{"id":6178,"date":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","slug":"brightdata-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/brightdata-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Data (Formerly Luminati) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>Come in now to discover why Bright Data (Formerly Luminati) is regarded as one of the best residential proxy service providers in the world. Learn from our reviews and know their pros and cons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you planning to give <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/bright-data\/\">Bright Data Formerly Luminati proxy service<\/a> a try? Then you have to read this Luminati review to know whether you can use it for what you intend to use proxies for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-pullquote su-pullquote-align-left\"><a href=\"###luminati\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8990 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-data-logo.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20247%2061'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20247%2061'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Bright Data - Luminati proxy network\" width=\"247\" height=\"61\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-data-logo.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8990\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-data-logo.jpg.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-data-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Data - Luminati proxy network\" width=\"247\" height=\"61\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p>No doubt, Luminati proxies are some of the best, but there are more features you need to look out for before you choose a proxy.<\/p>\n<p>I will be discussing the pros and cons of Luminati proxies. Before that, let take a look at a brief overview of Bright Data (Formerly Luminati).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bright-data-formerly-luminati-overview\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bright_Data_Formerly_Luminati_Overview\"><\/span>Bright Data (Formerly Luminati) Overview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"su-list\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-trophy\" style=\"color:#3330b1\"><\/i> <strong>Win Best Proxy Overall with Excellent Scraping Performance As <span class=\"JsGRdQ\">#1 Business Choice of <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/best-proxy-services\/\">Best Proxy Service 2022<\/a>!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><picture class=\"alignleft wp-image-18351 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Best-proxy-overall.png.webp\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20196'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20196'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Brightdata - Luminati Proxy - Best proxy overall\" width=\"220\" height=\"196\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Best-proxy-overall.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignleft wp-image-18351\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Best-proxy-overall.png.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Best-proxy-overall.png\" alt=\"Brightdata - Luminati Proxy - Best proxy overall\" width=\"220\" height=\"196\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript>Bright Data (Luminati) is regarded as the market leader in the proxy market. They have the largest number of proxies in the market with an IP pool that contains 72+ million proxies that cut across both <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/residential-proxy-guide\/\">residential proxies<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateproxyreviews.com\/4g-mobile-proxies\/\">mobile proxies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They have proxies in all countries of the world and have been found to be ethical, secure, reliable, and get the job done. Little wonder Fortune 500 companies make use of them. They are mostly used for web scraping and crawling, SEO auditing, brand protection, and ads verification, among others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"###brightdata\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9661 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png.webp 1000w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20461'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20461'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"brightdata - Luminati Proxy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service-768x354.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9661\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png\" alt=\"brightdata - Luminati Proxy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brightdata-Luminati-Proxy-Service-768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Parameter<\/th>\n<th>Feature<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IP Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Residential\/ Datacenter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price Charged<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bandwidth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price Sample<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>$10.50\/GB (Pay As You Go)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pool Of IPs<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>72+ Million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Proxy Protocol<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>HTTP(S) and Socks5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IP Rotation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Each Session<\/li>\n<li>Sticky Session (Time)<\/li>\n<li>Support 100% Self-control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Filtering\/Targeting <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ASN\/Cites\/Countries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Authentication<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>IP Authentication<\/li>\n<li>Username\/Password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Excellent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Free Trial<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Refund Policy<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Support<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Live Support, Contact Form, and Detailed FAQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jurisdiction Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"###luminati\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#63abfa;border-color:#5089c8;border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:6px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;border-color:#92c5fc;border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Visit Brightdata.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"bright-data-luminati-pros\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bright_Data_Luminati_Pros\"><\/span>Bright Data (Luminati) Pros<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Without much ado, let move straight into discussing the strengths of Bright Data (Luminati). No doubt, it has where it excels and where it flops. Our focus in this section is the pros.