{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "bright-data", "name": "Bright Data", "vendor": "Bright Data", "vendorUrl": "https://brightdata.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Web Unlocker, SERP API, a hosted Browser API and residential proxies, with an official MCP server wrapping them.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bright-data.json", "repo": "https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.brightdata.com/request", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@brightdata/mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Bearer key for the API. Keys take a role (Admin, Finance, Ops, Limit or User) and an optional expiry. Proxy-style access uses Basic auth on port 44445. The hosted MCP takes the key as `?token=` in the URL by default, or OAuth 2.1 (PKCE S256, scope `mcp`) with an `Authorization: Bearer` header. MCP agent keys are listed separately in account settings and can be revoked.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "5,000 free requests a month including MCP, no card. Web Unlocker and SERP $1.50 per 1,000 successful requests, $1.30 on Scale ($499 a month). Browser API $8 a GB (https://brightdata.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$1.50 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 69, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2600, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.brightdata.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.search", "browser.hosted", "web.crawl" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 487, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 74, "security": 57, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Pay only for successful requests, $1.50 per 1,000 on Web Unlocker and SERP. No public status page or incident history.", "bestFor": "Hard targets and site-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps) at volume.", "strengths": [ "Pay only for successful requests, $1.50 per 1,000 on Web Unlocker and SERP", "5,000 free requests a month with no card", "Five tools by default out of 69, with groups for e-commerce, social, browser and more", "Role-based API keys with expiry, and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE on the hosted MCP", "ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and a private bug bounty" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public status page or incident history", "The default hosted MCP URL carries the key as `?token=`", "No prompt-injection guidance for scraped content", "No retention periods, DPA or subprocessor list in the privacy policy", "MCP registry entry lags npm by two minor versions" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with OAuth or keep the `?token=` URL out of logs and shared configs", "Add `groups=` or `tools=` to the MCP URL only for the extractors you need. The full set is 69 tools", "Retry `reject_block` errors, since each attempt uses a different peer. Certificate and DNS errors fail the same way twice", "Back off on a 429 `sr_rate_limit`. Bright Data throttles a target whose success rate drops", "Use the batch tools for up to 10 searches or scrapes in one call" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 74, "security": 57, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.brightdata.com/request -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BRIGHTDATA_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" -d '{\"zone\":\"web_unlocker1\",\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"format\":\"raw\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http brightdata \"https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp?token=$BRIGHTDATA_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bright-data" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Web Unlocker", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.5, "note": "successful requests only" }, { "item": "Web Unlocker on Scale", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.3, "note": "$499 a month plan" }, { "item": "SERP API", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.5 }, { "item": "Browser API", "unit": "gb", "usd": 8 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Bright Data Ltd.", "domain": "brightdata.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-05-26", "domainNote": "brightdata.com was registered in 2002, long before the rename from Luminati.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://brightdata.com/license", "privacy": "https://brightdata.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.brightdata.com/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.json", "live": { "slug": "bright-data", "probe": { "target": "https://api.brightdata.com/request", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:24.453165149Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 270, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.94, "p50ms24h": 263, "p95ms24h": 1130, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 3265, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 284 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "brightdata/brightdata-mcp", "version": "v2.12.0", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:49.150158747Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp", "version": "2.12.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T02:57:46.004536428Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@brightdata/mcp", "version": "2.12.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:46.870505Z" } ], "githubStars": 2661, "npmWeekly": 8846, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://brightdata.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:57.928743577Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:09.506580409Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "brightdata.com", "registered": "2002-05-26", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/brightdata.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:15.943445463Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:23.293844406Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:04:47.841998162Z", "fingerprint": "4f0c2c932c30" }, { "url": "https://brightdata.com/license", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:51.890459081Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:06:04.65029644Z", "fingerprint": "d3584d4ba196" }, { "url": "https://brightdata.