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Bright Data vs ContactOut

ContactOut wins 9 of 10 decided metrics across 1 shared suites; the loser still leads where its column is highlighted. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

Bright Data live

Web-data infrastructure and company data feeds unifying 10+ sources, delivered to warehouses and files.

★ 4.7 · 413 reviewsA

Access: MCP · CLI · API · Dataset · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

ContactOut

Contact data for recruiting and sales: browser extension, search / enrichment and API, personal and work emails.

★ 4.5 · 128 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · not in suite	ContactOut · #14 of 29
Match rate	-	69.4%
Valid email rate	-	64.7%
Latency p50	-	1,024ms
Cost / valid email	-	-
Invalid rate	-	11.8%
Catch-all share	-	20.6%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	94.1%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	71.4%
Confidence-score quality	-	+63.5 pts
Geographic coverage	-	9

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · not in suite	ContactOut · #9 of 24
Match rate	-	85.7%
Valid / reachable rate	-	73.8%
Latency p50	-	490ms
Cost / mobile number	-	-
Right-person rate	-	88.5%
Mobile coverage	-	55.1%
Disconnected rate	-	7.1%
Low-activity share	-	19.0%
Landline / mobile classification	-	-
Country accuracy	-	83.3%
Geographic coverage	-	9

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · #20 of 24	ContactOut · #11 of 24
Profile match rate	89.8%	91.8%
Identity accuracy	97.7%	97.8%
Latency p50	12,746ms	898ms
Price / matched profile	$0.0013	-
Current employer accuracy	84.1%	97.8%
Move detection	76.9%	75.0%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	0.0%
Job title accuracy	0.0%	86.7%
Seniority label accuracy	-	81.6%
Location accuracy	95.5%	95.6%
Work history completeness	-	8.2
Education completeness	68.2%	100.0%
Skills present	0.0%	91.1%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	57.1%	80.0%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · not measured	ContactOut · #11 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	97.0%
Company name accuracy	-	95.9%
Latency p50	-	707ms
Price / matched company	-	-
Industry accuracy	-	77.3%
Employee count ±20%	-	26.0%
HQ / location accuracy	-	93.8%
Description present	-	96.9%
Founding year accuracy	-	69.1%
Domains / social profiles	-	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	-	90.0%

Live Profile Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-26

Metric	Bright Data · #5 of 5	ContactOut · not in suite
Current-job accuracy	79.2%	-
Fetch success	91.1%	-
Latency p50	9,230ms	-
Cost / profile	$0.0013	-
Move detection	84.6%	-
Still at previous employer	5.0%	-
Control accuracy	73.5%	-
Work history completeness	-	-
Education completeness	68.5%	-

Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · #1 of 6	ContactOut · not in suite
Employer coverage	98.3%	-
Postings recall	85.0%	-
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / job	$0.0017	-
Closed or unknown postings	10.4%	-
Duplicate postings	15.0%	-
Location accuracy	95.5%	-
Posted-date accuracy	24.5%	-
Description present	100.0%	-
Coverage by country	92.9%	-

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · not measured	ContactOut · #7 of 10
Coverage	-	85.0%
Detection accuracy	-	35.5%
Latency p50	-	707ms
Cost / lookup	-	-
Live stack recall	-	37.1%
Technologies per domain	-	80
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	70.0%

Questions about Bright Data vs ContactOut

Which is better, Bright Data or ContactOut?

ContactOut wins 9 of the 10 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: People Data: Bright Data #20 of 24, ContactOut #11 of 24.

How do Bright Data and ContactOut compare in user reviews?

Bright Data holds 4.7 / 5 across 413 reviews on G2, Capterra and Product Hunt; ContactOut holds 4.5 / 5 across 128 reviews on G2 and Capterra. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Bright Data and ContactOut?

Bright Data offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations; ContactOut offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, an API, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations.