If you ran your accounts in X-Browser, the clock has already run out. In this Incogniton vs X-Browser comparison, we look at what Decodo’s (formerly Smartproxy’s) free multi-profile browser offered, why Decodo retired it, and why Incogniton is the easiest place to move your accounts to. Both tools gave every account its own browser profile and fingerprint, but only one of them is still a product you can download, update and build a business on.
Decodo’s own documentation announced that X Browser was “no longer actively supported and will be retired on the March 30, 2026”, and pointed users to its Chrome and Firefox proxy extensions instead (Decodo X Browser docs, archived November 2025). As of September 2026, the X Browser product page redirects to Decodo’s homepage and the X Browser help article is no longer online, so this comparison relies on archived copies of Decodo’s official pages.
Who each tool is for: Incogniton is a standalone anti-detect browser built for marketers, agencies, e-commerce sellers and freelancers on Windows or macOS who want to start free, get proxies included and grow into a team. X-Browser was a companion app for existing Decodo proxy customers who wanted a quick way to open browser profiles on Decodo proxies.
Our verdict up front: for almost every reader, Incogniton is the right choice, and for former X-Browser users it’s the natural next step. It’s actively developed, runs on Windows and macOS, and you can try 10 profiles free for 2 months without a credit card. Free built-in proxies come with every plan, and you can keep using your Decodo proxies too: Decodo publishes its own Incogniton proxy setup guide. When you’re ready for a team, the Professional plan includes 150 profiles and 3 team seats for $79.99/month.
TL;DR
- Still here, still improving: Incogniton has been developed in Amsterdam since its public launch in 2020 and is used by more than 1 million people. Decodo set X Browser’s retirement date for March 30, 2026.
- Bring your Decodo proxies: Decodo’s help centre has a step-by-step Incogniton proxy setup guide, or use the free built-in proxies on every Incogniton plan.
- Start free: 10 profiles for 2 months, then 3. No credit card and no proxy subscription needed.
- Team seats included: 3 on Professional, 10 on Custom Package, extra seats $5/month.
- Your data, your choice: turn off Cloud saving and your browsing data stays on your own computer. Optional 2FA on every plan, including free.
- Where X-Browser won: the browser itself cost nothing extra if you already paid for Decodo proxies, and Decodo didn’t cap the number of profiles.
Start free: 10 profiles for 2 months → No credit card required. Or compare all Incogniton plans.
Incogniton vs X-Browser: What Each Tool Offers
Incogniton was developed in Amsterdam, launched publicly in 2020 and is used by more than 1 million people. It holds a 4.6/5 rating on Trustpilot (208 reviews, September 2026). X Browser was built by Smartproxy, now Decodo, a proxy and web-scraping provider. Decodo described it as “a multi-session browser offering anonymous fingerprint profile management” that worked with its Residential, Mobile, Datacenter and ISP proxy products (archived docs). Here’s how the two compare where it counts.
1. Fingerprints and Profile Management
Incogniton gives you control over the parameters that make up a browser fingerprint, such as user agent, screen resolution, browser version, language and fonts. In our view, it’s the easiest way to get realistic, distinct profiles: create a profile, add a proxy and start working without a technical background, while power users can still fine-tune every setting. Each profile keeps its own cookies and browsing data, so accounts stay separate.
X-Browser offered two ways in, according to Decodo’s archived documentation. Quick Connect launched a session with random fingerprint parameters on a chosen Decodo proxy, but “does not store cookies”. New profile saved a profile with a name, a Decodo proxy (type, user, protocol, location and session type), a Windows or macOS platform, language settings, JavaScript on or off, a start page and a description. Saved profiles could be sorted by profile, location and proxy type (source).
2. Multi-Account Tools
Incogniton is built for running many accounts day after day, with tools designed around real multi-account workflows:
- Synchronizer: mirror what you do in one profile across many others (Entrepreneur and up).
- Cookie Collector and cookie export: warm up new profiles and move cookies where you need them (Entrepreneur and up).
- Profile transfer: hand profiles to another account (Entrepreneur and up).
- Free built-in proxies on every plan, so a new profile can go online straight away.
- Team roles and permissions per member and per group (Professional and up).
X-Browser’s product page advertised creating, editing, deleting and duplicating profiles, a custom start page, quick-connect profiles, one-click Decodo proxy integration and data sync across devices (X Browser page, archived March 2026). For teams that want synchronized actions, cookie tools and seats included in the price, Incogniton is the more complete package.
3. Proxy Integration
Proxy integration was X-Browser’s biggest selling point: you logged in with your Decodo account and picked a Decodo proxy type and user for each session. But it was built around Decodo’s own proxies, and that integration ended with the retirement.
