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Vendor home page: 'Register and use altHUB without paying first. Upgrade later if you want higher limits.'","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 daily caps are third-party figures from a review dated 2026-10-08 (Trial 500 API requests and 100 NZB downloads per day for 14 days, then Free 100 and 25 per day with no expiry); the vendor plans page redirects to the sign-in page."},"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":"Premium is USD 10 for 1 year (USD 25 for 3 years, USD 40 for 5 years) and lifts the daily caps of the Free tier; the Trial and the Free tier make it worth trying before paying.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"Free tier with no expiry: 100 API requests and 25 NZB downloads per day; 14-day Trial: 500 API requests and 100 NZB downloads per day","source":"https://usenetreviewz.com/althub-review/"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"the vendor plans page redirects to the sign-in page (final URL /login?redirect=%2Fplans), so the Free and Trial caps are third-party figures","source":"https://althub.co.za/plans"}],"limits_note":"","binding":"request-rate","binding_note":"A daily counter is the limit: the Free tier has no expiry and allows 100 API requests and 25 NZB downloads per day, so request-rate binds on any automated use.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"Registration is open: /register asks for a username, an email address that must be confirmed before sign-in, a password and a password confirmation, 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 was observed on 2026-10-23 and again on 2026-11-03, and the unauthenticated API request was refused on 2026-10-23. The allowances are third-party (a review dated 2026-10-08) because the plans page redirects to the sign-in page. One free account would show the first-party caps.","evidence":[{"url":"probe:https://althub.co.za/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"vendor text read: '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'"},{"url":"https://usenetreviewz.com/althub-review/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"a review that read the plans page on 2026-10-08 lists the Free tier as 100 API requests and 25 NZB downloads per day with no expiry","capture":"sha256:c2d35fe2d7d04ce47653d43bfa16716b859efe80ccb97cc869d742dbb8460ee5","quote":"Free (free, no expiry): 100 API requests and 25 NZB downloads per day. 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