Bright Data gives new accounts a one-time signup credit rather than an ongoing free tier. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $7.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Bright Data is a web data platform that provides proxy infrastructure, web access APIs, scraper APIs, datasets, and web archive access for collecting public web data at scale. The platform supports access, extraction, browsing, and data delivery workflows across real-time and historical sources.
The pricing page for Web Unlocker shows a pay-as-you-go plan at $1.5 per 1K results, with monthly committed plans at 380K, 900K, and 2M results, plus an Enterprise option. The page also states that sign-up includes a first deposit match up to $500, and the product includes automated proxy management, JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, browser fingerprinting, retries, IP rotation, and unlimited concurrent requests.
- Pay-as-you-go Web Unlocker pricing
- $1.5 per 1K results
- 380K, 900K, and 2M result plans
- Up to $500 first deposit match
- Automated CAPTCHA solving
- Unlimited concurrent requests
- 400M+ proxy IPs
- 195-country proxy coverage
Free Tier Value
This free tier gives 5K requests each month with no credit card required, so it has real recurring value rather than a short trial. Compared with the $1.5 per 1K request pay-as-you-go rate, that allowance is worth about $7.50/month, so a $7 estimate is a fair buyer-facing value for the capped monthly usage.
What's included in the free tier
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Details aren't itemized for this entry yet - check the pricing page below for the latest.
See Bright Data pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pay as you go
- requests
- usage-based
- Pay only for success
- Set monthly spend limits
- Unlimited concurrency
- Expert support
Scale
- requests included
- 383K
- additional requests
- $1.3/1K
- concurrency
- unlimited
- 383K requests included
- $1.3/1K additional requests
- Unlimited concurrency
- Cancel anytime
- Expert support
Enterprise
- Volume discounts
- Account manager
- Premium SLA
- Priority support
- SSO
Pricing extracted from Bright Data's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Bright Data free forever?
No. Bright Data gives new accounts a one-time signup credit, spent at normal usage rates, then the account moves to pay-as-you-go.
Does Bright Data require a credit card?
No. You can start on Bright Data's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Bright Data's free tier?
Once the signup credit runs out the account moves to pay-as-you-go pricing. Bright Data's cheapest published paid plan is Scale at $499 / month.
What is Bright Data's free tier worth?
Bright Data's free tier is worth about $7.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 58/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
