Stop Paying ScrapingBee's 75x Credit Multipliers
ScrapingBee charges up to 75 credits for a single hard-to-scrape request. AlterLab charges a flat rate per tier — $0.0002 for basic, $0.02 for stealth — with no hidden multipliers.
Why developers leave ScrapingBee
Real pain points from developers who switched to AlterLab
75x credit multipliers drain plans fast
ScrapingBee charges 75 credits for stealth mode requests. On their $49/month Starter plan, that's just 2,000 stealth scrapes from 150,000 credits — your plan evaporates scraping any protected site.
Unpredictable monthly bill
Credit costs range from 1x (basic) to 75x (stealth) per request. Mix of request types makes budgeting impossible. AlterLab charges a transparent flat rate per tier — no multipliers, no surprises.
Monthly subscription lock-in
Forced into monthly plans starting at $49/mo. Credits expire every billing cycle — slow months waste money. AlterLab's balance never expires.
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One endpoint. Any website. Results in under 2 seconds. No ScrapingBee complexity.
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Migration Steps
Code Migration Example
// ScrapingBee — stealth mode costs 75 credits ($0.09375 on Starter plan)
const url = `https://app.scrapingbee.com/api/v1/?api_key=YOUR_KEY&url=${encodeURIComponent(targetUrl)}&stealth_proxy=true`
const response = await fetch(url)// AlterLab — stealth mode costs $0.02 flat, no multipliers
const response = await fetch('https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_ALTERLAB_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
url: targetUrl,
render_js: true // AlterLab auto-escalates to stealth only when needed
})
})Compatibility Notes
- •AlterLab uses POST with JSON body instead of GET with query params
- •API key moves from query param to X-API-Key header
- •render_js parameter is the same
- •AlterLab auto-selects the cheapest tier — no need to specify stealth_proxy manually
- •Response format is JSON with html, screenshot, and metadata fields
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10x cost multipliers
Expiring monthly balance
Complex enterprise tooling
19,000+ Actors to manage
Monthly subscription required
Confusing token types
Enterprise complexity
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