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
Best ScrapeBox Alternatives in 2026
ScrapeBox is a Windows and macOS desktop application used for SEO tasks such as search engine scraping, keyword harvesting, link building, comment posting, and backlink checking. However, it is a desktop GUI tool, not an API, and the cost is higher than that of once premium plugins, proxies, and a CAPTCHA service are added. So…
Best Proxy Manager Tools in 2026: Nginx, Docker & Switchers
Proxy manager refers to two different tool types: Reverse-proxy managers route inbound traffic to self-hosted services and handle SSL. Nginx Proxy Manager is the most common example. Forward-proxy switchers and managers route outbound traffic through proxy IPs, and include browser extensions, desktop apps, and provider-side managers used for web scraping. Proxy manager comparison table ProviderTypeProtocolsPlatformLicense…
Mac Proxy Settings: How to Set Up, Disable & Fix
Mac proxy settings control how your device routes traffic through an intermediary server. Learn how to configure a proxy in macOS, how to turn it off, and how to confirm one is active. Steps apply to macOS 26 (Tahoe) and macOS 15 (Sequoia). On macOS 12 (Monterey) and earlier, the menu is named System Preferences…
Compared the Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026
We cover 13+ of the top web scraping tools, split into two categories: API-based scraping services: managed APIs with built-in proxies and anti-bot handling. No-code / visual scrapers: point-and-click interfaces for non-developers. 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…
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. The top performers are listed below: Whether you’re looking to buy datacenter proxies for web scraping or automation tools, or need a shared datacenter proxy plan for smaller projects, our benchmarks…
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. Pros and cons of the best Python scraping libraries BeautifulSoup BeautifulSoup is a Python library for parsing HTML and XML…
Speech Recognition: 12 Use Cases & Examples
Businesses generate large volumes of voice data from calls, meetings, and voice interfaces, but manually processing this data is slow and difficult to scale. Speech recognition (also called automatic speech recognition or speech-to-text) converts spoken language into text, enabling systems to analyze and automate voice-based workflows such as call transcription, voice assistants, and meeting summaries.…
Bright Data Proxies: Features and Pricing
Bright Data expanded its platform beyond traditional proxy infrastructure. The company introduced Web MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools designed for AI agents and automated systems, enabling programmatic web browsing, scraping, and search capabilities optimized for LLM-based workflows. This development positions Bright Data not as a proxy provider but also as an infrastructure platform for AI-powered…
Best High Speed Proxies Based on Our Benchmark
The fastest proxy is not always the one with the lowest response time. In real-world scraping and automation, speed is important, but requests must finish reliably. A provider that seems fast on its own but fails more often can cause more retries. We evaluated proxy providers on two metrics: average response time, which shows raw…
Proxy Locations: Proxies by Country, City & Region
Your IP location affects search results, pricing, ads, product availability, language, shipping, and local pages. We tested top proxy providers in different countries and compared their success rates and response times. Our tests used residential proxies across high-traffic platforms, including e-commerce sites (e.g., Amazon and eBay), search engines (e.g., DuckDuckGo) and classified sites (e.g., Craigslist).…
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