Bright Data Web Unlocker vs ScrapingBee on price
Across 16 workloads (10,000 to 1,000,000 successful pages a month, four kinds of page), Bright Data Web Unlocker is cheaper in 8, ScrapingBee in 8. By page kind: plain HTML, ScrapingBee at most volumes; JavaScript rendering, ScrapingBee at most volumes; premium proxies, it depends on volume; JavaScript + premium proxies, Bright Data Web Unlocker at every volume.
What one page costs in credits
| Page kind | Bright Data Web Unlocker | ScrapingBee |
|---|---|---|
| Plain HTML | Flat price | 1 credit |
| JavaScript rendering | Flat price | 5 credits |
| Premium proxies | Flat price | 10 credits |
| JavaScript + premium proxies | Flat price | 25 credits |
Plain HTML
| Pages a month | Bright Data Web Unlocker | ScrapingBee | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $15 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $4.90 |
| 50,000 | $75 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $0.98 |
| 250,000 | $375 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $0.20 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,100 Scale $999 | $99 Startup | $1.10 vs $0.10 |
JavaScript rendering
| Pages a month | Bright Data Web Unlocker | ScrapingBee | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $15 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $4.90 |
| 50,000 | $75 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $0.98 |
| 250,000 | $375 Pay as you go | $249 Business | $1.50 vs $1.00 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,100 Scale $999 | $599 Business + | $1.10 vs $0.60 |
Premium proxies
| Pages a month | Bright Data Web Unlocker | ScrapingBee | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $15 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $4.90 |
| 50,000 | $75 Pay as you go | $99 Startup | $1.50 vs $1.98 |
| 250,000 | $375 Pay as you go | $249 Business | $1.50 vs $1.00 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,100 Scale $999 | $999 Enterprise 14 | $1.10 vs $1.00 |
JavaScript + premium proxies
| Pages a month | Bright Data Web Unlocker | ScrapingBee | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $15 Pay as you go | $49 Freelance | $1.50 vs $4.90 |
| 50,000 | $75 Pay as you go | $249 Business | $1.50 vs $4.98 |
| 250,000 | $375 Pay as you go | $599 Business + | $1.50 vs $2.40 |
| 1,000,000 | $1,100 Scale $999 | $2,399 Enterprise 41 | $1.10 vs $2.40 |
Cheapest published plan a month with monthly billing; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means the volume needs more than the largest published plan.
What the numbers say
- A page that needs JavaScript rendering costs the same as a plain page on Bright Data Web Unlocker; on ScrapingBee it costs 5 times a plain page. A protected page (JavaScript and premium proxies) costs the same as a plain page on Bright Data Web Unlocker; on ScrapingBee it costs 25 times a plain page.
- The gap is widest at 1,000,000 protected pages (JavaScript and premium proxies) a month: Bright Data Web Unlocker costs $1,100, 54% less than ScrapingBee at $2,399.
- Per 1,000 plain pages, the price falls with volume: Bright Data Web Unlocker from $1.50 at 10,000 pages to $1.10 at 1,000,000; ScrapingBee from $4.90 at 10,000 pages to $0.10 at 1,000,000.
- The cheapest way in is pay as you go with no monthly minimum on Bright Data Web Unlocker and $49 a month (Freelance) on ScrapingBee.
- Neither lists a yearly price.
Worth knowing
- Bright Data Web Unlocker: One price per successful request, with JavaScript, proxies and CAPTCHAs included.
- ScrapingBee: JavaScript rendering is on by default; plain pages need render_js=false.
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