Bright Data review60 of 100, fair
Priced per record, not per request: 5,000 records a month free, $1.50 per 1,000 pay as you go, $499 a month for 384,000 with unlimited concurrency.
Reviewed 2026-09-18 by Phillip Paul Inker. Facts re-read 2026-09-18. 2 sources. brightdata.com. Brand searches: 49,500 a month worldwide (Google, read 2026-09-18).
The Web Scraper API sells finished rows from 800+ site scrapers, a record being one extracted item such as one LinkedIn profile, and bills only what is delivered. The unit makes it the dearest line in this table and the least comparable; the plans behind the slider, $499, $999 and $1,999, are public once you read the page's own data.
Best for: Teams that want structured rows from named sites without writing the scraper, and can pay per row.
$1.50 per 1,000 records pay as you go; $499 a month for 384,000 records and $1.30 per 1,000 beyond, $999 for 908,000 at $1.10, $1,999 for 1,999,000 at $1.00. A record is one extracted item, so the figure is not a per-request price.
Scraper APIs for 800+ websites returning structured records, automated proxy management, full browser rendering and CAPTCHA solving in every plan, beside an unlocker API, a SERP API, a browser API, a crawl API and datasets, per the pricing page.
Unlimited concurrency on every paid plan, monthly spend limits, and billing only for successful deliveries; no success rate or latency figure.
The Web Scraper API documentation names SDKs, Python and Node.js, a CLI, webhooks, an asynchronous mode and an MCP server.
The free tier, the pay-as-you-go rate and the slider's three plans are public, though the plan prices sit in the slider's data rather than in print; a promotional code on the page changes the price for three months.
5,000 records a month free without a card, cancel anytime, no charge for failed deliveries; refund terms were not on the pages read.
Every scraper in the database on one axis, rank 12 of 14. The zones are the grades.
Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide searches for “bright data”, read 2026-09-18. Demand, not quality: the rubric ignores it.
- Structured rows from 800+ site scrapers without writing one
- 5,000 records a month free
- Unlimited concurrency, billing only on delivery
- SDKs, CLI, webhooks and MCP documented
- $1.50 per 1,000 records is the dearest unit price here, though the unit is a row, not a request
- Plan prices sit in the slider's data, not in print
- No success rate or latency published
- Refund terms not on the pages read
- Unit
- A record: one extracted item, shown as a row, e.g. one LinkedIn profile [1]
- Pay as you go
- $1.50 per 1,000 records, pay only for success, monthly spend limits [1]
- Plans
- $499 for 384,000 records ($1.30 per 1,000 additional), $999 for 908,000 ($1.10), $1,999 for 1,999,000 ($1.00), Enterprise custom [1]
- Free tier
- 5,000 records a month, no card [1]
- Included everywhere
- Automated proxy management, full browser rendering, CAPTCHA solving, unlimited concurrency [1]
- Billing rule
- No charges for failed deliveries; cancel anytime [1]
- Promotion
- 25% off the Scraper API for 3 months with code APIS25, on the page on the read date [1]
- Integration
- SDKs, Python, Node.js, CLI, webhooks, async, MCP server, per the documentation [2]
| Challenge | Price | Unit | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 requests, entry plan | $1.50 | per 1,000 records, pay as you go | A record is one extracted item, for instance one LinkedIn profile; $1.30 per 1,000 beyond the 384,000 included at $499 a month | [1] |
| 1,000 requests, mid plan | $1.10 | per 1,000 additional records, the $999 a month plan with 908,000 included | $1.00 on the $1,999 plan with 1,999,000 included | [1] |
| Free tier | $0 | 5,000 records a month, no card, expert support | [1] |
What the pricing page says
Four columns. A free tier of 5,000 records a month with no card and expert support. Pay as you go at $1.50 per 1,000 records, pay only for success, with monthly spend limits and unlimited concurrency. A Scale column with a slider whose three positions the page's data names: $499 a month for 384,000 records included and $1.30 per 1,000 additional, $999 for 908,000 and $1.10, $1,999 for 1,999,000 and $1.00, each with unlimited concurrency and cancel anytime. Enterprise adds volume discounts, an account manager, a premium SLA, priority support and SSO. Above the columns: only pay for what is successfully delivered, no hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries, and a 25% code for three months.
A record is not a request
The page defines it: a record is one extracted item, shown as a row in the table, for instance one LinkedIn profile. Producing that row may take several page fetches inside Bright Data's scraper; you pay for the row. That is why this review's headline figure is not comparable with the per-1,000-request prices of the credit vendors, and why the alternative to compare it with is the cost of building and running the scraper for that site yourself.
Integration and terms
The Web Scraper API documentation names SDKs, Python and Node.js, a CLI, webhooks, an asynchronous mode and an MCP server. Terms on the pricing page: no card for the free tier, cancel anytime, no charge for failed deliveries, monthly spend limits on pay as you go. A refund policy was not on the pages read.
Questions people ask
What is a record?
One extracted item, shown as a row, for instance one LinkedIn profile, per the pricing page's own definition.
What does the $499 plan include?
384,000 records a month, $1.30 per 1,000 beyond that, unlimited concurrency and cancel anytime, per the slider's data on the read date.
Is there a free tier?
5,000 records a month with no card and expert support, per the pricing page.
- The page draws its plans by script; it was read in a browser on our server, and the three plan prices come from the slider's data attribute.
- Refund terms were not on the pages read.
- Per-record and per-request prices are different units; the ranking places this figure beside per-request ones only because the column is shared.
- [1]Bright Data Web Scraper API pricing Bright Data, read 2026-09-18.
“Only pay for what's successfully delivered. No hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries. Get 25% off on Scraper API for 3 months. Use code APIS25 at checkout. FREE TIER 5K records per month No credit card required. PAY AS YOU GO $ 1.5 /1K record Pay only for success Unlimited concurrency. SCALE 384,000 records included $ 1.3 /1K additional records Cancel anytime. Slider data: price 499 records 384,000 rate 1.3; price 999 records 908,000 rate 1.1; price 1999 records 1,999,000 rate 1. A record is one extracted item, shown as a row in the table - e.g., one LinkedIn profile.”
- [2]Bright Data Web Scraper API documentation overview Bright Data, read 2026-09-18.
“SDK, CLI, Python, webhook, Node.js, MCP, cURL, async named on the overview page.”
Badge for Bright Data’s own site
Certificate SC-CB6C26, valid until 2027-09-18. Every badge links to it, so a reader can check the score is genuine. Eight looks on the badges page.
Shows Bright Data’s current score, 60 of 100, fair. Dark card, for most pages. It links to certificate SC-CB6C26, valid until 2027-09-18, and changes by itself when the review does.
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