Side by side
Bright Data vs PacketStream
The short answer
On residential, PacketStream is the cheaper of the two at $1/GB against Bright Data's $2.50/GB, a gap of about 60%. One thing to read before you decide: we carry a warning on PacketStream and none on Bright Data.
Bright Data against PacketStream, product by product
Choose Bright Data if
you read an ID check as a signal rather than a hurdle, which Bright Data asks for and PacketStream does not, and the country list is wider, 195 against 190.
Choose PacketStream if
the rate is lower, $1/GB against $2.50, and sign-up is just an email where Bright Data wants identity documents first.
Questions
Does Bright Data or PacketStream ask for ID?
Bright Data needs id required to open an account and PacketStream needs just an email.
Which is cheaper, Bright Data or PacketStream?
PacketStream, at $1 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 PacketStream?
Bright Data, on their own numbers: 150 million, 195 countries against PacketStream's 7 million, 190 countries.