The short answer
Bright Data is billed per 1,000 records ($2.50 cpm), plans/commits. It has a free tier: Free dataset samples; new-account credits (unconfirmed for datasets). The paid plans we list start at $250 for 100K records (Dataset Marketplace (one-time)).
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dataset Marketplace (one-time) | $250 for 100K records | $2.50 per 1,000 records; 500K, 1M, 5M, 20M and complete-dataset tiers. |
| Dataset subscription | Discounted refresh | Biannual 25%, quarterly 50%, monthly 80% savings (promotional). |
| Scraper API (pay-as-you-go) | About $1.50 per 1,000 records | Third-party figure; falls to about $1.00 on the $1,999/mo Scale tier. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom SLA and dedicated capacity. |
How Bright Data bills you
The pricing model is per 1,000 records ($2.50 cpm), plans/commits. Web-data infrastructure vendor whose Dataset Marketplace API (Search and Filter, 669M+ LinkedIn people profiles, company and jobs datasets) is self-serve with published $2.50 per 1,000 records pricing, but it ships public profile fields, not verified emails or phones. Best suited to: bulk public people and company datasets for data teams.
What to watch for on the bill
- No free API tier for datasets; $250 minimum for 100K-record packages
The pricing page we read
Source: https://brightdata.com/pricing/datasets. Prices change, so confirm there before you commit.
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Looking at quality rather than price? See the Bright Data score on APIbenchmarks. Full entry: Bright Data pricing.