AltHUB Review

Last Updated: October 12, 2026

Rating

Price

Free Trial

$10

14 Days

Features

• ✔ Four Plans: Free to $55 Lifetime
• ✔ 100 API & 25 NZBs a Day on Free Tier
• ✔ Unlimited API & NZBs on Paid Plans

altHUB relaunched its site on September 15, 2026, and reopened registration two days later. A new account starts on a free 14-day Trial and then moves to a Free tier that never expires. Paid plans start at $10, and a $55 Lifetime upgrade is sold in limited monthly batches.

altHUB home page listing the latest TV and movie releases, with indexing, API and RSS status badges

altHUB Browse page listing recently indexed releases with category, indexed age, size and download counts

altHUB release details page with Download NZB and Push buttons, film metadata and release information

altHUB Requests page listing member release requests sorted by upvotes

altHUB announcements about requests leaving beta, the end of local SABnzbd and NZBGet push URLs, planned maintenance and reopened registration

altHUB Help page with Rules, Integrations and Upgrades sections and a list of frequently asked questions

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What Changed in 2026

The September relaunch added passkey and two-factor login, new Help pages, and reworked integration, RSS and API pages. Registration reopened on September 17, 2026, after the initial stability checks.

On September 20, 2026, altHUB stopped pushing NZBs directly to SABnzbd or NZBGet at localhost, LAN addresses or Docker hostnames and cleared those saved URLs. Direct push now requires a public hostname in the profile’s Integrations tab; the announcement offers the cart RSS feed as an alternative. This affects direct push from the website, not the API access listed in its plans.

On October 12, 2026, altHUB changed its API hostname policy: queries sent to althub.co.za no longer work, so Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, NZBHydra2 and similar apps need to use api.althub.co.za instead. You can optionally restrict an API key to whitelisted IPs; you are responsible for where that key is used, and misuse can result in a flag or a ban.

Requests came out of beta on October 4, 2026. Premium and Lifetime members can submit a specific release name, and the Requests page lists open requests sorted by member upvotes. The announcement describes requests as best effort: entries older than 30 days are removed, and there is no notification when a request is filled. Your automation must pick up the release.

Plans and Limits

We checked the plans and upgrade pages on October 8, 2026. Every tier includes the same base access and API access (for apps such as SABnzbd, NZBGet, Sonarr and Radarr). The plans differ in their daily caps, request access and invites.

• Trial (free, 14 days): 500 API requests and 100 NZB downloads per day. No requests or invites. Moves to Free automatically.
• Free (free, no expiry): 100 API requests and 25 NZB downloads per day. No requests or invites.
• Premium ($10 for 1 year, $25 for 3 years, $40 for 5 years): unlimited API requests, NZB downloads and requests, plus 10 invites. Returns to Free when the term ends.
• Lifetime ($55 one-time): the same unlimited access and 10 invites for the life of the site.

A lapsed Premium account drops back to Free rather than closing, so letting a term run out restores the daily caps but keeps the account open.

The upgrade page offers three ways to pay. Crypto checkout (Bitcoin, Lightning and altcoins) takes 20% off, bringing Premium to $8 for 1 year, $20 for 3 years and $32 for 5 years, and Lifetime to $44. The USD prices above are derived from those figures and the stated discount, and match the plans page’s “From $10” and $55 Lifetime. USD checkout accepts cards, digital wallets and local payment options. ZAR checkout bills cards and Apple Pay in South African rand at 10% off.

Checkout uses the username and email address on your altHUB profile, and the upgrade page warns that incorrect details can delay activation. Invites are only useful while public registration is closed.

Lifetime upgrades are limited. If they are out of stock, altHUB says to try again on the first day of the next month. The plans page describes Lifetime as valid for the life of the site, and the upgrade page says it remains active for the life of the account.

The Free tier’s 25 daily NZB downloads cover occasional manual grabs. Check your automation’s query volume against the 100-request daily cap before relying on the Free tier.

Search and Content

The site separates TV, movies, books, audio and software, with filters such as UHD, anime, audiobooks and lossless audio. The plans page lists API calls on every tier, including Free.

altHUB does not publish its retention or the number of NZBs in its index, so we can’t compare its depth with other indexers using its own figures.

Support and Status

Support runs through a contact form on the site and the official altHUB Discord server, which also carries announcements, registration status and Lifetime availability. The Help page has an FAQ plus Rules, Integrations and Upgrades sections, and the Discord link appears in the site header and on the Help page. The rebuilt Help pages are only available to logged-in members. We have not tested support response times, so we make no claim about them.

The public status page lists service incidents and maintenance. Check it when troubleshooting an outage.

Conclusion

Premium costs $10 a year, or $25 for 3 years and $40 for 5 years, and removes the daily API and NZB download caps. Paying in crypto cuts each price by 20%. Use the 14-day Trial to check whether the index finds what you need before paying. Free accounts remain active afterward, with lower daily limits.

Lifetime costs $55 and provides the same paid access without a renewal term, while the site remains in operation. Choose Premium if you prefer a fixed term; consider Lifetime if you expect to keep using altHUB and accept that dependency.

The Free tier suits occasional manual downloads. For automation, compare your query and download volume with its daily caps. We have not tested search completion or support response times, and altHUB does not publish retention or index size; those limits prevent a stronger recommendation.

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