Scrapfly Alternative

The Pay-As-You-Go Alternative to Scrapfly

Advanced anti-bot bypass without monthly subscription commitments.

  • Pay-as-you-go — no monthly subscription
  • Automatic protection detection — no asp/antibot parameters
  • Balance that never expires
Start Free — 5,000 Requests

Why Teams Switch from Scrapfly

1

No monthly subscriptions

AlterLab uses a dollar balance model. No monthly fees, no credit expiration, no plan tiers to choose between.

2

Simpler API

AlterLab auto-detects protection levels. No need to specify asp=true, antibot=true, or choose proxy types manually.

3

AI-native integrations

AlterLab provides an MCP server for AI agent workflows and returns LLM-optimized output formats.

Feature Comparison

FeatureAlterLabScrapfly
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Balance never expires
Auto protection detectionManual params
Anti-bot bypass
JavaScript rendering
CAPTCHA solving
Residential proxies
Screenshot capture
Structured extraction
MCP server integration

Migration Takes Minutes

Estimated time: 5 minutes

Scrapfly
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.scrapfly.io/scrape",
    params={
        "key": "YOUR_KEY",
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "asp": "true",
        "render_js": "true"
    }
)
AlterLab
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    json={
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "render_js": True
        # Anti-bot is always automatic
    }
)

Frequently Asked Questions

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Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.

$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