Apify vs Bright Data — Pricing (2026)
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Apify vs Bright Data

Web Scraping & Data Collection pricing comparison · 2026

Apify pricing ranges from $0–$999/month, while Bright Data ranges from $0–$2000/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs). Apify is typically 50% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.

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2 products · Web Scraping & Data Collection
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Apify
Apify pricing starts at $0/month on the Free plan, which includes $5 in monthly compute cr
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$2.4K $18K
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Bright Data
Bright Data pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 requests for API products and $2.
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$2.4K $18K
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Annual license estimate
Apify costs $16K less than Bright · 25 seats where applicable
Cheapest $2.4K
Spread 87%
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Scale
$2.4K/yr
year 1 license · flat plan price
Managed Data Acquisition
$18K/yr
year 1 license · flat plan price
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Sources & confidence

Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.

Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources 36 sourced facts
33 hidden-cost · 1 contract · 2 review platforms
Last verified 1mo ago
Confidence Medium confidence
Sources 31 sourced facts
28 hidden-cost · 3 review platforms
Last verified 1mo ago
Confidence High confidence
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Plans at a glance

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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
5 documented
  • Proxy Costs Add Significant Per-Page Expense
    50-200% of license costs
    2 sources
  • Memory-Based Compute Overconsumption
    10-50% of license costs
    1 source
  • Paid Third-Party Actors in Apify Store
    5-20% of license costs
    2 sources
  • Consumption-Based Billing Is Hard to Forecast
    10-100% of license costs
    2 sources
  • High Concurrency Settings Accelerate Credit Burn
    5-15% of license costs
    1 source
5 documented
  • Per-GB billing creates unpredictable costs
    2-5x budget overruns for teams new to proxy-based scraping
    1 source
  • Failed requests may still incur charges
    10-30% of spend on wasted/failed requests
    1 source
  • Billing cycle alignment penalizes mid-month signups
    Up to 100% of first month's payment effectively wasted
    1 source
  • Multi-product stacking inflates total spend
    $500-2,000+/month when combining multiple products
    1 source
  • Promotional pricing reverts to 2x standard rates
    100% price increase after promotional period (e.g., $4/GB to $8/GB)
    1 source
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Contract terms

The fine print, surfaced. Green = buyer-friendly. Each clause backed by a quoted source.

Apify
Bright
Auto-renewal
—
Yes
Cancellation
—
✓ Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Commitment
—
No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans
Price escalation
No published schedule identified in available sources
Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates
Can downgrade
—
✓ Yes
Based on 1 verified source (Vendr · TrustRadius · BBB)
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
Trustpilot
2.48out of 5 (25)
Best for
Developers trying the platform
Watch out
Plan price does not equal usable compute credits — Starter is $29 but only $15 in credits
TrustRadius
8out of 5 (2)
Trustpilot
2out of 5 (25)
G2
4.6out of 5 (284)
Best for
Web scraping needing real residential IPs
Watch out
Burdensome and inconsistent KYC/compliance verification that blocks legitimate business onboarding
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License cost is computed from publicly listed plans (real math, list price × seats). Median annual cost is from Vendr's deal flow when available — see source badges. Hidden costs and contract terms each cite their own sources. We do not invent composite scores.
Web Scraping & Data Collection

Apify

$0–$999
/month
5 plans · Free tier
Full pricing breakdown →
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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Bright Data

$0–$2000
/per GB (proxies) / per 1K requests (APIs)
14 plans
Full pricing breakdown →

Apify and Bright Data both operate in the web scraping category. This page compares their published pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan Apify Bright Data
Free Free /month Custom
Starter $29 /month Custom
Scale $199 /month Custom
Business $999 /month Custom
Enterprise Custom Custom
Crawl API — Custom
Browser API — Custom
Web Scraper APIs — Custom
Scraper Studio — Custom
Datasets — Custom
Data Firehose — Custom
Retail Insights — $2K /per month
Managed Data Acquisition — $1.5K /per month
Enterprise — Custom

Cost at Scale

Total cost of ownership — licenses, implementation, and hidden costs included.

Apify

6 scenarios
$0/month (Free plan)
Solo Developer / Small Project
$29/month
Small Team / Regular Automation
base (Starter) + proxy and actor overage
$199/month
Growing Business / High-Volume Scraping
base (Scale) + proxy costs
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Bright Data

11 scenarios
$150/month ($1.50/1K results × 100K results)
Small SEO Agency (SERP monitoring, 100K queries/mo)
$499/month (510K records plan at $0.98/1K records with promo)
Mid-Size E-commerce (product data, 500K pages/mo)
$1,750/month ($250 Retail Insights + $1,500 Managed Data Acquisition, plus usage-based overages for additional API or proxy traffic)
Large Data Team (residential proxies, 300+ GB/mo)
See all 11 scenarios →

What Users Say

Apify

Trustpilot
2.48out of 5 (25)
Top complaints
  • Plan price does not equal usable compute credits — Starter is $29 but only $15 in credits
  • Monthly credits expire with no rollover
  • Actors run beyond configured limits generating unexpected charges

Bright Data

G2
4.6out of 5 (284)
Trustpilot
2out of 5 (25)
TrustRadius
8out of 10 (2)
Capterra
4.7out of 5 (67)
Top complaints
  • Burdensome and inconsistent KYC/compliance verification that blocks legitimate business onboarding
  • Unresponsive account managers with no alternative support escalation path
  • Proxy quality issues: blacklisted IPs and datacenter IPs misrepresented as ISP or residential proxies

Hidden Costs

Beyond the sticker price — what catches buyers off guard.

Apify 17 hidden costs

high
Proxy Costs Add Significant Per-Page Expense 50-200% of license costs
medium
Memory-Based Compute Overconsumption 10-50% of license costs
medium
Paid Third-Party Actors in Apify Store 5-20% of license costs
medium
Consumption-Based Billing Is Hard to Forecast 10-100% of license costs
low
High Concurrency Settings Accelerate Credit Burn 5-15% of license costs
See all Apify hidden costs →

Bright Data 15 hidden costs

high
Per-GB billing creates unpredictable costs 2-5x budget overruns for teams new to proxy-based scraping
high
Failed requests may still incur charges 10-30% of spend on wasted/failed requests
medium
Billing cycle alignment penalizes mid-month signups Up to 100% of first month's payment effectively wasted
high
Multi-product stacking inflates total spend $500-2,000+/month when combining multiple products
high
Promotional pricing reverts to 2x standard rates 100% price increase after promotional period (e.g., $4/GB to $8/GB)
See all Bright Data hidden costs →

Contract Terms

Term Apify Bright Data
Auto-renewal — Yes
Cancellation — Cancel anytime on pay-as-you-go; monthly plans auto-renew
Minimum commitment — No minimum on pay-as-you-go; $499/month minimum for volume plans
Price escalation No published schedule identified in available sources Promotional discounts (25-50%) typically last 3 months before reverting to standard rates
Can downgrade — Yes

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