Web Scraping API Alternatives

Compare AlterLab with 19 popular scraping tools. See why teams switch to pay-as-you-go pricing with automatic anti-bot bypass.

Pay-as-you-go — no subscriptions5-tier anti-bot bypassBalance never expires

Web Scraping APIs

Direct API competitors with proxy and rendering features

ScraperAPI

Web scraping API with proxy rotation and CAPTCHA handling, subscription-based pricing.

Monthly subscription with request limits

Firecrawl

Developer-focused web scraping API with LLM-ready output and crawl capabilities.

Monthly subscription with page limits

ScrapingBee

Web scraping API with JavaScript rendering and proxy management on a credit-based system.

Monthly subscription with API credits

ZenRows

Web scraping API focused on anti-bot bypass with rotating proxies and headless browsers.

Monthly subscription with request limits

Crawlbase

Web crawling and scraping platform with proxy APIs and data storage.

Pay per request with volume tiers

Scrapfly

Web scraping API with anti-bot protection, JavaScript rendering, and proxy rotation.

Monthly subscription with API credits

ScrapingAnt

Web scraping API with headless browser rendering and rotating proxies.

Monthly subscription with request limits

Enterprise Platforms

Large-scale data collection and proxy platforms

Bright Data

Enterprise data collection platform with proxy networks, browser automation, and pre-built datasets.

Complex pricing per product (proxies, browser, datasets)

Oxylabs

Enterprise proxy and scraping platform with residential, datacenter, and SERP APIs.

Enterprise pricing per product (proxies, scraper, SERP)

Smartproxy

Proxy service provider with residential, datacenter proxies and web scraping API.

Monthly subscription per product

Zyte

Enterprise web data platform (formerly Scrapinghub/Scrapy Cloud) with managed extraction and proxy services.

Enterprise pricing with multiple product tiers

Import.io

Enterprise web data integration platform focused on turning websites into structured datasets.

Enterprise pricing with custom contracts

Scraping Platforms & Tools

Visual scrapers, marketplaces, and automation tools

Apify

Web scraping and automation platform with an actor marketplace and cloud infrastructure.

Monthly subscription with compute units

PhantomBuster

Automation platform focused on lead generation and social media data extraction.

Monthly subscription per phantom slot

WebScraper.io

Browser extension and cloud-based web scraping tool with visual point-and-click selectors.

Monthly subscription per cloud seat

ParseHub

Visual web scraping tool with point-and-click interface and desktop application.

Free tier + monthly subscription

Octoparse

Visual web scraping tool with cloud execution, templates, and scheduled extractions.

Monthly subscription with cloud seats

AI & Specialized

AI-powered extraction and search APIs

Diffbot

AI-powered web data extraction with Knowledge Graph and natural language processing.

Enterprise pricing with API call limits

Exa

AI-native search API providing web content for LLM applications and AI agents.

Per-search pricing with monthly plans

Why Teams Choose AlterLab

$0.0001

Starting price per request. No monthly fees. Dollar balance that never expires.

5 Tiers

Automatic anti-bot escalation. From simple proxies to residential + CAPTCHA solving.

5,000

Free requests to start. No credit card required. Test at your own pace.

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$1 free balance. No credit card. No SDK.Just a POST request.

terminal
curl -X POST https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com", "formats": ["markdown"]}'

No credit card required · Up to 5,000 free scrapes · Balance never expire