Crawlbase Token Math Is Confusing. AlterLab Isn't.
One simple price per request. No normal tokens vs. JS tokens to manage — AlterLab auto-routes to the right tier. Pay for what you scrape, 80% less.
Why developers leave Crawlbase
Real pain points from developers who switched to AlterLab
Two Token Types, Endless Confusion
Crawlbase requires you to choose between 'normal tokens' and 'JS tokens' for every request. Get it wrong and you either waste expensive JS tokens on simple pages, or fail to render dynamic content. AlterLab's 5-tier routing makes this decision automatically.
5x More Expensive for JavaScript Rendering
Crawlbase charges ~$0.005 per JS token vs AlterLab's $0.001 for JS rendering. At 1M JavaScript-rendered requests per month, that's $4,000 vs $800 — a difference that compounds as you scale.
Weak Anti-Bot Escalation
Crawlbase offers basic Cloudflare bypass but lacks intelligent tier escalation. When a site blocks your request, Crawlbase returns an error. AlterLab automatically escalates through 5 tiers — residential proxies, stealth browsers, CAPTCHA solving — until the scrape succeeds.
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Migration Steps
Code Migration Example
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=NORMAL_TOKEN&url=https://example.com"
# JS rendering requires a different token:
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=JS_TOKEN&url=https://example.com"# One endpoint, one key — AlterLab auto-selects the right tier:
curl -X POST https://api.alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com"}'
# Force JS rendering if needed (or let auto-routing decide):
curl -X POST https://api.alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com", "tier": 2}'Compatibility Notes
- •AlterLab auto-routes to JS rendering when needed — no separate JS token required
- •Response format is JSON by default; raw HTML available via the 'formats' parameter
- •All Crawlbase-supported site types are supported — static, SPA, Cloudflare-protected, e-commerce
- •Existing Crawlbase proxy rotation logic can be removed — AlterLab handles rotation internally
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