Bright Data · FinOps Profile

Brightdata Finops

FinOps view of Bright Data spend. Bright Data bills per product on a usage basis: proxy networks and the Scraping Browser are metered by bandwidth (per GB), the Web Unlocker and SERP API are metered per 1,000 successful requests, the Web Scraper API is metered per record, and Datasets are priced per record or by subscription. There is no single all-inclusive subscription, so cost allocation is naturally per zone / per product.

Brightdata Finops is the FinOps profile for Bright Data on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Web Data, Web Scraping, Proxy, SERP, and Web Unlocker.

Category: Web Data and Scraping Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Web DataWeb ScrapingProxySERPWeb UnlockerDatasetsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Bright Data
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Bright Data
PublisherName
Bright Data
ServiceCategory
Web Data and Scraping
ServiceName
Bright Data

Meters

proxy_bandwidth
Unit: gigabytes
Bandwidth consumed through proxy zones (residential/datacenter/ISP/mobile), billed per GB.
scraping_browser_bandwidth
Unit: gigabytes
Bandwidth consumed by Scraping Browser CDP sessions, billed per GB.
unlocker_requests
Unit: requests
Successful Web Unlocker requests, billed per 1,000.
serp_requests
Unit: requests
SERP API requests, billed per 1,000.
scraper_records
Unit: records
Records returned by the Web Scraper API, billed per record.
dataset_records
Unit: records
Records purchased from the Datasets marketplace (one-off or subscription).

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