Oxylabs vs Bright Data — Pricing (2026)
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Oxylabs vs Bright Data

Web Scraping & Data Collection pricing comparison · 2026

Oxylabs pricing ranges from $30–$2500/month, while Bright Data ranges from $0–$2000/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs). Bright Data is typically 21% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.

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2 products · Web Scraping & Data Collection
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Oxylabs
Oxylabs sells every product — Web Scraper API, residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter pro
verified today
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Bright Data
Bright Data pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 requests for API products and $2.
verified 13w ago
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Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Usage-based
$6 per GB
see vendor pricing for volume tiers
Managed Data Acquisition
$18K/yr
year 1 license · flat plan price
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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 7 sourced facts
5 hidden-cost · 2 contract
Last verified today
Confidence High 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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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
5 documented
  • VAT and Other Taxes Added on Top
    0-27% of plan fee depending on jurisdiction
    1 source
  • Self-Service Purchases Are Non-Refundable
    Up to one month's plan fee if the product doesn't fit
    1 source
  • Small Plans Pay the Highest Per-Unit Rates
    Up to 2.4x per GB vs Enterprise rates
    1 source
  • JavaScript Rendering and AI Parsing Cost Extra
    35% more per Google result with JS; +$3/1K pages with AI parsing
    1 source
  • Restricted Targets on Residential Proxies
    May require a different product or vendor for blocked targets
    1 source
5 documented
  • Per-GB billing creates unpredictable costs
    2-5x budget overruns for teams new to proxy-based scraping
    1 source
  • Failed requests may still incur charges
    10-30% of spend on wasted/failed requests
    1 source
  • Billing cycle alignment penalizes mid-month signups
    Up to 100% of first month's payment effectively wasted
    1 source
  • Multi-product stacking inflates total spend
    $500-2,000+/month when combining multiple products
    1 source
  • Promotional pricing reverts to 2x standard rates
    100% price increase after promotional period (e.g., $4/GB to $8/GB)
    1 source
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Contract terms

The fine print, surfaced. Green = buyer-friendly. Each clause backed by a quoted source.

Oxylabs
Bright
Auto-renewal
—
Yes
Cancellation
—
✓ Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Commitment
✓ None — monthly plans
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
Based on 2 verified sources (Vendr · TrustRadius · BBB)
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
No public ratings yet
Best for
Developers and small projects testing at low volume
Watch out
Pricing is too high for small users and individual projects — consistently described as 'pricey as hell' and enterprise-focused
TrustRadius
8out of 5 (2)
Trustpilot
1.9out of 5 (24)
G2
4.6out of 5 (284)
Best for
Web scraping needing real residential IPs
Watch out
KYC/compliance process is excessively burdensome, opaque, and frequently results in rejection without clear guidance
Decide
Get a quote from each vendor
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Visit Oxylabs pricing
Free plan limits → Discount programs →
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Free plan limits → Discount programs →
Affiliate partner — does not affect ranking.
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.
Web Scraping & Data Collection

Oxylabs

$30–$2500
/month
4 plans
Full pricing breakdown →
VS
Web Scraping & Data Collection

Bright Data

$0–$2000
/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs)
14 plans
Full pricing breakdown →

Oxylabs and Bright Data both operate in the web scraping category. This page compares their published pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan Oxylabs Bright Data
Starter $30 /month Custom
Basic $100 /month Custom
Flexible $500 /month Custom
Enterprise $2.5K /month 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.

Oxylabs

5 scenarios
$0 (one-time $5 credit)
Testing Before You Buy — Welcome Credit
$360/year
Solo Developer — SERP Monitoring
$1,200/year
Small Team — E-commerce Proxy Scraping
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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)
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Hidden Costs

Beyond the sticker price — what catches buyers off guard.

Oxylabs 5 hidden costs

medium
VAT and Other Taxes Added on Top 0-27% of plan fee depending on jurisdiction
medium
Self-Service Purchases Are Non-Refundable Up to one month's plan fee if the product doesn't fit
medium
Small Plans Pay the Highest Per-Unit Rates Up to 2.4x per GB vs Enterprise rates
medium
JavaScript Rendering and AI Parsing Cost Extra 35% more per Google result with JS; +$3/1K pages with AI parsing
low
Restricted Targets on Residential Proxies May require a different product or vendor for blocked targets
See all Oxylabs hidden costs →

Bright Data 19 hidden costs

high
Per-GB billing creates unpredictable costs 2-5x budget overruns for teams new to proxy-based scraping
high
Failed requests may still incur charges 10-30% of spend on wasted/failed requests
medium
Billing cycle alignment penalizes mid-month signups Up to 100% of first month's payment effectively wasted
high
Multi-product stacking inflates total spend $500-2,000+/month when combining multiple products
high
Promotional pricing reverts to 2x standard rates 100% price increase after promotional period (e.g., $4/GB to $8/GB)
See all Bright Data hidden costs →

Contract Terms

Term Oxylabs Bright Data
Auto-renewal — Yes
Cancellation — Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Minimum commitment None — monthly plans 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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