Data Solutions & Practices
Data is the fundamental resource that powers business operations and drives strategic decisions. We cover modern data practices and the tools, platforms, and approaches organizations use to manage, transform, and get value from their data.
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Automated Data Collection Tools & Use Cases in 2026
Automated data collection uses systems to gather, process, and analyze information efficiently. Since automated data comes from multiple sources in various formats, understanding the different types and their origins is essential to implementing it effectively. Data collection automation uses scripts, bots, APIs, or dedicated platforms to gather, organize, and store data from multiple sources without…
E-Commerce Scraper: 6 Providers Benchmarked
We benchmarked five web data providers across 100 e-commerce domains, fetching 65,000 product and search pages each at 5 to 5,000 concurrent requests. Averaged across concurrency levels, Decodo recorded the fastest median response, about 7 seconds, at a 59% success rate, while Bright Data reached the highest success rate (76%) at a 16-second median. Apify…
Best Video Proxies: 2026 Benchmark Results
High latency, bandwidth bottlenecks, and aggressive IP blocking make video data extraction one of the most challenging tasks. A standard proxy setup often can’t keep up with the advanced anti-bot measures used to protect streaming content. If you want to watch a blocked or geo-restricted video, use a free web proxy tool rather than a…
Best Glassdoor Datasets in 2026
Glassdoor datasets offer useful insights into job listings, employer reviews, and salaries, but they are not the exclusive source of labor-market or employer-brand data. We review the four top providers of Glassdoor datasets: Bright Data, Coresignal, Oxylabs, and Actowiz. Our evaluation covers each provider’s dataset structure, extraction techniques, update schedules, delivery options, and pricing models.…
LinkedIn Datasets in 2026: Sources for Profile & Company Data
LinkedIn datasets can be categorized into profile data and company data: It’s important to know the different types of LinkedIn data available when buying from a verified provider or seeking a specific company dataset. Common fields across all providers: The following fields are present in all three providers and were removed from the tables above…
Ethical & Compliant Web Data Benchmark
As enterprises scale their web data operations, compliance, data, and risk executives increasingly evaluate the associated ethical, reputational, and legal risks. We benchmarked 5 leading web data collection services across 3 dimensions and tested each service with more than 20 potentially unethical scenarios. Our work helps you assess the ethical standing of your data collection…
Best Enterprise Proxy Servers in 2026
We tested the best enterprise proxy service providers with 30 million requests, across 100,000 parallel requests, to identify the most reliable options for large-scale operations. See the top performance leaders based on our benchmark. Detailed reviews for all providers are included below. All benchmarked providers delivered a high success rate (at least ~80%) and fast…
Benchmarked the 10 Best Datacenter Proxy Providers
We evaluated the top 5 datacenter proxy providers using 15,000 requests to assess speed, reliability, and cost across search, e-commerce, and social media sites. The top performers are listed below: Whether you’re looking to buy datacenter proxies for web scraping or automation tools, or need a shared datacenter proxy plan for smaller projects, our benchmarks…
How to Configure Android Proxy Server Settings
On Android, you can configure a proxy for each Wi-Fi network in the settings app. Once you set it for a network, it stays saved, but you need to repeat the process for every network you want to use with a proxy. Before you begin, there are three things you should know: There’s a difference…
Best Mobile Proxies of 2026: Tested & Ranked
We tested the top mobile proxies using 18,000 requests, analyzing their success rates, speeds, rotation capabilities, sticky sessions, and targeting options (country, state, carrier, and GPS). Compare leading mobile proxy providers on real mobile endpoints. The chart shows the success rate (the share of requests that returned a valid mobile page, 2xx/3xx, a correct mobile…
