WebsiteScreenshotAPI
The facts below are what ScreenshotAPI publishes about WebsiteScreenshotAPI, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From WebsiteScreenshotAPI's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 screenshots/month · 10 requests/minute · PNG/JPG/PDF · full-page · signed URLs · 24h retention · free |
| Basic | $17 a month | 2,400 screenshots/month · 50 requests/minute · stealth mode · premium proxies · $17 / month |
| Growth | $79 a month | 12,000 screenshots/month · 100 requests/minute · MP4/GIF animation · scrolling videos · selectable IP location · $79 / month |
| Scale | $259 a month | 60,000 screenshots/month · 180 requests/minute · GPU rendering · priority support · custom rate limit on request · $259 / month |
The facts
Each one read from WebsiteScreenshotAPI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Ad blocking
- A built-in blocklist removes major ad networks and cookie consent banners on every plan.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Animation
- The animation endpoint produces MP4, WebM, or GIF scrolling captures lasting from 1 to 30 seconds with 13 easing choices.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- Requests use Bearer tokens, with X-API-Key accepted as an alternative header.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Plans include HTTPS and Bearer authentication, while signed URLs use HMAC signing.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Authentication inputs
- Screenshot requests can include HTTP Basic credentials, Playwright cookies, custom headers, locale, and a custom user agent.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bulk processing
- Asynchronous batch requests accept up to 500 URLs and can notify a webhook when processing finishes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Caching
- A repeated signed URL within the 24-hour cache period is served as a free cache hit.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content blocking
- Options can block major advertising networks, cookie-consent banners, and common chat widgets.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dark mode
- Captures can emulate a dark color scheme and reduced-motion preference.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- cloudchecked 29 Sep 2026
- Developer integrations
- Documentation provides copy-paste examples for cURL, PHP, Python, Node.js, Ruby and Go, plus OpenAPI and Postman specifications.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The docs include separate pages for authentication, screenshots, signed URLs, rate limits, errors, animations, bulk processing, and code examples.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Full-page capture
- The screenshot endpoint can capture an entire scrollable page instead of only the viewport.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Key features
- Render webpage URLs as PNG, JPG, WebP or PDF · Capture full scrollable pages · Configure viewport dimensions and device presets · Wait for load states, selectors or timed delays · Generate MP4, WebM and GIF scrolling animations · Block advertisements and cookie banners · Submit asynchronous bulk batches up to 500 URLs · Use HMAC-signed embeddable URLs and webhookschecked 29 Sep 2026
- Key handling
- The full secret key is shown once at creation, and rotating a lost key revokes the old key.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence status
- The opened official pages do not state an open-source licence or publish a self-hosting package.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: failed renders billed
- The quota documentation says failed renders consume units, including DNS, blocked-target, and SSL errors.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no overage
- The documentation describes paid tiers as hard-capped at launch, so exceeding quota returns a quota-exceeded error instead of automatic overage billing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Load controls
- The API supports load-state waits, selector waits, and an additional delay of up to 10,000 milliseconds.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- The service documents PNG, JPG, WebP, PDF, MP4, WebM, and GIF outputs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- PDF rendering
- PDF output supports A4, Letter, Legal, and Tabloid paper sizes with page-break-aware rendering.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Custom plans
- Custom plans can provide higher request rates, dedicated IP ranges, custom retention and on-premises deployment through sales contact.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device emulation
- Preset devices include iPhone 15 Pro, Pixel 7, iPad Pro 11, Galaxy S9, MacBook Pro 16, and desktop sizes.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker identity
- The site brands the product as ScreenshotAPI and shows a 2026 copyright notice.checked 15 Oct 2026
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