FAQs

Even if you first signed in with ‘magic link’ or or using a six digit code, you can always create a password for your account. You can then save the password in your browser for faster access to the control panel.

To set up a password for your Bright Data account, follow these steps:

1. Access authentication settings: Click on “Settings” and go to the ‘Passwords & authentication’ tab
2. Create your password: Follow the instructions to create a password for your account. We recommend a least a 10-digit password with numbers and symbols.

Remember, each user must set their own password. If you have other users on your account, they can configure their passwords individually if needed.

To review the list of IPs allocated to your zone, simply navigate to ‘My proxies page’, click on your Proxy zone, scroll down to the ‘Allocated IPs’ section, then simply click ‘Show allocated IPs’ or ‘Download IPs list’.

There are 2 ways to view your zones statistics:

• via Control Panel
• via The API

By default, all proxy zones have unlimited usage, and you can set a limit by one of 4 parameters:

• $/day
• $/month
• bytes/day
• bytes/month

To set this limit on one of your zones, from Bright Data’s ‘My proxies page’

How did we calculate this table?

Your company needs to collect information from the web by sending 1,000 http requests per hour to a specific website. You write the scraper code and run it through a server. The target website allows 50 requests per minute from the same IP before blocking your scraper. Now, you have to purchase more proxies.

Assuming you choose datacenter proxies:
You don’t want to share IPs, so you buy 200 dedicated data-center IPs. You code the integration of the scraper with the new data-center proxies for 2 hours and then run the new program. This time, it takes 3 days for your target website to detect your scraper. Once your proxies are detected, you’ll have to purchase new proxies and repeat this process again, checking each day to make sure the proxies haven’t been detected. Cost per month (all numbers are from real customers):

• 200 dedicated IPs: $500
• Bandwidth: (1000 request X 20KB per request X 24 hours X 30 days = 14.5GB): $3 per month
• Developer (2 hours integration X 10 + 1 hour every 3 days for managing the proxies): ~3 days of work a month or ~$900

Your total cost per month will be at least $1400 for just these things alone, and the salary of $30 per hour for a developer is very conservative. Additionally, this doesn’t account for a lack of information reliability if your target website sends misinformation before blocking you or if your information flow is cut every few days, which can be detrimental to your brand or your revenue stream.

Assuming you choose Bright Data residential proxies:
You buy a basic package of 40GB with access to unlimited residential IPs. It takes 2 hours to integrate your scraper. Due to an average of 3 million residential IPs available each day, your target website can’t detect your scraper, allowing you to focus on other projects.

The bandwidth and unlimited IPs cost just $500 per month. Your information is always reliable because your requests are always successful and access is never cut in the middle of the month. When your business grows as a result of this scraping and your projects exceed 600MB each month, the difference in costs can be much higher than just ~$1000.

Bright Data also allows you to suspend your account when not in use, so your cost can be lower than $500 per month. Start by using the $5 voucher for free data-center traffic to test Bright Data’s benefits and then ask for access to our residential network for cheap and reliable data collection.

This is a reminder to setup your whitelist access

To restrict your proxy zone access from access from anauthorized servers, we recommend you setup an IP whitelist. This will ensure only IPs you recognize will be allowed to access your proxy zone, for higher security and control.

Consult your IT or networking specialist to make sure your outgoing IP is fixed and does not change, otherwise you may block yourself or other authorized users from your company to access the proxy zone.

You can choose what external IPs are allowed to target the proxy ports without passing credentials or getting blocked. There are 3 levels of permissions granted when whitelisting on the Proxy Manager:

1. IPs that are allowed to access the UI. These IPs are automatically allowed to access all Proxies and ports. Navigate to “General settings” and select “Add IP” for “Admin whitelisted IPs”.
   
2. IPs that are allowed to access all Proxies. These IPs can access all ports. Navigate to “General settings” and select “Add IP” for “Proxy whitelisted IPs”.
   
3. IPs that are allowed to access a single port. These IPs can access the only port they are assigned to. Navigate to the port settings (simply click on the port itself)
   
   Navigate to “General” and select “Add IP” for “Whitelisted IPs”.
   

This method requires an Authentication token.

Run this command in the remote server:

curl -X GET "http://127.0.0.1:22999/api/gen_token" -H "accept: application/json"

This will generate an authentication token for you:

"token":"<TOKEN_STRING>"

Now:

• Copy the token from Proxy Manager server to new crawler server
• Make this request from your new server:

curl <remote-server-IP>:22999/api/add_wip -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization:<TOKEN_STRING>" -d '{"ip":"<CRAWLER_IP>"}'

The crawler’s IP is now whitelisted on the Proxy Manager.

This workflow is optimal when using multiple crawlers with rotating IPs that target the Proxy Manager installed remotely. This method requires an Authentication token.

Run From inside the remote server the next command in Terminal/CMD

curl -X GET "http://127.0.0.1:22999/api/gen_token" -H "accept: application/json"

This will generate an authentication token for you:

"token":"<TOKEN_STRING>"

Now you can simply send a request using the access token you just created:

curl -x token:<TOKEN_STRING>@<remote-server-IP>:<Port> "target-site.com"

Yes

You can check if your public data was collected here:https://brightdata.com/check_your_data.

We never collect private data. We only collect publicly-available data.

When you sign up, your account automatically enters “Playground mode” for the first 3 days, allowing you to instantly try different Bright Data solutions, without adding a payment method.

To test or use Bright Data’s proxy solutions without any kind of limitations and receive a $5 free credit, verify your account to start our Limited 30 day trial. Note that the 30-day trial does not apply to certain countries.

Limited Trial mode allows you to freely explore our Bright Data proxy solutions without immediate payment. You’ll receive a $5 credit to use any of our proxy services for a period of 30 days, giving you a full month to test and experience our offerings.

Note that the 30-day trial does not apply to certain countries. If you don’t see this option, add funds to your account to start using Bright Data - you can add as little as $10 to get started with a Pay as You Go plan.

How do I verify my account to start the “Limited Trial” and receive a $5 credit?

Account verification is simple and free. Just add a valid payment method to your account to start Limited Trial mode and receive your $5 credit. You will not be charged.

What happens after the 30-day trial?

At the end of the 30-day trial period, your free credits will expire (if not already used) and you will need to add funds to your account to continue using our platform.

Can I use the free credit on any of your proxy products?

Yes, the $5 trial credit can be used on any of our proxy products during the duration of the trial, allowing you to test the products that best fit your needs.

In rare cases, some ad-blocking program/extensions can block access to Bright Data sites. If you encounter any issues, whitelist brightdata.com or disable the ad-blocker.

Below is the list of ISO 3166 country codes. Not all the countries in the list have Bright Data proxies, most of the countries do.

Not really. Bright data is a service for enterprise customers who want to collect public web data from the Internet, and is not designed for private users.

In addition, using Bright data does not encrypt your Internet traffic.

If you want a free VPN, we recommend you check out BrightVPN - it is available for Windows and macOS, and does not even require you to open an account, ensuring complete anonymity.