decodo social jobs to SocQ
Replace only jobs whose required result is a supported social object; retain Decodo wherever raw page evidence or custom extraction is part of the contract.
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Export every Decodo job configuration
Record target URLs, template, render and geo settings, headers, sessions, output type, selectors or parsers, required fields, pagination, RPS, retries, and storage.
02
Define the actual business object
For each job, state whether the accepted result is a profile, post, comment, search result, relationship, media file, HTML page, screenshot, or XHR response.
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Map and dual-run supported objects
Select the exact SocQ endpoint, then compare the same targets for required fields, source IDs, freshness, page completion, p95 time, failures, and total cost per accepted record.
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Route by output contract
Send accepted structured social objects to SocQ. Keep Decodo for HTML, screenshots, XHR, unsupported sites, and any job that still depends on a custom parser.
FAQ
SocQ vs Decodo FAQs
What is Decodo?
Decodo is a public web access platform offering residential, mobile, ISP, and datacenter proxies together with scraping APIs and an unblocker. It serves general web collection, not only social-media resources.
Is Decodo the same company as Smartproxy?
Yes. Smartproxy rebranded as Decodo. Older reviews, integrations, and documentation may still use the Smartproxy name, so check current Decodo product names and endpoints when migrating.
Can I try Decodo's scraping API for free?
Yes. Decodo offers a free Web Scraping API plan and trial options for selected products. Request limits and trial terms vary between scraper and proxy products.
Is Decodo faster?
Decodo supports up to 200 requests per second on eligible plans. Real throughput also depends on the target, rendering, retries, and pagination.
Can SocQ return HTML or screenshots?
SocQ focuses on structured social-data resources. Decodo is the better fit when the workflow specifically needs page-level HTML, PNG screenshots, XHR, or other browser outputs.
Which is easier for social agents?
SocQ provides semantic MCP tools plus a Skill and CLI. Decodo may be better when the agent must control general scraping and output formats.
Can both be used together?
Yes. SocQ can own standard social resources while Decodo handles raw artifacts, unsupported sites, and general web extraction.
Official Decodo sources
Social templates, template count, throughput, output formats, and plan examples were checked on August 12, 2026.
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