Gulbahar Karatas

Best YouTube Datasets: Bright Data & Oxylabs

YouTube has become a primary source for training advanced multimodal AI and large language models (LLMs). However, obtaining YouTube data at scale remains difficult due to anti-bot measures and bandwidth requirements. This review examines key companies in the YouTube data sector: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo, and Grepsr. Each targets a specific market segment, ranging from…

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Best Enterprise Proxy Servers

We tested the best enterprise proxy service providers with 30 million requests, across 100,000 parallel requests, to identify the most reliable options for large-scale operations. See the top performance leaders based on our benchmark. Detailed reviews for all providers are included below. All benchmarked providers delivered a high success rate (at least ~80%) and fast…

We Compared the Best Web Scraping Tools

We cover 13+ of the top web scraping tools, split into two categories: We tested leading web scraping APIs across thousands of URLs. Use the table below to compare their site coverage, request success rate, metadata richness, and average latency: These are managed “send a URL, get data back” services. You don’t manage proxies, rotate…

The Best E-Commerce Dataset Providers

Paid dataset providers offer up-to-date, large-scale e-commerce data with defined coverage and regular updates, supporting applications like competitor price and stock-level tracking. In contrast, free e-commerce datasets are usually static and outdated, limiting their value for real-time decision-making, including dynamic repricing. Bright Data is one of the largest providers by publicly stated dataset volume. It…

Feature Comparison

Decodo Review: Pricing, Speed & Success Rates

Decodo is a proxy and web-scraping provider covering residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter proxies plus scraping APIs. We benchmarked its per-GB pricing against competing providers from 10 GB to 10 TB and reviewed its published performance and feature set. Our proxy pricing benchmark found Decodo to be the cost-efficiency leader across all tested volumes, delivering…

Insight

Chrome Proxy Settings: Windows, Mac & Linux

Chrome has no built-in proxy panel. On Windows and macOS, it uses the operating system’s proxy settings, so configuration happens at the OS level. Two methods set a proxy for Chrome: a command-line launch flag and a browser extension. Disclaimer: Chrome’s proxy settings can also be accessed by clicking the three-dot menu in the top-right…

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Best CAPTCHA Solving Services

We compared 10 CAPTCHA-solving services based on which CAPTCHA types each one supports, whether it solves CAPTCHAs via AI or human workers, and how it prices. We also stress-tested the four integrated unblockers (Bright Data, Decodo, Oxylabs, Zyte) against the real-world target, Cloudflare’s Under Attack mode. To see how the integrated unblockers hold up against…

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Anonymous Proxies: Levels & Providers

When providers advertise anonymous proxies, they usually mean proxies that conceal the user’s IP address. These are technically elite proxies, not the intermediate anonymous type that reveals itself as a proxy. The intermediate level mainly appears on free proxy lists. A proxy is a middleman between you and a website. Your request goes to the…

Amazon Dataset Comparison

Amazon datasets can support pricing intelligence, seller analysis, market research, and lead generation. However, buyers should compare providers not by price and format, but also by data freshness, historical coverage, and delivery method. For example, Bright Data is best suited for buyers seeking ready-made or customizable Amazon datasets, offering multiple delivery options, while Exellius focuses…