# Bright Data datasets in 2026: prices per record, and rows from 5¢ Compared on Nov 12, 2026. The page: https://specstream.ai/bright-data-datasets Bright Data sells 1,000+ datasets with 21B+ records at up to $0.0025 a record, and every order costs at least $250. Its pre-built scrapers cost $1.5 per 1,000 records. The minimum holds on small datasets too: Transparent Labs lists 556 records. SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Describe the records you need in plain words and get one row per match from the live web, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with no minimum order. [Describe your dataset](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-bright-data-datasets&utm_source=alternatives-md&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DEvery%2520protein%2520powder%2520on%2520the%2520Transparent%2520Labs%2520store%252C%2520with%2520the%2520price%252C%2520the%2520sale%2520price%252C%2520the%2520flavors%252C%2520the%2520star%2520rating%2520and%2520the%2520review%2520count) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is 200 rows. ## Bright Data datasets and scrapers, and the same job on SpecStream | | SpecStream | Bright Data | |---|---|---| | What you send | The records you want in plain words, with the conditions every row must meet | A dataset picked from the marketplace and narrowed with filters, or a URL sent to a pre-built scraper, which returns structured JSON or CSV | | What is on offer | Any record the live web holds, found and read during your run. Plus 100,666 ready lists of public records from 46 official sources | 1,000+ datasets with 21B+ records, and thousands of pre-built scrapers for LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Amazon, Google Maps and more | | Price of a record | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. A ready list: 5¢ a row for the first 2,000 rows and 1¢ after | Datasets: up to $0.0025 a record, and per-record prices vary by volume tier. Pre-built scrapers: $1.5 per 1,000 records pay as you go | | The smallest order | $10 of credit on sign-up, no card. A ready list costs at least $5 | Every dataset order costs at least $250, which buys 100K records. Scrapers start with 5K free records a month | | A small dataset | 556 rows at 5¢ cost $27.80, and only delivered rows are billed | Transparent Labs lists 556+ records, and the $250 minimum still applies: about 45¢ a record | | A monthly plan | None needed. A top-up from $10, or a plan at $19, $99 or $499 a month that turns its whole price into credit | Scraper API Scale: $499 a month with 384,000 records included, then $1.3 per 1,000 more | | Keeping it up to date | A saved request reruns hourly to yearly inside spending limits. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢. A ready list with a feed sends the rows its source adds each week | A subscription refreshes one time, biannually, quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily and is delivered on each refresh. Refresh plans take 25% off biannual, 50% off quarterly and 80% off monthly, which brings $0.0025 to $0.0005 a record. Or buy only New Records or Updated Records | | Filtering by API | Conditions are written in the request. A run that finds nothing is not charged | The Dataset API filters 900+ Marketplace datasets at $2.5 per 1,000 records returned, and a filter that returns 0 records is free | | What failed work costs | Nothing. A row left out, a retry and a run that finds nothing are not charged | Scraper API: no charges for failed deliveries | | Where the data goes | Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, monday.com, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks | JSON, NDJSON, JSON Lines, CSV or Parquet files, sent to Snowflake, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, Azure or SFTP | ## What each Bright Data dataset holds and costs ### The first datasets on the marketplace, with their sizes The marketplace opens with these datasets. Each order costs at least $250, which buys 100K records at $0.0025 a record, and the price per record falls with volume. Beside each, the SpecStream page for the same records as rows. LinkedIn people profiles: 676.2M records. On SpecStream: the [LinkedIn profiles dataset](https://specstream.ai/linkedin-profiles-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). Amazon products: 758.5M records. Amazon Reviews: 43.1M records. On SpecStream: the [Amazon reviews dataset](https://specstream.ai/amazon-reviews-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). LinkedIn company information: 30.4M records. Crunchbase companies information: 5.3M records. On SpecStream: the [LinkedIn company dataset](https://specstream.ai/linkedin-company-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) and the [company data API](https://specstream.ai/company-data-api?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). Instagram profiles: 661.1M records. On SpecStream: the [Instagram profiles dataset](https://specstream.ai/instagram-profiles-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). LinkedIn job listings information: 19.7M records. On SpecStream: the [LinkedIn jobs dataset](https://specstream.ai/linkedin-jobs-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). Google Maps full information: 269.4M records. On SpecStream: the [Google Maps dataset](https://specstream.ai/google-maps-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). Zillow properties listing information: 137.4M records. On SpecStream: the [Zillow dataset](https://specstream.ai/zillow-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). YouTube videos posts: 4.1B records. On SpecStream: the [YouTube videos dataset](https://specstream.ai/youtube-videos-dataset?