Proxy and web data providers · November 2026 Edition
Oxylabs vs Bright Data
One of fourteen models named Oxylabs first on the direct prompt; one named Bright Data. Both were named by all fourteen models and Oxylabs carries 58 labels and Bright Data 55, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5855A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Oxylabs reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Decodo was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Decodo vs Oxylabs · Decodo vs Bright Data · Webshare vs Oxylabs
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the proxy and web data providers page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OxylabsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBright Data
Direct112 against Oxylabs · 4 against Bright Data
Paraphrase002 against Oxylabs · 2 against Bright Data
Comparative611
Budget-constrained003 against Oxylabs · 3 against Bright Data
Scale-constrained00
Negative227 against Oxylabs · 6 against Bright Data
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Oxylabs and Bright Data were named in the same answer 159 times, of the 179 answers naming Oxylabs and the 166 naming Bright Data. In those answers Bright Data took the first choice thirty-one times and Oxylabs fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Oxylabs and Bright Data stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | | ||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Oxylabs Bright Data first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Oxylabs on the left and Bright Data on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Oxylabs and Bright Data stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.GPT-5.4 miniBright Data, Oxylabs alternatives: NetNut, Smartproxy, Zyte API
Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Decodo alternatives: NetNut, Oxylabs
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, IPRoyal, NetNut, Oxylabs
Perplexity SonarDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, SOAX
DeepSeek V4 FlashDecodo alternatives: IPRoyal, Infatica, Oxylabs, Proxidize, SOAX
Llama 4 MaverickDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, Smartproxy, Webshare
Qwen 3.7 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Webshare
MiniMax M2.5Decodo alternatives: Oxylabs, Proxidize, Smartproxy, Webshare
GPT-6 LunaDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs
Muse Glimmer 30BDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Proxidize, Smartproxy
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Grok 4.20Decodo alternatives: DataImpulse, IPRoyal, Proxidize, SOAX
Mistral SmallDecodo alternatives: DataImpulse, Proxidize, Proxyrack, Rayobyte
Kimi K2Decodo, Smartproxy alternatives: DataImpulse, SOAX
GLM 4.7 FlashXDataImpulse, Decodo alternatives: IPRoyal, SOAX
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Bright Data leads by six points.
Bright Data6%#6 of 8Oxylabs0%#8 of 8Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Oxylabs2%#5 of 13Bright Data2%#6 of 13Enterprise
Bright Data leads by eleven points.
Bright Data47%#1 of 7Oxylabs36%#2 of 7What the models said about Oxylabs
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid premium providers like Oxylabs and Bright Data unless you have a larger budget” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Budgets: Premium providers like Bright Data or Oxylabs” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Reddit sued them in October 2025, alleging involvement in unauthorized scraping of Reddit comments... treat this as a reason for careful legal and sourcing review” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Safer Alternatives (For Reference) - Oxylabs: Ethically sourced through Honeygain partnership with informed consent” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“consider a single vendor that spans all three layers (Bright Data, Oxylabs) to simplify integration and compliance” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Oxylabs | Business-grade performance, strong infrastructure | 100M+ IPs | High-volume business scraping” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Bright Data
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid for mid-market: Pure enterprise (Bright Data, NetNut) if budget is a concern” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid premium providers like Oxylabs and Bright Data unless you have a larger budget” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Budgets: Premium providers like Bright Data or Oxylabs” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“For enterprise or mission‑critical projects, consider a single vendor that spans all three layers (Bright Data, Oxylabs) to simplify integration and compliance.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Bright Data (formerly Luminati) | Massive network, advanced features, extensive proxy types | 72M+ IPs | Large enterprises, complex data needs” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Broad enterprise needs | Offers proxy networks as well as unblocking, browser, scraper API, SERP, and ready-made dataset products.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.