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-largest-ip-network-in-the-world\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Largest_IP_Network_in_the_World\"><\/span>The Largest IP Network in the World<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The greatest strength of <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/luminati\/\">Luminati proxy network<\/a> is its share number of proxies \u2013 it is incredibly huge and the largest in the industry. This earned them the title of the largest proxy service. Luminati&#8217;s proxy network has over 72 million residential IP addresses in its pool. Aside from this, it has about 2 million mobile proxies and a good number of datacenter proxies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"###brightdata\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9662 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png.webp 1000w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20415'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20415'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati residential proxy network\" width=\"1000\" height=\"415\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies-768x319.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9662\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png\" alt=\"Luminati residential proxy network\" width=\"1000\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-residential-proxies-768x319.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They claim to have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brightdata.grsm.io\/us-proxies\"  rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">4.6M+ US proxy IPs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brightdata.grsm.io\/UK-proxies\"  rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">1.6M+ UK proxy IPs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And so on for <a href=\"https:\/\/brightdata.grsm.io\/locations\"  rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">other countries<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1299 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg.webp 985w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-300x139.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-768x356.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20985%20457'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20985%20457'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati Worldwide location\" width=\"985\" height=\"457\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg 985w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-768x356.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1299 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg.webp 985w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-300x139.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-768x356.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg\" alt=\"Luminati Worldwide location\" width=\"985\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location.jpg 985w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Worldwide-location-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One thing you will come to love about Bright Data (Luminati) is the fact that it has proxies in all countries of the world and in many cities, making their residential proxies perfect for ads verification, web crawling and scraping, and social media automation among others.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/why-residential-proxies\/\">The Basics of using Residential Proxy Network for Internet Marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has over 4 million proxies in India, over 2 million proxies in the United States, 1+ million each in Great Britain and Brazil, and a sizable number in Canada, Germany, France, and South Korea among all other countries in the world.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"geo-targeting\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Geo-Targeting\"><\/span>Geo-Targeting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Geo-targeting is one of the unique features of Luminati residential proxies. I already stated earlier that Luminati has proxies in all countries and major cities in the world. To further provide you better service, you are given the option to choose the locations of the proxies you want. This comes in handy for <strong>sneaker sites<\/strong> and websites that place geo-restrictions on their website contents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"###luminati\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1300 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg.webp 942w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-300x211.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-768x541.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20942%20663'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20942%20663'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"ASN targeting\" width=\"942\" height=\"663\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg 942w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-768x541.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1300 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg.webp 942w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-300x211.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-768x541.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg\" alt=\"ASN targeting\" width=\"942\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting.jpg 942w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASN-targeting-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to their geo-targeting options, there are 3 in number. You can either choose country proxies or city proxies. Interestingly, Bright Data (Luminati) also has support for ASN targeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/26871\/autonomous-system-number-asn\">Autonomous System Number (ASN)<\/a> provides more granular control than targeting a country or city.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"secured-and-100-legal\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Secured_and_100_Legal\"><\/span>Secured and 100% Legal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One thing you will come to love about Bright Data (Luminati) proxies is that they are 100 percent legal. It is no news that some residential proxy service providers use malicious means to get access to residential IP addresses of peoples\u2019 devices without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you visit the websites of many residential proxies, you\u2019ll discover that how they get access to their residential IP addresses is hidden. However, this is not the case with Bright Data (Luminati) as they have legal rights over the IP addresses they use \u2013 thanks to their Hola VPN. This VPN service is <a href=\"https:\/\/phreesite.com\/free-vpn\/\">free to use<\/a>. However, you must allow Luminati to use your IP address and internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>As regarding security, Luminati proxies are encrypted, and they advise their users to make sure they are making use of HTTPS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/http-proxies-vs-socks-proxies\/\">What is the Difference Between HTTP and SOCKS Proxies?