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The short version. Proxynade Volume Residential starts at $0.89/GB with no KYC and no minimum. Bright Data residential starts at $4.00/GB on pay-as-you-go and bottoms out at $2.50/GB on a $1,999 committed plan, with KYC on residential and mobile. That is a 4x gap at entry. Bright Data figures here are as listed June 2026, since enterprise rates move with promos.
Bright Data fits a buyer who needs its scale and compliance tooling and accepts the KYC and the deposit. Proxynade fits a buyer who wants to start now, privately, and pay per byte. The rest of this page shows the real numbers and where each vendor wins.
Bright Data's published pricing
As listed June 2026 on their pricing page, pay-as-you-go residential is $4.00/GB, advertised as 50% off the $8 list rate. Committed monthly plans run 141 GB at $499 for $3.50/GB, 332 GB at $999 for $3.00/GB, and 798 GB at $1,999 for $2.50/GB. Country, state, city, ZIP, and ASN targeting are included. SOCKS5 is available through Proxy Manager.
Those plan rates make sense for a run that already justifies the prepay. For a first-route check, the deposit and the per-GB floor matter more than the headline discount.
KYC and how you start
Bright Data is enterprise and promo-driven. Residential and mobile plans can require KYC, a verification video call plus company or personal ID before the account activates, and the committed plans expect a deposit. Those are standard enterprise terms. They are a poor fit for a target that might be dead after one route check, and they rule out a buyer who wants to stay private.
Proxynade has no KYC, no minimum spend, and no sales call. Checkout is self-serve in crypto and stablecoin: Litecoin, plus USDT and USDC on BNB Chain and Solana. Volume Residential is $0.89/GB and Premium Residential is $5.00/GB, billed per transferred byte. Datacenter is $0.65/GB. Static ISP proxies are pay-per-IP with unlimited bandwidth. The dashboard shows host, outcome, latency, and byte totals in network logs, and usage logs export as CSV.
Policy scope differs at the edges
Bright Data's acceptable use page, as listed June 2026, prohibits fake accounts, ticket bots, SEO manipulation, spam, streaming domains, and gaming item or currency trading. Their error docs describe policy messages for blocked targets, targets requiring permission, and domains blocked across their networks. That scope is worth reading before buying, not after a rejected request.
Proxynade's AUP at /acceptable-use prohibits unauthorized account creation and ban evasion. Work that sits near those lines belongs on the table before the first purchase, not after a blocked run.
Bandwidth accounting matches on both sides
Both vendors count request headers, request body, response headers, and response body. Redirects, retries, and blocked responses all count. Your scraper's row counter will always read lower than the provider's byte meter, because it skips retries, redirect chains, images, CSS, and anything your parser drops. Trust provider bytes before app bytes, even when the app is yours.
On a Proxynade pool, the dashboard network logs show host, outcome, latency, and byte totals so the gap is visible. The username carries routing options: base user plus plan token (volume, premium, or datacenter), optional country-<cc>, and optional lifetime-<minutes> rotation window. A datacenter line carries lifetime only when it runs sticky.
Which buyer fits which vendor
| Factor | Proxynade | Bright Data |
|---|---|---|
| Residential entry rate | $0.89/GB Volume, billed per byte | $4.00/GB pay-as-you-go (as listed June 2026) |
| Residential volume floor | $0.89/GB, no commitment | $2.50/GB at 798GB for $1,999/mo (as listed June 2026) |
| Premium residential | $5.00/GB, no minimum | Higher-trust tiers priced on request |
| Minimum spend | None, pay per byte | Committed monthly plans or PAYG at the higher rate |
| KYC | Not required | Required for residential and mobile plans (per their FAQ) |
| Checkout | Self-serve crypto and stablecoin, no sales call | Account setup with verification and deposit |
| Session control | lifetime-<minutes> token in username | Proxy Manager with sticky and rotating sessions |
| Dashboard logs | Host, outcome, latency, byte totals; CSV export | Full reporting suite per their product page |
Be fair about the split. A buyer who needs Bright Data's larger pool, enterprise tooling, and formal compliance, and who has the budget and is fine with KYC, has a real reason to choose it. For everyone testing an unproven target or watching cost per kept result, the entry economics decide it: Proxynade Volume at $0.89/GB is roughly a quarter of Bright Data's $4.00/GB pay-as-you-go, with no deposit and no verification. Four checks then settle the run itself: did the route return a usable response, did 403 or 429 appear early, did provider bytes outrun app bytes enough to change the economics, and did the session hold long enough to complete the flow.
Start on Volume Residential at $0.89/GB, no minimum and no KYC, pay in crypto, and read your own byte logs before you commit to anything larger.
Comparison FAQ
Does Bright Data require KYC? As described on their FAQ page, residential and mobile plans can require a verification video call plus company or personal ID. Proxynade does not require KYC to purchase.
How does Bright Data residential pricing compare? As listed June 2026, Bright Data pay-as-you-go residential is $4.00/GB, half off the $8 list rate. Committed plans run $3.50/GB at 141GB for $499 a month, $3.00/GB at 332GB for $999, and $2.50/GB at 798GB for $1,999. Proxynade Volume Residential is $0.89/GB with no minimum and no subscription.
What is Proxynade's residential price per GB? Volume Residential is $0.89/GB and Premium Residential is $5.00/GB, billed per transferred byte with no minimum commitment.
How does bandwidth accounting work? Both vendors count headers, request body, response body, redirects, and retries. Your scraper's row count will always read lower than the provider's byte meter.
Which vendor fits a small first run? Proxynade has no minimum commitment and no KYC. Bright Data fits buyers who already know their monthly volume and want enterprise tooling and target coverage.
What does Bright Data's AUP prohibit? As listed on their acceptable use page: fake accounts, ticket bots, SEO manipulation, spam, streaming domains, and gaming item or currency trading. Check their page directly for the current list.