ScraperAPI Alternative

Switch from ScraperAPI to AlterLab

93% cheaper pricing, no monthly subscriptions, credits that never expire.

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Cheaper than ScraperAPI
Based on average usage across all tiers
93% cheaper than ScraperAPI
No monthly subscriptions or commitments
Credits never expire
Start with $10 instead of $49/month
5x more free tier scrapes (up to 5,000 vs 1,000)
5 intelligent tiers vs 1 flat pricing
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Pricing Comparison

Same features. Dramatically different pricing.

Winner
AlterLab
Simple Scrape
$0.0002
JS Rendering
$0.004
ScraperAPI
Simple Scrape
$0.0029
+93% more expensive
JS Rendering
$0.005
+20% more expensive
Annual cost at 1 million requests/year
AlterLab
$200
vs
ScraperAPI
$2,900
Save $2,700 annually
Feature-by-Feature

Complete Feature Comparison

See exactly how AlterLab compares to ScraperAPI across all key features

Pricing & Billing

Feature
AlterLab
Winner
ScraperAPI
Price per request
Cost for basic HTTP request
$0.0002$0.0029
Minimum commitment
Smallest amount you can spend
$10 one-time$49/month
Credits expire
Do unused credits expire
NeverMonthly
Free tier
Free credits to get started
5,000 requests1,000 requests

Anti-Bot Bypass

Feature
AlterLab
Winner
ScraperAPI
Tier escalation
Automatic fallback to stronger methods
Yes
No
Cloudflare bypass
Bypass Cloudflare WAF and bot detection
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA solving
Automatic CAPTCHA resolution
Built-in ($0.02/solve)Extra cost
Success rate
Overall bypass success rate
98%+~85%

Performance

Feature
AlterLab
Winner
ScraperAPI
Response time
Average response time for requests
<2s (P95)3-5s (P95)
Concurrent requests
Max parallel requests
Up to 20Up to 1000 (Enterprise)
Uptime SLA
Guaranteed uptime
99.9%99.9%

Features

Feature
AlterLab
Winner
ScraperAPI
JavaScript rendering
Full browser automation
Yes		Limited
PDF extraction
Extract text from PDFs
Yes
No
OCR
Extract text from images
Yes
No
Structured data extraction
AI-powered data extraction
Coming soon
No
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Calculate Your Savings

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100K
Best Price
AlterLab
$20.00
$0.0002 per request
ScraperAPI
$290.00
$0.0029 per request
Your Monthly Savings
$0.00
Save 93% every month with AlterLab
That's $0.00 saved annually
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No credit card
5,000 free requests
2-min setup
Migration Time: 5 minutes

Switch from ScraperAPI in 5 minutes

Simple easy migration process. No downtime, no complex setup.

Migration Steps

1

Sign up for AlterLab

Create your free account and get 5,000 free requests to start.

2

Generate API key

Go to Dashboard → API Keys and create a new key.

3

Update your code

Replace ScraperAPI endpoint with AlterLab endpoint.

4

Test and deploy

Run a few test requests to verify everything works, then deploy.

Code Migration Example

Before (ScraperAPI)
import requests

# ScraperAPI
url = "http://api.scraperapi.com"
params = {
    "api_key": "YOUR_SCRAPERAPI_KEY",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "render": "true"
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
After (AlterLab)
import requests

# AlterLab
url = "https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "YOUR_ALTERLAB_KEY"}
data = {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "render_js": True
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)

Compatibility Notes

  • •AlterLab uses POST requests instead of GET for better security
  • •render parameter becomes render_js for clarity
  • •API key goes in headers instead of query params
  • •Response format is JSON with html, screenshot, and metadata fields

Ready to make the switch?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.

$1 free credit. 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 · Credits never expire