Onboarding Redesign, Lifecycle Emails, and Dashboard Polish
A major release featuring a completely redesigned onboarding experience with one-touch API key creation, automated lifecycle emails to help you get the most from the platform, and dozens of dashboard UX improvements.
New users now get a streamlined onboarding flow with one-touch API key creation and a guided playground tutorial. Get from signup to your first scrape faster than ever.
Receive helpful emails at key moments — onboarding tips after signup, integration guides if you're using the playground but haven't connected via API, and re-engagement nudges. All emails include one-click unsubscribe.
The dashboard now highlights features you haven't tried yet. See contextual cards for schedules, monitors, and API integration with code snippets ready to copy.
New Features
6Redesigned onboarding experience
New users now get a streamlined onboarding flow with one-touch API key creation and a guided playground tutorial. Get from signup to your first scrape faster than ever.
Smart lifecycle emails
Receive helpful emails at key moments — onboarding tips after signup, integration guides if you're using the playground but haven't connected via API, and re-engagement nudges. All emails include one-click unsubscribe.
Feature discovery cards
The dashboard now highlights features you haven't tried yet. See contextual cards for schedules, monitors, and API integration with code snippets ready to copy.
CAN-SPAM compliant unsubscribe
All platform emails now include HMAC-signed unsubscribe links and a dedicated unsubscribe page, ensuring full CAN-SPAM compliance.
Platform comparison table on pricing
The pricing page now includes a detailed comparison table showing how AlterLab stacks up against alternatives on features, pricing, and capabilities.
Documentation screenshots
Ten documentation pages now include interactive screenshots showing real dashboard UI, making it easier to follow along with guides and tutorials.
Improvements
4Credits renamed to Requests
The entire platform now uses consistent 'requests' terminology instead of 'credits', making pricing and usage clearer. All pages, components, and docs have been updated.
Dashboard visual consistency
Standardized balance formatting, latency display, and error states across the entire dashboard. Stat cards use smart formatting, and billing shows consistent pricing everywhere.
Billing page improvements
Recent Activity now supports Load More pagination, the deposit success page has a countdown auto-redirect, and pricing displays are unified across all billing sections.
General bug fixes and improvements
Plus 30 internal improvements including mobile sidebar fixes, SEO title rewrites, cookie consent positioning, webhook navigation, and blog cover image enhancements.
Bug Fixes
3Usage page loading reliability
Fixed an issue where the usage page could get permanently stuck on a skeleton loading state. The page now loads reliably every time.
Correct pricing claims
Fixed inaccurate competitor pricing claims across comparison and marketing pages. All pricing data now reflects current published rates.
Auth and signup improvements
The signin page now shows email/password form and Microsoft OAuth. Check-email rate limit raised to 10/hour with proper 429 error surfacing. OAuth errors redirect with toast notifications.
Plus 30 internal changes for stability and performance.