Gulbahar Karatas
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
10 Best CAPTCHA Solving Services in 2026: AI & Human Solvers Compared
To find the best CAPTCHA solvers, we conducted a laboratory test, routing 100 distinct requests through each vendor’s network against a “worst-case” scenario: Cloudflare’s Enterprise-grade protection in “Under Attack” mode. Our research focused on identifying which tools provide a seamless automated bypass and which require too much human intervention.
Top 6 LLM Scrapers in 2026
We ran a benchmark to compare how top LLM scraper providers like Bright Data, Oxylabs, and Apify perform with models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode. To ensure reliable results, we ran 1,000 tests per provider with each prompt repeated 10 times for consistency. The top-performing provider is detailed below.
Best Python Web Scraping Libraries
Based on my over a decade of software development experience, including my role as CTO at AIMultiple, where I led data collection from ~80,000 web domains, I have selected the top Python web scraping libraries.
12 Best & Cheapest Residential Proxies in 2026 (Tested & Ranked)
As AIMultiple’s CTO, I lead data collection from thousands of websites. To find the most reliable residential IP network, we ran benchmarks including a load test with 100,000 parallel requests. Below is our 2026 ranking of the best residential proxy providers, split by budget and performance.
What Is Browser Fingerprinting?
Browser fingerprinting is a user-identification method used by websites for various purposes, such as web personalization, fraud detection, and targeted advertising. It is used for several purposes, including fraud prevention, bot detection, personalization, and cross-site tracking.
DataImpulse Proxy Services: Features & Pricing
DataImpulse offers residential, mobile, premium residential, and datacenter proxies to help with web scraping, automation, and data collection. One of the main benefits is traffic-based pricing. DataImpulse also supports rotating and sticky sessions, several protocols, and flexible location targeting, from choosing a country to using advanced filters.
Crunchbase Scraper (Python): Tutorial & Benchmark
Crunchbase is protected by Cloudflare’s enterprise-grade anti-bot system, which blocks most automated scrapers. Even advanced tools like Selenium often return 403 errors or endless “Just a moment…” pages. Learn how to scrape Crunchbase with Python: setting up your environment, using a web unlocker to bypass restrictions, and extracting data from Crunchbase search results and company pages.
Top 10 Email Scraping Tools of 2026
Email scrapers are increasingly packaging email discovery with AI-assisted prospecting, verification, enrichment, and buying signals, while some platforms are introducing native alternatives that reduce reliance on third-party scraping tools. Many modern products combine email extraction with validation, CRM sync, enrichment, and AI-assisted prospect research rather than offering data extraction alone.
Scraping Google Trends for Real-Time Insights
Google Trends is a useful tool for businesses, marketers, and content creators who want to monitor search demand, spot emerging topics, and make faster data-driven decisions. As of 2026, the product also includes Gemini-powered exploration features on the desktop Explore page, expanding how users discover related terms and compare trends.
Oxylabs vs Decodo: Performance Benchmarks & Pricing
Based on our benchmarks, Oxylabs may be better suited for large-scale search engine scraping, while Decodo offers comparable performance across residential and mobile proxy use cases. Both providers deliver high-performance proxy infrastructure, with Oxylabs performing better for search engine scraping while Decodo remains competitive across proxy-based workloads.
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