Exa vs Bright Data
Web Scraping & Data Collection pricing comparison · 2026
Exa pricing ranges from $0–$15/month, while Bright Data ranges from $0–$2000/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs). Exa is typically 99% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.
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Exa
Exa pricing starts with a Free plan at $0/month for low-volume API access.
verified 5mo ago
$400
$18K
Bright Data
Bright Data pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 requests for API products and $2.
verified 13w ago
$400
$18K
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Usage-based
$7 per 1K searches
see vendor pricing for volume tiers
Managed Data Acquisition
$18K/yr
year 1 license · flat plan price
What buyers actually pay
median, annual
Vendr deal-flow data. The real benchmark, not list price.
Median annual
$400/yr
Vendr · n=27
No Vendr data
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Not in Vendr's deal flow
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Sources & confidence
Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.
Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources
5 sourced facts
3 hidden-cost · 1 contract · Vendr median
Last verified
4mo ago
Confidence
Medium confidence
Sources
44 sourced facts
41 hidden-cost · 3 review platforms
Last verified
2mo ago
Confidence
High confidence
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Plans at a glance
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Tier ladder
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Contract terms
The fine print, surfaced. Green = buyer-friendly. Each clause backed by a quoted source.
Exa
Bright
Auto-renewal
Yes
Yes
Cancellation
0-day cancellation window
✓
Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Commitment
no minimum spend or commitment
No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans
Price escalation
—
Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates
Can downgrade
—
✓
Yes
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What users say
Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.
User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
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License cost is computed from publicly listed plans (real math, list price × seats).
Median annual cost is from Vendr's deal flow when available — see source badges.
Hidden costs and contract terms each cite their own sources. We do not invent composite scores.
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Web Scraping & Data Collection
Bright Data
$0–$2000
/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs)
Full pricing breakdown →
Exa and Bright Data both operate in the web scraping category. This page compares their published pricing.
Plan-by-Plan Pricing
| Plan | Exa | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free /month | Custom |
| Pro (usage-based) | Custom | Custom |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
| Unlocker API | — | Custom |
| SERP API | — | Custom |
| Crawl API | — | Custom |
| Browser API | — | Custom |
| Web Scraper APIs | — | Custom |
| Scraper Studio | — | Custom |
| Datasets | — | Custom |
| Data Firehose | — | Custom |
| Retail Insights | — | $2K /per month |
| Managed Data Acquisition | — | $1.5K /per month |
| Enterprise | — | Custom |
Cost at Scale
Total cost of ownership — licenses, implementation, and hidden costs included.
Exa
4 scenarios$50/month (calculated from $5/1,000 requests confirmed rate)
Low-Volume Developer (10K requests/month)
$500/month (calculated from $5/1,000 requests confirmed rate)
Mid-Volume Production App (100K requests/month)
$5,000/month (calculated from $5/1,000 requests confirmed rate)
High-Volume Application (1M requests/month)
Bright Data
12 scenarios$150/month ($1.50/1K results × 100K results)
Small SEO Agency (SERP monitoring, 100K queries/mo)
$499/month (510K records plan at $0.98/1K records with promo)
Mid-Size E-commerce (product data, 500K pages/mo)
$1,750/month ($250 Retail Insights + $1,500 Managed Data Acquisition, plus usage-based overages for additional API or proxy traffic)
Large Data Team (residential proxies, 300+ GB/mo)
Contract Terms
| Term | Exa | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-renewal | Yes | Yes |
| Cancellation | 0-day cancellation window | Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew |
| Minimum commitment | no minimum spend or commitment | No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans |
| Price escalation | — | Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates |
| Can downgrade | — | Yes |