ProxyMonkey vs Bright Data
ProxyMonkey, first GB$2.40/GB
Bright Data, list≈$8.00/GB
Difference≈3.3×
Ours drops to $1.50/GB on an order of 500 GB or more.
List prices checked 2026-09-30. Their negotiated and plan-based rates are lower — check their pricing page.
Bright Data is the incumbent, and pretending otherwise would be silly. Their pool is bigger than ours, their targeting is more granular, and if you need a signed DPA and a named account manager, they have those and we do not.
What you pay for that shows up in the per-gigabyte rate, plus the parts of an enterprise sales process you may not want: minimum commitments, plan tiers, and a quote conversation before you learn the real number.
If you are an indie developer, a student, or one person with a scraper, you are not their customer and their pricing reflects that. That gap is the entire reason ProxyMonkey exists.
Line by line
Rows where they win are marked as such. There are some.
| What you are comparing | ProxyMonkey | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Residential, small volume | $2.40/GB for the first GB, no commitment | ≈$8.00/GB list pay-as-you-go, or $4.00/GB with the 50%-off coupon they advertise, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Residential, at volume | $1.50/GB on an order of 500 GB or more, no plan | Cheaper on a monthly plan, tier depends on commitment |
| Minimum to start | Yes:1 GB for $2.40 of residential, from a $5 minimum top-up that never expires | Partly:Pay-as-you-go available; monthly plans start at $499, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Pool size | 12M+ residential IPs | Yes:Substantially larger. This one is theirs. |
| Targeting granularity | Residential: no country selection. ISP and datacenter: country picked at checkout | Yes:Residential: country, state, city, ZIP and ASN, at no extra charge |
| Compliance paperwork | None. We are three people and a status bot. | Yes:A KYC review before you can use residential or mobile IPs, which may include a video call |
| Crypto payment | Yes:CoinGate and Cryptomus, ~70 coins | No:Not among the methods they list: PayPal, Payoneer, Alipay, Google Pay, wire transfer and cards |
| Per-request usage log | Yes:Every request: timestamp, host, status, bytes in, bytes out, cost. CSV export. | Partly:Check their dashboard docs — most show aggregate GB by day, not per request. |
| IP network type published | Yes:ASN and network type shown for every IP you are given. | Partly:Not published as a per-IP field. You can whois it yourself. |
| Support channel | Yes:Public Discord with the people who run it, plus email. | Partly:Not published. Their residential pricing page does not describe support channels. |
| Refunds | Yes:Unused balance back within 7 days, one message | No:Their license agreement makes subscription fees non-cancelable and non-refundable |
Claims in our column are things we control and can be held to. Claims in theirs come from their public pages, or say what is not published rather than guessing. Prices last checked .
Which one should you actually buy?
Pick Bright Data if…
- You need a signed DPA, a compliance review, or an account manager with a phone number.
- You need residential IPs from a particular city, ZIP code or ASN, which we do not offer.
- Your volume is high enough that their negotiated rate beats our list price.
- Someone in procurement needs a vendor that a Gartner analyst has heard of.
Pick ProxyMonkey if…
- You are spending your own money and $8.00/GB list, or a rate that depends on a coupon code, is not happening.
- You want to start today with 1 GB for $2.40 of residential and no conversation.
- You want to see the byte count for every request rather than a daily total.
- You want to pay in crypto.
Questions about this comparison
Is ProxyMonkey a Bright Data reseller?
No. Different pools, different infrastructure, no commercial relationship.
Are your residential IPs the same quality?
On the sites most people are scraping, you will not notice a difference. On the hardest targets, a bigger pool wins more often, and theirs is bigger. We would rather say that than pretend.
Start with 1 GB for $2.40 and find out on your own targets. That is cheaper than either of us arguing about it.
Why is there a price gap at all?
Most of it is the company around the product: sales, compliance, support tiers, marketing. Those are real costs and Bright Data serves customers who need them. We do not have them, and we do not serve those customers.
Think a row here is unfair or out of date? Say so in Discord — we would rather fix it than be caught with it. See also why we are cheap and still legit.
Ask people who have used both.
Plenty of the channel came from somewhere else. Ask them what actually changed, rather than reading another vendor's comparison table.
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