I’ve used both brightdata vs smartproxy for YouTube scraping, and honestly, it depends on your budget and scale. BrightData is a beast when it comes to IP diversity and handling anti-scraping measures, but yeah, it’s pricey. Smartproxy is more affordable and works fine for smaller projects, but I’ve had a few more blocks with it. If you’re scraping heavily, I’d lean towards BrightData.
Also, check out Oxylabs if you want another option. It’s kinda in the middle price-wise and handles YouTube pretty well.
Also, check out Oxylabs if you want another option. It’s kinda in the middle price-wise and handles YouTube pretty well.