Web Scraping Giants Unite Under One AI-Driven Brand

Five distinct web scraping and proxy service brands—Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare, ScrapingBee, and Honeygain—have formally consolidated under a single entity named Source. Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, the group attributes a significant fourfold increase in demand over the past year to the proliferation of AI agents and advanced search tools. These AI technologies are driving the need for live web data, causing Source's systems to process an estimated 1.5 million requests every second.

Source operates as a central administrative body, managing patents, procurement, and hiring, while each brand retains its own team, product strategy, and customer base. The brands are segmented by client type: Oxylabs serves enterprises and AI labs, Decodo targets the mid-market, ScrapingBee offers developer APIs, Webshare caters to professional consumers, and Honeygain compensates individuals for their spare bandwidth. This unified structure comes as these brands, previously reviewed as competitors—including three of TechRadar's top proxy picks—now share common oversight.

The formation of Source is highlighted by a recent lawsuit filed in October 2025, where Reddit sued Oxylabs and other companies, alleging evasion of anti-scraping measures. Oxylabs stated it would defend itself against these claims. This legal context, coupled with a $7.5 million patent case award against Oxylabs in 2021, underscores the ongoing challenges and scrutiny surrounding web data access. Source aims to provide a unified voice in advocating for responsible public web data access, especially as AI agents require negotiated licensing deals that could become prohibitively expensive for smaller entities.