
Robust actor-based cloud scraping platform with a massive marketplace, but less raw enterprise proxy infrastructure control.
Robust actor-based cloud scraping platform with a massive marketplace, but less raw enterprise proxy infrastructure control.
Bright Data records 802,752 monthly visits with -5.9% month-over-month growth and Free Trial, Paid pricing. CapSolver records 73,385 monthly visits with -30.9% growth and Free Trial, Paid pricing.
AI CAPTCHA recognition API for reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare and more
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | brightdata.com | dashboard.capsolver.com |
| Pricing Model | Free Trial, Paid | Free Trial, Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 802.75K (802,752) | 73.39K (73,385) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -50.4K (-5.9%) | -32.82K (-30.9%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.5%) | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 383.71K | 55.2K |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |

Web data infrastructure for scraping, proxies, and AI-ready datasets
Unlocker, SERP, Browser, and Crawl APIs fetch and parse public pages, handle anti-bot measures and CAPTCHAs, and return results in JSON, HTML, or Markdown.
Residential, ISP, and datacenter proxy pools with country, city, and ASN targeting, plus proxy management APIs for rotation and session control.
Structured endpoints for well-known domains such as LinkedIn, Amazon, and social platforms, delivering fresh records on demand or on a schedule.
Purchase or filter pre-collected datasets across business, e-commerce, social, and real-estate categories with billions of records available.
AI CAPTCHA recognition API for reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare and more
Handles popular challenge types including reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile, and image or OCR-based recognition.
A straightforward HTTP API lets developers submit challenges and receive solution tokens programmatically.
Extensions and browser-automation hooks make it easier to solve challenges inside real browsing sessions.
Image recognition plus OCR models are applied to text and picture CAPTCHAs as well as interactive puzzles.

Robust actor-based cloud scraping platform with a massive marketplace, but less raw enterprise proxy infrastructure control.
Robust actor-based cloud scraping platform with a massive marketplace, but less raw enterprise proxy infrastructure control.
Free / Open-sourceInstantly converts entire websites into clean LLM-ready markdown, but lacks raw residential proxy IP management tools.
Free / Open-sourceInstantly converts entire websites into clean LLM-ready markdown, but lacks raw residential proxy IP management tools.
Free / Open-sourceBuild, train, and deploy computer vision for the physical world
Free / Open-sourceBuild, train, and deploy computer vision for the physical world

SpecialistProvides live web search and agentic cloud browser automation, but less focused on raw proxy network management.

SpecialistOptimized specifically for neural web search and AI agent crawling, but lacks traditional raw proxy network controls.

AI-powered CAPTCHA solving API built for scale
AI-powered CAPTCHA solving API built for scale

Multi-modal AI detection API that flags synthetic images, text, audio, video and deepfakes
Multi-modal AI detection API that flags synthetic images, text, audio, video and deepfakes

Search foundation built from embeddings, rerankers, and reader APIs

Cloud browsers for AI agents, scraping, and automation that won't get blocked
Cloud browsers for AI agents, scraping, and automation that won't get blocked

SpecialistProxies and web data APIs for scraping and AI pipelines
SpecialistProxies and web data APIs for scraping and AI pipelines
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source scraping library using natural language prompts, but requires self-hosting and manual proxy configuration.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source scraping library using natural language prompts, but requires self-hosting and manual proxy configuration.

Affordable web scraping and proxy API with reliable CAPTCHA handling, but fewer advanced enterprise data pipelines.
Affordable web scraping and proxy API with reliable CAPTCHA handling, but fewer advanced enterprise data pipelines.