Bright Data vs Oxylabs
Updated August 7, 2026· every figure checked against the vendor’s own pricing page
They advertise the identical rate, $2.50 a GB, and reaching it costs $1,999 a month at Bright Data against $2,500 at Oxylabs. Below that the two diverge more sharply than the headline suggests: Bright Data sells traffic with no monthly commitment at $4 a GB, while Oxylabs' cheapest published residential entry is a $30 a month plan at $6 a GB and it publishes no no-commitment rate at all. On the 100 GB this index prices, Bright Data comes to $400 and Oxylabs to $500. Both verified on each provider's own pages on August 7, 2026. One difference is not about price: Oxylabs states two different starting rates for the same product on the same page.
A per-gigabyte rate on its own is not a price. Every rate on this page is printed with the volume and the commitment that unlock it, because in this category the advertised figure is almost always the cell in a tier table that sits behind the largest plan a vendor sells — and at one provider here, behind a coupon code as well. Rates are for rotating residential traffic unless the product name says otherwise; static, ISP and datacenter proxies are priced per IP per month and scraping APIs per request, and none of those is converted into a per-GB figure here.
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Side by side
| Provider | Lowest rate it publishes | What unlocks that rate | Cheapest way in | 100 GB in one month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Data | $2.50/GB | $1,999 a month, plus the code RESIGB50 | $4/GB no commitment | $400 |
| Oxylabs | $2.50/GB | $2,500 a month | $6/GB $30 a month | $500 |
The advertised rates are identical and the commitments behind them are not. Bright Data reaches $2.50 a GB on $1,999 a month carrying 798 GB; Oxylabs reaches the same rate on $2,500 a month carrying 1000 GB. So Oxylabs asks 1.3 times the monthly commitment for the same per-gigabyte figure, and gives 1.3 times the traffic for it. Which of those two is the better deal depends entirely on whether you would use the traffic, which is arithmetic only you can do.
A per-gigabyte rate on its own is not a price. Every rate here is printed with the volume and the commitment that unlock it, because in this category the advertised figure is almost always the cell in a tier table sitting behind the largest plan the vendor sells — and at one provider here, behind a coupon code as well. Rates are rotating residential unless the product name says otherwise; ISP and datacenter proxies are priced per IP a month and scraping APIs per request, and none of those is converted into a per-GB figure.
Bright Data’s rates
| Product | Published rate | Terms | The provider's own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential proxies, pay as you go | $4/GB list $8/GB, needs the code RESIGB50 | per GB no monthly commitment | “PAY AS YOU GO $8 $4.00 / GB No commitment” |
| Residential proxies, $499 tier | $3.50/GB list $7/GB, needs the code RESIGB50 | per GB $499 a month for 141 GB | “141 GB Included $7 $3.50 / GB $499 Billed monthly” |
| Residential proxies, $999 tier | $3/GB list $6/GB, needs the code RESIGB50 | per GB $999 a month for 332 GB | “332 GB Included $6 $3.00 / GB $999 Billed monthly” |
| Residential proxies, $1999 tier | $2.50/GB list $5/GB, needs the code RESIGB50 | per GB $1,999 a month for 798 GB | “798 GB Included $5 $2.50 / GB $1999 Billed monthly” |
| ISP proxies, 10 IPs | $1.80/IP | per IP per month $18 a month for 10 IPs | “10 IPs $1.8 / IP $18 Billed monthly” |
| ISP proxies, 1000 IPs | $1.30/IP | per IP per month $1,300 a month for 1000 IPs | “1000 IPs $1.3 / IP $1,300 Billed monthly” |
| Datacenter proxies, 10 IPs | $1.40/IP | per IP per month $14 a month for 10 IPs | “10 IPs $1.40 / IP $14 Billed monthly” |
| Datacenter proxies, 1000 IPs | $0.90/IP | per IP per month $900 a month for 1000 IPs | “1000 IPs $0.90 / IP $900 Billed monthly” |
Every residential rate above is a coupon price. Bright Data prints the code on each card: “Use this coupon code: RESIGB50”. The struck-through figures beside them are what the page shows without it.
