Bright Data
Bright Data · Ranked #3 of 19 in Data Enrichment APIs
Web-data infrastructure vendor whose Dataset Marketplace API (Search and Filter, 669M+ LinkedIn people profiles, company and jobs datasets) is self-serve with published $2.50 per 1,000 records pricing, but it ships public profile fields, not verified emails or phones.
Bulk public people and company datasets for data teams
Overview
Bright Data is a web-data and proxy infrastructure company that also sells ready-made datasets from 250+ domains. For people and company data it offers the Marketplace Dataset API (a synchronous Elasticsearch-style Search endpoint returning up to 1,000 records per call, and an asynchronous Filter endpoint that builds snapshots and accepts CSV/JSON uploads up to 200 MiB), the LinkedIn Scraper API (profiles, companies, jobs, posts) and the Web Scraper API. LinkedIn People Profiles is cited at 669M+ records, with company and jobs datasets alongside. Delivery targets include Snowflake, S3, Google Cloud and email, in JSON, NDJSON, CSV, XLSX and Parquet.
This is not a verified-contact enrichment API. Standard LinkedIn profile records contain public fields (name, position, company and so on) and no verified work emails or direct dials; business emails and phones are available only through a partnership enrichment (with RevenueBase). The distinction matters for category fit but not for the rubric, which scores the developer surface.
On that surface the evidence is strong: structured docs with an llms.txt index, Python and JavaScript SDKs, a remote MCP server with OAuth, documented limits (Scraper API: 5,000 running jobs, 1 minute sync wait, 30-day snapshot retention, 25 HTTP 429s in 5 minutes leads to a temporary block), published $2.50 CPM pricing with no charge for zero-match queries, free samples on each dataset page, a public status page covering proxies, scrapers and Web MCP across 11 datacenters, and an advertised 99.99% network uptime plus enterprise custom SLAs. Reputation is high: Trustpilot 4.4/5 (1,025 reviews) and G2 about 4.7/5 (334 reviews), with complaints about KYC friction, account-manager responsiveness and a bot support gatekeeper. Minimum dataset purchases start at $250 for 100K records.
How this score is derived
The APIbenchmarks Index is a weighted sum of four dimensions, each scored on an absolute 0–100 reference scale. See the methodology for every mapping.
| Dimension | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation & DXdocs.brightdata.com documents the Marketplace Dataset API (Search and Filter with shared filter syntax, limits and CPM), the LinkedIn scrapers with copy-paste examples, async snapshots, limits and an llms.txt index; strong, though dataset-specific field docs were not fully reviewed. | 82 | 30% | 24.6 |
| ReliabilityA public status page covers proxy, web-access, scraper and Web MCP products across 11 datacenters, an enterprise-grade 99.99% network uptime is advertised (vendor claim, proxy network) and custom SLAs are offered; incident history for the dataset API specifically was not found, so scored below a verified SLA. | 80 | 25% | 20.0 |
| Ecosystem & SDKsOfficial Python (brightdata-sdk) and JavaScript SDKs, a remote MCP server with OAuth, delivery to Snowflake, S3 and GCS, and multiple output formats; breadth is strong but the SDKs target scrapers more than the dataset API. | 82 | 25% | 20.5 |
| AccessibilitySelf-serve with published $2.50 per 1,000 records pricing, free samples per dataset and no charge for zero-match queries, but there is no free API tier for datasets, bulk packages start at $250, KYC friction is reported, and the data lacks verified contact details. | 76 | 20% | 15.2 |
| APIbenchmarks Index (ABI) | 80.3 | ||
Table 1. Derivation of the ABI for Bright Data. Contribution = score × weight; the index is their sum.
At a glance
- Vendor
- Bright Data
- Pricing model
- Per 1,000 records ($2.50 CPM), plans/commits
- Free tier
- Free dataset samples; new-account credits (unconfirmed for datasets)
- Official SDKs
- 5 languages
Pricing
| Dataset Marketplace (one-time) | $250 for 100K records | $2.50 per 1,000 records; 500K, 1M, 5M, 20M and complete-dataset tiers. |
| Dataset subscription | Discounted refresh | Biannual 25%, quarterly 50%, monthly 80% savings (promotional). |
| Scraper API (pay-as-you-go) | About $1.50 per 1,000 records | Third-party figure; falls to about $1.00 on the $1,999/mo Scale tier. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom SLA and dedicated capacity. |
Key features
- •Marketplace Dataset Search API (sync, Elasticsearch-style, 1,000 records max)
- •Marketplace Dataset Filter API (async snapshots, 200 MiB upload)
- •250+ ready-made datasets
- •LinkedIn people, company and jobs datasets
- •LinkedIn Scraper API (profiles, companies, jobs, posts)
- •Archive of cached snapshots and data validation
- •Webhook and storage delivery (Snowflake, S3, GCS, email)
- •MCP server (remote, OAuth)
- •Python and JavaScript SDKs
Official SDKs
Strengths & trade-offs
- +Self-serve Search (sync, up to 1,000 records) and Filter (async snapshots) APIs
- +Published $2.50 per 1,000 records with no charge for zero-match queries
- +669M+ LinkedIn people profiles plus company and jobs datasets
- +Python and JavaScript SDKs and a remote MCP server with OAuth
- +Documented limits and retention (30-day snapshots)
- +Delivery to Snowflake, S3, GCS in five formats
- +High Trustpilot (4.4/5) and G2 (about 4.7/5) ratings
- –Public profile fields only; no verified emails or direct dials by default
- –No free API tier for datasets; $250 minimum for 100K-record packages
- –Enrichment emails/phones depend on a third-party partner
- –KYC friction and account-manager delays reported
- –Filter jobs can take up to 5 minutes
- –Uptime claim covers the proxy network rather than the dataset API
What developers say
Trustpilot 4.4/5 (1,025 reviews); G2 about 4.7/5 (334 reviews)
Reviewers consistently praise support and the Web Unlocker; complaints concern account-manager responsiveness, KYC friction and rigid pricing, and analysts note the LinkedIn data lacks verified contact fields.
“Trustpilot reviewers say they have never experienced such fast and responsive support that actually delivered results (paraphrased).”
Key figures
| LinkedIn People Profiles dataset | 669M+ records | Bright Data / aimultiple ↗ |
| Dataset price | $2.50 per 1,000 records | Bright Data dataset pricing ↗ |
| Search endpoint cap | 1,000 records per call, sub-second | Bright Data docs ↗ |
| Scraper API running-job limit | 5,000 jobs; 30-day snapshot retention | Bright Data docs: limits ↗ |
| Trustpilot | 4.4/5 (1,025 reviews) | Trustpilot ↗ |
| Network uptime claim | 99.99% (vendor/aggregator claim, proxy network) | aimultiple / Subscribed.fyi ↗ |
Compare Bright Data head to head
Sources
- https://docs.brightdata.com/datasets/introduction
- https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
- https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/marketplace-dataset-api/overview.md
- https://docs.brightdata.com/products/scrapers/limits.md
- https://brightdata.com/pricing/datasets
- https://brightdata.com/cp/status
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/brightdata.com
- https://aimultiple.com/products/bright-data
- https://aimultiple.com/linkedin-dataset
- https://syncgtm.com/blog/bright-data-review-2026
- https://apiserpent.com/blog/brightdata-linkedin-pricing-explained
Figures last verified 2026-10-07. Spotted an error? corrections@apibenchmarks.com