APIScreenshot
The facts below are what APIScreenshot publishes about APIScreenshot, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From APIScreenshot's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter (annual) | $7.20 a month | 3,000 screenshots/month · PNG, JPEG & WebP · live URL or HTML · hard-capped · billed $86.40 / year |
| Starter | $9 a month | 3,000 screenshots/month · PNG, JPEG & WebP · live URL or HTML · hard-capped |
| Pro (annual) | $23.20 a month | 20,000 screenshots/month · higher rate limits · hard-capped · billed $278.40 / year |
| Pro | $29 a month | 20,000 screenshots/month · higher rate limits · hard-capped |
| Scale (annual) | $79.20 a month | 100,000 screenshots/month · hard-capped · billed $950.40 / year |
| Scale | $99 a month | 100,000 screenshots/month · hard-capped |
The facts
Each one read from APIScreenshot's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Ad controls
- The page says callers can request common ad-slot removal with blockAds and can disable cookie-banner removal with blockCookieBanners set to false.checked 5 Oct 2026
- AI integration
- APIScreenshot provides a drop-in MCP server for Claude and other MCP-capable clients.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Capture options
- It supports full-page capture, CSS-selector element capture, custom viewports, and device scale factors.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Cookie cleanup
- Cookie banners, consent popups, and overlays are automatically removed before capture by default.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Formats
- It returns PNG by default and also supports JPEG and WebP output.checked 5 Oct 2026
- HTML input
- The API can render user-supplied HTML as well as capture a live URL.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The FAQ says aggressive CAPTCHA or fingerprinting protections are out of scope for now and describes consent-or-pay walls as visually hidden rather than legally consented to.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Metering
- One screenshot uses one credit, while cached results and failed requests are not billed.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Network safety
- Requests to private, internal, and loopback addresses are blocked by default.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Programming access
- The page shows API use from cURL, Node, or Python with a Bearer token and says no SDK is needed.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- APIScreenshot captures a webpage as an image through one API call.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Screenshot retention
- The page says screenshots are rendered transiently and not persisted by default, with bytes streamed back to the caller.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site directs users who need help to [email protected] and its documentation.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The site lists Open Graph image generation, website thumbnails, full-page capture, visual monitoring, link previews, and website archiving as use cases.checked 5 Oct 2026
Money
- Plan limit
- When a plan's monthly screenshot allowance is reached, requests are hard-capped with HTTP 402 rather than billed as overage.checked 5 Oct 2026
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