Bright Data
Search APIsUpdated Oct 26, 2026Web scraping, search result and proxy tools, billed per successful record or request. A proxy is another computer’s internet address that your requests go through, so sites see that address instead of yours.
The verdict
Bright Data is the pick when the sites you need block bots, or when you need structured records or search results at volume. Web Scraper API and SERP API each give 5,000 free a month, then $1.50 per 1,000 on pay as you go, or $499 a month billed monthly on Scale. In Proxyway’s test published September 17, 2024, Web Unlocker got 97.90% of requests through on 10 sites that block bots.
Proxyway runs Bright Data coupon codes and earns money from Bright Data sign-ups. For open pages as plain text, Firecrawl costs less, $99 a month billed monthly for 100,000 pages.
Best for
Teams that need structured data from sites that block bots, or Google results at volume, and want to pay only for successful delivery.
Not for
Skip it if an AI agent needs only a few hundred open pages a month. A simpler scraping tool such as Firecrawl covers that job.
Pricing truth
5,000 free results a month on each scraper API. After that, pay as you go is $1.50 per 1,000 successful results. Scale is $499 a month billed monthly, with about 380,000 included and $1.30 per 1,000 after that. Enterprise is custom.
When we use it
- Pull structured records, named fields such as a product’s price, from sites that block bots.
- Run Google result pulls at volume and pay only for requests that succeed.
- Start on the free tier of 5,000 records or requests a month before you pay.
- Skip it when a few hundred open pages a month for an AI agent is the whole job.
Margin notes
- The math: Scale is $499 a month billed monthly, and pay as you go is $1.50 per 1,000 results. So $499 ÷ $1.50 × 1,000 = about 333,000 pay-as-you-go results for the same money. Scale includes about 380,000, so it costs less once you pass about 333,000 results a month.
What to do next
List the sites you need and mark the ones that block bots. Start with the free 5,000 records or requests a month on those sites. Use the Try Bright Data button to begin. Try Bright Data
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