Comparison

Bright Data vs PricesAPI

Bright Data is enterprise-scale infrastructure starting at $499/mo. PricesAPI is the small-team alternative for the same shopping data, starting at $0.

TL;DR

Bright Data sells web data at hyperscale — proxies, scraper APIs, datasets — with enterprise contracts and a $499/mo starting tier on the SERP API. Their SERP product covers general search engines but does not list dedicated shopping coverage on the public pricing page. PricesAPI starts at $0/mo (1,000 calls free), $49/mo for 25,000 calls, and is built specifically for product + merchant-offer data. If you need 380,000+ SERP results per month and have an enterprise budget, Bright Data fits. If you need shopping data and a credit card, we fit better.

Side by side

PricesAPI pricing from /pricing. Bright Data pricing from brightdata.com/pricing/serp. Verified 2026-05-02.

Feature	PricesAPI	Bright Data
Free tier	1,000 calls/mo, no card	Free trial only — no permanent free tier
Cheapest paid plan	$49/mo · 25,000 calls	$499/mo · 380,000 results
Pay-as-you-go rate	Tiered subscription only	$1.50 / 1,000 results
Cost per 1,000 calls (cheapest plan)	$1.96	$1.31 (only at $499/mo commit)
Shopping coverage	Yes — primary product	Not listed on public SERP API pricing page
Merchant offers per product	Yes — /offers returns every seller, price, condition	Via separate Web Scraper API or custom dataset
Onboarding model	Self-serve, instant	Sales-assisted for production access
Enterprise SLA + dedicated AM	Email support; SLA on Enterprise tier	Yes — dedicated account manager
Proxy network access	No — we do the scraping	Yes — full residential/ISP/mobile proxy network

Choose PricesAPI when

✓You spend less than $499/mo on shopping data and don't want to commit to enterprise pricing for an MVP.
✓You want a real free tier to evaluate before paying anyone.
✓You want merchant-offer data per product, not just SERP results.
✓You want self-serve onboarding — credit card and a curl command, no sales call.

Choose Bright Data when

•You're a Fortune-500-scale data buyer with $5K+/mo budget and need a single vendor for proxies + scraper APIs + datasets.
•You need a dedicated account manager and a procurement-friendly contract.
•You need raw proxy access (residential / ISP / mobile) for your own scraping infrastructure.

Response shape

PricesAPI · GET /v1/products/search

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "query": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
    "country": "us",
    "products": [
      {
        "product_id": "100569554",
        "title": "Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones",
        "price": 348.00,
        "currency": "USD",
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic...",
        "source": "Amazon.com",
        "rating": 4.7
      }
    ]
  }
}

Bright Data SERP · POST /serp

{
  "general": {
    "search_engine": "google",
    "query": "Sony WH-1000XM5",
    "results_cnt": 12700000,
    "language": "en",
    "location": "United States",
    "page_size": 10,
    "page": 1
  },
  "input": { ... },
  "organic": [ ... ],
  "navigation": [ ... ],
  "knowledge": { ... },
  "snack_pack": { ... },
  // Shopping coverage not on public list
  // — request via Web Scraper API
}

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