Keep the managed tools you need. Compare residential alternatives when your scraper already handles fetching and parsing.
Residential pay as you go, with managed tools available separately.
Monthly residential packages, with separate managed collection APIs.
Non-expiring residential traffic for your own HTTP client or browser.
Set your traffic and acceptance rate.
See the cost of the records you can use.
Use the same inputs for each provider
Include retry traffic in GB and any fixed fees for this run.
per 1,000 accepted records
Based on your inputs. An estimate, not a provider quote or a measured success rate.
Hold the workload constant and compare the decision field that can change your bill or your team's work.
| Decision field | Bright Data | Oxylabs | ProxyLane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential entry and meter | Bright DataPay as you go shows $8/GB, with a displayed 50% coupon at $4/GB and no commitment; verify checkout | OxylabsResidential starts at $6/GB; Starter shows 5 GB for $30 billed monthly, with VAT potentially added | ProxyLaneResidential proxies from $2/GB; see pricing for package details. Traffic does not expire; account creation is free |
| Product path | Bright DataChoose a raw zone, Web Unlocker, Browser API, or MCP server according to who handles fetching and extraction | OxylabsChoose raw residential, Web Unblocker, Web Scraper API, Headless Browser, or MCP; each is a separate product | ProxyLaneUse residential traffic in your own HTTP client or browser. MCP terms are separate |
| Geography | Bright DataThe residential page lists country, state, city, and ZIP targeting | OxylabsUse location and session tokens in the username; confirm the city and target availability | ProxyLaneSelect country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN targeting and confirm the requested location |
| Sessions and identity | Bright DataRaw zones expose rotation and session controls; managed paths handle more request-side behavior | OxylabsUse explicit session identifiers; a dynamic peer can leave early, so test duration | ProxyLaneChoose rotating or sticky sessions and preserve the scraper's cookie policy |
| Browser ownership | Bright DataBrowser API supplies remote infrastructure; a raw zone supplies an exit for your browser | OxylabsWeb Unblocker handles request and browser parameters; raw gateway work stays with your team | ProxyLaneBring your own browser or HTTP client; ProxyLane supplies the route and session choice |
| Managed access and agents | Bright DataThe official MCP server runs on Web Unlocker with an account-level free tier of 5,000 credits per month | OxylabsWeb Scraper API and MCP use product-specific credentials; Web Unblocker is a separate managed path | ProxyLaneDescribe the MCP client, target, and expected usage; service terms are scoped separately |
| Same-workload check | Bright DataFor a hypothetical 100 GB run, price the selected path, meter, and retries | OxylabsFor the same hypothetical run, separate residential GB, API results, and Web Unblocker allowance | ProxyLaneRun the same URLs with the same parser; compare records, traffic, retries, and package cost |
Stay with Bright Data if Web Unlocker, Browser API, or its MCP server removes work your team does not want to own. Its current documentation separates tool groups and account credits from raw proxy zones, which makes the existing integration valuable when that product path is already accepted.
Bright Data lists country, state, city, and ZIP targeting, and its FAQ says residential or mobile access can require compliance review. Keep it when those controls or an approved account matter.
Start a ProxyLane test when the missing piece is a residential exit inside an HTTP client or browser you already maintain. The test keeps fetch, cookies, parsing, and retry logic visible instead of buying a managed API by accident.
Compare ProxyLane when traffic may sit between jobs. Its residential packages do not expire, so the relevant question is whether the stored balance and selected location fit your schedule after measuring the complete visit.
Use the 1 GB ProxyLane package as the smallest commercial comparison point. Bright Data's displayed coupon and Oxylabs' monthly Starter price can be lower or higher for a particular account, so record actual checkout terms before judging value.
An alternative page misleads when one side is raw bandwidth and the other is a managed response. Bright Data shows a pay-as-you-go gateway with no commitment beside Web Unlocker, Browser API, and MCP. Record the endpoint, parser output, and retry owner before pricing.
Oxylabs also separates raw residential traffic from Web Unblocker and Web Scraper API. Its pricing page shows residential from $6/GB and Web Scraper API from $49/month. These are separate allowances.
ProxyLane is a residential route for your HTTP client or browser. The offer is residential traffic from $2/GB, with traffic that does not expire, country/city/ISP targeting, HTTP/SOCKS5, and rotating or sticky sessions. Your team owns extraction, retries, and browser behavior.
A ProxyLane traffic package does not include a hosted browser or managed extraction result. For MCP access, state the client, targets, and expected usage separately. Registration is free; any service fee is stated before payment.
Use permitted URLs containing the fields your system accepts. Hold parser, headers, cookies, browser steps, concurrency, retries, and country constant. Send them through the selected Bright Data, Oxylabs, and ProxyLane routes. Count complete records and traffic.
For browser work, include assets and the full session. For managed APIs, compare returned fields and the provider's unit. Keep the incumbent when it wins a valued requirement; switch only after the same acceptance rule passes.
Use a reversible sample and preserve the acceptance rule that made the current route useful.
Record the permitted URLs, required fields, parser version, cookie policy, concurrency, retries, country, session duration, and what counts as a completed record
Choose Bright Data raw, Oxylabs raw or managed, and ProxyLane residential access only when each route is solving the same retrieval job
Use the same client and target sample; log bytes, proxy errors, retries, session changes, returned fields, and completed records for each route
Keep the current provider or move a bounded batch only after the replacement meets the output rule and the measured cost and service terms are acceptable
Migration worksheetUse the same target, region and acceptance rule. Record billed traffic, accepted records and cost for each provider.
Open source · MIT license · Runs locally
Clone the repository and follow the README to connect your proxy. Then run:
python3 collect.py --target https://YOUR_TARGET/fixture.json --output provider-a.jsonFill in your own measurements. Response bytes are not billed traffic.
ProxyLane supplies residential proxy traffic for a client or browser you operate. Web Unlocker is a managed Bright Data product that handles more request-side access work, so compare the same output job before treating them as substitutes.
Compare the selected residential gateway and its account terms. Bright Data currently displays $8/GB pay as you go with a 50% coupon, Oxylabs starts at $6/GB, and ProxyLane's 1 GB package is $6.50. Coupons, VAT, managed products, and usage rules can change the result.
No. Bring the HTTP client, browser, cookies, parser, and retry policy that your workflow already uses. ProxyLane supplies the residential route and session choice.
Share the MCP client, target, and expected usage when registering. Residential traffic pricing and MCP service terms are separate, and any service fee is stated before payment.
Tell ProxyLane which targets, geography, session behavior and traffic volume your workflow needs.
Recheck linked product and billing terms before committing to a plan.
Reviewed 2026-09-16