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Data is the fundamental resource that powers business operations and drives strategic decisions. We cover modern data practices, including data as a service (DaaS) for companies, data transformation challenges, and data management use cases. Our coverage also includes training data platforms, best practices for data commercialization and versioning, and the critical role of data curation.
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The Most Common Web Scraping Challenges in 2026
Web scraping has become more difficult in recent years. Since 2025, AI-related scraping has raised significant legal concerns. Platforms and infrastructure providers have adopted new methods to control AI crawlers and manage data collection. What are the major web scraping challenges? There are many technical challenges that web scrapers face due to the barriers set…
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).…
LinkedIn Datasets in 2026: Best Sources for Profile & Company Data
LinkedIn datasets can be categorized into profile data and company data: LinkedIn company data: Basic company information, detailed employee profiles, active job postings, emerging hiring trends, and engagement metrics. LinkedIn profile data: Public profile information, employment history, educational backgrounds, professional certifications, connection networks, and user profile activity. LinkedIn dataset features: Profile, company & Job posting…
No-Code Financial Data Scraping: Tools & Compliance Tips
While official financial data providers do offer APIs, these are often limited in scope, access, or flexibility for real-time or niche data needs. Financial data scraping has become a common approach to collecting such information, typically using technologies such as web scrapers, headless browsers, and open-source crawlers, which can be paired with proxy/unblocking services when…
Best Video Proxies for Video & Image Extraction
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. Compare the video proxy services based on their response time and success rate: Video proxy benchmark results Response time…
Oxylabs vs Bright Data: Pricing & Benchmark Comparison
Oxylabs and Bright Data are two of the largest proxy providers used for large-scale web scraping and automation. To better understand how these providers perform, we conducted benchmark tests comparing success rates and response times across three proxy types: Bright Data performs better in unblocker success rates and response speed Oxylabs performs significantly better in…
Best Indeed Dataset Providers: Official APIs vs Third-Party Vendors
For getting Indeed data, the market breaks down into three options: do-it-yourself scraping infrastructure, more flexible infrastructure, or managed third-party datasets. Each option comes with different tradeoffs around speed, coverage, reliability, maintenance, and control. Compare Indeed dataset services by pricing structure: ProviderDataset typeStarting price (mo)Free trial Bright DataJob listings Company info$250 for 100k records ($2.5…
Oxylabs vs Decodo: Performance Benchmarks & Pricing
Based on our benchmarks, Oxylabs may be better suited for large-scale search engine scraping, while Decodo offers comparable performance across residential and mobile proxy use cases. Both providers deliver high-performance proxy infrastructure, with Oxylabs performing better for search engine scraping while Decodo remains competitive across proxy-based workloads. Performance evaluation: Oxylabs vs Decodo To evaluate the…