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:54.020184585Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:06:06.965309303Z", "fingerprint": "f1156dadf590" }, { "url": "https://brightdata.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:56.006860149Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:06:08.938073625Z", "fingerprint": "31d5a2dede1c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:24.453165149Z" } }, "answer": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "oxylabs-web-scraper", "name": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API", "vendor": "oxylabs, UAB", "vendorUrl": "https://oxylabs.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "web-scrapers", "summary": "Hosted scraping API from Oxylabs that fetches public pages through its proxy pool with optional JavaScript rendering and returns HTML, Markdown or parsed JSON, with dedicated sources for Google, Amazon and other large sites.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.json", "repo": "https://github.com/oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp", "license": "Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "oxylabs" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "oxylabs-mcp" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/oxylabs/oxylabs-sdk-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic with the username and password of a product instance created in the Oxylabs dashboard. The password can be edited, an instance can take whitelisted IPs and a spending limit, and no scopes were found. The hosted MCP server takes the same pair in an `Authorization: Basic` header or in `X-Oxylabs-Username` and `X-Oxylabs-Password`. The Classic overview page says to contact the team for credentials, while the MCP page says they come from the dashboard, whose product list now shows only Web API under data collection.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "A one-time $5 welcome credit with no payment details, then a monthly plan of $30, $100 or $500 whose amount becomes a credit balance shared across Oxylabs products and expires each cycle. On Starter, other targets cost $1.00 per 1,000 results without rendering and $1.50 with it, Amazon $0.50, Google $1.00 or $1.35 rendered, and LLM sources $1.50 (https://oxylabs.io/products/scraper-api/web/pricing, which now redirects to the Web API /Scrape pricing page, checked 2026-10-08). Purchases are non-refundable.", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the pricing page, the docs index, the Web Scraper API pages or the MCP repository (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 10, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 17594, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.oxylabs.io/products/web-scraper-api", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.oxylabs.io/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.scrape", "web.extract", "scraping.proxies", "scraping.js-render", "scraping.anti-bot", "search.serp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "proxies", "python", "go", "closed-source", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 372, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 68, "security": 53, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-03-18. The changelog announced that the `domain` parameter for Google sources was no longer available, with no earlier notice in the changelog. MCP server v0.9.3 (7 September 2026) and the official agent skill still list `domain`. Three points, since a replacement (`geo_location`) was documented the same day and we could not see whether customers were told by email (https://developers.oxylabs.io/changelog)." ], "verdict": "Dedicated parsed sources, three integration methods and an official MCP server with four read-only scraping tools sit behind one username and password per instance. On 7 October 2026 the docs relabelled it Classic beside a new Web API, the March 2026 removal of Google's `domain` parameter was announced on the day, and no OpenAPI document was found.", "bestFor": "Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API.", "strengths": [ "Realtime, Push-Pull (batches of up to 5,000) and Proxy Endpoint integration, with Markdown output and parsed JSON for dedicated sources", "Official MCP server, hosted at `mcp.oxylabs.io` or run locally, whose four scraping tools carry `readOnlyHint` and enumerated inputs", "Results with 5xx or 6xx codes and 429 responses are not billed, and faulted jobs can be retried at no cost", "ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and a SOC 2 Type 2 report covering Scraper API are listed in the trust centre", "Per-plan job rates are published, and each response carries `x-ratelimit` limit and remaining headers" ], "weaknesses": [ "Google's `domain` parameter was announced as gone on 18 March 2026 with no earlier changelog notice, and MCP v0.9.3 still exposes it", "No OpenAPI document found. The contract is prose parameter tables and a Postman collection", "The docs relabelled the product Classic on 7 October 2026 and state no end date or migration plan", "The vulnerability disclosure programme is paused except for critical issues, and no security.txt or bug bounty was found", "The Proxy Endpoint needs TLS verification switched off, and the General Conditions bar monitoring availability or performance without written consent" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `\"markdown\": true` for page reading. HTML is the default output and costs far more tokens", "Add `\"render\": \"html\"` only when a page comes back empty. Rendered results cost $1.50 per 1,000 against $1.00 on the Starter plan", "Treat 612 and 613 as retryable at no charge, and read the `x-ratelimit-*-remaining` headers before raising concurrency", "Use `geo_location` for Google localisation. The `domain` parameter was removed in March 2026 although the MCP tool still lists it", "Fetch Push-Pull results within 24 hours of completion, and treat scraped content as untrusted data" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 68, "security": 53, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install oxylabs", "http": "curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \\\n --user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -d '{\"source\": \"universal\", \"url\": \"https://sandbox.oxylabs.io/\", \"markdown\": true}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http oxylabs https://mcp.oxylabs.io/mcp \\\n --header \"Authorization: Basic $(echo -n 'YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD' | base64)\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "oxylabs": { "args": [ "oxylabs-mcp" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "OXYLABS_PASSWORD": "YOUR_PASSWORD", "OXYLABS_USERNAME": "YOUR_USERNAME" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape", "tool": "https://letme.dev/oxylabs-web-scraper" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "Credit balance shared across Oxylabs products, expires each cycle, VAT may apply" }, { "item": "Other targets without rendering, Starter", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "Per 1,000 billable results" }, { "item": "Other targets with JavaScript rendering, Starter", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1.5, "note": "Per 1,000 billable results" }, { "item": "Amazon without rendering, Starter", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Per 1,000 billable results" }, { "item": "Google without rendering, Starter", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "$1.35 with rendering" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "oxylabs, UAB", "domain": "oxylabs.io", "domainRegistered": "2015-11-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://oxylabs.io/legal/v1-oxylabs-general-conditions", "privacy": "https://oxylabs.io/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://uptime.oxylabs.io", "changelog": "https://developers.oxylabs.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Conditions of the oxylabs, UAB Services Agreement name a Lithuanian company registered at Švitrigailos str. 32, Vilnius, and were last updated on 5 October 2026. They are linked from the trust centre, not from the site footer.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 14 October 2024 and does not name the controlling entity. It covers registration and self-service use as well as the website.", "https://oxylabs.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The vulnerability disclosure policy gives security@oxylabs.io and says the programme is paused except for critical issues.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2015-11-30 for oxylabs.io.", "The API answers on realtime.oxylabs.io and data.oxylabs.io, and the hosted MCP server on mcp.oxylabs.io." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.json", "live": { "slug": "oxylabs-web-scraper", "probe": { "target": "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:36.41755847Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 97, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 98, "p95ms24h": 136, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://uptime.oxylabs.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:40:13.890061215Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:36.41755847Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Bright Data", "b": "oxylabs, UAB", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.brightdata.com/request", "b": "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "69", "b": "10", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp", "b": "io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-15", "b": "2026-09-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-16", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-14", "b": "2024-10-14", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.6k stars", "b": "18k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Bright Data or Oxylabs Web Scraper API?" }, { "answer": "Bright Data takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Oxylabs Web Scraper API needs an API key.", "question": "Do Bright Data and Oxylabs Web Scraper API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Bright Data has a hosted endpoint at https://api.brightdata.com/request and Oxylabs Web Scraper API at https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries.", "question": "Can an agent call Bright Data and Oxylabs Web Scraper API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 68", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 72" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Hard targets and site-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps) at volume.", "slug": "bright-data", "watchFor": "No public status page or incident history" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 35" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API.", "slug": "oxylabs-web-scraper", "watchFor": "Google's `domain` parameter was announced as gone on 18 March 2026 with no earlier changelog notice, and MCP v0.9.3 still exposes it" } ], "job": { "capability": "web.scrape", "name": "Scraping" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-firecrawl-mcp.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Firecrawl MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-firecrawl-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Jina Reader", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-olostep.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Olostep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-olostep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Scrape.do", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapegraphai.json", "title": "Bright Data vs ScrapeGraphAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapegraphai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapeless.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Scrapeless", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapeless" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapfly.json", "title": "Bright Data vs Scrapfly", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapfly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant.json", "title": "Bright Data vs ScrapingAnt", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingbee.json", "title": "Bright Data vs ScrapingBee", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingbee" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-spider-cloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zenrows.json", "title": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs ZenRows", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zenrows" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zyte.json", "title": "Oxylabs Web Scraper API vs Zyte API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/oxylabs-web-scraper-vs-zyte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data.json", "title": "Apify