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Date Published
Author
Sunil Sandhu
Word count
4313
Language
English
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None

Summary

Residential proxies are highly popular among users, yet choosing the right provider can be challenging due to the complexity of evaluating features, reliability, and performance. The comparison between two leading providers, Bright Data and NetNut, highlights key distinctions. Bright Data is renowned for its ethical sourcing, extensive IP count, and advanced features such as ASN/ZIP targeting and customizable configurations, making it a preferred choice for enterprises and organizations valuing transparency and ethical compliance. NetNut, established in 2017, caters primarily to enterprise users with large-scale scraping needs, offering a significant proxy pool, although it lacks in user-friendliness and provides mostly ISP proxies rather than true residential ones. Bright Data's flexibility, with pay-as-you-go pricing and a robust Proxy Manager app, contrasts with NetNut's traffic-based plans and limited configuration options. Bright Data's commitment to ethical practices and comprehensive documentation further cements its position as a market leader, while NetNut's attractive higher-tier pricing appeals to resellers but is less accessible to regular users due to its higher entry-level costs.