Pick Bright Data if
scraping teams who will start on a printed public tile (Unlocker Free tier from $1/1k, or Datacenter from $0.9/IP) while they open a first zone, then Residential at $2.5/GB when they need peer IPs.
Read the Bright Data pageBright Data vs Serper
Our take
Pick Bright Data if scraping teams who will start on a printed public tile (Unlocker Free tier from $1/1k, or Datacenter from $0.9/IP) while they open a first zone, then Residential at $2.5/GB when they need peer IPs. Pick Serper if builders who will stay on the 2,500 free queries while they run a first playground search — then the $50 Starter pack when prod volume starts, not Bright Data Unlocker from $1/1k first
Best for
Bright Data A zone you start at a public $
Serper A SERP you start at a public $
Free plan
Bright Data No free plan
Serper $0 · 2,500 queries. “Get 2,500 free queries” / “No credit card required.”
Lowest paid
Bright Data Data Firehose $0.2
Serper Scale $1
Next step up
Bright Data Datacenter proxies from $0.9
Serper Ultimate $3
Runs where
Bright Data Hosted
Serper
Watch out
Bright Data Free tier is Unlocker / SERP / Scraper APIs, not a $0 Datacenter zone
Serper Free quota is small for prod
Last checked
Bright Data 2026-10-23 · brightdata.com/pricing
Serper 2026-10-23 · serper.dev
Which one, then?
Pick Serper if
builders who will stay on the 2,500 free queries while they run a first playground search — then the $50 Starter pack when prod volume starts, not Bright Data Unlocker from $1/1k first unless they need a proxy zone.
Read the Serper page