ProxyCrawl Alternative
The Pay-As-You-Go Alternative to ProxyCrawl
No monthly subscription. No expiring credits. AlterLab charges per request with a dollar balance that carries over indefinitely.
- Pure pay-as-you-go — no subscription lock-in
- Balance never expires — no use-it-or-lose-it pressure
- 5 automatic anti-bot tiers — no manual proxy configuration
Why Teams Switch from ProxyCrawl
No subscription lock-in
AlterLab has no monthly minimum. Add funds when you need them and use them at your own pace. Ideal for projects with variable or unpredictable scraping volumes.
Automatic anti-bot handling
AlterLab's tiered system automatically applies the right strategy per site — from rotating proxies to full browser fingerprinting — without manual proxy pool management.
Structured data extraction
AlterLab returns clean structured JSON from any page. No need to build post-processing pipelines to parse raw HTML responses.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | AlterLab | ProxyCrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go pricing | ||
| Credits/balance never expire | ||
| Automatic anti-bot tiers | 5 tiers, auto-selected | Manual proxy configuration |
| Structured JSON extraction | Raw HTML response | |
| JavaScript rendering | ||
| No monthly minimum |
Migration Takes Minutes
Estimated time: 10 minutes to migrate
GET https://api.proxycrawl.com/?token=TOKEN&url=https://example.com/product
// Returns raw HTML — you parse it yourselfcurl -X POST https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com/product",
"extract": {"name": "string", "price": "number", "stock": "string"}
}'Frequently Asked Questions
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