Overview
Bright Data, founded in 2014 as Luminati Networks and later renamed, operates one of the largest commercial proxy networks alongside scraping APIs, a scraping browser and ready-made datasets[3]. The UK private-equity firm EMK Capital acquired it in 2017, and the company reports more than 600 staff and more than 50,000 customers in 2026[3]. Its residential network is described as more than 400 million rotating IPs in 195 countries, with free targeting down to city and ZIP code[1].
Bright Data sells all four main proxy types. Residential pay-as-you-go is listed at US$8 per GB, falling to US$5 per GB on a US$1,999 monthly plan, with promotional discounts at the time of review[1]. Shared datacenter IPs cost from US$1.40 down to US$0.90 per IP per month, dedicated IPs US$2.20 to US$1.30, and per-GB datacenter traffic US$0.60 pay-as-you-go[2]. Its trust centre lists ISO 27701 certification, a public SOC 3 report and a PwC assurance report on compliance controls, and states that every customer is vetted through a know-your-customer process before access[4]. The main drawbacks are price, since list rates are higher than most competitors, and the KYC process, which delays access to some residential targets.
What Bright Data does
- 400M+ residential IPs, 195 countries (vendor figure)
- Free country/state/city/ZIP targeting
- Bright SDK sourcing with partner checklist
- Customer KYC vetting
- ISO 27701, SOC 3 and PwC assurance
- Residential, datacenter, ISP and mobile proxies
- 400M+ residential IPs in 195 countries (vendor figure)
- Free country, state, city and ZIP targeting
Bright Data pricing
PAYG US$8/GB; US$499/month for 141 GB (US$7/GB); US$999/month for 332 GB (US$6/GB); US$1,999/month for 798 GB (US$5/GB); enterprise above 1 TB custom. Promotional 50% code for three months and deposit match up to US$500 at time of review.
Bright Data strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Largest claimed residential pool
- Best-documented sourcing and compliance
- ZIP targeting included
- Large enterprise customer base
- All proxy types from one account
- Very large residential pool
Limitations
- Highest list price per GB
- KYC needed for some uses
- Headline and table prices differ
- Promotions complicate cost comparison
- Higher list prices than most rivals
- KYC adds onboarding friction
Appears in
- Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026 #2
- Best Proxy Providers in 2026 #1
- Best Residential Proxies in 2026 #1
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