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Bright Data vs Diffbot

Bright Data wins 7 of 13 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

Diffbot

Web-scale Knowledge Graph built by crawling the public web: Enhance matches people and organizations, DQL searches entities including job posts, with an optional re-crawl of sources.

★ 4.9 · 29 reviewsA

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

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · #20 of 24	Diffbot · #14 of 24
Profile match rate	89.8%	85.0%
Identity accuracy	97.7%	100.0%
Latency p50	12,746ms	7,232ms
Price / matched profile	$0.0013	$0.022
Current employer accuracy	84.1%	68.6%
Move detection	76.9%	25.0%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	20.0%
Job title accuracy	0.0%	49.0%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	95.5%	86.3%
Work history completeness	-	6.2
Education completeness	68.2%	90.2%
Skills present	0.0%	72.5%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	94.1%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	57.1%	60.0%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Bright Data · not measured	Diffbot · #10 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	99.0%
Company name accuracy	-	94.9%
Latency p50	-	1,127ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.022
Industry accuracy	-	83.8%
Employee count ±20%	-	69.9%
HQ / location accuracy	-	82.8%
Description present	-	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	-	73.7%
Domains / social profiles	-	94.9%
Coverage by country / size	-	95.0%

Live Profile Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-26

Metric	Bright Data · #5 of 5	Diffbot · 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	Diffbot · not measured
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%	-

Questions about Bright Data vs Diffbot

Which is better, Bright Data or Diffbot?

Bright Data wins 7 of the 13 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: People Data: Bright Data #20 of 24, Diffbot #14 of 24.

Which is cheaper, Bright Data or Diffbot?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: People Data, price per matched profile: Bright Data $0.0013, Diffbot $0.022.

How do Bright Data and Diffbot compare in user reviews?

Bright Data holds 4.7 / 5 across 413 reviews on G2, Capterra and Product Hunt; Diffbot holds 4.9 / 5 across 29 reviews on G2. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

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

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