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). ### $250 is the floor, even for 556 records Bright Data also sells datasets for single brands. The Transparent Labs dataset covers protein powders, pre-workouts and creatine, with prices, sale prices, flavors and reviews. It lists 556+ records, and the $250 minimum order makes that about 45¢ a record. On SpecStream the request names the products and the facts, and each row is read from the store during your run. 556 rows with up to 5 facts cost $27.80 at 5¢ a row, and a row with up to 15 facts and its reviews costs 15¢. Below 5,000 rows at 5¢, a SpecStream run costs less than one $250 order. ### Schedules and New Records: what an update costs on each side A Bright Data dataset subscription refreshes on a schedule you pick: one time, biannually, quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily. You set the destination once under Control Panel, My Datasets, Delivery Settings, and the data is delivered automatically on each refresh. A snapshot stays available for 14 days after it is made. The price per record falls with the schedule. From up to $0.0025 a record, refresh plans take 25% off biannual, 50% off quarterly and 80% off monthly, so a monthly refresh comes to $0.0005 a record. Smart data updates go further: you can buy only New Records or only Updated Records instead of the whole dataset again. Every Marketplace purchase still has a $250 minimum order. Two costs sit in the purchase options. Records outside the time range you pick are scraped when the order runs and carry an additional fee. And when a record no longer matches your filters after that scrape, it is removed from the dataset and the scrape is still charged. On SpecStream the schedule belongs to the request. A saved request reruns hourly to yearly inside the spending limits you set. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching: a changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row costs 1¢, and a row a page contradicts is not charged. New matches go to Slack, email, a sheet, a CRM or a signed webhook. For the 556 Transparent Labs products: the first run costs $27.80 at 5¢ a row. A monthly rerun where 30 rows changed and 526 did not costs 30 rows at 2.5¢ plus 526 rows at 1¢, $6.01 in all. The nearest Bright Data order is $250 at the start, whatever the refresh plan. For public records there is a third way: many of the [ready lists](https://specstream.ai/data/lists?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) carry a monthly feed that delivers the rows the source adds each week, at the list's own two rates on the rows added in a month, with a $19 a month minimum. ### Pre-built scrapers: $1.5 per 1,000 records, for URLs you already have A Bright Data scraper takes a URL and returns one structured record for it, at $1.5 per 1,000 records pay as you go or $499 a month for 384,000. Finding the URLs stays with your code. A SpecStream request finds the pages itself, and the searches and pages behind each row are not billed. When you have the URLs and want the page text, the [Extract API](https://specstream.ai/extract-api?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) reads 1,000 pages for $0.80 as Markdown, up to 20 a call, and a page with no text is not charged. ### Ready lists of public records from $5 On Nov 12, 2026, SpecStream sells 100,666 ready lists from 46 official sources, 91,961,979 rows in all: nonprofits, UK and France companies, store locations and more. A list costs 5¢ a row for the first 2,000 rows and 1¢ a row after, with a $5 minimum, paid by card with no account. Every list is on the [data lists](https://specstream.ai/data/lists?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) page. ### Scored on the official benchmarks The SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions, 978 of them correct, and 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 WideSearch tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Every score and its method is on the [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) page. ## Other Bright Data dataset alternatives ### SpecStream The live web data engine for teams and agents. One request in plain words returns every match on the live web as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, under a maximum you approve. Ready lists of public records cost 5¢ a row for the first 2,000 rows and 1¢ after, and a new account starts with $10 of credit, no card. ### Oxylabs A Web Scraper API billed per result, from $0.50 per 1,000 results, with $5 of welcome credit toward any product and Enterprise plans starting at $2,500 a month. Each request names one URL or query. SpecStream returns the finished rows, with no URL list to build first. ### Apify A store of scrapers called Actors, each priced by its author. Its Instagram Scraper charges $2.30 for 1,000 results, and the Starter plan costs $19 a month. SpecStream has one rate card for every request. ### Firecrawl Credits on monthly plans: 1 credit is 1 page on a basic scrape, the JSON format adds 4 credits per page, and Hobby gives 5,000 credits a month. SpecStream prices the structured row, not the page read to fill it. ## How to switch from a Bright Data dataset Write the records you want in plain words, in place of the dataset filters you would set. