Bright Data vs Oxylabs 2026: Which Premium Proxy Wins?

By Elena Park 2026-04-21 9 min read Comparisons

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The two premium leaders go head-to-head. Here's where Bright Data wins, where Oxylabs wins, and which to buy in 2026.

TL;DR

Bright Data wins on pool size, country coverage and compliance polish. Oxylabs wins on Web Unlocker quality and slightly better pricing on APIs.

Pool & coverage

Bright Data: 150M+ residential IPs, 195 countries, city-level everywhere. Oxylabs: 100M+ residential IPs, 195 countries, city-level on most.

API products

Oxylabs SERP and E-Commerce APIs are best-in-class — slightly more reliable parsers than Bright Data's equivalents. Bright Data's Scraping Browser is unmatched for JS-heavy targets.

Pricing

Roughly equivalent at list — both around $4–4.20/GB at volume. Oxylabs APIs are 10–20% cheaper per request.

Compliance & support

Both SOC 2 + ISO 27001. Bright Data has slightly deeper enterprise sales motion; Oxylabs is faster to escalate technical issues.

Read more on ToptierProxy Blog or see our Best Proxies 2026 guide.