3 tools that do the same job as Bright Data, compared on checked pricing and features. Bright Data's cheapest paid plan is $1.40 a month for one person, and none of the alternatives cost less. One of the three has a free plan.
Prices checked against each vendor's own pricing page; Bright Data's on October 5, 2026.
Cheapest paid plan that covers the team, per month before tax, at the yearly rate where one is published. Each tool's prices were checked against its own pricing page, most recently on October 5, 2026.
1. Oxylabs
Best for companies with steady proxy volume that need ZIP, ASN or coordinate targeting
Oxylabs sells residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies plus scraping APIs to companies with steady monthly data collection. Plans are billed monthly with a fixed allowance, and residential starts at $30 a month for 5 GB.
One person
$1.60/mo
ISP Starter · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Team of 10
$1.60/mo
ISP Starter · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Free plan
No
Stay with Bright Data if…
Price matters for one person: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, Oxylabs $1.60/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, Oxylabs $1.60/mo.
You rely on what Oxylabs lacks: pay-as-you-go option.
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, sells residential, ISP, mobile and datacenter proxies plus scraping tools to small and mid-sized data teams. Residential traffic costs $4 per GB pay as you go, or $2.75 to $3.75 per GB on monthly bundles.
One person
$3.33/mo
ISP proxies · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Team of 10
$3.33/mo
ISP proxies · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Free plan
No
Stay with Bright Data if…
Price matters for one person: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, Decodo $3.33/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, Decodo $3.33/mo.
SOAX sells residential and mobile proxy traffic on credit-based plans, aimed at teams that split access across projects or clients. Plans run from a free Sandbox to $3,000 a month, and traffic is priced per GB by geo tier.
One person
$200/mo
Builder · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Team of 10
$3,000/mo
Enterprise · Bright Data: $1.40/mo
Free plan
Sandbox
Choose SOAX if…
You need a free plan: SOAX has one (Sandbox); Bright Data doesn't.
Stay with Bright Data if…
Price matters for one person: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, SOAX $200/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Bright Data is $1.40/mo, SOAX $3,000/mo.
You rely on what SOAX lacks: datacentre proxies, static ISP proxies and managed scraping API.
