Bright Data alternatives
Bright Data is already the cheapest web scraping tool we track at 10,000 pages scraped a month ($15/mo). Here's how the other 2 compare. The closest match, Apify, covers 89% of what Bright Data does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Bright Data does
Core: URL scraping API (partly), Anti-bot unblocking (partly), Proxy network.
Important: LLM-ready output (partly), Search engine results, Cloud browsers (partly), Pre-built scrapers, Ready-made datasets, Exports & integrations (partly), AI agent integrations (partly), Compliance & ethical sourcing (partly).
Also has: Site crawling (partly), AI data extraction (partly), Web search API (partly), No-code visual scraper (partly), Scheduling & change alerts (partly), Custom scraper hosting (partly), Open source & self-hosting (partly).
Alternatives to Bright Data at 10,000 pages scraped a month, best match first
- Apify: $199/mo Headless pages at Apify's approximate $0.5-5 per 1k (Scale plan ($199/mo, monthly billing); its $199 usage credit covers the top-of-range headless usage of $50 a month.). It covers 89% of Bright Data; missing or partial: Proxy network (partly), Ready-made datasets. Free plan: $5 of platform usage each month, no card needed; access pauses until the next billing cycle once it is used up.. Last price hike: Aug 2026.
- Firecrawl: $44/mo Assumes 1 credit per basic scrape (JS cost unstated) (Hobby plan at $19/month billed monthly, plus 5,000 extra credits bought at $5 per 1,000). It covers 77% of Bright Data; missing or partial: Proxy network (partly), Search engine results (partly), Pre-built scrapers, Ready-made datasets, No-code visual scraper. Free plan: 1,000 credits and 500 searches per month with no card needed; pay-as-you-go is not available on free.. Last price hike: Sep 2026.
Prices at every size
- Bright Data: 10,000 pages scraped a month $15/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $7.50/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month $160/mo (Web Unlocker pay as you go; free tier is 5K/month)
- Apify: 10,000 pages scraped a month $199/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $19/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month not offered (Headless pages at Apify's approximate $0.5-5 per 1k)
- Firecrawl: 10,000 pages scraped a month $44/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $44/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month $54/mo (Assumes 1 credit per basic scrape (JS cost unstated))
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing for three jobs: scraping 10,000 JavaScript-rendered pages (the headline), running 5,000 web search queries and using 100 hours of cloud browser time, each on the cheapest self-serve plan or pay-as-you-go rate that fully covers it. A product that does not do a job shows no price for it.
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