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this combo, you do not need to worry as no one will be able to sniff your data as it passes through the Internet. Interestingly, it is quite reliable, and users of this service enjoy up to a 99 percent uptime. Because of the reliability, security, and ethical nature, they have become the residential proxy service provider of choice among Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"excellent-scaping-performance\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Excellent_Scaping_Performance\"><\/span>Excellent Scaping Performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Web scraping and crawling is one of the key areas residential proxies are used. This is as a result of the smart security features placed by websites to prevent their data from being stolen by data aggregators.<\/p>\n<p>To test how Bright Data (Luminati) performs in terms of scraping data from popular websites, I sent an average of 11,206 requests each to Aliexpress, <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/scrape-amazon\/\">Amazon<\/a>, Booking, <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-do-i-unblock-facebook-using-proxies\/\">Facebook<\/a>, Google, Instagram, Linkedin, and other popular websites. Below is the result.<\/p>\n<p><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1301 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg.webp 1348w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-300x136.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-768x348.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-1024x464.jpg.webp 1024w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201348%20611'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201348%20611'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati Scaping Performance\" width=\"1348\" height=\"611\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-1024x464.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1301 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg.webp 1348w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-300x136.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-768x348.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-1024x464.jpg.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg\" alt=\"Luminati Scaping Performance\" width=\"1348\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Scaping-Performance-1024x464.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Performance on 300 Concurrent connections<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Test<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Success Rate (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Error (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TimeOut (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Block (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Amazon<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">95<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Adidas<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">97<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Booking<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">98<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bing.com<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">99<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/scraping-craigslist\/\">Craigslist<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">98<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Instagram<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">92<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Nike<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">98<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Linkedin<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">98<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Google<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">76<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Youtube<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">86<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">93.7<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18354\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><picture class=\"wp-image-18354 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrightData-1-Scraping-Performance.png.webp\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20196'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20196'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"BrightData - #1 Scraping Performance\" width=\"220\" height=\"196\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrightData-1-Scraping-Performance.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"wp-image-18354\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrightData-1-Scraping-Performance.png.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrightData-1-Scraping-Performance.png\" alt=\"BrightData - #1 Scraping Performance\" width=\"220\" height=\"196\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Win Best Scraping-Performance Award with 93.7% Success Rate!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you look at the average performance rating, you will see that, on average, 93.7 percent of requests sent through Luminati residential proxies were successful.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you look closely, you will observe that Google and YouTube have the highest failure rate, and even at that, the rate is quite low to see this as a con.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, from my findings, over 90 percent of this error is as a result of captchas, and as such, if you have a good captchas solver, you won\u2019t have a problem scraping using Bright Data (Luminati).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-scrape-linkedin-using-proxies\/\">How to Scrape Data from Linkedin Using Proxies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/use-chrome-headless-and-dedicated-proxies-to-scrape-any-website\/\">Use Chrome Headless and Dedicated Proxies to Scrape Any Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"excellent-proxy-network-speed\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Excellent_Proxy_Network_Speed\"><\/span><strong>Excellent Proxy Network Speed <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Response_Time_Test\"><\/span><strong>Response Time Test<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The response time of residential proxies are higher compared to datacenter proxies. This is because when requests are sent to the residential proxy server, it will have to connect you to a residential device.<\/p>\n<p>This makes the ping\/latency higher and those, more time required. For Luminati, the table below highlights our response time test data.<\/p>\n<p><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1306 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg.webp 1334w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-300x135.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-768x345.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-1024x461.jpg.webp 1024w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201334%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201334%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati Response Time Test\" width=\"1334\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-1024x461.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1306 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg.webp 1334w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-300x135.