Side by side
Bright Data vs Decodo
The short answer
On residential, Decodo is the cheaper of the two at $2/GB against Bright Data's $2.50/GB, a gap of about 20%.
Sign-up
ID required
Just an email
Pay with
Card, PayPal, wire
Card, PayPal, crypto
Free trial
7 days, business accounts
3 days, free
IPs (their number)
150 million
115 million
Countries
195
195
Won't work for
Ticketing
Nothing we know of
Warnings
None
None
Bright Data against Decodo, product by product
Residentialcompared above
$2.50/GBon 798 GB Included, $1,999/mo, read 12 Augfrom $499/mo on 141 GB Included, 4 plans
$2.00/GBon Residential 1000 GB, $2,000/mo, read 12 Augfrom $11.25/mo on Residential 3 GB, 8 plans
Fixed ISP
$5.00/GBon 399 GB Included (Pay/GB), $1,999/mo, read 12 Augfrom $499/mo on 71 GB Included (Pay/GB), 12 plans
—unlimited bandwidth, priced flatfrom $42/mo on Static 10, 1 plan
Datacenter
$0.42/GBon 5 TB Included (Pay/GB), $1,999/mo, read 12 Augfrom $499/mo on 1 TB Included (Pay/GB), 12 plans
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Choose Bright Data if
you read an ID check as a signal rather than a hurdle, which Bright Data asks for and Decodo does not.
Choose Decodo if
the rate is lower, $2/GB against $2.50, and sign-up is just an email where Bright Data wants identity documents first.
Questions
Does Bright Data or Decodo ask for ID?
Bright Data needs id required to open an account and Decodo needs just an email.
Which is cheaper, Bright Data or Decodo?
Decodo, at $2 per GB against Bright Data's $2.50 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.
Which has more addresses, Bright Data or Decodo?
Bright Data, on their own numbers: 150 million, 195 countries against Decodo's 115 million, 195 countries.
Neither of these?
We don't pick a winner, the numbers are the same ones on each provider's page, checked yesterday.