Bright Data review
formerly Luminati
The enterprise heavyweight — biggest pool, deepest managed tooling, premium price.
How we sourced this
We haven't yet run Bright Data first-hand at scale. This review is compiled from the provider's public documentation, pricing, and community reports. The scores are our editorial assessment, not measured benchmarks — we'll update them once it's in our own pipeline. Our methodology →
Scorecard
Strengths & trade-offs
Strengths
- Among the largest residential IP pools on the market (400M+)
- Deepest managed stack — Web Unlocker, SERP API, Scraping Browser, datasets, data feeds
- Strong compliance and KYC posture for regulated buyers
Trade-offs
- One of the most expensive options per GB even at the 50% promo rate
- Onboarding and KYC can be heavy for small or solo users
- Tooling breadth means a steeper learning curve and pricing maze
Full product lineup & pricing
Bright Data is more than one proxy type — here's the current lineup and where each product starts. pay-as-you-go or monthly commit; APIs per 1K req/records; volume tiers drop the rate. Free trial for verified business accounts.
| Product | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | $4/GB | PAYG with 50% promo (reg. $8); $3/GB on commit. 400M+ IPs |
| Web Unlocker API | $1/1K req | Auto block + CAPTCHA bypass |
| Web Scraper API | $1.5/1K rec | Pay only for successful records; 250+ sites |
| SERP API | Custom | Multi-engine search results (Google, Bing, etc.) |
| ISP + Datacenter | Custom | 1.3M+ IPs each; also mobile pool + ready datasets |
Starting prices as of 2026-05 · lowest-tier / promo where noted · confirm current rates on the provider's site.
Source: brightdata.com pricing pages. Pool: 400M+ residential IPs across 195 countries.
Who it's for
Enterprise teams needing the largest pool, compliance paperwork, and a full managed scraping stack (Unlocker, SERP API, Scraping Browser, datasets).
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