Data Solutions & Practices
Data is the fundamental resource that powers business operations and drives strategic decisions. We cover modern data practices and the tools, platforms, and approaches organizations use to manage, transform, and get value from their data.
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NodeMaven Proxies: Pricing & Capabilities
NodeMaven is a proxy infrastructure provider offering rotating residential and mobile proxies, static residential proxies, proxy management tools, API access, and a managed scraping browser. NodeMaven combines residential and mobile IP access under the same bandwidth-based pricing structure. Users do not purchase a separate mobile-only traffic package; mobile addresses are included with the residential and…
Best Airbnb Scrapers: Bright Data, Apify & Oxylabs
We tested six web scraping providers on Airbnb, sending a total of 1,500 scrape requests across all providers. Each provider was given the same set of vacation rental listing URLs and measured on completion time, success rate, and available metadata fields per listing. You can read our benchmark methodology for more details on our testing…
Best Glassdoor Scrapers: Bright Data, Oxylabs & Decodo
To compare how well different tools handle Glassdoor‘s CAPTCHAs, login overlays, and frequent layout changes, we tested 5 leading web data scrapers across 2,500 requests and tracked each provider’s success rate, completion time, and metadata coverage. You can read our benchmark methodology for more details on our testing process. Bright Data was the only provider…
Top 6 Best Real Estate Scrapers: Bright Data, Apify & Oxylabs
We benchmarked six web scraping providers across five major real estate domains, running 1,500 property listing URLs through each provider for a total of 9,000 requests. See the methodology section for more details on the testing process. Apify does not offer dedicated actors for Realtor, Rightmove, and Realestate.au, so these domains were excluded from Apify’s…
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…
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…
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…
Best Japan Proxies: Success Rate & Response Time
We evaluated top Japan residential proxies across 1,000 URLs per domain every 10 minutes. Vendors were measured against the same target domains, from the same benchmark location, using the same request frequency and URL rotation strategy. Overall, the top providers performed closely enough that most buyers should not choose based on success rate alone. Instead,…
Automated Data Collection Tools & Use Cases in 2026
Automated data collection uses systems to gather, process, and analyze information efficiently. Since automated data comes from multiple sources in various formats, understanding the different types and their origins is essential to implementing it effectively. Data collection automation uses scripts, bots, APIs, or dedicated platforms to gather, organize, and store data from multiple sources without…
Best Glassdoor Datasets in 2026
Glassdoor datasets offer useful insights into job listings, employer reviews, and salaries, but they are not the exclusive source of labor-market or employer-brand data. We review the four top providers of Glassdoor datasets: Bright Data, Coresignal, Oxylabs, and Actowiz. Our evaluation covers each provider’s dataset structure, extraction techniques, update schedules, delivery options, and pricing models.…