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      "slug": "bright-data",
      "name": "Bright Data",
      "vendor": "Bright Data",
      "vendorUrl": "https://brightdata.com",
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      "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"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.brightdata.com/request",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@brightdata/mcp"
        }
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      "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": 60.1,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 254,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 82,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 62
        },
        "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.",
        "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": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.1
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          "ergonomics": 82,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 43
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "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": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "bright-data",
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          "target": "https://api.brightdata.com/request",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:20.821088678Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 252,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.95,
          "p50ms24h": 259,
          "p95ms24h": 338,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 2059,
          "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": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
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        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "brightdata/brightdata-mcp",
            "version": "v2.11.3",
            "released": "2026-09-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:52.537939152Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp",
            "version": "2.11.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@brightdata/mcp",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:51.722708264Z"
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          "url": "https://brightdata.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.602326592Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:22.245226037Z"
        },
        "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"
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        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://docs.brightdata.com/release-notes",
            "kind": "changelog",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:20.269297541Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "11e5a86f089a"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://brightdata.com/license",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:36.984639492Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "78531847b1c1"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://brightdata.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:39.453718378Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ab42850cc3aa"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://brightdata.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:41.298663499Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "54b985a0a80a"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:20.821088678Z"
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      "slug": "scrape-do",
      "name": "Scrape.do",
      "vendor": "Scrape.do",
      "vendorUrl": "https://scrape.do",
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      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Single GET endpoint that fetches a URL through rotating datacenter, residential or mobile proxies, with optional headless rendering, screenshots, markdown output and a proxy mode.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrape-do.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrape.do/",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@scrape-do/client"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Token in the `token` query parameter on the main API. Proxy mode puts it in the proxy username (proxy.scrape.do:8080) and needs their CA certificate trusted or TLS verification off. The async API takes it in an `X-Token` header.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 1,000 successful credits a month and 5 concurrent requests, no card. Hobby $29 a month (250,000 credits), Pro $99 (1.25 million), Business $249 (3.5 million), Advanced $699 (10 million). A datacenter request costs 1 credit, headless rendering 5, residential or mobile 10, both 25, and some domains carry fixed higher costs (google.* 10, linkedin.com 30, sainsburys.co.uk 200). Annual billing gives 2 months free but is set up by support (https://scrape.do/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$29 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in the docs, llms.txt or pricing FAQ, which lists card, crypto and bank wire only (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 2,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://scrape.do/documentation/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://scrape.do/documentation/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.fetch",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot",
        "scraping.screenshot",
        "scraping.serp"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "free-tier",
        "proxies",
        "llms-txt",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-31",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 44,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 406,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 57,
          "security": 23,
          "transparency": 49
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "$29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed. Token travels in the query string on the main API.",
        "strengths": [
          "$29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed",
          "Per-domain credit costs published, and each response carries its cost in a header",
          "Free plan of 1,000 requests a month with residential proxies and rendering, no card",
          "Concurrency published for every plan",
          "Automatic retries on the server side, with `disableRetry` to turn them off"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Token travels in the query string on the main API",
          "No readable status page, SLA or security page",
          "404 and target 400 responses are billed as successes",
          "Privacy policy last dated September 2022",
          "Node SDK last released on 13 November 2024, and no official MCP server"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Start with the default data centre request (1 credit). Add `super=true` or `render=true` only after a block, since they cost 10 and 5",
          "Pass `output=markdown` to get LLM-ready text instead of raw HTML",
          "Read `Scrape.do-Request-Cost` from the response headers. Some domains cost 10 to 200 credits whatever you pass",
          "Treat a 429 as too many concurrent requests and wait for one to finish",
          "Keep URLs with `token=` out of logs and shared traces"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 44
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 45,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 57,
          "security": 23,
          "transparency": 33
        },
        "provenanceScore": 65
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.scrape.do/?token=$SCRAPEDO_TOKEN\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com\u0026output=markdown\""
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrape-do"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Hobby plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 29,
          "note": "250,000 successful credits, 10 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 99,
          "note": "1,250,000 successful credits, 50 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 249,
          "note": "3,500,000 successful credits, 100 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Advanced plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 699,
          "note": "10,000,000 successful credits, 200 concurrent"
        },
        {
          "item": "Datacenter request on Hobby",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.116,
          "note": "1 credit a request"
        },
        {
          "item": "Residential request on Hobby",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1.16,
          "note": "10 credits a request with super=true"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "PACKEND, LLC",
        "domain": "scrape.do",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://scrape.do/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://scrape.do/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The .do registry has no RDAP service, so the registration date couldn't be read.",
          "status.scrape.do exists behind a CDN shield that returned 403, and the site doesn't link it, so no status page is recorded."
        ],
        "score": 65
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "scrape-do",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.scrape.do/",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.773170524Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
          "lastMs": 89,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 85,
          "p95ms24h": 216,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1105,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "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": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@scrape-do/client",
            "version": "1.0.2",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:04.733412897Z"
          }
        ],
        "npmWeekly": 2,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://scrape.do/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.987331162Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:12.425738238Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "scrape.do",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:37.896932334Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:26.613440809Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a597f1d69e2d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrape.do/documentation/changelog/2026-03-12-pricing-page-refresh/",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:28.682948661Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c8d4a242823e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrape.do/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:30.672906734Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "137ece1f2a23"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrape.do/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:32.703546965Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "4478a6102da5"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrape.do/terms-of-use/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:34.693277825Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "3dd299433e7e"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.773170524Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Bright Data has a score of 60.1 (C) against Scrape.do's 44 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 39 points."
  },
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.md",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.min.md"
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  "markdown": "Bright Data has a score of 60.1 (C) against Scrape.do's 44 (E). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 39 points.\n\n- Bright Data: grade C, 60.1/100, rank #254 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bright-data.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bright-data.json\n- Scrape.do: grade E, 44/100, rank #406 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrape-do.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrape-do.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bright Data for schema \u0026 documentation (+17), agent ergonomics (+20), security \u0026 auth (+34), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+39), transparency \u0026 trust (+13).\n\nPick Scrape.do for reliability (+5).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bright Data | Scrape.do | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 40 | Scrape.do +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 57 | Bright Data +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 62 | Bright Data +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 23 | Bright Data +34 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 35 | Bright Data +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 45 | Bright Data +39 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 49 | Bright Data +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.1 · C** | **44 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bright Data | Scrape.do |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bright Data | Scrape.do |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://api.scrape.do/` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 69 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-07-31 |\n| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 2 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\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**Scrape.do.** $29 for 250,000 basic credits, and 429s, 502s and most failures aren't billed. Token travels in the query string on the main API.\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### Scrape.do\n\n1. Start with the default data centre request (1 credit). Add `super=true` or `render=true` only after a block, since they cost 10 and 5\n2. Pass `output=markdown` to get LLM-ready text instead of raw HTML\n3. Read `Scrape.do-Request-Cost` from the response headers. Some domains cost 10 to 200 credits whatever you pass\n4. Treat a 429 as too many concurrent requests and wait for one to finish\n5. Keep URLs with `token=` out of logs and shared traces\n\n## Other comparisons with Bright Data or Scrape.do\n\n- [Bright Data vs Jina Reader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-jina-reader.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Olostep](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-olostep.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Bright Data vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Jina Reader vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Olostep vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ScrapeGraphAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapegraphai.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapeless](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapeless.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapfly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapfly.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-firecrawl-mcp.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrape-do.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs Bright Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data.md)\n",
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