Oxylabs’ rates, and the two starting figures on one page
| Product | Published rate | Terms | The provider's own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Proxies, Starter | $6/GB | per GB $30 a month for 5 GB | “Starter 5GB $ 6 / GB $ 30 billed monthly VAT may apply” |
| Residential Proxies, Basic | $5/GB | per GB $100 a month for 20 GB | “Basic Most popular 20GB $ 5 / GB $ 100 billed monthly VAT may apply” |
| Residential Proxies, Advanced | $4/GB | per GB $500 a month for 125 GB | “Advanced 125GB $ 4 / GB $ 500 billed monthly VAT may apply” |
| Residential Proxies, Corporate | $2.50/GB | per GB $2,500 a month for 1000 GB | “Corporate 1TB $ 2.50 / GB $ 2,500 billed monthly VAT may apply” |
| Datacenter Proxies | From $0.70/IP | per IP | “Datacenter Proxies For high-speed performance Starts from $ 0.7 /IP” |
| ISP Proxies | From $1.20/IP | per IP | “ISP Proxies For most difficult targets Starts from $ 1.2 /IP” |
Oxylabs' pricing page states its residential product starts from two different figures. Its navigation carries one and the page's own residential card carries the other, 2.4 times apart. Both are true of something: the lower one is the rate on “Corporate 1TB $ 2.50 / GB $ 2,500 billed monthly VAT may apply” and the higher one is the rate on “Starter 5GB $ 6 / GB $ 30 billed monthly VAT may apply”. Neither is adopted here as the answer to what Oxylabs costs, because the question does not have one number as an answer. Note also that its residential cards carry a tax note, which none of Bright Data's do.
What each one lets you do without committing
This is the sharpest difference between them and it has nothing to do with rates. Bright Data publishes a no-commitment option and states in its FAQ what it covers: “Yes, you can buy proxies without commitment. Bright Data offers a Pay-As-You-Go plan for all proxies (Data Center, Residential, ISP, and Mobile) as well as for Web Unlocker, self-service Web Scraper IDE, Web Scraper APIs, and SERP API.”. Oxylabs publishes none for residential; its smallest residential purchase is “Starter 5GB $ 6 / GB $ 30 billed monthly VAT may apply”. So the smallest amount of money that buys any Oxylabs residential traffic is $30, while Bright Data will sell a single gigabyte. It is worth adding that the no-commitment rate is not the cheaper one at either vendor: at Bright Data it costs 1.6 times its own best tier rate, and Oxylabs does not offer it at all.
This page compares what each provider publishes about price and terms. It makes no claim about success rates, IP quality, ban rates, latency or how any of these networks source their addresses, because those are not things a pricing page can establish and we have not used any of them.
Worth saying plainly, because it shapes what you are reading: RangeYourself currently has no affiliate relationship with any provider on this page, and every provider link here goes straight to that provider’s own site. If that changes, this line changes with it. Nothing here is written to push you towards a trial, no provider pays for placement, and the ranked tables sort on published rates rather than on anything we are paid.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bright Data cheaper than Oxylabs?
At 100 GB of residential traffic in one month, yes: $400 against $500, verified August 7, 2026. At the very top of both rate cards they advertise the same figure, $2.50 a GB, but Oxylabs asks 1.3 times the monthly commitment to reach it.
Does Oxylabs have a pay-as-you-go residential option?
Not on its pricing page or its residential product page. Every residential plan it publishes is a monthly subscription with an included allowance, and the smallest is $30. Bright Data does publish one, at $4 a GB with its coupon code. Across this index 6 of 8 providers publish a no-commitment rate.
Why does Oxylabs show two different prices for residential proxies?
Because the two figures describe different tiers. Its navigation quotes the rate on its largest published plan and its residential card quotes the rate on its smallest, and neither says which is which. Both are published on this site with the tier attached and neither is adopted as the answer to what Oxylabs costs.
Which is better for a small project, Bright Data or Oxylabs?
On what each publishes, Bright Data, because it will sell you a small amount. Its no-commitment rate is $4 a GB with the code it prints, against an Oxylabs residential entry of $30 a month for 5 GB. That is a statement about minimum purchase size and nothing else: we have not tested either network and make no claim about which performs better.
Do Oxylabs prices include tax?
Its residential cards carry a tax note: "Starter 5GB $ 6 / GB $ 30 billed monthly VAT may apply". Bright Data's carry no equivalent note. Every figure on this site is the figure the vendor prints, so an Oxylabs figure is a pre-tax figure wherever VAT applies to you. Note the wording is that VAT may apply rather than that prices exclude tax, which are not quite the same statement and we do not resolve the difference.
How we verify this
Every rate on this page was read from the provider’s own pricing page and is stored with that page’s URL, a verbatim quote, and the date it was checked (most recent: August 7, 2026). Where a provider publishes no rate at a volume, we say so instead of extrapolating one from a rate it publishes somewhere else. A rate the provider itself prefixes with “from” is printed as a floor, because that is the provider’s own distinction and not ours. Where a provider is currently discounting, both its list rate and the rate you can actually pay today are printed, and the ranking follows the one you can actually pay. Totals are arithmetic on published rates and published tier allowances only. See our editorial standards and how we verify.
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