--- title: "Bright Data Alternative: Prices and Features Compared — Loopway" description: "Bright Data vs Loopway on price per GB, free trial, targeting, refunds and KYC — every number sourced and dated, with an honest verdict on when Bright…" url: "https://loopway.io/alternatives/bright-data" --- Alternative # Bright Data Alternative Loopway and Bright Data, compared on what you actually pay and what you actually get — with the rows where Bright Data wins left in. Prices and policies checked October 9, 2026 [Get free trial](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up?product=residential) [Continue with Google](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up?provider=google&product=residential) The short answer Bright Data is the bigger platform: a 400M+ residential pool, scraper and SERP APIs, datasets and enterprise certifications that Loopway doesn't offer. It is also much dearer for plain residential traffic, at $8/GB pay as you go and $5/GB on its $1,999 plan against our $1.10/GB at 10 GB and $0.57/GB at 1 TB, and since July 2026 new residential access requires a registered company, a corporate email and a human-reviewed KYC check. Head to head, row by row 8 Loopway wins 2 Ties 4 Bright Data wins Counted from the comparison table below. Rows where the two can't be ranked (different billing models, a product only one of them sells) are shown but not counted. [See every row](#comparison) Side by side ## Loopway vs Bright Data Prices at the same volume, then the policies that decide whether a cheap gigabyte stays cheap. A tick marks the better side of each row. Loopway compared with Bright Data Feature Loopway Bright Data Residential, 10 GB Loopway $1.10/GB · $10.98 total, pay as you go [\[1\]](#source-1) Bright Data $8.00/GB · $80.00 total, Pay as you go ($10 minimum deposit) [\[2\]](#source-2) Residential, 1 TB Loopway $0.57/GB · $567.83 total, pay as you go [\[1\]](#source-1) Bright Data $5.00/GB · $5,000 total, $1,999 plan, monthly [\[2\]](#source-2) Mobile, 10 GB Loopway $1.89/GB · $18.90 total, pay as you go [\[3\]](#source-3) Bright Data Not published Static ISP, 10 IPs for a month Loopway $2.28/IP · $22.83 total, pay as you go [\[4\]](#source-4) Bright Data $1.80/IP · $18.00 total, 10 IPs, monthly [\[5\]](#source-5) Free trial Loopway Free, up to 250 MB of residential traffic, no card [\[6\]](#source-6) Bright Data $2 proxy credit for 7 days Residential needs KYC and funds first [\[7\]](#source-7) Commitment Loopway None: top up a balance and pay per unit [\[8\]](#source-8) Bright Data Pay as you go from $10 Lower rates need a $499+/mo plan [\[9\]](#source-9) Unused traffic Loopway Never expires [\[8\]](#source-8) Bright Data Not published Geo-targeting Loopway Country and city on residential and mobile State on Premium; carrier ASN on Mobile; included [\[1\]](#source-1) Bright Data Country, state, city, ZIP (US), ASN and carrier, included [\[10\]](#source-10) Protocols Loopway HTTP(S), SOCKS5, plus UDP on UDP Residential [\[1\]](#source-1) Bright Data HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 HTTP/3 (QUIC) also advertised [\[11\]](#source-11) Unlimited-bandwidth plan Loopway Yes, from $19.30/day [\[12\]](#source-12) Bright Data No unlimited-bandwidth residential plan Residential is per GB [\[2\]](#source-2) IPv6 proxies Loopway Yes, residential and datacenter IPv6 [\[13\]](#source-13) Bright Data Yes, residential IPv6 and IPv4+IPv6 pools [\[14\]](#source-14) Identity verification Loopway Only when a risk check asks for it [\[15\]](#source-15) Bright Data Residential: verified company, corporate email, human-reviewed KYC [\[16\]](#source-16) Payment methods Loopway Cards and crypto Invoicing on annual plans [\[8\]](#source-8) Bright Data Cards, PayPal, Payoneer, Alipay, Google Pay, wire transfer [\[11\]](#source-11) Refunds Loopway Faulty service fixed, credited or extended Cash refunds where the law requires [\[17\]](#source-17) Bright Data Subscription fees are non-cancelable and non-refundable [\[18\]](#source-18) Scraping APIs Loopway Proxies only, no scraper API [\[8\]](#source-8) Bright Data Web Unlocker, SERP, Browser and