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is 200 rows. Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost. ``` curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"request": "Every protein powder on the Transparent Labs store, with the price, the sale price, the flavors, the star rating and the review count", "count": 25}' ``` Approve that maximum by card through Stripe's Link agent wallet, or in USDC, and you pay for the rows found. On an account, your agent uses the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp` and your team uses the workspace, from the same balance. To keep the rows up to date, save the request and choose how often it reruns. Comparing every Bright Data product? See [Bright Data pricing](https://specstream.ai/bright-data-pricing?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets) and [Bright Data alternatives](https://specstream.ai/alternatives/brightdata?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=bright-data-datasets). ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does a Bright Data dataset cost? Up to $0.0025 a record, with a $250 minimum order that buys 100K records, and per-record prices vary by volume tier. Refresh plans take 25% off bi-annual, 50% off quarterly and 80% off monthly. SpecStream bills 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row with no minimum order. ### How many datasets does Bright Data sell? 1,000+ datasets with 21B+ records. The marketplace opens with LinkedIn people profiles (676.2M records), Amazon products (758.5M), LinkedIn company information (30.4M), Instagram profiles (661.1M) and Crunchbase companies (5.3M). ### Can Bright Data deliver only new records on a schedule? Yes. A dataset subscription refreshes one time, biannually, quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily, and smart data updates let you buy only New Records or Updated Records. The monthly plan takes 80% off, which brings $0.0025 to $0.0005 a record, and every Marketplace purchase has a $250 minimum order. ### What does a scheduled refresh cost on SpecStream? A saved request reruns hourly to yearly. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢, and a row a page contradicts is not charged. A monthly rerun of 556 rows where 30 changed costs $6.01. ### What does the Bright Data Scraper API cost? $1.5 per 1,000 records pay as you go, or Scale at $499 a month with 384,000 records included and $1.3 per 1,000 more. The free tier gives 5K records a month. A scraper returns a record for each URL you send. ### Can I buy a small Bright Data dataset? Every order costs at least $250, also for a dataset like Transparent Labs with 556+ records. On SpecStream 556 rows at 5¢ cost $27.80, and $10 of free credit covers 200 rows. ### What is the best alternative to Bright Data datasets? SpecStream, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row. You describe the records in plain words with every condition, approve the most the run can cost, and get rows read from the live web with the source URL on every value. A saved request reruns on your schedule, and only delivered rows are billed. ### Does SpecStream have an API? Yes, three products on one key: the Search API from $1 per 1,000 searches, the Extract API at $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row. There are Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI, A2A, and an MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`. ## Sources SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page. - [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream data lists](https://specstream.ai/data/lists), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data datasets marketplace](https://brightdata.com/products/datasets), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data Transparent Labs dataset](https://brightdata.com/products/datasets/transparent-labs), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data marketplace pricing docs](https://docs.brightdata.com/datasets/marketplace/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data Web Scraper API pricing](https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data Scraper API docs](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-data-apis/web-scraper-api/overview), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Oxylabs pricing](https://www.oxylabs.io/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Firecrawl pricing](https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data marketplace data delivery docs](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/marketplace/data-delivery-and-export), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data marketplace purchase options docs](https://docs.brightdata.com/products/marketplace/purchase-options), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Bright Data Dataset API docs](https://docs.brightdata.com/api-reference/marketplace-dataset-api/overview), read Nov 12, 2026