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LightningProxies| Proxy type | Cheaper |
|---|---|
| Residential proxies | LightningProxies at every volume |
| ISP proxies, per proxy | LightningProxies 1–5 proxies, same price 6 proxies, Bright Data 7–500 proxies |
| Datacenter proxies, per GB | Bright Data 1–33 GB, LightningProxies 34–1,000 GB |
| Datacenter proxies, per proxy | LightningProxies at every volume |
| Mobile proxies | Only LightningProxies · all mobile providers |
Residential proxies
| Per month | Bright Data | LightningProxies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | $10.00 | $4.50 |
| 10 GB | $80.00 | $32.00 |
| 50 GB | $400.00 | $130.00 |
| 250 GB | $1,500.00 | $550.00 |
| 1,000 GB | $5,000.00 | $1,500.00 |
| Bright Data | LightningProxies | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest rate | $5.00/GB | $1.10/GB |
| Smallest purchase | $10.00 (1.3 GB) | $4.50 (1 GB) |
| Pay as you go | Yes | Yes |
| IP pool | 400M+ monthly IPs | 20M+ IPs |
| Locations | 195 | 195 |
| Targeting | country, state, city, zip, asn and carrier | country, state, city and asn |
| SOCKS5 | Yes | Yes |
| Sticky sessions | – | 120 minutes |
| Traffic expires | end of billing month (monthly plans) | – |
ISP proxies, per proxy
| Per month | Bright Data | LightningProxies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 proxy | $18.00 | $4.00 |
| 10 proxies | $18.00 | $25.00 |
| 50 proxies | $90.00 | $125.00 |
| 100 proxies | $145.00 | $250.00 |
| 500 proxies | $700.00 | $1,250.00 |
| Bright Data Shared ISP | LightningProxies | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest rate | $1.30/proxy | $2.50/proxy |
| Smallest purchase | $18.00 (10 proxies) | $4.00 (1 proxy) |
| Pay as you go | No | Yes |
| IP pool | 1,300,000+ IPs | – |
| Locations | 35 | 20 |
| Targeting | country | country |
| SOCKS5 | Yes | Yes |
| Sticky sessions | – | – |
| Included traffic | 100 GB per IP per month (fair use) | unlimited |
Datacenter proxies, per GB
| Per month | Bright Data | LightningProxies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | $10.00 | $20.00 |
| 10 GB | $10.00 | $20.00 |
| 50 GB | $30.00 | $20.00 |
| 250 GB | $150.00 | $40.00 |
| 1,000 GB | $510.00 | $110.00 |
| Bright Data Datacenter pay per GB | LightningProxies IPv6 rotating | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest rate | $0.42/GB | $0.055/GB |
| Smallest purchase | $10.00 (16.7 GB) | $20.00 (100 GB) |
| Pay as you go | Yes | No |
| IP pool | ~40,000 IPs | – |
| Locations | – | – |
| Targeting | country | country |
| SOCKS5 | Yes | Yes |
| Sticky sessions | – | – |
| Traffic expires | end of billing month (monthly plans) | – |
Datacenter proxies, per proxy
| Per month | Bright Data | LightningProxies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 proxy | $14.00 | $5.90 |
| 10 proxies | $14.00 | $5.90 |
| 50 proxies | $70.00 | $5.90 |
| 100 proxies | $100.00 | $5.90 |
| 500 proxies | $475.00 | $11.80 |
| Bright Data Shared datacenter | LightningProxies Private datacenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest rate | $0.90/proxy | $0.0142/proxy |
| Smallest purchase | $14.00 (10 proxies) | $5.90 (250 proxies) |
| Pay as you go | No | No |
| IP pool | 1,300,000+ IPs | 15,000+ IPs |
| Locations | 98 | 6 |
| Targeting | country | country |
| SOCKS5 | Yes | Yes |
| Sticky sessions | – | – |
| Included traffic | 100 GB per IP per month (fair use) | 250 GB/month |
Terms
| Bright Data | LightningProxies | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Israel | – |
| Payment | Card, PayPal, Alipay, Google Pay and Bank transfer | Card, PayPal and Crypto |
| Free trial | $2 credit for 7 days, plus $5 credit for 30 days after adding a payment method | Free trial on request through live chat for residential, mobile, datacenter and IPv6 proxies (conditions apply); none for ISP proxies |
| Refunds | Fees are non-refundable; support may grant exceptions case by case. Promotional bonus funds are never refunded. | Card or debit payments only, within 48 hours of purchase (24 hours for 1-day plans); GB plans must have used no more than 300 MB; crypto payments aren't refundable and there are no partial refunds for unused resources |
| Identity checks | Residential needs KYC approval first (company email only, may include a video call); ISP and datacenter need none | – |
| Prices checked | 24 Oct 2026 | 24 Oct 2026 |