Zyte Alternative

The Self-Serve Alternative to Zyte

Enterprise-grade data extraction without enterprise-grade complexity or contracts.

  • Instant self-serve access — no sales process
  • One API for everything — no separate Smart Proxy/Scrapy Cloud/AutoExtract
  • Pay-as-you-go from day one
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Why Teams Switch from Zyte

1

Instant access, no sales calls

Sign up and start scraping in minutes. No demos, no contracts, no minimum spend requirements.

2

Unified API

AlterLab provides one API endpoint for all extraction needs — proxies, rendering, and data extraction are unified, not separate products.

3

No Scrapy dependency

AlterLab is language-agnostic. Use any HTTP client in any language. No framework lock-in or platform-specific tooling.

Feature Comparison

FeatureAlterLabZyte
Self-serve signupEnterprise
Unified single APIMultiple products
No framework lock-inScrapy-based
Pay-as-you-go
Anti-bot bypass
Browser rendering
Data extraction
Managed spiders
Scrapy Cloud hosting
MCP server integration

Migration Takes Minutes

Estimated time: 5 minutes

Zyte API
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract",
    auth=("YOUR_API_KEY", ""),
    json={
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "browserHtml": 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
    }
)

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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"]}'

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