Bright Data vs DataForSEO

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: November 6, 2026

Bright Data is ahead of DataForSEO on company discovery APIs: Overall score 56.4 to 25.9.

Bright Data is ahead of DataForSEO on SERP APIs: Overall score 36.7 to 33.0.

DataForSEO is ahead of Bright Data on Trustpilot review APIs: Overall score 49.9 to 36.4.

Bright Data is ahead of DataForSEO on ChatGPT scraper APIs: Overall score 52.6 to 50.4.

Bright Data is ahead of DataForSEO on Gemini scraper APIs: Overall score 60.3 to 57.7.

Company discovery API

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 companies
20	Bright Data, top-up, Pay as you go	56.4	89	$0.02
53	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	25.9	3	$1.20

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 searches
24	Bright Data, top-up, Pay as you go	36.7	56	$1.50
35	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	33.0	24	$2.00

Every provider of this API, ranked: SERP API: best providers in 2026

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 reviews
14	Bright Data, top-up	36.4	56	$1.50
12	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	49.9	55	$0.037

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 answers
2	Bright Data, top-up	52.6	34	$1.50
4	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	50.4	60	$4.00

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 answers
2	Bright Data, top-up	60.3	52	$1.50
3	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	57.7	70	$4.00