altHUB

althub.co.za · Debrid · 1 record · JSON

altHUB Debrid

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althub.co.za/ · Usenet indexer (Newznab API, open registration) · debrid/althub · JSON · compare

Free tier	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; 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.
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable: an NZB pointer file
Retention	not published on the pages reachable today; a third-party table claims '900,000+ NZBs from 80 newsgroups indexed'.
Egress	No byte metering; the API returns pointers.
Identity	email Registration is open: /register serves username, password, confirm and email fields, with no invite field and no card.
Limits	request-rate 5,000 API calls and 5,000 downloads during a reported 14-day trial source write-gated the plans page is behind a Cloudflare challenge, so the allowance a free account actually keeps after a trial was not readable
Binding	request-rate 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.
Interface	rest 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.
Composes with	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.
Reliability	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.
Notes	The old spelling altHUB.ovh is still circulating in lists; it answers 530, which reads like a dead service and is not one.
Evidence rung	reported 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.
Checked	2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-07

Evidence (5)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-23	probe:https://althub.co.za/	vendor text read today: 'Fast API', 'Free to start - Register and use altHUB without paying first. Upgrade later if you want higher limits.'
2026-10-23	probe:https://althub.co.za/register	registration form with username, password, confirm and email; no invitecode field
2026-10-23	probe:https://althub.co.za/api?t=caps	unauthenticated caps returned 403 with text/plain, so the API rejects anonymous callers
2026-10-23	probe:https://althub.co.za/plans	the plans page returned a Cloudflare 'Just a moment' interstitial (403); a pinned browserless retry also failed
2026-10-23	nzbhydra.com/indexers/	third-party: 'Open registration', 'AltPRO USD 5/year, AltUNLIMITED USD 10/year', '14-day trial: 5,000 downloads and 5,000 API calls'

More fields (4)

{
 "price": "USD 5/year AltPRO (reported)",
 "nzb_is_newznab": true,
 "old_host": "althub.ovh returns Cloudflare 530",
 "registration_open": true
}