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      "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": 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",
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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": "2026-10-05T03:17:23.41712033Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 262,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.95,
          "p50ms24h": 258,
          "p95ms24h": 325,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 2094,
          "days": [
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              "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": 38,
              "ok": 38
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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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        "securityTxt": {
          "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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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "11e5a86f089a"
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          {
            "url": "https://brightdata.com/license",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:36.984639492Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "78531847b1c1"
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          {
            "url": "https://brightdata.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:39.453718378Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ab42850cc3aa"
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          {
            "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": "2026-10-05T03:17:23.41712033Z"
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      "name": "ScrapingAnt",
      "vendor": "ScrapingAnt (DATAANT)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://scrapingant.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "web-scrapers",
      "summary": "Scraping API that runs each request in headless Chrome behind rotating datacenter or residential proxies, with markdown and AI extraction endpoints, a 3-tool hosted MCP server and standalone proxies billed by the GB.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingant.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "scrapingant-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@scrapingant/scrapingant-client"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key as an x-api-key header or an x-api-key query parameter. The docs' examples use the query form. The hosted MCP takes the same key in an x-api-key header. The usage endpoint only documents the query form.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "10,000 free credits a month, no card, one concurrent request. Enthusiast $19 a month (100,000 credits), Startup $49 (500,000), Business $249 (3M), Business Pro $599 (8M), Custom from $699 (10M+). A plain request on a datacenter proxy costs 1 credit, headless Chrome with JS rendering 10 (the default), Chrome plus residential proxy 125, and the AI extractor adds 1 credit per 30 characters. Failed requests aren't charged. Residential proxies $3 to $6 a GB and datacenter $0.42 to $0.60 a GB, billed separately (https://scrapingant.com/#pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or other agent payment rail in the docs, pricing or API responses (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 3,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 90,
        "pypiWeekly": 1969,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.scrapingant.com",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.scrape",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.extract",
        "scraping.proxies",
        "scraping.js-render",
        "scraping.anti-bot"
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      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "proxies",
        "closed-source",
        "python",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2024-07-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 35.9,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 440,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 14,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 5,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 43,
          "security": 10,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "10,000 free credits a month with no card. API Basics puts the key in the query string, so it lands in logs.",
        "strengths": [
          "10,000 free credits a month with no card",
          "No concurrency cap on paid plans",
          "Failed requests cost nothing, and the Ant-credits-cost header reports spend per call",
          "3-tool hosted MCP with header auth, cheap to load into context",
          "Named Polish entity with processors and hosting locations listed"
        ],
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          "API Basics puts the key in the query string, so it lands in logs",
          "No status page, changelog, security.txt, llms.txt or OpenAPI spec",
          "SDKs are stale. JavaScript last released 2022-05-06, Python 2024-07-16",
          "No prompt-injection guidance for the pages it returns",
          "Privacy policy last updated 3 November 2020"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header rather than the query string",
          "Use `/v2/markdown` for LLM input, and set `browser=false` on static pages to pay 1 credit instead of 10",
          "Switch to `proxy_type=residential` only after a 423 (anti-bot) response. It raises a browser request from 10 to 125 credits",
          "On the free plan a second concurrent request gets 409. Wait for the first to finish",
          "Google, Bing and Yandex result pages come back as raw HTML through `/v2/general`, so you parse them yourself"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 35.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 5,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 43,
          "security": 10,
          "transparency": 48
        },
        "provenanceScore": 66
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl 'https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/markdown?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com' -H \"x-api-key: $SCRAPINGANT_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add scrapingant --transport http https://api.scrapingant.com/mcp -H \"x-api-key: $SCRAPINGANT_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "scrapingant": {
              "headers": {
                "x-api-key": "${SCRAPINGANT_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://api.scrapingant.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.scrape",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/scrapingant"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Enthusiast plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "100,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "500,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 249,
          "note": "3,000,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Default browser request on Enthusiast",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1.9,
          "note": "10 credits each, headless Chrome and datacenter proxy"
        },
        {
