# Bright Data: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 55 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bright-data

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 2% | 6 | 27% | 55 |

## What the models said for it

- "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, Proxy and web data)
- "Bright Data (formerly Luminati) | Massive network, advanced features, extensive proxy types | 72M+ IPs | Large enterprises, complex data needs" (Kimi K2, Proxy and web data)
- "Broad enterprise needs | Offers proxy networks as well as unblocking, browser, scraper API, SERP, and ready-made dataset products." (GPT-6 Luna, Proxy and web data)
- "Industry-leading proxy ecosystem... Choose Bright Data or Oxylabs if: You are an enterprise scraping millions of pages daily" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proxy and web data)

## And against it

- "Avoid for mid-market: Pure enterprise (Bright Data, NetNut) if budget is a concern" (Grok 4.20, Proxy and web data)
- "Avoid premium providers like Oxylabs and Bright Data unless you have a larger budget" (Kimi K2, Proxy and web data)
- "Avoid for Budgets: Premium providers like Bright Data or Oxylabs" (Grok 4.20, Proxy and web data)
- "They're premium (often $8–$15/GB) and better for high-stakes, very large-scale B2B ops—but they can feel oversized and expensive for mid-sized needs." (Grok 4.20, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Bright Data, from 144 of the 166 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- brightdata.com: 72 (its own site)
- aimultiple.com: 58
- docs.google.com: 52
- proxyway.com: 48
- proxy-cheap.com: 40
- github.com: 39
- decodo.com: 37
- proxidize.com: 37
- g2.com: 36
- oxylabs.io: 36

### Pages cited

- https://me.pcmag.com/en/proxy/22143/the-best-proxies-for-2024: 27
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2026: 22
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 21
- https://pcmag.com/picks/the-best-proxies: 19
- https://aimultiple.com/enterprise-proxy: 18
- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 18
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gp7l4B_kyiketulofPTPJ80uWtLKqLqPBlG7tpkw618/mobilebasic: 18
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/enterprise: 18

## In its own words

What Bright Data's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: All in One Platform for Proxies and Web Scraping (https://brightdata.com/)
- For: humans & AI agents (https://brightdata.com/)
- Price stated: Unlocker API FREE TIER Starts from$1/1k req; Crawl API Starts from$1/1k req; SERP API FREE TIER Starts from$1/1k req; Browser API Starts from$5/GB; Scraper APIs FREE TIER Starts from~$1~ $0.75/1k rec; Scraper Studio FREE TIER Starts from$1/1k req; Datasets Starts from$250/100K rec; Data Firehose Starts from$0.2/1k HTML; Retail Insights Starts from$2000/mo; Managed Data Acquisition Starts from$1500/mo; Residential 50% OFF Starts from~$5~ $2.5/GB; Datacenter Starts from$0.9/IP; ISP Starts from$1.3/IP (https://brightdata.com/)
- Starting price: Starts from$0.2/1k HTML (https://brightdata.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free trial; FREE TIER (https://brightdata.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Hosting: 200+ countries
- Customers named: Raylu, Yutori, ScaleStack, Vibeslist, RTRVR, Fundable, Senso, Parallax Vision

## What it publishes

Every page brightdata.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 10183 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 2285 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 108 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 20 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 145 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 114 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.