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Bright Data vs IPRoyal
Enterprise Network Breadth vs. Persistent Sessions and Flexible Self-Service
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Network Scale
Proxy Types
Targeting
Reliability
Pricing Model
Dev Experience
Compliance
Support
Quick pick
Bright Data fits enterprise programs that need larger published networks, carrier/ASN routing, and one platform spanning residential, mobile, ISP, and datacenter capacity.
IPRoyal fits teams that value long sticky sessions, non-expiring residential traffic, and simpler access to dedicated or rotating mobile proxies.
Bright Data and IPRoyal both cover residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile proxy use cases, but their scale and operating models differ. Bright Data advertises 400M+ residential IPs and 7M+ mobile IPs, with city, ZIP, carrier, and ASN targeting. IPRoyal advertises 64M+ residential IPs and 4.5M+ mobile IPs, while emphasizing seven-day sticky sessions and residential traffic that never expires.
Choosing Bright Data
Bright Data advantages
Bright Data publishes the larger residential and mobile networks and a broader enterprise inventory: 400M+ residential IPs, 7M+ mobile IPs, 1.6M+ datacenter IPs, and 700K+ ISP IPs on its current proxy overview. Residential and mobile routing can use city, ZIP, carrier, and ASN selectors, making the network suitable for pipelines that need telecom-level as well as geographic segmentation.
What IPRoyal makes easier
IPRoyal is more straightforward for buyers who want self-serve proxy traffic with long-lived sessions. Residential sticky TTL can be configured up to seven days, purchased traffic never expires, and unlimited concurrent sessions are supported. The provider also offers 4.5M+ mobile IPs with dedicated and rotating options, so mobile access is available without moving into an enterprise data platform.
Choosing IPRoyal
IPRoyal advantages
IPRoyal works well for persistent identities and irregular consumption. Users can hold a residential session for days when the peer remains online and keep purchased traffic until it is used. The 64M+ residential pool spans 195+ countries, while the mobile line covers 5G/4G/3G/LTE and includes dedicated as well as rotating proxies.
Where Bright Data goes further
Bright Data publishes more residential and mobile IPs and explicitly supports carrier and ASN targeting from its primary proxy pages. The broader inventory also includes large dedicated datacenter and ISP networks. That breadth matters when a proxy program spans several traffic classes and needs a consistent enterprise control layer.
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