Web data & extraction · head to head

Bright Data vs Oxylabs

Web data collection and scraping  vs  Enterprise proxy and scraping infrastructure. Specs, capabilities, and what real users said in the last year, lined up.

The verdict

Bright Data is the broader, more productized data platform: proxy networks plus Web Unlocker, scraper APIs, managed browsers, and a huge ready-made dataset catalog. Oxylabs is the enterprise-shaped infrastructure play: a massive 175M+ IP pool and solid scraper APIs with compliance posture, thinner on extras. Both are pay-as-you-go and get cheap only at volume; Bright Data covers more jobs out of the box, Oxylabs competes on scale and service.

Both sell unblocking power at scale. The split is catalog versus infrastructure: Bright Data bundles every data product around its proxies, Oxylabs leans on IP pool depth and enterprise support.

Meet the two

Bright Data Web data & extraction

Bright Data combines proxy networks, web access APIs, scraping tools, ready-made datasets, cloud browsers, and data feeds for public web data collection.

Our take

Heavy-duty web data infrastructure that gets public data to your door, if you have the volume and someone technical to own it.

PriceResidential proxies pay-as-you-go, about $4 per GBFree tierTrials only, no standing free plan

Reach for it if Data, RevOps, and research teams with a defined public-web question, enough volume to justify infrastructure, and an owner for compliance and data quality.

Read the full Bright Data review
Oxylabs Web data & extraction

Oxylabs operates a 175M+ residential IP pool across 195 countries alongside datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies, a Web Scraper API with success-based billing, a Web Unblocker for anti-bot bypass, and pre-collected datasets. Founded in Vilnius in 2015, ISO 27001 certified, KYC-required, and backed by a $130M Warburg Pincus round in July 2026.

Our take

Top-tier proxy and scraping infrastructure that earns its premium at scale, and punishes you for buying it at small volume.

PriceResidential from $30/mo (5GB, $6/GB); Web Scraper API from $49/moFree tierTrial only (7-day; 5 free datacenter IPs; up to 2,000 scraper results)

Reach for it if Enterprise data, RevOps, and research teams running 50GB+/month of residential traffic on defended targets, with an owner for compliance and data quality.

Read the full Oxylabs review

Specs & price

Bright Data Web data & extraction

Web data collection and scraping

Oxylabs Web data & extraction

Enterprise proxy and scraping infrastructure

$Starting priceResidential proxies pay-as-you-go, about $4 per GBResidential from $30/mo (5GB, $6/GB); Web Scraper API from $49/mo
◇Free tierTrials only, no standing free planTrial only (7-day; 5 free datacenter IPs; up to 2,000 scraper results)
▤Pricing modelPer product, by usage unit (GB, requests, results, IPs)Per GB (proxies) or per result (scraper API), with monthly commitment tiers
◎Best forData, RevOps, and research teamsEnterprise data and research teams at scale
⛓Key integrationsStandard APIs, webhooks, dataset deliveryREST APIs, Python, Node, Scrapy, LangChain, MCP
⚠Watch out forCosts rising fast as volume scales; you own the complianceSteep per-GB cost at low volume; monthly minimums not obvious on the pricing page

Rows with a marked spine differ. Specs come from each tool’s own docs and our research ledger.

Feature checklist

Bright DataOxylabs
Proxy networks at scale✓residential, mobile, datacenter–
Gets pages past anti-bot walls✓Web Unlocker service–
Ready-made site scrapers✓660+ site-specific APIs✓site-specific scraper APIs
Pre-collected datasets✓buy the data outright✓buy data without scraping
Handles JavaScript-heavy sites✓managed cloud browsers✓managed browser sessions
Search results data (SERPs)✓search engine results collection–
Free tier✕trial only✕free trials only
API access✓Yes✓Python, Node libraries
Managed proxy network–✓175M+ IPs, 195 countries
AI-ready clean output–✓AI Studio markdown
CAPTCHA / anti-bot handling–✓Web Unblocker
Search results data (SERP)–✓SERP Scraper API

A capability either ships (✓), doesn’t (✕), or ships partway (≈). Differences carry a marked spine.

What users actually say

Bright Data, in users’ words

Personally, I recommend Bright Data for everyday use. For most things like LinkedIn, Reddit and so on it is enough, and unless you are doing very high-volume work, the costs are minimal. Some of it even falls under their generous free tier, so it works out worthwhile.
10x Marketers member10x Marketers community · 2026
Bright Data is more reliable and more expensive, mainly for LinkedIn, Reddit, or projects that need stability at high volumes. It works excellently at scale in particular.
10x Marketers member10x Marketers community · 2026-08

Oxylabs, in users’ words

Uriel worked diligently to settle my issues unlike some other workers who transferred he stayed to solve the problem for me and I greatly appreciated that
Jacob Kellum, Trustpilot reviewer, United StatesTrustpilot · December 31, 2025 ↗

Which one, for you

Pick Bright Data when

you want one vendor covering proxies, unblocking, site-specific APIs, browsers, and buy-it-now datasets.

Pick Oxylabs when

you're an enterprise team running very high, steady volumes that justify commitment pricing and hands-on support.