Bright Data vs Geonode: ISP proxy prices change winner four times

There is no single price winner between Bright Data and Geonode for shared ISP proxies. Geonode is cheaper at 1 and 5 IPs, Bright Data at 10 IPs, Geonode from 25 through 100 IPs, Bright Data at 500 IPs, and Geonode again at 1,000 IPs. The sampled crossing brackets are 5 to 10, 10 to 25, 100 to 500, and 500 to 1,000 IPs. Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26

The full sampled ladder

The first change is visible between 5 IPs, where Geonode costs $8.50 against $18, and 10 IPs, where Geonode costs $33 against the same $18 Bright Data checkout. The second follows immediately: at 25 IPs Bright Data moves to its 100-IP bundle at $145, while Geonode’s covering tier is $48. A buyer should therefore re-price after crossing either the 5-IP or 10-IP boundary. Bright Data ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25 Geonode ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25

At larger scale, Geonode is still lower at 100 IPs, $140 against $145. At 500 IPs, Bright Data costs $700 while Geonode’s cheapest covering option is its 1,000-IP tier at $1,250. At 1,000 IPs, that Geonode checkout stays $1,250 while Bright Data rises to $1,300. Those figures create the third and fourth changes. No exact break-even inside any bracket is claimed because the public ladders do not quote each intermediate IP count.

Bundle shape explains the reversals

Bright Data publishes shared tiers at 10, 100, 500, and 1,000 IPs. Geonode publishes a denser small ladder, followed by a jump from 100 to 1,000 IPs in the captured data. A requested quantity is charged at the cheapest tier that covers it, even if the buyer leaves included IPs unused. The abrupt checkout changes are therefore the purchasing reality represented by these public bundles, not a smooth per-IP curve. Dataset method dated 2026-07-26

This is strictly a checkout comparison. It does not establish equivalent sharing ratios, IP reputation, success rate, latency, or support. Those claims would require testing that this dataset does not contain.

Product controls differ with the winning rung

Bright Data’s recorded shared ISP rows publish rotating and static modes with country targeting. They use 30-day monthly billing and no rollover on the provider’s page. They do not publish an ISP concurrency maximum, port count, or ISP-level targeting in the captured fields. Geonode publishes static service with country and ISP targeting, no pooling, and no trial. It does not publish rotating operation or a concurrency maximum. Bright Data ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25 Geonode ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25

That difference cuts both ways. At 10 and 500 IPs, cheaper Bright Data does not publish the ISP targeting that dearer Geonode does. At 1, 5, 25, 50, 100, and 1,000 IPs, cheaper Geonode does not publish the rotating mode that Bright Data does. If a workflow needs rotation or ISP selection, price alone cannot settle the choice.

Decision rule

Price the exact IP count for the next billing month. Geonode has the lower checkout at 1, 5, 25, 50, 100, and 1,000 sampled IPs. Bright Data has the lower checkout at 10 and 500. Re-run the calculation whenever the requirement approaches one of the four crossing brackets, and verify rotation, targeting, and sharing terms before purchase.