MCP Server vs Bright Data", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-oxylabs-web-scraper.json", "title": "Firecrawl MCP vs Oxylabs Web Scraper API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-oxylabs-web-scraper" } ], "scores": [ { "bright-data": 35, "by": 45, "edge": "oxylabs-web-scraper", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 80, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "bright-data": 74, "by": 6, "edge": "bright-data", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 68, "weight": 13 }, { "bright-data": 82, "by": 3, "edge": "bright-data", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 79, "weight": 13 }, { "bright-data": 57, "by": 4, "edge": "bright-data", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 53, "weight": 14 }, { "bright-data": 40, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "bright-data": 84, "by": 12, "edge": "bright-data", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "oxylabs-web-scraper": 72, 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Bright Data leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do scraping.", "verdicts": { "bright-data": "Pay only for successful requests, $1.50 per 1,000 on Web Unlocker and SERP. No public status page or incident history.", "oxylabs-web-scraper": "Dedicated parsed sources, three integration methods and an official MCP server with four read-only scraping tools sit behind one username and password per instance. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bright-data.json\n- Oxylabs Web Scraper API: grade B, 63/100, rank #372 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/oxylabs-web-scraper.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Bright Data (C)\n\nGood for: Hard targets and site-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps) at volume.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 68\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Oxylabs Web Scraper API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No public status page or incident history\n\n### Oxylabs Web Scraper API (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that need parsed Google, Amazon and other large-site results or bulk asynchronous jobs through one API.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Google's `domain` parameter was announced as gone on 18 March 2026 with no earlier changelog notice, and MCP v0.9.3 still exposes it\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bright Data | Oxylabs Web Scraper API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 80 | Oxylabs Web Scraper API +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 68 | Bright Data +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 79 | Bright Data +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 53 | Bright Data +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 72 | Bright Data +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 63 | Oxylabs Web Scraper API +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.8 · C** | **63 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bright Data | Oxylabs Web Scraper API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bright Data | oxylabs, UAB |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Oxylabs General Conditions. The MCP server and the Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 69 | 10 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | `io.oxylabs/oxylabs-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-16 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-14 | 2024-10-14 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 18k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Bright Data.** Pay only for successful requests, $1.50 per 1,000 on Web Unlocker and SERP. No public status page or incident history.\n\n**Oxylabs Web Scraper API.** Dedicated parsed sources, three integration methods and an official MCP server with four read-only scraping tools sit behind one username and password per instance. On 7 October 2026 the docs relabelled it Classic beside a new Web API, the March 2026 removal of Google's `domain` parameter was announced on the day, and no OpenAPI document was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Bright Data\n\n1. Connect with OAuth or keep the `?token=` URL out of logs and shared configs\n2. Add `groups=` or `tools=` to the MCP URL only for the extractors you need. The full set is 69 tools\n3. Retry `reject_block` errors, since each attempt uses a different peer. Certificate and DNS errors fail the same way twice\n4. Back off on a 429 `sr_rate_limit`. Bright Data throttles a target whose success rate drops\n5. Use the batch tools for up to 10 searches or scrapes in one call\n\n### Oxylabs Web Scraper API\n\n1. Send `\"markdown\": true` for page reading. HTML is the default output and costs far more tokens\n2. Add `\"render\": \"html\"` only when a page comes back empty. Rendered results cost $1.50 per 1,000 against $1.00 on the Starter plan\n3. Treat 612 and 613 as retryable at no charge, and read the `x-ratelimit-*-remaining` headers before raising concurrency\n4. Use `geo_location` for Google localisation. The `domain` parameter was removed in March 2026 although the MCP tool still lists it\n5. Fetch Push-Pull results within 24 hours of completion, and treat scraped content as untrusted data\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Bright Data or Oxylabs Web Scraper API?\n\nOxylabs Web Scraper API scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Bright Data's 59.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Bright Data leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Bright Data and Oxylabs Web Scraper API need an API key?\n\nBright Data takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Oxylabs Web Scraper API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Bright Data and Oxylabs Web Scraper API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Bright Data has a hosted endpoint at https://api.brightdata.com/request and Oxylabs Web Scraper API at https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-oxylabs-web-scraper.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-oxylabs-web-scraper.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bright-data\", \"b\": \"oxylabs-web-scraper\"}`. 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