Web Scraping API PricingPay Per Scrape.
Not Per Month.
Add funds when you need them. Credits never expire.
Start with 5,000 free requests.
Five Tiers. One Balance.
Pick the right tier for each scrape — or let our smart router choose for you.
Free Tier
$0Up to 5,000 requests included. No credit card required.
Light
Blogs, news sites, wikis — simple static pages
- Blogs, news, documentation
- Fastest response times
- 5,000 pages per $1
- Perfect for content aggregation
Standard
APIs, modern sites with TLS fingerprinting
- REST APIs, modern sites
- TLS fingerprint rotation
- 3,333 pages per $1
- Great for data feeds
Protected
Cloudflare, Akamai, PerimeterX bypass
- Cloudflare, Akamai bypass
- E-commerce & price monitoring
- 500 pages per $1
- Most popular tier
Dynamic
SPAs, React apps, JavaScript-rendered pages
- Full JavaScript rendering
- SPAs, React, Angular apps
- 250 pages per $1
- Wait for any element
Fortress
reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile — fully automated
- reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile
- Fully automated solving
- 50 solves per $1
- Zero manual intervention
Mix and match tiers in the same account. Switch freely per request.
Intelligent Cost Optimization
Our smart router automatically finds the cheapest tier that works for each URL. No guessing, no overpaying.
Zero configuration required. Flat-rate APIs charge the same whether you scrape a blog or bypass Cloudflare. Smart routing means you never overpay.
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Why Teams Switch to AlterLab
Smart routing, no subscriptions, credits that never expire
| Feature | AlterLab You are here | ScraperAPI | Bright Data | Firecrawl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg cost (real workload) Smart routing vs flat rate | ~$0.001 | $0.0029 | $0.0015 | $0.004 |
Simple scrape Basic HTTP request | $0.0002 | $0.0029 | $0.0015 | $0.004 |
JS rendering Full browser render | $0.004 | $0.005 | $0.0015 | $0.004 |
Free tier Credits to start | Up to 5,000 scrapes | 5,000 scrapes | None | 500 scrapes |
Minimum Smallest purchase | $10 one-time | $49/month | $500/month | $19/month |
Credits expire? Do unused credits expire | Never | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
CAPTCHA solving Built-in CAPTCHA bypass | $0.02/solve | Extra cost | Extra cost | Not available |
Avg cost based on typical content/SEO workload (75% simple, 25% protected). Competitor prices from public pricing pages, February 2026.
Built for Scale
Enterprise-grade infrastructure with concurrency that grows with your balance.
Requests beyond your concurrency limit are queued and processed automatically as slots free up.
Enterprise Solutions
Scraping millions of pages monthly? Get dedicated infrastructure, priority support, and custom SLAs at the same transparent pricing. No hidden fees, no surprises.
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