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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

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Open World Evaluation
Jul 22

Best Static Residential Proxies in 2026: Pricing & Benchmarks

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…

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Benchmark
Jul 22

Best US Proxies in 2026: American Proxy Servers Tested & Ranked

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…

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Benchmark
Jul 22

12 Best & Cheapest Residential Proxies in 2026 (Tested & Ranked)

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…

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Feature Comparison
Jul 22

Best Facebook Proxies in 2026: Ranked for Account Management

Scraping Facebook at scale is tough due to strong anti-bot protections. We tested the top proxy providers like Bright Data, Zyte, and Decodo. We checked how well they worked with Facebook profile pages, video descriptions, and post content. Here are our picks for the best Facebook proxy servers. * The smallest monthly subscription package for…

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Open World Evaluation
Jul 22

Best LinkedIn Proxies in 2026: Automation & Scraping

We benchmarked different proxy types for LinkedIn scraping and account management. A proxy alone won’t keep a LinkedIn account safe. Success comes from slow, human-like actions, one high-quality residential or mobile proxy per account, and avoiding aggressive automation. The providers below are compared for general proxy capabilities and lawful, authorized use cases. Bright Data offers…

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Benchmark
Jul 22

Best Amazon Proxies for 2026: Benchmarks & Pricing

We tested proxy performance by connecting different services to scraper APIs and making more than 150,000 requests on seven Amazon domains (.com, .ca, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .it, and .es). Our benchmark compared the success rate and median latency for residential, datacenter, ISP, and unblocker proxies to give a data-based comparison. The following providers were identified…

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Benchmark
Jul 22

Benchmarked the Best Canada Proxies (Fastest CA IPs)

Using Canadian proxy servers effectively requires more than just a local IP, consistent reliability, and speed. Whether scraping e-commerce data, conducting localized SEO audits, or managing social accounts, choosing the right provider is critical to project success. To find the best options, we benchmarked leading providers using Canada residential proxies and performed over 100 unique…

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Open World Evaluation
Jul 22

Static Proxies: What They Are & the Best Providers

Static proxies use an IP address that remains the same over time, 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…

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Feature Comparison
Jul 22

NetNut Takedown: What Buyers Need to Know

On July 2, 2026, the FBI seized hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a residential proxy network run by Nasdaq-listed Alarum Technologies (ALAR). Researchers and Google allege that at least part of NetNut’s exit-node pool overlapped with Popa, a residential-proxy botnet estimated by Google to have at least 2 million devices. Alarum disputes the allegations…

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Open World Evaluation
Jul 21

Best Video Proxies: 2026 Benchmark Results

High latency, bandwidth bottlenecks, and aggressive IP blocking make video data extraction one of the most challenging tasks. A standard proxy setup often can’t keep up with the advanced anti-bot measures used to protect streaming content. If you want to watch a blocked or geo-restricted video, use a free web proxy tool rather than a…