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Upgrade later if you want higher limits.' A third-party table describes the free side as a '14-day tri...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0},"record":{"slug":"althub","provider":"altHUB","url":"https://althub.co.za/","category":"Usenet indexer (Newznab API, open registration)","tier":"free","free_tier":{"stated":"Vendor: 'Register and use altHUB without paying first. Upgrade later if you want higher limits.' A third-party table describes the free side as a '14-day trial: 5,000 downloads and 5,000 API calls' and lists AltPRO USD 5/year and AltUNLIMITED USD 10/year.","unit":"requests","metered_on":"request-count","source_url":"https://althub.co.za/","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"The vendor promises a free start without a number; the only number is third-party and describes a trial. Both readings are recorded because they lead to different verdicts."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: an NZB pointer file","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://althub.co.za/","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not published on the pages reachable today; a third-party table claims '900,000+ NZBs from 80 newsgroups indexed'.","days":null,"source_url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","notes":"reported"},"egress":{"terms":"No byte metering; the API returns pointers.","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://althub.co.za/"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"Newznab API. The site's own pages advertise 'Fast API', 'Works with SABnzbd and NZBGet, using the same API your client already speaks' and a response-time claim. An unauthenticated /api?t=caps returned 403 with text/plain, so the API refuses anonymous callers.","endpoint":"https://althub.co.za/api","tooling":"Native Newznab, explicitly built for SABnzbd and NZBGet; Prowlarr and NZBHydra2 add it with URL plus key.","chaining":"At USD 5/year it is the cheapest paid escape from a 25-call free tier; the free start is what makes it worth trying before paying.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"5,000 API calls and 5,000 downloads during a reported 14-day trial","source":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"the plans page is behind a Cloudflare challenge, so the allowance a free account actually keeps after a trial was not readable","source":"probe:https://althub.co.za/plans"}],"limits_note":"","binding":"request-rate","binding_note":"A daily counter is the only kind of limit this service has been reported to run, and the free side is either generous (5,000) or time-boxed (14 days). Which of those is true decides whether it binds at all.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"Registration is open: /register serves username, password, confirm and email fields, with no invite field and no card.","country":null},"reliability_note":"The domain moved from althub.ovh, which now returns a Cloudflare 530 to every request; a saved config pointing at the old host fails at DNS, not at auth.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"The registration form and the 403 on the API were observed today. The allowance is third-party because the plans page is challenged. One free account would settle both the trial question and the number.","evidence":[{"url":"probe:https://althub.co.za/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"vendor text read today: 'Fast API', 'Free to start - Register and use altHUB without paying first. Upgrade later if you want higher limits.'"},{"url":"probe:https://althub.co.za/register","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"registration form with username, password, confirm and email; no invitecode field"},{"url":"probe:https://althub.co.za/api?t=caps","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"unauthenticated caps returned 403 with text/plain, so the API rejects anonymous callers"},{"url":"probe:https://althub.co.za/plans","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"the plans page returned a Cloudflare 'Just a moment' interstitial (403); a pinned browserless retry also failed"},{"url":"https://nzbhydra.com/indexers/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"third-party: 'Open registration', 'AltPRO USD 5/year, AltUNLIMITED USD 10/year', '14-day trial: 5,000 downloads and 5,000 API calls'"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","extras":{"price":"USD 5/year AltPRO (reported)","nzb_is_newznab":true,"old_host":"althub.ovh returns Cloudflare 530","registration_open":true},"notes":"The old spelling altHUB.ovh is still circulating in lists; it answers 530, which reads like a dead service and is not one.","verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:11:54.066Z","topic":"debrid","price_per_tb_month":null},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}