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Bright Data AI features and pricing (October 2026)
Web data provider with proxy networks, scraper APIs, a hosted scraping browser and an AI tool that generates scrapers.
Usage-basedFree plan
from $1.50 usage-based
Pricing details
Web Scraper API: free tier with 5,000 records per month, pay as you go at $1.50 per 1,000 records, Scale plan at $499 per month including 384,000 records; Enterprise by quote, as of September 2026.
What is Bright Data?
Bright Data sells web data collection at scale: proxy networks, ready-made scraper APIs, a hosted browser for scraping, search result APIs and prepared datasets, used by companies and AI labs.
The product range covers residential, mobile and datacenter proxies, the Web Scraper API with prebuilt scrapers, Scraper Studio, the Scraping Browser compatible with Puppeteer and Playwright, a SERP API, Web Unlocker and ready-to-use datasets. According to the company, it serves 14 of the top 20 LLM labs and passed $300 million in annual revenue in 2025. Bright Data is based in Israel.
Bright Data AI features and use cases
- Generates scrapers for new domainsAI Scraper Studio creates a scraper API for a domain you specify, so teams can add a new source without coding selectors. Scraper Studio has a free tier, and paid use starts at $1 per 1,000 requests according to the pricing overview, which keeps trial runs on new sites predictable.
- Delivers parsed data from common sitesThe Web Scraper API returns structured JSON or CSV with rendering and parsing included. Analysts get tables instead of raw HTML and can feed them straight into BI tools or model training pipelines.
- Supplies web data for model trainingPrepared datasets and cached pages are sold for AI training and analysis. Data teams can start from existing collections instead of crawling the web themselves, provided the licensing fits their use case.
What sets Bright Data apart
- Combines its own proxy networks with scraper APIs, a hosted browser and prepared datasets from one vendor.
- Published free tier and pay-as-you-go price per 1,000 records for the Web Scraper API.
Where Bright Data is strongest
Israel Available internationally
Bright Data is based in Israel and sells worldwide; according to the company, its employees work in the US, Europe, India and elsewhere.
Questions to ask before you buy Bright Data
The tool offers features for bypassing CAPTCHAs and website blocks, such as CAPTCHA solving in the Web Scraper API and Web Unlocker. Using them can breach the target sites' terms of use and is legally risky in Germany, for example under Section 202a of the German Criminal Code (StGB) or database rights. Have their use legally reviewed before deployment, including copyright and data protection. The trust center lists certificates and audit reports, but data storage locations and a DPA link were not public in September 2026; request them. Costs scale with records, requests or traffic, so set spend limits.
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Questions about Bright Data
Can we test Bright Data for free?
The Web Scraper API has a free tier with 5,000 records per month and no credit card required. Other products have their own pricing pages.
Which certifications does Bright Data hold?
The trust center lists ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701 certificates, a CSA STAR registry entry and a SOC 3 report. A SOC 2 report is available on request; its type is not stated on the page. The trust center also links a PwC assurance report on compliance and ethics controls.
How is the Web Scraper API billed?
Pay as you go costs $1.50 per 1,000 records with an optional monthly spend limit. The Scale plan costs $499 per month including 384,000 records, then $1.30 per 1,000 additional records.
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