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Gulbahar Karatas

Gulbahar Karatas

Industry Analyst
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Gülbahar is an AIMultiple industry analyst focused on web data collection, applications of web data and application security.

Professional experience

She previously worked as a marketer in U.S. Commercial Service.

Research interests

She is a frequent user of the products that she researches. For example, she is part of AIMultiple's web data benchmark team that has been annually measuring the performance of top web data infrastructure providers.

Education

Gülbahar has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management in 9 Eylul University.

Latest Articles from Gulbahar

Data
Benchmark
Sep 25

Best Cheap Residential Proxies

As AIMultiple’s CTO, I lead data collection from thousands of websites. To identify reliable residential proxy providers, we benchmark across 10 vendors and process 2,880 requests per day, or 86,400 over a 30-day period. While we analyze the main providers (both rotating residential proxies and static residential proxies) in detail further down, the table below…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 25

Which Proxy Provider Works Best in Korea?

We benchmarked the top Korean proxy services using residential IPs across 11 domains that Korean users rely on, from local platforms such as Naver, Daum, Danawa, Musinsa, and Namu Wiki to global ones such as Google, Instagram, and X. Decodo and Oxylabs offer dedicated Korean hostnames. Bright Data and Oxylabs offer the deepest targeting, down…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 25

Best Germany Proxies: Benchmark & Pricing

Germany proxies are useful for collecting localized web data, monitoring German e-commerce sites, and checking search results. Proxy providers can differ in reliability, response time, targeting options, session controls, and pricing. We test residential proxy services across 12 domains using German residential IPs. We send requests at consistent 10-minute intervals. Our data suggests there is…

Data
Open World Evaluation
Sep 23

Best Dedicated Proxies

When you buy dedicated proxy services, you get exclusive access to a private dedicated IP that isn’t shared with other users. Unlike shared proxies, dedicated proxy servers offer more stability and higher success rates. In this guide, we compare the best dedicated proxies across residential, ISP, and datacenter categories to help you find the most…

Data
Open World Evaluation
Sep 23

Static Proxies: What They Are & the Best Providers

Static proxies use an IP address that remains the same rather than changing with each request or session. In practice, the term usually refers to datacenter proxies and ISP proxies (static residential proxies), because both are designed for long-lived identity and stable sessions. A static proxy is a proxy server that assigns you a single…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 23

Best US Proxies: American Proxy Servers

Finding a reliable US residential proxy is critical for navigating high-traffic sites like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. We tested and ranked the top US proxy services across 100+ unique URLs every 15 minutes to measure real-world success rates and speed. Based on our benchmark, here is which provider to choose for your specific objective: See…

Data
Feature Comparison
Sep 23

We Tested the Best SOCKS5 Proxies

SOCKS5 providers differ in which proxy types carry it, which ports they allow, and whether UDP works. The full methodology is below. Cost efficiency changes with usage; the cheapest proxy provider at 10 GB is not the cheapest at 1 TB. Find your monthly volume on the x-axis before comparing: Bright Data SOCKS5 proxy connections…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 22

We Benchmarked the Best Datacenter Proxy Providers

We evaluated top datacenter proxy providers with 15,000 requests to assess speed, reliability, and cost across search, e-commerce, and social media sites. Review the performance of leading datacenter proxies by success rate and response time. Results update every 15 minutes for major sites. More info in the methodology. The table includes both shared datacenter proxies…

Data
Open World Evaluation
Sep 22

Best Static Residential Proxies

We benchmarked the leading ISP proxy services against 1,800 URLs from major e-commerce domains, resulting in 28,800 requests. See the top ISP proxies based on our benchmark results: Compare the top ISP proxy providers’ response times in our benchmark: The graph below shows the pricing shift for different ISP proxies. For further details, see our…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 22

Best Mobile Proxies: Tested & Ranked

We tested the top mobile proxies using 18,000 requests, analyzing their success rates, speeds, rotation capabilities, sticky sessions, and targeting options (country, state, carrier, and GPS). Compare leading mobile proxy providers on real mobile endpoints. The chart shows the success rate (the share of requests that returned a valid mobile page, 2xx/3xx, a correct mobile…