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Zyte vs Bright Data

Bright Data needs orchestrating.Zyte does it for you.

Bright Data sells separate tools. You wire them together and keep them working. Zyte gives you one API that handles access, rendering, sessions, retries and extraction, priced on responses that worked.

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Independent benchmark

Zyte vs Bright Data: success rate, speed + cost

Proxyway, an independent reviewer, tested Zyte API against 10 leading Web Scraping APIs. Zyte recorded the highest success rate and the fastest average response time in the test, at a lower cost per successful response.

Success rate

23%fewer failedrequests

Zyte 98.38% vs. Bright Data 97.90%

Speed

3.3timesfaster

Zyte 6.61s · Bright Data 22.08s

Costs

86%less overallcost

Zyte $0.40 vs. Bright Data $2.81 per 1,000 requests

Read the Proxyway report (Sep 2024) (opens in a new tab)

Three differences

Why teams move from Bright Data to Zyte.

One API instead of a product stack. Billing tied to successful responses. Structured data, not just unblocked pages.

One request, not a stack

Access, unblocking, proxy rotation, rendering, sessions, retries and extraction happen inside one request. Bright Data splits these across proxies, Web Unlocker, Browser API and separate scrapers. Each has its own integration, docs and payment plan.

You only pay for responses that worked

Failed attempts cost you nothing. Bright Data bills per request across products with separate pricing models, so retries and blocked attempts land on the invoice alongside the data you actually used.

Structured data, not just unblocked HTML

Products, articles, job postings, forum threads and SERP results come back as typed fields, with custom attributes when you need them. Bright Data routes structured output through prebuilt scrapers and datasets — fast when one matches your source, another product to buy when it doesn't.

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Side by side

How Zyte and Bright Data compare

Dimension
Zyte
Bright Data
Product model: What you buy, and how many pieces you assemble.One API covering simple, moderate and difficult sites.A broad catalogue of proxies, unblocking products, browsers, scrapers, datasets and search products.
Access: Reaching a page successfully when a site resists automated traffic.Applies the leanest working strategy by default and escalates only when a site requires it.Strong infrastructure, but you often choose which product and configuration suits each target.
Browser rendering: Running a real browser for JavaScript-heavy pages and on-page actions.Point existing Playwright or Puppeteer scripts at Zyte-hosted browsers with Browser CDP, with anti-blocking and stealth built in. Or run rendering, actions, screenshots, cookies and sessions inside a single API request.A capable browser API for remote Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium infrastructure.
Structured extraction: Turning a fetched page into typed fields you can use directly.Returns products, product lists, articles, article lists, forum threads, job postings, search results, page content and custom attributes.Prebuilt scrapers, scraper APIs, data feeds and datasets.
Pricing: What you are billed for, and what a failed attempt costs.Success-based pricing, so spend maps to successful responses.Pricing varies by product and can include bandwidth, browser usage, scraper and dataset models.
Maintenance: Who absorbs the work as sites change and break.Takes on the work of maintaining access, rendering, retries and extraction as sites change.More infrastructure flexibility, which means more configuration, monitoring and tuning on your side.
Independent benchmark: Proxyway's head-to-head test, Sep 2024.98.38% success · 6.61s average response · $0.40 per 1,000 requests.97.90% success · 22.08s average response · $2.81 per 1,000 requests.

Reviews

Don't take our word for it

We set everything up once, and it continued to work for years without a hitch.

Alexandr N.

Where each one wins

Which one fits your team

Zyte

Choose Zyte when

  • You collect web data across many sites, not one
  • Your targets include protected, JavaScript-heavy or frequently changing sites
  • Your team spends real time on proxy selection, retries, rendering and ban recovery
  • You need structured data, not just retrieved HTML
  • You want spend tied to successful results and predictable cost per usable record
  • You want engineering control without owning every infrastructure decision
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Bright Data

Choose Bright Data when

  • You want to buy and operate raw proxy infrastructure directly
  • You need deep proxy type, geo, ASN or network-level control
  • Your main requirement is standalone remote browser infrastructure
  • An existing dataset already matches your source, schema and refresh needs
  • Your team wants to assemble and run a modular stack, and has capacity to

Two ways to work with Zyte

Run it yourself, or have us run it.

Same collection engine underneath. The difference is how much of the operating work sits with your team.

All-in-one web scraping API

Zyte API

You build and run the pipeline. One API handles access, rendering, sessions, retries and extraction; you keep the crawling logic, scheduling and orchestration.

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Managed data services

Zyte Data

We build and run it for you. You specify the sources, fields and delivery schedule; data arrives on time, to spec, with the maintenance handled.

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Either way, Zyte helps teams maintain the data, not the plumbing.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Zyte is a Bright Data alternative for teams that want reliable web data collection through a unified API rather than a broad catalogue of separate proxy, browser, scraper, and dataset products.
Bright Data is broader and more proxy-led. Zyte is more focused on one operating model for web data collection: access, rendering, sessions, retries, recovery, and extraction in one API.
Bright Data is known for proxy network breadth. Zyte does not compete as a raw proxy marketplace. Zyte focuses on reliable data delivery: selecting and orchestrating the access, rendering, retry, and extraction tactics needed to get useful data.
Choose Zyte when you want fewer moving parts, success-based pricing, structured extraction, adaptive unblocking, and less engineering time spent maintaining scraping infrastructure.
Bright Data may be a better fit if you specifically want raw proxy control, deep network targeting, a standalone browser API, or an off-the-shelf dataset that already matches your needs. Zyte fits better when you want one API handling access, rendering, retries and extraction, billed on successful responses.
Yes. Zyte API supports browser rendering, browser actions, screenshots, sessions, cookies, and related controls inside the same API workflow.
Yes. Zyte can return structured outputs for common data types such as products, product lists, articles, article lists, forum threads, job postings, SERP results, page content, and custom attributes.
Compare cost per successful, usable result. Zyte bills only for responses that worked, so spend maps to data you can use. Component pricing — such as proxy bandwidth or browser usage — does not always show the full cost of retries, failed attempts, engineering time, parser maintenance, and operational downtime.
No. Zyte API is developer-friendly, but Zyte also supports teams that want managed delivery through Zyte Data. Buyers can choose the level of ownership they want.
Sometimes. Zyte can replace large parts of the access, rendering, retry, and extraction layer. Some teams keep their own crawling logic or orchestration while using Zyte underneath for reliable access and data extraction.