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-768x345.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-1024x461.jpg.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg\" alt=\"Luminati Response Time Test\" width=\"1334\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Response-Time-Test-1024x461.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Average Response Time (s): 3.65<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proxy_Connection_Speed_Test\"><\/span><strong>Proxy Connection Speed Test<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>No doubt, the connection speed of Luminati proxies is impressive considering the fact that it does not own the devices it routes requests to. Don\u2019t take my word for it; you can use their free trial option to try it out yourself. I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/speedtest.net\">Speedtest<\/a> tool to test the connection speed from Chicago and I got the result below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Average<\/strong><strong> Ping: 76ms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Average<\/strong><strong> Download: 26.86 Mbps<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Average<\/strong><strong> Upload: 13.09 <\/strong><strong>Mbps<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can learn more speed tests from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stupidproxy.com\/luminati\/#Speed-ping\">stupidproxy<\/a> also.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"powerful-proxy-control-tools\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Powerful_Proxy_Control_Tools\"><\/span>Powerful Proxy Control Tools<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you subscribe to their proxies, you will be given access to some powerful tools that will make the use of their proxies easy for you. Let take a look at a few of these powerful poxy control tools.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chrome Extension:<\/strong> For beginners, setting up proxies and getting them to work is a difficult task. However, with the help of their Chrome extension, Bright Data (Luminati) proxies are integrated into Chrome without the need for unnecessary tweaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1310 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg.webp 1268w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-300x154.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-768x395.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-1024x527.jpg.webp 1024w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201268%20652'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201268%20652'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati Chrome Extension details\" width=\"1268\" height=\"652\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-1024x527.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1310 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg.webp 1268w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-300x154.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-768x395.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-1024x527.jpg.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg\" alt=\"Luminati Chrome Extension details\" width=\"1268\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-Chrome-Extension-details-1024x527.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>API:<\/strong> If you are not a programmer, you might not need their APIs, but for developers, the most effective way to communicate with Bright Data (Luminati) proxies when building a system is using their APIs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1312 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg.webp 1140w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-300x175.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-768x449.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-1024x598.jpg.webp 1024w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201140%20666'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201140%20666'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Luminati API\" width=\"1140\" height=\"666\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-1024x598.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"alignnone wp-image-1312 size-full\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg.webp 1140w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-300x175.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-768x449.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-1024x598.jpg.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg\" alt=\"Luminati API\" width=\"1140\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Luminati-API-1024x598.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Luminati Proxy Manager:<\/strong> Arguably, one of the best proxy managers out there, this tool will help you speed up development time and quite useful for web scraping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"different-ip-types\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Different_IP_Types\"><\/span>Different IP Types<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When it comes to diversity in IP types, only a few proxy providers can match Luminati in such regard. It has a proxy for you regardless of your use case. Bright Data (Luminati) has <a href=\"###luminati-data-center-proxies\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>datacenter proxies<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"###luminati\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>residential proxies<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"###luminati-mobile-ips\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>mobile proxies<\/strong><\/a>. However, it is important I state here that their most popular proxies are the residential proxies. Let take a look at the different types of residential proxies they have.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/shared-proxy-guide\/\">Shared IPs<\/a>:<\/strong> As I already stated earlier, Luminati has a pool containing over 35 million residential IPs. If you go for their Shared IP plan, you will be given access to this pool of residential IPs. However, this then means that you will be sharing the IP will a good number of people.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/private-proxy-guide\/\">Exclusive IPs<\/a>:<\/strong> For those that will not want to share proxies with others, Luminati Residential Exclusive IPs are the proxies of choice. This is because you will be assigned dedicated residential proxies that only you can use.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/residential-proxy-guide\/#can-i-buy-static-residential-proxies\">Static Residential IPs<\/a>:<\/strong> While in many proxy intensive works like web scraping, you will need proxies to be rotated; websites that require login will flag your account as suspicious if you keep changing IP. In this case, what you need is a static residential proxy that does not change. You can get this from Luminati, as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"good-customer-support\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_Customer_Support\"><\/span>Good Customer Support<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When it comes to providing support for customers, Luminati can be ranked as one of the best. Even though the usage of their dashboard might seem not intuitive at first, the extensive amount of support information available on their blog and FAQs page is second to none. They also have live support for customers to chat in real-time with their customer rep.