Bright Data alternative
Bright Data's residential proxies start at $4.00/GB. NodeLighthouse charges a flat $1.65/GB on every plan, with state and city targeting included and nothing to commit to. Here is a straight comparison, including where Bright Data is the better choice.
| Bright Data | NodeLighthouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price per GB | $4.00 | $1.65 |
| Best published volume price | Not published | $1.65 (same at every size) |
| 10 GB costs | $40.00 | $16.50 |
| Smallest purchase | Pay as you go | $2 test pack (500 MB), or 5 GB for $8.25 |
| State and city targeting | Not published | Included |
| Card payment | Yes | No, crypto only |
| Crypto payment | Not published | Yes (USDT, USDC, BTC, LTC, SOL, TRX, ETH…) |
Bright Data figures: Pay-as-you-go with the advertised 50% promotion on an $8.00/GB list price. Source: aimultiple.com/proxy-pricing, checked 2026-11-04. Prices change; check their site for the current offer.
Choose Bright Data if you need
- A broader product line (datacenter, ISP or mobile proxies and scraping tools) if you need more than residential traffic.
- Card payment. NodeLighthouse is crypto-only.
- Enterprise contracts, invoicing and an account team for large committed volumes.
Choose NodeLighthouse for
- About 59% cheaper per GB than the promotional pay-as-you-go price, and the price doesn't depend on a promotion.
- State and city targeting included at the same flat rate.
- No contract or sales call. Buy 5 GB the same way as 1,000 GB.
Switching takes a few minutes
Copy your username and password from the dashboard, point your client at gw.nodelighthouse.com on port 9000 for a new IP per request or port 10000 for sticky sessions, and add targeting to the username. The integration guides cover Python, Scrapy, Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Node, Go and antidetect browsers.
Questions
- Is NodeLighthouse cheaper than Bright Data?
- At entry level, yes: $1.65/GB against Bright Data's $4.00/GB (Pay-as-you-go with the advertised 50% promotion on an $8.00/GB list price). 10 GB costs $16.50 with us.
- Can I move my Bright Data setup to NodeLighthouse?
- Usually yes, by changing the host, port, username and password in your tool. Targeting goes in the username, for example USERNAME-type-residential-country-us. See the integration guides.
- How do I test before buying more?
- Buy the $2 test pack (500 MB) on the Billing page and run it against your own targets. Payment is in crypto.
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Try it on your own targets
A flat $1.65/GB on every plan, with state and city targeting included. Start with the $2 for 500 MB test pack, paid in crypto.