          "item": "Plain request on Enthusiast",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.19,
          "note": "1 credit each, no browser, datacenter proxy"
        },
        {
          "item": "Residential proxy",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 6,
          "note": "Micro plan, 5 GB for $30 a month. Falls to $3 at volume"
        },
        {
          "item": "Datacenter proxy",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 0.6,
          "note": "Micro plan, 50 GB for $30 a month"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "DATAANT SP. Z O.O.",
        "domain": "scrapingant.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-03-31",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "Registered in Poland, KRS 0000848755, per the terms and privacy policy",
          "The privacy policy was last updated 3 November 2020 and predates the MCP server and AI extractor",
          "The site footer links no status page, changelog or security page"
        ],
        "score": 66
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "scrapingant",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:32.611537463Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 422,
          "lastMs": 100,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 132,
          "samples24h": 273,
          "samples30d": 1140,
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            {
              "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": 38,
              "ok": 38
            }
          ]
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@scrapingant/scrapingant-client",
            "version": "0.2.1",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:20.235072586Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "scrapingant-client",
            "version": "2.1.0",
            "released": "2024-07-16",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:20.12299137Z"
          }
        ],
        "npmWeekly": 95,
        "pypiWeekly": 1968,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://scrapingant.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:54.392439922Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "scrapingant.com",
          "registered": "2020-03-31",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/scrapingant.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:25.717167779Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://scrapingant.com/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:36.681118206Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "5d4d337f6a40"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:38.708035628Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a61dcd1c862d"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://scrapingant.com/legal/terms-of-use",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:40.709144738Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "b1e179927df6"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:32.611537463Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Bright Data has a score of 60.1 (C) against ScrapingAnt's 35.9 (F). Both do scraping. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 79 points."
  },
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrapingant.md",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scrapingant.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/scrapingant.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Bright Data for reliability (+5), schema \u0026 documentation (+31), agent ergonomics (+16), security \u0026 auth (+47), maintenance \u0026 community (+79), transparency \u0026 trust (+5).\n\nPick ScrapingAnt for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Bright Data | ScrapingAnt | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 30 | Bright Data +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 43 | Bright Data +31 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 66 | Bright Data +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 10 | Bright Data +47 |\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 | 5 | Bright Data +79 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 57 | Bright Data +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.1 · C** | **35.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Bright Data | ScrapingAnt |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Bright Data | ScrapingAnt (DATAANT) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brightdata.com/request` | `https://api.scrapingant.com/v2/general` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 69 | 3 |\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 | no |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2024-07-16 |\n| Popularity | 2.6k stars | 90 npm/wk, 2k PyPI/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**ScrapingAnt.** 10,000 free credits a month with no card. API Basics puts the key in the query string, so it lands in logs.\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### ScrapingAnt\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header rather than the query string\n2. Use `/v2/markdown` for LLM input, and set `browser=false` on static pages to pay 1 credit instead of 10\n3. Switch to `proxy_type=residential` only after a 423 (anti-bot) response. It raises a browser request from 10 to 125 credits\n4. On the free plan a second concurrent request gets 409. Wait for the first to finish\n5. Google, Bing and Yandex result pages come back as raw HTML through `/v2/general`, so you parse them yourself\n\n## Other comparisons with Bright Data or ScrapingAnt\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 Scrape.do](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-scrape-do.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 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 ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jina-reader-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Olostep vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/olostep-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrape.do vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrape-do-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [ScrapeGraphAI vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapegraphai-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrapeless vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapeless-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Scrapfly vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs ScrapingBee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-scrapingbee.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs Scrapingdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-scrapingdog.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs Spider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-spider-cloud.md)\n- [ScrapingAnt vs ZenRows](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/scrapingant-vs-zenrows.md)\n- [Bright Data vs Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bright-data-vs-firecrawl-mcp.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs ScrapingAnt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-scrapingant.md)\n- [Apify MCP Server vs Bright Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apify-mcp-vs-bright-data.md)\n",
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