ScraperAPI vs Bright Data
Web Scraping & Data Collection pricing comparison · 2026
ScraperAPI pricing ranges from $0–$1975/month, while Bright Data ranges from $0–$2000/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs). Both products are similarly priced at comparable tiers.
ScraperAPI
ScraperAPI pricing starts at $49/month for the Hobby plan, with tiers scaling through Star
verified 10w ago
$1.8K
$18K
Bright Data
Bright Data pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 requests for API products and $2.
verified 13w ago
$1.8K
$18K
Annual license estimate
ScraperAPI
costs
$16K
less than
Bright
· 25 seats where applicable
Cheapest
$1.8K
Spread
90%
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Startup
$1.8K/yr
year 1 license · flat plan price
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
10 sourced facts
7 hidden-cost · 1 contract · 2 review platforms
Last verified
2mo 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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Contract terms
The fine print, surfaced. Green = buyer-friendly. Each clause backed by a quoted source.
ScraperAPI
Bright
Auto-renewal
—
Yes
Cancellation
—
✓
Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Commitment
—
No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans
Price escalation
No published schedule, but at least one customer reported post-purchase application of undisclosed credit multipliers that materially changed the effective price per request on premium target domains.
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.
VS
Web Scraping & Data Collection
Bright Data
$0–$2000
/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs)
Full pricing breakdown →
ScraperAPI and Bright Data both operate in the web scraping category. This page compares their published pricing.
Plan-by-Plan Pricing
| Plan | ScraperAPI | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free /month | Custom |
| Hobby | $49 /month | Custom |
| Startup | $149 /month | Custom |
| Business | $299 /month | Custom |
| Scaling | $475 /month | Custom |
| Professional | $975 /month | Custom |
| Advanced | $2K /month | Custom |
| Enterprise | Custom | 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.
ScraperAPI
7 scenarios$49/month (Hobby plan, or $44/month on annual billing)
Solo Developer / Hobbyist
$149/month (Startup plan, or $134/month on annual billing)
Early-Stage Startup
$299/month (Business plan, or $269/month on annual billing)
Business with High-Volume Scraping
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 | ScraperAPI | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-renewal | — | Yes |
| Cancellation | — | Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew |
| Minimum commitment | — | No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans |
| Price escalation | No published schedule, but at least one customer reported post-purchase application of undisclosed credit multipliers that materially changed the effective price per request on premium target domains. | Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates |
| Can downgrade | — | Yes |