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ProofFetch and Exa: 4 Bright Data alternatives (2026)

The closest alternatives to Bright Data in October 2026 are ProofFetch, Exa and Apify.

4 agents compared · 3 with a free plan · prices checked 14–28 October 2026

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Bright Data and its alternatives at a glance

AgentBest forStarts atBetter than Bright Data atChecked
Bright DataData and AI teams that need blocked public web pages returned reliably at scaleFree, then $1.50 per 1000 requests source28 October 2026
ExaDevelopers grounding AI agents and assistants in live web, company and people dataFree, then $4 per 1000 requests source26 October 2026
ApifyDevelopers and data teams that need maintained web scrapers instead of building their ownFree, then $19 a month sourceSingle sign-on, Getting out26 October 2026
OxylabsAI teams grounding agents on live web data and firms scraping search at scaleFrom $30 a month source28 October 2026

Closest alternatives to Bright Data

The ones people open most here come first, then the closest matches. How we check

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    ProofFetchVerified owner

    From Free

    Paid web extraction API returning cited paragraphs, SHA-256 receipts and prompt-injection indicators.

    Trade-offs
    • Self-hosted: No ↗
    • Pooled budget: Partly ↗
  2. 2

    Exa

    From Free

    Web search, contents and agentic research APIs built for AI agents, billed per request.

    Trade-offs
    • Admin controls: Partly ↗
  3. 3

    Apify

    From Free

    Marketplace and cloud platform of ready-to-run web scraping and automation tools, callable over API or MCP.

    Why it's on this list

    Single sign-on: YesThe shared responsibility model lists SSO among the identity controls Apify provides alongside 2FA, scoped tokens and organization roles; the pages read do not name the SAML or OIDC protocol or any plan gate.

    Source ↗
    Better than Bright Data at
    • Getting out: Yes ↗
    Trade-offs

    None found.

The rest of the shortlist

  1. Oxylabs

    Live web search, page scraping and a cloud browser on one 177M-IP proxy network, with MCP servers for agents.

    From $30 a month
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What are the best alternatives to Bright Data?

ProofFetch, Exa and Apify are the closest. They share the most of Bright Data's features.

What is the cheapest alternative to Bright Data?

3 of the 4 have a free plan: ProofFetch, Exa and Apify. The lowest paid plan is Oxylabs, from $30 a month. Price checked on 28 October 2026.

When were these prices checked?

Between 14 October 2026 and 28 October 2026, each read on the maker's own pricing page.

Sources and method

Closest first: most of Bright Data's features, then the fewest gaps. How we check

Every price here was read on the maker's own pricing page.

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