# Bright Data alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 152 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Bright Data holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/bright-data/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Decodo: 32
- Webshare: 19
- Smartproxy: 10
- Oxylabs: 6
- IPRoyal: 3
- ScraperAPI: 3

## Proxy and web data providers

**Small business**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Bright Data (Bright Data is #4 of 9 at 8%).

- Decodo: first choice in 18 of those 64
- Webshare: first choice in 13 of those 64
- Smartproxy: first choice in 6 of those 64
- ScraperAPI: first choice in 3 of those 64
- IPRoyal: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Oxylabs: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Rayobyte: first choice in 2 of those 64
- ZenRows: first choice in 2 of those 64

**Mid-market**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Bright Data (Bright Data is #5 of 11 at 7%).

- Decodo: first choice in 13 of those 55
- Webshare: first choice in 6 of those 55
- Smartproxy: first choice in 4 of those 55
- Blazing SEO: first choice in 1 of those 55
- DataImpulse: first choice in 1 of those 55
- IPRoyal: first choice in 1 of those 55
- NodeMaven: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Enterprise**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Bright Data (Bright Data is #2 of 7 at 42%).

- Oxylabs: first choice in 4 of those 33
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Decodo: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Proxy-Cheap: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Titan Network: first choice in 1 of those 33

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