README.md

metadata

license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: Ecommerce Web Data Provider Audit (Verified Figures, 2026)
language:
  - en
tags:
  - ecommerce
  - web-scraping
  - datasets
  - market-research
  - competitive-intelligence
  - data-providers
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Ecommerce Web Data Provider Audit — Verified Figures (2026)

Independently verified facts about the major ecommerce web-data providers (Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare): dataset counts, scraper coverage, published pricing models, and third-party ratings. One row per verified fact, with the verification method, date, and re-check URL for every figure.

Canonical source: the data derives from, and is analysed in full at, Cllimber's Bright Data for Ecommerce Review. This dataset card intentionally carries the figures only — assessment and context live at the canonical URL.

Dataset structure

Single CSV, ecommerce-web-data-providers.csv:

• provider, product, metric — what was measured
• value, unit — the verified figure
• verification_method — logged-in account count · live vendor pricing page · live ratings platform · independent benchmark
• verified_date — ISO date of the check
• source_url — where to re-verify
• notes — discrepancies vs vendor-published claims, where found

Notable data points (verified 2026-08-11 to 2026-08-17)

Bright Data's marketplace lists 733 ecommerce datasets and 706 pre-built scraper domains against vendor-published claims of 600+/700+ and 550+ respectively — vendor materials repeatedly understate the logged-in counts. The Amazon products dataset holds 737.62M records across 101 fields (up from 737.28M/100 six days earlier — catalogue growth observed between checks). Oxylabs publishes 175M+ residential IPs (down from 177M+) and $49/month scraper tiers.

Hands-on test results (2026-08-17)

Two live runs with platform-reported metrics: the ChatGPT Search scraper returned 4/4 records at 100% success in 6m 11s (40 structured fields vs the published "up to 25"); a pre-built eCommerce scraper (madeincookware.com) achieved 100% success in 3m 6s with 10/10 price accuracy against pre-registered live-site anchors. A free Amazon dataset sample delivered 1,000 rows × 99 columns with core fields 91–100% populated.

Methodology & limitations

Counts were taken from within a logged-in Bright Data account; pricing from vendors' live published pages; ratings from live G2/Trustpilot/Capterra pages; the LLM-scraper benchmark from AIMultiple. Small-scale hands-on testing was conducted on 17 August 2026 (vendor-provided credit, disclosed; results published as observed). No at-scale performance testing was conducted. Re-verified monthly; version history is the audit trail. Methodology: https://cllimber.com/our-research-methodology/

Citation

@misc{cllimber2026ecommercewebdata,
  title   = {Ecommerce Web Data Provider Audit: Verified Figures},
  author  = {{Cllimber}},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.57967/hf/10066},
  url     = {https://cllimber.com/bright-data-for-ecommerce-review/}
}

Disclosure

Cllimber has a disclosed paid partnership with Bright Data. Figures are verified against live sources regardless — including where they differ from the vendor's claims — and competitor figures come solely from those vendors' published materials and independent sources.