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"their-kyc-weed-out-malicious-and-unserious-users\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Their_KYC_Weed_Out_Malicious_and_Unserious_Users\"><\/span>Their KYC Weed Out Malicious and Unserious Users<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For you to register for an individual account on Bright Data (Luminati), you will have to take a photo and submit a government-issued ID for authentication.<\/p>\n<p>This discourages many unserious users and as such, keeps their network clean compared to other providers. However, this their Know Your Customer (KYC) system can easily translate to a disadvantage because of the privacy issue involved.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bright-data-luminati-cons\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bright_Data_Luminati_Cons\"><\/span>Bright Data (Luminati) Cons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Looking at the above, one will be tempted to just go straight into paying for their proxies. However, before you do that, you need to be aware of the disadvantages associated with them.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"they-are-expensive-but-worth\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"They_Are_Expensive_but_Worth\"><\/span>They Are Expensive but Worth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Nothing gets people to run away from Bright Data (Luminati) more than it pricing. It\u2019s incredibly expensive and usually out of the reach of marketers on a low budget. The smallest monthly monetary commitment you can make on Luminati residential proxies is $500, and even at that, just know that it\u2019s limited. This amount will provide you with 56 GB ($8.92\/GB, actually a good deal), after which you\u2019ll have to pay to continue using their service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#9da900;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\">\n<div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#b7c300;border-color:#ffffcc;color:#000000;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\">\n<p>To give their clients better value, Not only Bright Data have smaller plans,\u00a0 added <strong>\u201cpay as you go\u201d option as well! That no minimum bandwidth requirement, and no monthly charges!<\/strong> No penny will be wasted if you only have a small bandwidth requirement!<\/p>\n<p>[Updated on Apr. 24th, 2022]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"###brightdata\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23485 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg.webp 1216w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-300x139.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-1024x474.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-768x356.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20463'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20463'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Bright Data New Prices\" width=\"1000\" height=\"463\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-768x356.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23485\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg.webp 1216w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-300x139.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-1024x474.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-768x356.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg\" alt=\"Bright Data New Prices\" width=\"1000\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bright-Data-New-Prices-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While this seems to be expensive, if you consider the fact that what you\u2019ll be enjoying from them is premium and the chances of them failing is very slim, then you\u2019ll come to the conclusion that it\u2019s worth the money.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"dashboard-is-complex-for-newbie\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dashboard_is_Complex_for_Newbie\"><\/span>Dashboard is Complex for Newbie<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Necessarily, one will expect that Bright Data (Luminati) being one of the best residential proxy providers in the market, should have made their dashboard easy to use. However, because of the variety of proxies they have and their numbers, it becomes complex, and this complexity becomes counterproductive \u2013 you\u2019ll need to learn about their service before things become clear to you.<\/p>\n<p>However, they provide a very detailed FAQ page that contains information about all you need to know about their proxies. One of the places you\u2019ll find Luminati not friendly is in the area of searching for city-specific proxies \u2013 it needs a lot of familiarization for you to get used to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nW04uVFEOq8\" data-id=\"nW04uVFEOq8\" data-query onclick=\"if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\" data-cf-modified-7f2ef1ec8202b01fa79be9a3->\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20480%20360%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nW04uVFEOq8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nW04uVFEOq8?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"email-support-is-slow\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Email_Support_is_Slow\"><\/span>Email Support is Slow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s something I have come to realize about service provision. No matter how much you put in your best, users of your service will still run into problems using them and will need clarification. There are many ways to provide support for customers. For Bright Data, they have live chat support, an excellent FAQ page, and email support.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, you will only need to make use of email support when there\u2019s no rep online for you to chat with. In this case, be ready to wait longer because customers that have made use of their email support claimed that it was very slow.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"do-i-recommend-bright-data-luminati\" class=\"ftwp-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_I_Recommend_Bright_Data_Luminati\"><\/span>Do I Recommend Bright Data (Luminati)?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Absolutely, I do. It remains one of the best residential proxy providers in the market. The large number of IPs in its pool and their geographical distribution comes handy.<\/p>\n<p>They are also one of the most secure and reliable, and as such, if what you\u2019re looking for is the proxy service that gets the job done, Bright Data is a very good option. However, you have to be mindful of its pricing and the slow nature of their email support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come in now to discover why Bright Data (Formerly Luminati) is regarded as one of the best residential proxy service providers in the world. Learn from our reviews and know their pros and cons. Are you planning to give Bright Data Formerly Luminati proxy service a try? 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