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Proxy Costsobserved 2026-07-29

Head to head

Both ladders priced at every published bracket. Where one side is unknown, or its source cannot be read, the price conclusion stops there.

Bright Data vs Proxy-Cheap: 10, 25, and 100 IPs change the price order

Bright Data and Proxy-Cheap follow the same three price reversals for datacenter and ISP proxies. Proxy-Cheap is cheaper at 5 IPs, Bright Data at 10 IPs, Proxy-Cheap at 25 and 50 IPs, and Bright Data from 100 IPs upward. The sampled crossing brackets are 5 to 10, 10 to 25, and 50 to 100 IPs for both proxy types. Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26

Datacenter checkout ladder

Requested fleet Bright Data checkout Proxy-Cheap checkout Cheaper public checkout
1 IP $14 $1.42 Proxy-Cheap
5 IPs $14 $7.10 Proxy-Cheap
10 IPs $14 $14.20 Bright Data
25 IPs $100 $35.50 Proxy-Cheap
50 IPs $100 $71 Proxy-Cheap
100 IPs $100 $142 Bright Data
500 IPs $475 $710 Bright Data on the provider’s page
1,000 IPs $900 $1,420 Bright Data on the provider’s page

At 5 datacenter IPs, Proxy-Cheap costs $7.10 against Bright Data’s $14, so Proxy-Cheap is the lower checkout. At 10 IPs, Bright Data stays at $14 while Proxy-Cheap reaches $14.20, changing the conclusion by only $0.20. At 25 IPs, Bright Data moves to a $100 100-IP tier while Proxy-Cheap costs $35.50. At 50 IPs, Proxy-Cheap remains lower at $71 against $100. At 100 IPs, Bright Data remains at $100 while Proxy-Cheap reaches $142 and stays dearer through 1,000 IPs. Bright Data datacenter pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T15:31:32Z Proxy-Cheap datacenter pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

ISP checkout ladder

Requested fleet Bright Data checkout Proxy-Cheap recorded cost Lower recorded cost
1 IP $18 $2.29 Proxy-Cheap
5 IPs $18 $11.45 Proxy-Cheap
10 IPs $18 $22.90 Bright Data
25 IPs $145 $57.25 Proxy-Cheap
50 IPs $145 $114.50 Proxy-Cheap
100 IPs $145 $229 Bright Data on the provider’s page
500 IPs $700 $1,145 Bright Data on the provider’s page
1,000 IPs $1,300 $2,290 Bright Data on the provider’s page

The ISP buyer conclusions match the datacenter ladder. At 5 IPs, Proxy-Cheap is lower at $11.45 against $18. At 10 IPs, Bright Data is lower at $18 against $22.90. At 25 and 50 IPs, Proxy-Cheap is lower at $57.25 and $114.50 against Bright Data’s $145. At 100 IPs, Bright Data is lower at $145 against $229 and retains the lower recorded cost at 500 and 1,000 IPs. Bright Data ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T15:31:32Z Proxy-Cheap ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

Proxy-Cheap’s selected ISP row has a 12-month commitment and a 365-day billing period in the captured data, while Bright Data’s row is monthly. The pair engine records Proxy-Cheap’s per-IP figures shown above, but a buyer must verify the amount charged at checkout and the cancellation term before comparing it with a one-month Bright Data purchase. The table does not make an annual commitment equivalent to a monthly one. Proxy-Cheap ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26

Published constraints

Bright Data’s captured datacenter and ISP rows publish 30-day billing, a 30-day traffic period, no rollover on the provider’s page, rotating and static modes, and country targeting. They do not publish a concurrency maximum. Proxy-Cheap’s datacenter row publishes static mode, country targeting, and a three-day refund window, but not concurrency. Its ISP row publishes static mode, country and ISP targeting, a 100-session and 100-thread ceiling, and the same refund window. Bright Data datacenter and ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T15:31:32Z Proxy-Cheap ISP pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

Decision rule

At both proxy types, Proxy-Cheap has the lower recorded cost at 5, 25, and 50 IPs. Bright Data has it at 10, 100, 500, and 1,000 IPs. Recheck the 10-IP datacenter result because the gap is $0.20, and normalize the ISP contract duration before acting on any recorded price difference. Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26