Yes, Bright Data has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 5,000 free Web Unlocker requests per month and first deposit matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $500 (one-time, not a monthly allowance). 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 Web Unlocker free tier includes 5,000 requests every month, with no credit card required. Beyond that allowance, usage is billed pay-as-you-go at $1.5 per 1,000 results, with monthly committed plans at 380K, 900K, and 2M results. New accounts also get a first deposit matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $500.
- 5,000 free requests per month
- No credit card required
- Up to $500 first deposit match (one-time)
- 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
Verified
- 5,000 free Web Unlocker requests per month.
- No credit card required.
- First deposit matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $500 (one-time, not a monthly allowance).
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?
Yes. Bright Data has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
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?
You move to a paid plan. Bright Data's cheapest 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.
