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
Compared the Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026
We cover 13+ of the top web scraping tools, split into two categories: For the API-based tools, we ran 12,500 real requests across 3,000+ URLs, covering e-commerce, SERP, and social media, to measure success rates and response times. See the full benchmark API-based scraping solutions These are managed “send a URL, get data back” services.
Top 5 Website Unblockers & Free Trials in 2026
Web unblockers can access pages that proxies fail to retrieve. We benchmarked the best web unblocker solutions with ~40,000 requests on real-world high-security websites (i.e.
Best Social Media Scrapers in 2026: 75,000+ Requests Benchmarked
We executed 75,000+ test requests across X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook to find the most reliable social media scraping API. Whether you need social media data scraping for business information extraction or a high-scale social media scraping solution, our benchmark reveals the top performers.
Best Google Maps Datasets in 2026
We compared the top Google Maps dataset providers, Bright Data and Actowiz, using a field-level benchmark. Both include place-level context, review-level content, and reviewer-level metadata. Bright Data appears stronger in missing-value representation, structured review metadata, and direct integration readiness. Actowiz appears stronger in visible schema breadth and reviewer-oriented field exposure.
7 Best Dedicated Proxies in 2026: Residential, ISP & Datacenter
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.
Benchmarked the 10 Best Datacenter Proxy Providers
We evaluated the top 5 datacenter proxy providers using 15,000 requests to assess speed, reliability, and cost across search, e-commerce, and social media sites.
Top 10 Email Scraping Tools of 2026
The tools below serve different parts of the email prospecting workflow. Some are closer to web scraping tools, while others are B2B contact databases, sales-intelligence platforms, email finders, or outreach suites. They should not be treated as direct substitutes without checking their data sources, verification process, and permitted use cases.
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.
Amazon Dataset Comparison 2026: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Grepsr & Exellius
Amazon datasets can support pricing intelligence, seller analysis, market research, and lead generation. However, buyers should compare providers not only by price and format, but also by data freshness, historical coverage, and delivery method.
Best Google Shopping APIs in 2026
Selecting the best Google Shopping API depends on whether a business needs to manage its own Merchant Center data or collect public Google Shopping results for market intelligence.
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