Bright Data review

Bright Data covers more of the data stack than any other vendor here. Its Web Scraper API library lists prebuilt scrapers with their output fields, delivery volume and live success rate, and you can call one with up to 5,000 target URLs and get JSON, NDJSON or CSV back. Around it sit Unlocker, SERP, Crawl and Browser APIs, ready datasets and a residential network of 400M+ IPs, plus an MCP server for agents. The free tier gives 5K records a month with no card, pay as you go costs $1.5 per 1,000 records with spend limits and unlimited concurrency, and the Scale plan is $499 a month with 384,000 records included. For lead and price data from big platforms, this is the most complete option. The downside is complexity: each product has its own unit, from records to requests to gigabytes, and the console has more settings than a small team will use.

Who it is for

Data teams that need high-volume, structured records from major sites with enterprise support.

Price

Free tier with 5K records a month; pay as you go from $1.5 per 1,000 records.

Pay as you go $ 1.5 /1K record
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• Web Scraper API library with output fields and success rates per scraper
• Up to 5,000 target URLs in one API call
• Results as JSON, NDJSON or CSV
• Unlocker, SERP, Crawl and Browser APIs
• Residential proxy network of 400M+ IPs

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Pay only for successful records
• Strength: Prebuilt scrapers for LinkedIn, Amazon and other major sites
• Strength: Unlimited concurrency on pay as you go
• Weakness: Many products and price units take time to compare
• Weakness: Scale plan starts at $499 per month
• Weakness: More than most small teams need

Key facts

• Free tier: 5K records per month, no credit card
• Scale plan: $499 per month, 384,000 records included
• Extra records on Scale: $1.3 per 1,000
• Residential IPs: 400M+

Where it ranks

Bright Data is No. 3 in our Best Web Scraping Tools verdict.