Incogniton isn’t tied to any single provider. You get free built-in proxies on every plan, and you can use your own proxies from the provider you prefer, Decodo included. Decodo’s Incogniton proxy setup guide walks you through it, so moving from X-Browser doesn’t mean giving up the proxies you already pay for.
4. Team Collaboration
Incogniton was built with agencies, marketing teams and client operations in mind. The Professional plan includes 3 team seats and the Custom Package includes 10, with extra seats at $5/month. Admins share profiles with teammates and set role-based permissions per member and per group, and because Incogniton runs on both Windows and macOS, a mixed team works in the same profiles.
We found no team or permission features described in X-Browser’s archived documentation or product page. Decodo’s dashboard does have its own “Dashboard Roles” help article, but that covers the proxy account rather than shared browser profiles.
5. Automation
Automation is how multi-account operations scale. Incogniton works with Selenium and Puppeteer and offers its own REST API (see the API documentation) on the Entrepreneur plan ($29.99/month) and up, so your existing scripts run in Incogniton profiles with minimal changes. If you don’t code, the Synchronizer lets you repeat actions across profiles by hand.
X-Browser’s product page promised “seamless task automation” for account creation, ad management and purchases, and integration with “popular automation tools, proxy APIs, and scripts” (archived page). We found no X-Browser API documentation in Decodo’s archived help centre.
See Incogniton plans: proxies and team seats included → Or Start free: 10 profiles for 2 months.
6. Security and Data Control
Your anti-detect browser holds the keys to every account you run, so you want the controls in your own hands. Incogniton gives you:
- Two-factor authentication on every plan. Optional TOTP 2FA works with any authenticator app, on every plan, including the free one.
- Session control. See every device where you’re signed in, and log out of all of them in one click.
- Team permissions. Role-based permissions per member and per group.
- Keep browsing data on your computer. Turn off “Cloud saving” and your browsing data (cookies, saved logins, local storage and history) stays on your own computer. Profile settings and fingerprint configuration are still stored on Incogniton’s servers.
- Choose your storage region. United States, Europe or Asia.
- Transfers over HTTPS with short-lived signed links.
X-Browser used your Decodo account to sign in (by browser login or Google), and its product page advertised syncing browser data across devices. Decodo’s archived X-Browser pages didn’t describe the controls below.
| Security and data control | Incogniton | X-Browser (archived Decodo pages) |
| Two-factor authentication (2FA) | Optional TOTP with any authenticator app, on every plan including free | — |
| Keep browsing data on your computer | Yes: turn off Cloud saving and cookies, saved logins, local storage and history stay on your computer (profile settings and fingerprint configuration remain on Incogniton’s servers) | — |
| See signed-in devices, log out of all in one click | Yes | — |
| Role-based team permissions | Per member and per group (Professional and up) | — |
| Choose storage region | United States, Europe or Asia | — |
| Data transfer | HTTPS with short-lived signed links | — |
| Sign-in | Incogniton account | Decodo account, via browser login or Google (source) |
“—” means we found no published information in Decodo’s archived X-Browser documentation or product page. Whichever tool you use, choose a strong, unique password and turn on two-factor authentication where it’s offered.
7. Pricing and Value for Money
Incogniton’s free Starter plan gives you 10 profiles for the first 2 months and 3 profiles after that, with no credit card required, and free built-in proxies are included on every plan. Paid monthly plans are Starter Plus at $19.99 (10 profiles), Entrepreneur at $29.99 (50 profiles), Professional at $79.99 (150 profiles plus 3 team seats) and the Custom Package at $149.99 (500 profiles plus 10 seats, scalable to 5,000 profiles). Extra seats cost $5/month, 6-month billing saves 30% and yearly billing saves 40%.
X-Browser had no price of its own. Decodo’s page said it was “included with every active subscription – at no extra cost” and promised “as many profiles as your workflow demands”. The catch: you needed a paid Decodo proxy subscription. On the archived page, the smallest plan at list price was 1 GB of ISP proxies for $6.50 + VAT a month, and residential proxies listed at $12 + VAT for 2 GB before a promo code (X Browser page, archived March 2026). Since March 30, 2026, X-Browser is no longer offered at any price.
