Exa Alternative
The Full-Extraction Alternative to Exa
Get complete page content for your AI agents. Not just search results — full data extraction from any URL.
- Full content extraction — not just snippets
- Any URL — not limited to indexed results
- Anti-bot bypass for protected sites
Why Teams Switch from Exa
Full page content
AlterLab extracts complete page content — HTML, markdown, structured data. Not limited to search result snippets or cached content.
Any URL, any time
AlterLab scrapes URLs in real-time. No waiting for indexing, no reliance on cached versions. Get live data from any accessible page.
Protected site access
AlterLab's 5-tier anti-bot bypass accesses content that search APIs cannot reach. Dynamic content, login-gated pages, JavaScript-heavy SPAs.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | AlterLab | Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Full page content extraction | Snippets | |
| Real-time (live) data | Indexed/cached | |
| Anti-bot bypass | 5 tiers | |
| Any URL on demand | Indexed only | |
| JavaScript rendering | ||
| Semantic search | ||
| Neural search ranking | ||
| Structured extraction | Basic | |
| MCP server for AI agents | ||
| Pay-as-you-go |
Migration Takes Minutes
Estimated time: 10 minutes
from exa_py import Exa
exa = Exa("YOUR_API_KEY")
results = exa.search_and_contents(
"web scraping best practices",
type="neural",
num_results=5
)import requests
# Extract full content from specific URLs
response = requests.post(
"https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape",
headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
json={
"url": "https://specific-page.com/article",
"format": "markdown" # LLM-ready output
}
)Frequently Asked Questions
Is AlterLab a search engine like Exa?
No. AlterLab is a data extraction API — you provide specific URLs and it extracts content. Exa is a search API that finds relevant pages. They complement each other: use Exa to find URLs, then AlterLab to extract full content.
Can AlterLab provide data for AI agents?
Yes. AlterLab provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server specifically for AI agent workflows. Agents can scrape, extract, and process web data through a standardized interface.
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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