scraper APIs, plus datasets [\[19\]](#source-19) Residential pool (their claim) Loopway 50M+ residential IPs [\[1\]](#source-1) Bright Data 400M+ residential IPs [\[11\]](#source-11) What you'll actually pay ## What residential traffic costs on each The same four orders priced on both. Bright Data figures come from its own price list; ours from the rates checkout charges. You need Loopway Bright Data 10 GB of residential traffic Loopway $10.98 [\[1\]](#source-1) $1.10/GB · pay as you go Bright Data $80.00 [\[2\]](#source-2) $8.00/GB · Pay as you go ($10 minimum deposit) 100 GB of residential traffic Loopway $91.14 [\[1\]](#source-1) $0.91/GB · pay as you go Bright Data $700.00 [\[2\]](#source-2) $7.00/GB · $499 plan (monthly) 500 GB of residential traffic Loopway $344.33 [\[1\]](#source-1) $0.69/GB · pay as you go Bright Data $2,500 [\[2\]](#source-2) $5.00/GB · $1,999 plan (monthly) 1 TB of residential traffic Loopway $567.83 [\[1\]](#source-1) $0.57/GB · pay as you go Bright Data $5,000 [\[2\]](#source-2) $5.00/GB · $1,999 plan (monthly) Each figure is the cheapest way to buy that much from the provider's own published price list: when a plan's minimum is larger than what you need, you pay for the whole plan, and a bigger plan wins whenever its lower rate makes up for it. Taxes excluded. The lowest cost in each row is blue. Test before you switch ## Run your Bright Data targets on Loopway — free Up to 250 MB of residential traffic with no card. Point the same scraper or bot at our gateway and compare success rates on the sites you actually use. [Get free trial](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up?product=residential) [See our prices](https://loopway.io/pricing) About Bright Data ## Bright Data, on the record Facts from their own site and policies — no review-site hearsay. Each one is linked to its source. ### What Bright Data does well 7 - The largest residential pool it publishes among major providers: 400M+ IPs in 195 countries. [\[11\]](#source-11) - Residential targeting down to city, US ZIP code, ASN and carrier is included at no extra cost. [\[10\]](#source-10) - A broad product line beyond proxies: Web Unlocker, SERP API, Browser API, scraper APIs and ready-made datasets. [\[19\]](#source-19) - Enterprise compliance: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 certifications listed. [\[19\]](#source-19) - An SLA promising 99.99% uptime, 24/7 engineer support and 15-minute priority responses, with Slack access. [\[23\]](#source-23) - Pay as you go is available on residential, ISP and datacenter, from a $10 deposit. [\[9\]](#source-9) - Residential IPv6 and combined IPv4+IPv6 pools are available as zone options. [\[14\]](#source-14) ### Where Bright Data is limited 6 - Since July 7, 2026, new residential zones are open only to registered companies with a corporate email domain that pass a human-reviewed KYC check Personal-email accounts are not eligible. [\[16\]](#source-16) - Residential KYC can't be completed in Playground or Limited Trial mode The account must be funded first. [\[16\]](#source-16) - Residential list prices are $8/GB pay as you go and $7 to $5/GB on $499 to $1,999 monthly plans. [\[2\]](#source-2) - Subscription fees are non-cancelable and non-refundable under the Master Services Agreement. [\[18\]](#source-18) - Per-IP ISP and datacenter plans carry a 100 GB per IP per month fair-usage allowance Extra charges may apply above it. [\[24\]](#source-24) - No mobile proxy price is published The pricing pages list only residential, ISP and datacenter. [\[19\]](#source-19) Which one fits ## An honest verdict ### Choose Bright Data if… 5 - You need the largest residential pool on offer: Bright Data claims 400M+ IPs in 195 countries. - You want scraping handled for you through its Web Unlocker, SERP API, Browser API, scraper APIs or ready-made datasets, which Loopway doesn't sell. - Your procurement requires ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and an enterprise SLA with 24/7 engineer support. - You buy static ISP IPs in quantity: its shared ISP plans start at $1.80/IP a month and undercut ours between about 8 IPs and 