Yo, I feel you on the smartproxy vs brightdata struggle. I’ve used both, and here’s my take:
Smartproxy is great for beginners or small projects. It’s user-friendly and the pricing is fair. But if you’re doing heavy-duty scraping, brightdata is the way to go. Their infrastructure is just on another level.
That said, if budget is a concern, maybe try scraping smaller datasets first with smartproxy and see if it meets your needs. No need to jump into brightdata unless you really need that extra power.
Smartproxy is great for beginners or small projects. It’s user-friendly and the pricing is fair. But if you’re doing heavy-duty scraping, brightdata is the way to go. Their infrastructure is just on another level.
That said, if budget is a concern, maybe try scraping smaller datasets first with smartproxy and see if it meets your needs. No need to jump into brightdata unless you really need that extra power.