SpecStream vs Bright Data
One plain-words request to SpecStream returns finished records that meet every condition you wrote, searched, read, joined across sites and delivered to your sheet, CRM or agent. You pay only for the rows delivered, starting from $10 of work on sign-up.
| SpecStream | Bright Data | |
|---|---|---|
| Web search | Searches the live web for every match | SERP API, $1.50 per 1,000 requests pay as you goB2 |
| Scrape and crawl | Reads each page, PDF or scan needed | Unlocker, Crawl and Browser APIs, each priced on its ownB1 |
| Extract structured fields | Typed rows with the fields you name | Pre-built scrapers return a JSON or CSV record per URLB3B4 |
| Datasets we already hold | Form D, grants, contracts, rules, nonprofits, placesS2 | A datasets marketplace from a $250 order; Business Search in betaB5B7 |
| Enrich a list you have | Fills the missing facts in your list | Scrapers take your URLs, thousands per async requestB4 |
| Monitor and rerun on a schedule | Hourly to yearly, each row change labeled | Datasets refresh as often as monthly; scraper jobs can be scheduledB5B4 |
| Map and area filters | Results on a map, filtered by area | Not stated. |
| Deliver to your tools | Sheets, CRMs, Slack, Teams, n8n, Zapier, webhooks | API, webhooks and cloud storage such as S3 and SnowflakeB4 |
| Agents and MCP | MCP, A2A, REST API, SDKs, pay per request | Hosted and local MCP serverB6B8 |
| Price per result | 5¢, 15¢ or $1 per matching rowS1 | Per record, one extracted item such as one profile, $1.50 per 1,000B3 |
| Quote before the run | Maximum shown and approved before anything runs | Monthly spend limits you setB2B3 |
| Source URL on each value | Source URL and read time on every value | Each scraper record comes from the URL you sentB4 |
Where SpecStream does more
One request for the whole job
Bright Data sells the steps as separate products: proxies, the Unlocker, SERP and Crawl APIs, scraper APIs and datasets, each with its own priceB1. One SpecStream request searches the live web, reads each page, PDF or scan, extracts the facts you named, joins them into one record per match and delivers the rows to Sheets, your CRM, Slack, n8n or Zapier.
A row is a whole record
A Bright Data record is one extracted item, such as one LinkedIn profile, at $1.50 per 1,000 pay as you goB3. A SpecStream row joins the facts from every site into one record that meets every condition you wrote, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1. A row that fails a condition is not delivered and not billed, and a run that finds nothing costs nothingS1.
Start from $10 of work
Bright Data's datasets start at a $250 minimum orderB5. On SpecStream you start with $10 of work on sign-up for your first 30 days, no card, and after that a top-up starts at $10 and never expires. The most each run can cost is shown before it starts, and rows you already own are never charged again.
Read for your request, rechecked on your schedule
A marketplace dataset holds the records Bright Data chose to collect, refreshed one time, every 6 months, every 3 months or monthlyB5, and its Business Search index of more than 700 million people and companies is refreshed within 30 daysB7. SpecStream reads the live web for each request. A saved request reruns hourly to yearly, labels each row changed, unchanged or no longer matching, and charges half the rate for a changed row and 1¢ for an unchanged oneS1.
Data already built
SpecStream already holds every company that filed a Form D since 2023 with its filing history, places, bank failures, federal rules, nonprofits, and open federal contracts and grants, with signals for US funding rounds, layoffs and new executivesS2S3. Ask for your own cut of any of them, with the conditions every row must meet.
- Company
- Commure, Inc.sec.gov
- Location
- Mountain View, CAsec.gov
- Industry
- Other Technologysec.gov
- Filing
- Form D new notice filed Oct 27, 2026sec.gov
- Amount sold
- $70,089,315sec.gov
- Offering size
- $70,089,315sec.gov
- Investors
- 11sec.gov
- First sale
- Apr 30, 2026sec.gov
- Person named
- Tanay Tandon, Executive Officer, Director, Promotersec.gov
Pricing side by side
| SpecStream | Bright Data | |
|---|---|---|
| How it bills | Each matching row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phoneS1 | Per product: SERP API $1.50 per 1,000 requests, scrapers $1.50 per 1,000 records, datasets from $250 per 100,000 recordsB1B2B3 |
| Plans | $19, $99 or $499 a month, the whole price turned into work; no seatsS1 | Pay as you go, or Scale at $499 a month for 380,000 SERP requests or 384,000 scraper recordsB2B3 |
| Free start | $10 of work on sign-up for your first 30 days, no card | 5,000 SERP requests or scraper records a month, no cardB2B3 |
| A typical job | 100 matching rows at 5¢ each: $5 | The smallest dataset order: $250B5 |
| Not charged | A run that finds nothing, rows left out, rows you already own, and reading or pricing a request | Failed requests and failed deliveriesB2B3 |
Switch from Bright Data
- Write the dataset you want in plain words, in place of the queries, URLs or dataset you would order, with the conditions every row must meet.
- Read how SpecStream reads the request back, and edit any condition or fact.
- Approve the most the run can cost. Nothing runs before you do.
- Send the rows to your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent, and save the request to rerun it on your schedule.
claude mcp add --transport http specstream https://api.specstream.ai/mcpHow we checked
We read every Bright Data figure on Bright Data's own pages on Nov 4, 2026, and each marker links to its page. Where those pages say nothing, the cell reads "Not stated". Our own figures come from specstream.ai/pricing.
Changes
- Nov 4, 2026: every figure read on Bright Data's own pages that day.
Tarek Etman, Founder & CEO, SpecStream
Sources, each checked Nov 4, 2026
- S1specstream.ai/pricing
- S2specstream.ai/data
- S3specstream.ai/signals
- B1brightdata.com/pricing
- B2brightdata.com/products/serp-api
- B3brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper
- B4docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-data-apis/web-scraper-api/overview
- B5brightdata.com/products/datasets
- B6brightdata.com/ai/mcp-server
- B7brightdata.com/products/business-search-api
- B8docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt
Frequently asked questions
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What is the best Bright Data alternative?
Is there a Bright Data alternative without a $250 minimum?
Is SpecStream cheaper than Bright Data per record?
Does SpecStream have ready-made datasets?
Which Bright Data alternatives have an MCP server?
api.specstream.ai/mcp, with OAuth or an API key, alongside A2A, the REST API, SDKs and a CLI. Through it an agent sends the data it needs in plain words, sees the most the run can cost, and reads rows that meet every condition under the maximum you approved.Can the data stay up to date?
Describe the dataset you need
Write the request today and see how SpecStream reads it and the most it can cost, before anything runs. New accounts get $10 of work on sign-up for your first 30 days, no card: at 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 rows that meet every condition you wrote, in the tool where your team works.