| What you need (monthly billing) | Incogniton | X-Browser (as last offered, archived March 2026) |
| Availability | Available now for Windows and macOS | Retired March 30, 2026 (Decodo docs) |
| Try it free | 10 profiles for 2 months, then 3; no credit card | Free only with an active Decodo proxy subscription |
| 10 profiles, solo | Starter Plus: $19.99, free built-in proxies included | $0 for the browser + a paid Decodo proxy plan (from $6.50 + VAT for 1 GB of ISP proxies, list price) |
| 150 profiles + 3 team seats | Professional: $79.99 (150 profiles and 3 seats included) | $0 for the browser + Decodo proxy plan; team seats: — |
| 500 profiles + 10 team seats | Custom Package: $149.99 (500 profiles and 10 seats included) | $0 for the browser + Decodo proxy plan; team seats: — |
| Same, billed yearly (per month) | $11.99 (10) · $47.99 (150 + 3 seats) · $89.99 (500 + 10 seats), 40% off | — |
| Extra team seat | $5/month | — |
| Proxies | Free built-in proxies on every plan, or use your own (Decodo included) | Decodo proxies, paid per GB or per IP |
Where X-Browser genuinely won: if you already paid for Decodo proxies, the browser cost nothing extra and Decodo set no profile cap. But it’s no longer available, and with Incogniton the proxies are included, team seats are built into Professional and up, and you can still plug in your Decodo proxies.
8. Support and Documentation
Incogniton offers help through live chat and email. The Knowledge Centre has step-by-step guides, troubleshooting material and FAQs in plain language, the Incogniton YouTube channel has video tutorials, and developers get dedicated API documentation.
X-Browser’s documentation was a single installation and usage article inside Decodo’s proxy help centre, and it has since been taken offline. The “Decodo Tools” section of Decodo’s help centre now lists only its Chrome extension, Firefox extension and Proxy Checker (checked September 2026).
Where X-Browser Falls Short
X-Browser has been retired. In November 2025, Decodo’s documentation stated that X Browser “is no longer actively supported and will be retired on the March 30, 2026”, and told users to “switch to the Decodo Browser Extension for Firefox or Chrome” (archived Decodo docs). As of September 2026, the X Browser page redirects to Decodo’s homepage and the help article returns a “page not found” error. That means no new versions, bug fixes or compatibility updates from Decodo, and a proxy extension isn’t a replacement for separate browser profiles with their own fingerprints.
- It required a paid proxy subscription. X-Browser was free only “with any active residential proxy type subscription” (archived FAQ). Incogniton’s free plan needs no subscription, and proxies are included.
- It was tied to Decodo proxies. Profile setup in Decodo’s documentation asked for a Decodo proxy type and proxy user. Incogniton works with the free built-in proxies or your own proxies from any provider.
- Quick Connect didn’t keep sessions. Decodo’s docs note that “Quick connect does not store cookies”, so those sessions didn’t keep logins between launches.
- No published team, 2FA or data-location controls. We found no description of team seats, permissions, two-factor authentication or storage-region choice in Decodo’s archived X-Browser pages.
Comparison Table (Incogniton vs X-Browser)
| Evaluation criteria | INCOGNITON | X-Browser (archived Decodo pages) |
| Status | Available and actively developed | Retired March 30, 2026 |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS | Windows 10 and newer, macOS |
| Free option | 10 profiles for 2 months, then 3; no credit card | Included with an active Decodo proxy subscription |
| Paid plans from | $19.99/month (10 profiles) | No browser plans; Decodo proxy plans from $6.50 + VAT/month (list price) |
| Proxies | Free built-in proxies on every plan, or your own | Decodo proxies |
| Team seats included | 3 (Professional), 10 (Custom Package); extra seats $5/month | — |
| Profiles | Saved profiles with their own fingerprint, cookies and proxy | Saved profiles, plus Quick Connect sessions that don’t store cookies |
| Multi-account tools | Synchronizer, Cookie Collector, cookie export, profile transfer (Entrepreneur+) | Create, edit, delete and duplicate profiles; data sync |
| Automation | REST API, Selenium, Puppeteer (Entrepreneur+) | Advertised; no API documentation found |
| Two-factor authentication | Optional TOTP on every plan, including free | — |
| Keep browsing data on your computer | Yes, with Cloud saving off | — |
| Support | Live chat and email | Decodo support (browser retired) |
| Trustpilot | 4.6/5 (208 reviews, September 2026) | — |
Verdict: Incogniton vs X-Browser
Choose Incogniton if you’re moving on from X-Browser, want a browser that’s still being developed, want to start free without a proxy subscription, or need team seats, automation and control over where your browsing data lives. That’s nearly every reader. You get native Windows and macOS apps, 10 free profiles for 2 months, free built-in proxies on every plan (and your Decodo proxies still work), the Synchronizer and Cookie Collector, 2FA on every plan and a 4.6/5 Trustpilot rating.
Consider X-Browser only if you still have an old copy installed and are finishing short-term work on Decodo proxies, knowing that Decodo stopped supporting it on March 30, 2026. For anything you plan to keep running, move your profiles now rather than later.
Start free: 10 profiles for 2 months → No credit card required. Ready to scale? See plans with team seats and free proxies included.
