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light estimateLast updated 2026-08-20

Bright Data vs ScraperAPI

Web Unlocker vs ScraperAPI for scraping & browser. Success: 98.44% vs 68.95% — edge Bright Data Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.

Head to head
Web Unlocker compared with ScraperAPI per decision axis
AxisWeb UnlockerScraperAPIEdge
Price$1.5 per 1000 requests$0.149 per 1000 requests*—
Success98.44%68.95%Bright Data
LLM-ready———
browser———

* token-/credit-priced — the headline understates real per-unit cost, so no price edge is awarded.

Strengths & caveats
Bright DataHighest independently-measured success rate (98.44% in Scrape.do's benchmark of 11 providers) on heavily protected sites, with pay-per-success billing and the largest proxy network. Returns raw HTML, not LLM-ready markdown/JSON; the effective per-request price varies by plan and target (ScrapeCreators cites $0.75-$2.50/1000) and the success rate comes from a benchmark published by a competitor (Scrape.do).ScraperAPILow base rate (~$0.149/1000 credits on Startup) with a simple proxy+rendering API and a generous free tier (1000 credits/month). Lowest independent success rate of the tested set on protected sites (68.95% at Proxyway 2025); credits add up fast (JS 5-10x, anti-bot +10, Google 25, LinkedIn 30) so price is not comparable; barely any LLM-ready output.
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