Bright Data vs Oxylabs - Proxy Service Comparison

Bright Data and Oxylabs are the two largest proxy providers in the market. Both offer massive residential proxy networks, scraping APIs, and enterprise-grade features. Here is how they stack up.

Network Comparison

Feature	Bright Data	Oxylabs
Residential IPs	72M+	100M+
Datacenter IPs	770K+	2M+
Mobile IPs	Yes	Yes
ISP proxies	Yes	Yes
Countries	195	195
City-level targeting	Yes	Yes

Pricing Comparison

Both providers sit at the premium end of the market:

Plan	Bright Data	Oxylabs
Residential /GB	From $8.40	From $8.00
Datacenter /IP	From $0.60	From $0.80
Minimum spend	$500 (negotiable)	$300
Web Scraping API	From $3/1K requests	From $49/month

Code Example (Bright Data)

import requests

# Both services use similar proxy authentication
proxies = {
    "http": "http://user:pass@brd.superproxy.io:22225",
    "https": "http://user:pass@brd.superproxy.io:22225"
}

# Oxylabs would use: pr.oxylabs.io:7777
response = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxies)
print(response.status_code)

Performance

Both services deliver excellent performance. Bright Data scored a 99.1% success rate versus Oxylabs at 98.3% in our tests. Response times were comparable at 2-4 seconds for residential proxies.

Key Differences

• Bright Data has a more mature Web Unlocker product and pre-built datasets
• Oxylabs has a larger overall IP pool and competitive datacenter pricing
• Bright Data offers a browser-based Scraper IDE
• Oxylabs provides dedicated scraping APIs by category (SERP, e-commerce)

The Budget-Friendly Alternative

Both Bright Data and Oxylabs require significant investment. If you do not need raw proxy access and simply want to scrape websites reliably, ScraperAPI ($49/month) and ScrapingAnt ($19/month) deliver comparable results at a fraction of the cost by bundling proxy management into a simple API.

Verdict

For enterprise proxy needs, both are excellent. Bright Data edges ahead on success rates and its Web Unlocker product. Oxylabs wins on IP pool size and datacenter pricing. For most developers, though, a managed scraping API like ScraperAPI or ScrapingAnt eliminates the need to manage proxies directly.