Oxylabs vs Bright Data
Web Scraping pricing comparison · 2026
Oxylabs pricing ranges from $8–$600/per GB, while Bright Data ranges from $0.2–$1500/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs). Oxylabs is typically 87% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.
Oxylabs
Oxylabs pricing starts at $49/month for the Web Scraper API — Micro plan, making it the mo
verified 27d ago
$3.6K
$24K
Bright Data
Bright Data pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 requests for API products and $2.
verified 12d ago
$3.6K
$24K
Verdict · Vendr median · year 1
Oxylabs
saves
$20K
vs
Bright
· 25 seats
Cheapest
$3.6K
Spread
85%
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Usage-based
$12.38 per GB
see vendor pricing for volume tiers
Managed Data Acquisition
$450K/yr
year 1 license · $1.5K/seat
What buyers actually pay
median, annual
Vendr deal-flow data. The real benchmark, not list price.
↓ Lowest median
Median annual
$3.6K/yr
Vendr · n=3 · limited data
Median annual
$24K/yr
Vendr · n=0 · limited data
avg 20% negotiated
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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
17 sourced facts
14 hidden-cost · 2 contract · Vendr median
Last verified
3w ago
Confidence
Medium confidence
Sources
9 sourced facts
5 hidden-cost · Vendr median · 3 review platforms
Last verified
1w 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.
Oxylabs
Bright
Auto-renewal
Yes
Yes
Cancellation
—
✓
Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Commitment
✓
Monthly
No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans
Price escalation
No published escalation schedule; community sources show per-GB pricing has increased over time (older sources cited $4/GB for residential proxies; more recent sources cite $8/GB pay-as-you-go)
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
Decide
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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
Bright Data
$0.2–$1500
/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Proxies — Micro | $99 /month | Custom |
| Residential Proxies — Starter | $300 /month | Custom |
| Web Scraper API — Micro | $49 /month | Custom |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
| SERP API | — | Custom |
| Crawl API | — | Custom |
| Browser API | — | Custom |
| Web Scraper APIs | — | Custom |
| Scraper Studio | — | Custom |
| Datasets | — | Custom |
| Data Firehose | — | Custom |
| Retail Insights | — | $250 /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
6 scenarios$49/month (Web Scraper API — Micro)
Solo Developer — Web Scraping API
$99/month (Residential Proxies — Micro)
Small Team — Residential Proxy Access
$300/month (Residential Proxies — Starter)
Growing Business — Scaled Residential Proxies
Bright Data
3 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)
Market Intelligence
Oxylabs
- Median annual cost
- $3,600
- Based on
- 3 deals
Bright Data
- Median annual cost
- $24,000
- Average negotiated discount
- 20%
Contract Terms
| Term | Oxylabs | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-renewal | Yes | Yes |
| Cancellation | — | Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew |
| Minimum commitment | Monthly | No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans |
| Price escalation | No published escalation schedule; community sources show per-GB pricing has increased over time (older sources cited $4/GB for residential proxies; more recent sources cite $8/GB pay-as-you-go) | Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates |
| Can downgrade | — | Yes |