Crawlbase Alternative
The Modern Alternative to Crawlbase
Modern API design with automatic protection handling and AI-ready output.
- 5-tier automatic anti-bot escalation
- AI-ready structured output
- MCP server for AI agent workflows
Why Teams Switch from Crawlbase
Automatic anti-bot handling
AlterLab automatically detects and bypasses site protections. No need to manually select between normal and JavaScript tokens.
Modern API design
RESTful JSON API with clear request/response schemas, comprehensive documentation, and SDK support for Python and Node.js.
AI-ready output
Get markdown, structured JSON, or extracted data fields — optimized for feeding into LLMs and AI workflows.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | AlterLab | Crawlbase |
|---|---|---|
| Auto anti-bot detection | ||
| 5 escalation tiers | ||
| Structured extraction | Basic | |
| JavaScript rendering | ||
| Proxy rotation | ||
| CAPTCHA solving | ||
| Crawler/sitemap | ||
| Storage | ||
| MCP server integration | ||
| Pay-as-you-go |
Migration Takes Minutes
Estimated time: 5 minutes
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.crawlbase.com/",
params={
"token": "YOUR_JS_TOKEN",
"url": "https://example.com"
}
)import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape",
headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
json={"url": "https://example.com"}
)Frequently Asked Questions
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Anti-Bot Handling API
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Pricing
From $0.0002/request. No subscriptions. Balance never expires.
Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.
$1 free credit — up to 5,000 scrapes. No credit card.
Just a POST request.
No credit card required · $1 free credit, up to 5,000 scrapes · Balance never expires