FAQs

You can find your username and password for your Bright Data product (e.g. proxy, unlocker, scraping browser etc) in the “Overview” tab for product you created. You can create more than one password if you want.

Note: the username and password you created for the Bright Data site are NOT used for accessing the actual products. It is only used for dashboard access.

Proxy port

When working with Bright Data proxies in Native mode, you need to provide a proxy port. This setting is redundant when working with proxy APIs - see more here of the differences between API vs. native Access .

Proxy port transition

Bright data now serving requests over native proxy port 33335. In the past, we served requests over port 22225 which is now phasing out. Bright data has updated its current SSL certificate which will expire in September, 2026 to a new certificate which will expire in September 2034.

For proxy zones of types Residential, Mobile, Unlocker and SERP which require either KYC or SSL Certificate it is essential to install the correct certificate which complies with port used.

If you are already using the old SSL certificate in your code or installed on your machine, we strongly rcommend plan the transition to new port 33335 at your earliest convenience.

Supported settings

Working in Tandem

As two certificates operate in tandem and differ by port, you can gracefully migrate your proxy and scraping tools to the new port and certificate. As long as you use the correct certificate towards the correct port (new -> 33335 and old -> 22225) it should work.

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.

Note: If you’re authenticated via third-party service like Google or GitHub, please add a separate user and sign in through Bright Data’s standard signup flow instead of using third-party services.

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.

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 a free trial “Playground mode” for the first 3 days, allowing you to instantly try different Bright Data solutions, without adding a payment method.

You can extend this free trial. 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.

Submitting a KYC verification form or a port request form is not available during Playground mode. To start the KYC or ports request process you will need to deposit at least $10 to your account.

Limited Trial mode if a free trial period that 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.

Yes, we he an extensive coverage of actions that can be performed programatically via code by using our direct API to manage your account and proxies/zones - you can perform actions like adding or deleting zones, managing IP whitelists/blacklists, fetch a list of IPs allocated to your zone, get billing balance and so on. For more detailed and accurate information, please see or API documentation section - Account Managment API Documentation

You can add your company details in the Account Settings, and your monthly invoices will be addressed to your company automatically.