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Bright Data pricing and alternatives: Perplexity scraper API

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60% complete: 6 of the 10 key fields we checkSee the 10 fields
$0.00per 1,000 answersWe rank 7 plans by price. Decodo's $19 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 answers: $1.00.
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
Call: POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m7dhdot1vw9a7gc1n Bright Data's only call for this API
API: Perplexity scraper API one of Bright Data's 31 APIs

About this item

  • Live. Bright Data asks Perplexity when you call the API.
  • 6 of the 10 key fields we check. Citations, Search results, Search queries, Links, Products, Follow-up prompts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 results a month. Unused results expire at the end of the month.
  • One call. You send a prompt as prompt to POST /datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m7dhdot1vw9a7gc1n. You set url to "https://www.perplexity.ai". You can also send country, index, export_markdown_file, additional_prompt, notify and include_errors. The call returns the answer when the provider is quick. When the provider is slow, the call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Bright Data: Perplexity scraper API alternatives

The table starts with Bright Data's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 answers closest to Bright Data's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Bright Data, $499 monthlyDecodo, $1,499 monthly
$ per 1,000 answers$1.30$1.00
Completeness60%70%
Billingmonthlymonthly
Pay$499$1,499
Enough for384,000 results a month1,499,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyone

Perplexity scraper API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

  1. brightdata.com/acceptable-use-policy
  2. brightdata.com/legal-governance
  3. brightdata.com/license
  4. brightdata.com/llms.txt
  5. brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
  6. brightdata.com/products/web-scraper/perplexity
  7. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/scrapers/synchronous-requests
  8. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/billing
  9. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
  10. docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
  11. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/chatgpt/introduction.md
  12. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/error-codes
  13. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits
  14. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
  15. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
  16. docs.brightdata.com/scrapers/gd_m7dhdot1vw9a7gc1n.json

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Citations
  • Search results
  • Search queries
  • Links
  • Products
  • Places, not in the answer
  • Videos, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
  • Model, not in the answer
  • Follow-up prompts
Price
$ per 1,000 answers$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Web Unlocker API · SERP API · other scrapers in the Web Scraper API library · Scraper Studio · Browser API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchUse the Perplexity Scraper API to extract prompt, answer text, answer HTML, markdown answer, sources, source HTML.
Data
Use dataThe Client shall not use the Services in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights (including intellectual property rights) and not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose other than as stated in the intended use case provided to Bright Data, if applicable. [...] the Client will only use the Service in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy, as may be amended from time to time. [...] When using the Data Services, the Client shall not distribute, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, or sell any Data in order to offer a similar or competitive product. [...] Client’s use of the data collector service is subject to all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws. To the extent applicable to processing of personal data, Client is solely responsible for determining the lawful grounds, providing notices, respecting data subject rights and all other related obligations. [...] Bright Data’s platform, technology, and network (collectively, “Services”) are meant for legitimate and legal purposes only and are subject to the Bright Data Master Service Agreement. [...] Any use of the Bright Data Services for illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activities is strictly prohibited. [...] Forbidden activities include, but are not limited to: Collection of nonpublic information (i.e data behind login), DDoS attacks, Spam: mass posting any mail/message boards/IRC/comments messages and images, Ad fraud or click fraud, Impersonation or spoofing for fraudulent purposes, Creating fake accounts or content, Use of automatic ticket purchasing (ticket-bots), Raffles, lottery, or gambling, Fake engagement (likes, comments, shares, etc.), Gaming or trading of in games items/currency, Reselling of proxies without Bright Data’s prior written approval (see our partners programs), Use of streaming related domains (videos, music or images streaming), Trading crypto/virtual currency or NFT, Any Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manipulation (i.e: fake clicks in search engines results), Posting on classified, used, and resell sites (such as Craig’s list), Completion of surveys in return for a benefit or anything of value, Any form of activity that is in violation of applicable law or regulations or any third party rights
Plan
Pay$0
You get5,000 results a month
Enough for5,000 results a month
Expiresend of the month
Speed
Answerin the call or by polling
The call
You sendurl "https://www.perplexity.ai", prompt (a prompt). Optional: country, index, export_markdown_file, additional_prompt, notify, include_errors
Path/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_m7dhdot1vw9a7gc1n
About the plan
PlanFree Tier
Who can get itnew accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon
The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

answer URL, prompt, answer HTML, answer text, answer markdown, search results, source HTML, products shown, products, index, raw answer, answer section HTML, exported markdown, related prompts, citations, search queries, links

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