Proxy and web data providers · October 2026 Edition
Oxylabs vs Bright Data
Two of fourteen models named Oxylabs first on the direct prompt; one named Bright Data. Both were named by all fourteen models and Oxylabs carries 55 labels and Bright Data 52, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share11%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5552A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Oxylabs reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Decodo was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Decodo vs Oxylabs · Decodo vs Bright Data · Smartproxy vs Oxylabs
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the proxy and web data providers page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OxylabsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBright Data
Direct211 against Oxylabs · 3 against Bright Data
Paraphrase313 against Bright Data
Comparative610
Budget-constrained014 against Oxylabs · 3 against Bright Data
Scale-constrained00
Negative023 against Oxylabs · 4 against Bright Data
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Oxylabs and Bright Data were named in the same answer 138 times, of the 160 answers naming Oxylabs and the 157 naming Bright Data. In those answers Bright Data took the first choice thirty times and Oxylabs seventeen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Oxylabs and Bright Data stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Oxylabs Bright Data first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Oxylabs on the left and Bright Data on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Oxylabs and Bright Data stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.GPT-5.4 miniBright Data, Oxylabs alternatives: Decodo, NetNut, SOAX
Oxylabs first, Bright Data an alternative
1 of 14 modelsBright Data was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Decodo, Oxylabs alternatives: Bright Data, SOAX
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashSOAX, Smartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, NetNut, NodeMaven, Oxylabs, SimplyNode
Perplexity SonarDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, Proxy-Seller
Grok 4.1 FastDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, SOAX
Mistral SmallDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, ProxyWing
DeepSeek V4 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Oxylabs, SOAX
Llama 4 MaverickDecodo alternatives: Infatica, Oxylabs, ProxyWing
Qwen 3.7 FlashDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs
GLM 4.7 FlashXSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, SOAX, Webshare
MiniMax M2.5Rayobyte, Smartproxy alternatives: Oxylabs
GPT-6 LunaDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Kimi K2Decodo alternatives: DataImpulse, SOAX
Muse Glimmer 30BDecodo alternatives: Infatica, SOAX
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Bright Data leads by four points.
Bright Data8%#4 of 9Oxylabs4%#6 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Oxylabs leads at mid-market.
Oxylabs11%#4 of 11Bright Data7%#5 of 11Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Oxylabs42%#1 of 7Bright Data42%#2 of 7What the models said about Oxylabs
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid starting with enterprise-heavy plans like Oxylabs residential if budget is tight” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise-Only Providers (Bright Data, Oxylabs)” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Users report frequent account blocks triggered by false positives... Frequently cited as being overpriced for smaller-scale projects” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bright Data & Oxylabs: As above—hybrid leaders with scraping APIs, pre-built datasets (e.g., e-commerce prices), managed services.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Bright Data or Oxylabs if you need an enterprise-grade platform with broad coverage and stronger managed-data options.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B operations, Oxylabs or Decodo tend to offer the best balance of reliability, support, and scalability” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Bright Data
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid Enterprise-Only Providers (Bright Data, Oxylabs) unless you have enterprise-level budgets” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Pricing Shocks: There are multiple reported instances where automated scraping agents consumed entire bandwidth quotas in one afternoon” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Premium enterprise providers like Bright Data and Oxylabs are generally better for large budgets, not limited ones.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Bright Data: Largest network (~72-400M+ residential IPs, 195+ countries). Enterprise-focused with advanced tools like Web Scraper API, SERP API, datasets, and unblockers.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually a datacenter proxy network ... Bright Data's current pricing page, for example, shows datacenter plans starting at $0.90/IP” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Bright Data, IPRoyal, and FloppyData are most often considered the best providers in 2025 thanks to their extensive pool of IP addresses” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.