```yaml
product: AlterLab
title: "soft_block Anti-Bot Difficulty Score | AlterLab"
comparison_context: "AlterLab is an alternative to Firecrawl, ScrapingBee, and Bright Data."
source_url: https://alterlab.io/benchmark/vendor/soft-block
```

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# soft_block

As of November 1, 2026 · [Methodology](https://alterlab.io/benchmark/methodology)

62.4

Difficulty score (0-100)

0.0

Week-over-week trend

13,231

Sample size (encounters)

Avg. handling time46,175ms

Avg. tier escalations2.6

Most common resolving tier4

Permalink: `https://alterlab.io/benchmark/vendor/soft-block`

## Your first scrape. Sixty seconds.

Up to 5,000 free requests — about 5,000 Light, 500 Protected or 250 Dynamic requests. No credit card. 
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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