560 IPs. - You pay by PayPal, Payoneer, Alipay, Google Pay or AWS Marketplace. ### Choose Loopway if… 4 - You want residential traffic for less: $1.10/GB at 10 GB and $0.57/GB at 1 TB, against Bright Data's $8/GB pay as you go and $5/GB on its largest listed plan. - You're an individual, a freelancer or a team without a corporate email domain, which Bright Data's residential KYC now excludes. - You want to try residential before paying: we give free residential traffic with no card, while Bright Data's trial credit can't unlock residential until the account is funded and KYC passes. - You need mobile proxies at a published price (ours: $1.89/GB at 10 GB) or UDP on residential. Switching ## Moving from Bright Data takes an afternoon 1. 1 ### Test on your own targets Create an account and use the free residential traffic on the sites you actually scrape or run — no card needed. 2. 2 ### Swap the gateway Replace host, port and credentials in your tool. Country, city and session settings go in the username string, so most code doesn't change. 3. 3 ### Move volume over Top up a balance that never expires and shift traffic job by job. The per-GB rate drops automatically as your volume grows. Switch in an afternoon ## Same gateway format. No monthly plan. Credit that never expires. Swap host, port and credentials, keep your targeting in the username, and move volume over job by job. [Create a free account](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up?product=residential) The Loopway standard ## No asterisks. Six things that are true on every plan. 01 · Pricing ### The price you see is the price you pay Every rate on this site is computed from the same price book checkout charges from. No hidden setup fees, no contracts, no sales call. 02 · Balance ### Credit that never expires Top up once and spend it on any of the nine networks, whenever you need it. Unused balance stays in your account. 03 · Speed ### Credentials in seconds Sign up, pick a plan and your endpoint, username and password are live before the checkout tab closes. 04 · Network ### One gateway, every protocol HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 on every product, plus UDP on UDP Residential and Static ISP. Point your stack at one host. 05 · Control ### Sessions on your terms Rotate on every request or hold a sticky IP. Country, city, state and carrier targeting are set in the username. 06 · Support ### Humans on chat, around the clock Talk to people who run the network, not a ticket queue. Most questions are answered in minutes, any time of day. FAQ ## Bright Data alternative: questions Can't find the answer? A real person is on chat around the clock, or find us here: [![](https://loopway.io/_next/image?url=%2Fsite%2Fcta-footer%2Ficon-discord-v2.svg&w=48&q=75&dpl=dpl_6R9sR1HjZ5vK1nBM7VKcuw7Lc2Py)](https://discord.gg/qrB786CqGf)[![](https://loopway.io/_next/image?url=%2Fsite%2Fcta-footer%2Ficon-x-v2.svg&w=48&q=75&dpl=dpl_6R9sR1HjZ5vK1nBM7VKcuw7Lc2Py)](https://x.com/loopwayio) For residential traffic, yes, at every volume from 1 GB to 1 TB. At 10 GB we charge $1.10/GB against Bright Data's $8/GB pay-as-you-go list price; at 1 TB we're at $0.57/GB against $5/GB on its $1,999 plan (above that, Bright Data quotes custom enterprise prices). Bright Data's shared static ISP plans are cheaper than ours between about 8 IPs and 560 IPs. Not for new residential zones. Since July 7, 2026, Bright Data's documentation says residential access is only for registered companies with a corporate email domain that pass a human-reviewed KYC check, and there is no instant or self-serve path. ISP, datacenter and Web Unlocker don't need that KYC. Loopway asks for verification only when a risk check calls for it. New accounts get a one-time $2 trial credit valid for 7 days, plus a $5 bonus for 30 days after adding a payment method. Its 5,000-credit monthly free tier covers APIs, not proxies, and residential KYC can't be completed in trial mode. Loopway gives free residential traffic with no card. Bright Data's Master Services Agreement says subscription fees are non-cancelable and non-refundable. A larger claimed