Head to head
Bright Data vs IPRoyal
Both can do the job. The gap is price, pool size, and how hard your targets push back. Here is how they line up on the numbers I track, then a straight call on which one to start with.
| Bright Data | IPRoyal | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | from $4.00/GB | from $7.35/GB |
| Pricing model | per-GB | per-GB |
| Pool size | 400M+ | 32M+ |
| Free trial | 7-day trial for businesses | No free trial |
| Best for | web-scraping, ad-verification, enterprise | pay-as-you-go, no-expiry |
| Try it | Visit Bright Data | Visit IPRoyal |
The call
Bright Data is the cheaper way in, from $4.00/GB against from $7.35/GB for IPRoyal.
Bright Data runs the larger pool (400M+ vs 32M+), which shows up when a target blocks IPs aggressively.
For hard targets at volume, Bright Data is the safer pick.