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Bright Data pricing and alternatives: web scraping API, POST /request

Bright Data's sitellms.txtBest web scraping API in 2026
43% complete: 3 of the 7 key fields we checkSee the 7 fields
$0.00per 1,000 pagesThe cheapest of the 473 plans we rank by price is Scrapestack, $199.99 monthly, Business, GET /scrape, Scrape, at $0.067 per 1,000 pages.ScraperAPI, Scrapestack and HasData are the best web scraping API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free Tier one of Bright Data's 4 plans
Call: POST /request one of Bright Data's 2 calls for this API
API: Web scraping API one of Bright Data's 11 APIs

About this item

  • Live. The call fetches the page when you make it.
  • 3 of the 7 key fields we check. Screenshot, Markdown, HTML.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 5,000 requests a month. Unused requests expire at the end of the month.
  • One call. You call POST /request. You send zone, url, format "raw" or "json". You can also send method, country, data_format, render and debug. The call returns the page's content.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Bright Data: web scraping API alternatives

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

Bright Data, $499 monthly, Scale, POST /requestOxylabs, $500 monthly, Flexible, POST /v1/scrape, Scrape, JavaScript renderingScrapingBee, $3,599 monthly, Enterprise 69, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, premium proxyCrawlForge, $3,990 yearly, Business, POST /tools/extract_contentZenRows, $399 monthly, Growth G3, GET /v1/, Fetch a page, premium proxies
$ per 1,000 pages$1.303$1.30$1.304$1.33$1.33
Completeness43%14%57%57%43%
Billingmonthlymonthlymonthlyyearlymonthly
Pay$499$500$3,599$3,990$399
Enough for383,000 calls a monthabout 384,615 calls a month2,760,000 calls a month3,000,000 calls a year300,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanonanyoneany natural person aged at least 18 years old with full and complete legal capacity acting in the scope of their professional activity or being the legal representative of a legal entity empowered to enter into legally binding commitmentsanyone at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction) with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms of Serviceanyone of legal age (18) with the legal capacity to contract

Every web scraping API provider we score, ranked

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/pricing/web-unlocker
  7. docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/rest-api/unlocker/unlock-website
  8. docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier
  9. docs.brightdata.com/general/policy/acceptable-use-policy
  10. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/linkedin/introduction
  11. docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/scrapers-library/faqs
  12. docs.brightdata.com/products/web-unlocker/configuration
  13. docs.brightdata.com/products/web-unlocker/features
  14. docs.brightdata.com/products/web-unlocker/introduction

Product details

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

  • Screenshot
  • Markdown
  • HTML
  • Text, not in the answer
  • Summary, not in the answer
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 pages$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: SERP API · Web Scraper API · Scraper Studio · Browser API
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchBright Data Web Unlocker API (98% success rate) handles proxy rotation, anti-bot challenges and CAPTCHA solving in 1 call. Returns clean HTML or JSON.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
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 requests a month
Enough for5,000 calls a month
Expiresend of the month
Rate limit
Per second16.67
Concurrentn/a
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendzone, url, format "raw" or "json". Optional: method, country, data_format, render, debug
MethodPOST
Path/request
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 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

page HTML, page markdown, screenshot, status code, response headers

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