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www.nzbstars.com/Usenet indexer (Spotnet based, web and API)debrid/nzbstarsJSONcomparereport an errorprovider JSON

Free allowance
Reported as 'Completely free', no registration required, with unlimited API calls and no RSS feeds.
Verdict
caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost
free tier
Identity
anonymousno card, no phone
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
reported4 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-18checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-11-18
Free tierReported as 'Completely free', no registration required, with unlimited API calls and no RSS feeds. The page shows a search form, a category tree and a donate prompt, and also Login and Add user links.
unit unlimited; metered on none; The third-party 'no registration' claim and the page's Login and Add user links were not reconciled; no search or download was run.
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • request-rate reported: unlimited API calls; none published on the page read source
Bindingnone No numeric limit is named by any source read.
Identityanonymous Reported 'No registration required'; the page also exposes Login and Add user links, so whether a search or an NZB needs an account was not confirmed.
EgressNo byte metering; the answer is an NZB pointer file.
Per-object capnot applicable: an NZB pointer file, never the payload
RetentionA third-party listing claims 'Approximately 1,400 days of retention'.
Interfacerest Web search with a Spotnet-style category tree; a third-party listing says it provides an API with unlimited calls. The API path was not read.
ToolingThird-party listings call it Spotnet-based with an API; whether Prowlarr or NZBHydra2 can add it was not tested. The origin answered a direct request with a bot challenge (HTTP 403) and the page was readable only through a pinned reader.
Composes withA free fallback search for Dutch-oriented Spotnet releases when the paid indexers lack a name.
ReliabilityA direct request on the read date was answered with a bot challenge (HTTP 403); a third-party listing reports 98% uptime.
Evidence notereported The free, unlimited and no-registration claims are third-party; the page text shows the Login and Add user links. Nothing was exercised.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 4
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-11-03nzbhydra.com/indexers/third-party: no registration, completely free, unlimited API calls
2026-11-03nzbhydra.com/indexers/third-party: the listing claims about 1,400 days of retention
2026-11-03www.nzbstars.com/the live page asks for donations and has no paid tier on it
2026-11-03www.nzbstars.com/the page exposes an Add user link next to Login
More fields 1
priceUSD 0 (donations optional)