At a glance
| Headcount Labs | Bright Data | |
|---|---|---|
| How it is sold | Pay as you go, per record | Datasets sold by record, one-time or on a refresh schedule source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Free every month | 100,000 records | A free sample download source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Lowest published price per 1,000 jobs | $0.01 | Up to $2.50 ($250 minimum order) source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Size the provider states | 8,390,837 open jobs | 127.8M+ records across 4 job datasets source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Refresh | Job boards re-read on a rolling schedule; measured freshness is on each dataset page | One-time, biannual, quarterly or monthly source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Delivery | REST API and MCP connector, JSON | Snowflake, S3, Google Cloud, Azure or SFTP; JSON, CSV or Parquet source, checked Oct 2026 |
| Also sells | Job postings only | Job listings from LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor source, checked Oct 2026 |
Figures for Bright Data come from its own public pages, checked Oct 2026. Rows its pages do not state are left out.
When Bright Data is the better fit
Bright Data sells LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor job listings, which Headcount Labs does not carry, and delivers straight to Snowflake or cloud storage.
When Headcount Labs is the better fit
- You need a large volume of open jobs at a low price: $29 for 3 million records in a month.
- You want to start free: 100,000 records every month, no card.
- You want every job traced to the employer: 8,390,837 open jobs, each with a link to the original posting, and 3,162,273 with the pay the employer published.
- You want to check the data before you buy: the dataset pages show field fill rates, freshness and sample rows.
Test both in an afternoon
- Pick one search you care about, such as a job title in one country.
- Count it on Headcount Labs with one request that returns no jobs:
curl --request GET "https://api.headcountlabs.com/v1/jobs/count?title=data%20engineer&country=US" \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'- Pull 50 records from each provider and compare titles, locations, pay and posting links.
- Price your real monthly volume on both price lists.
Questions
How does Bright Data pricing compare?
Bright Data does not publish a price for 3 million jobs a month, so this page shows only the figures its own pages state. Headcount Labs costs $29 for 3 million records in a month: 100,000 records free every month, then a flat $0.01 per 1,000.
When is Bright Data the better choice?
Bright Data sells LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor job listings, which Headcount Labs does not carry, and delivers straight to Snowflake or cloud storage.
Where does Headcount Labs get its jobs?
From employers' own career pages and the hiring platforms they post on. Each record keeps the link to the employer's posting, so any job can be checked against its source.
Is Headcount Labs affiliated with Bright Data?
No. Headcount Labs is an independent company and Bright Data is a trademark of its owner. The facts about Bright Data on this page come from Bright Data's public pages, checked Oct 2026.
Sources
- https://brightdata.com/products/datasets/jobs (checked Oct 2026)
- https://brightdata.com/pricing/datasets (checked Oct 2026)
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Check it against your own needs
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