Bright Data
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What is Bright Data
Large-scale web access infrastructure
Multiple data acquisition options
Integration-friendly data delivery
Not an end-to-end ML platform
Operational and compliance overhead
Cost and complexity at scale
Plan & Pricing
MCP Server (tiered / subscription)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free — 5,000 monthly requests | Basic Search, Scrape & Extract, Browser Navigation (5K free requests/month). Source: Bright Data MCP pricing page. |
| Pay-as-you-go | $1.50 / 1K Results; Browser Navigation $8 / GB | No monthly commitment; advanced search/crawling/navigation. |
| Starter | $499 billed monthly — $1.30 / 1K Results; Browser Navigation $7 / GB | Higher monthly request limits, advanced unlocking & geo-targeting. |
| Professional | $999 billed monthly — $1.10 / 1K Results; Browser Navigation $6 / GB | Larger monthly quotas and support. |
| Business | $1,999 billed monthly — $1.00 / 1K Results; Browser Navigation $5 / GB | Enterprise scale; contact sales for >2M requests. |
Web Unlocker / SERP / Crawl APIs (tiered per-1k successful results)
| Plan | Price (per 1,000 successful results) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | $1.50 / 1K results | No commitment; only billed for successful responses (parsing/unlocking included). |
| Growth (monthly) | $499 billed monthly — $1.30 / 1K results (380K results included) | Standard monthly bundle. |
| Business (monthly) | $999 billed monthly — $1.10 / 1K results (900K results included) | Larger bundle. |
| Enterprise (monthly) | $1,999 billed monthly — $1.00 / 1K results (2M results included) | Contact sales for custom/greater scale. |
Browser API (usage / GB) Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (GB-based) Free tier/trial: “Start free trial” available on site; MCP free tier separate. Example costs: Pay-as-you-go $8 / GB; Starter monthly $499 (71 GB included) = $7/GB; $999/mo (166 GB) = $6/GB; $1,999/mo (399 GB) = $5/GB.
Proxy Networks (Residential / Mobile / SOCKS5 etc.) — usage-based Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go or monthly commitments (GB or IP-based) Example costs (Residential / SOCKS5 / Mobile common tiers shown on official pages):
- Pay-as-you-go: $4.00 / GB (displayed with 50% off banner on site).
- Starter monthly: $499/mo — 141 GB included = $3.50/GB.
- Growth monthly: $999/mo — 332 GB included = $3.00/GB.
- Business monthly: $1,999/mo — 798 GB included = $2.50/GB.
Datacenter Proxies (IP-based tiers shown) Pricing model: Fixed monthly or pay-as-you-go (GB) Example costs:
- 10 IPs: $14 billed monthly ($1.40 / IP).
- 100 IPs: $100 billed monthly ($1.00 / IP).
- 500 IPs: $475 billed monthly ($0.95 / IP).
- 1,000 IPs: $900 billed monthly ($0.90 / IP).
- Pay-as-you-go (GB): $0.60 / GB.
Datasets (Dataset Marketplace / subscription) Pricing model: Subscription / one-time depending on dataset Free tier/trial: Preview samples available; site lists subscription pricing. Example costs: Starts from $250 / month for 100K records (options to pay monthly/quarterly/biannual/one-time with discounts for longer refresh intervals).
Deep Lookup (datasets/enrichment) Pricing model: Pay-per-result Example costs: $1.00 per matched record (first 10 enrichment columns included; additional columns $0.05 each). Preview mode: 10 free samples.
Scraper APIs / Scraper Studio Pricing model: Per-1K records (pay-as-you-go) and monthly bundles Example costs (site indicates): Starts from $1 / 1K records (Scraper APIs shows discounted tiers on pricing page; site lists pay-as-you-go $1.50/1K as unified baseline and subscription bundles at $499/$999/$1,999 with lower per-1K rates).
Bright Insights & Managed Data Acquisition Bright Insights: Starts from $250 / month (eCommerce Tracker); Sales & Market Share from $400 / month (contact sales for quote). Managed Data Acquisition: Starts from $1,500 / month; one-time setup $500 per standard scraper; usage examples $4 / 1K requests; minimum monthly spend (standard project) $1,000 (from 2nd month); strategic project min $2,500 (from 2nd month).
Notes & sources: All pricing items above are taken directly from Bright Data's official pricing pages and product pricing/docs (brightdata.com pricing pages, product pages, and Bright Data docs). Prices shown on-site include explicit displayed pay-as-you-go rates and monthly bundle rates; some pages also show promotional/discount banners (e.g., 50% OFF) — listed values reflect the current prices as presented on Bright Data’s official site at time of review.
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