residential pool (400M+ IPs), scraping products (Web Unlocker, SERP API, Browser API, scraper APIs, Scraper Studio), datasets, published security certifications and payment by PayPal, Payoneer, Alipay or AWS Marketplace. Loopway sells proxies only: residential, mobile, static ISP, datacenter, IPv6 and unlimited. Create an account, claim the free trial and swap the gateway host, port and credentials in your tool. Country, city and session settings go in the username string, so most scrapers need only a new proxy URL. If you rely on Bright Data's Web Unlocker or scraper APIs, keep those or replace them with your own scraping code; Loopway supplies the proxies. 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Providers change prices often — confirm on their site before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Tell us on live chat and we'll correct it. 1. \[1\] [Loopway — UDP residential proxies](https://loopway.io/products/residential) — checked October 19, 2026 2. \[2\] [Bright Data — proxy network pricing](https://brightdata.com/pricing/proxy-network) — checked October 9, 2026 3. \[3\] [Loopway — mobile proxies](https://loopway.io/products/mobile) — checked October 19, 2026 4. \[4\] [Loopway — static ISP proxies](https://loopway.io/products/static-isp) — checked October 19, 2026 5. \[5\] [Bright Data — ISP proxy pricing](https://brightdata.com/pricing/proxy-network/isp-proxies) — checked October 9, 2026 6. \[6\] [Loopway — free trial (FAQ)](https://loopway.io/#faq) — checked October 19, 2026 7. \[7\] [Bright Data — free tier and trial credit (docs)](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/billing-and-pricing/free-tier) — checked October 9, 2026 8. \[8\] [Loopway — pricing](https://loopway.io/pricing) — checked October 19, 2026 9. \[9\] [Bright Data — FAQs (docs)](https://docs.brightdata.com/general/faqs) — checked October 9, 2026 10. \[10\] [Bright Data — residential proxies documentation](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/residential/introduction) — checked October 9, 2026 11. \[11\] [Bright Data — residential proxy pricing](https://brightdata.com/pricing/proxy-network/residential-proxies) — checked October 9, 2026 12. \[12\] [Loopway — unlimited proxies](https://loopway.io/products/unlimited-proxies) — checked October 19, 2026 13. \[13\] [Loopway — IPv6 datacenter proxies](https://loopway.io/products/ipv6-datacenter) — checked October 19, 2026 14. \[14\] [Bright Data — configure your residential proxy (docs)](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/residential/configure-your-proxy) — checked October 9, 2026 15. \[15\] [Loopway — KYC policy](https://loopway.io/kyc-policy) — checked October 19, 2026 16. \[16\] [Bright Data — residential network access (docs)](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/residential/network-access) — checked October 9, 2026 17. \[17\] [Loopway — refund policy](https://loopway.io/refund-policy) — checked October 19, 2026 18. \[18\] [Bright Data — Master Services Agreement](https://brightdata.com/license) — checked October 9, 2026 19. \[19\] [Bright Data — llms.txt product index](https://brightdata.com/llms.txt) — checked October 9, 2026 20. \[20\] [Bright Data — datacenter proxy pricing](https://brightdata.com/pricing/proxy-network/datacenter-proxies) — checked October 9, 2026 21. \[21\] [Loopway — premium residential proxies](https://loopway.io/products/premium-residential) — checked October 19, 2026 22. \[22\] [Loopway — datacenter proxies](https://loopway.io/products/datacenter) — checked October 19, 2026 23. \[23\] [Bright Data — residential proxies](https://brightdata.com/proxy-types/residential-proxies) — checked October 9, 2026 24. \[24\] [Bright Data — ISP proxies](https://brightdata.com/proxy-types/isp-proxies) — checked October 9, 2026 Ship it today ## Fast proxies. Honest prices. No asterisks. Your endpoint is live before the checkout tab closes. Start on the free residential trial, pay for what you use, keep what you don’t. [Get free trial](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up) [Continue with Google](https://app.loopway.io/sign-up?provider=google)