At 2,000 screenshots a month the cheapest full-featured screenshot APIs cost Shareglint, SnapRender ($9) a month, with full page, PDF and ad and cookie-banner blocking on every plan. At 10,000 a month it is Shareglint, SnapRender, CaptureKit, ScreenshotAPI.net ($29), and at 50,000 Shareglint, SnapRender ($79). Thum.io costs less ($1 for 2,000 image views), but it bills every view of a streamed thumbnail and keeps full page for a higher plan.
We make Shareglint, so check the numbers yourself: each vendor's row links its pricing page, read on 2026-11-08, and every cost below is computed from those published plans with one rule, the same one our pricing page uses.
What each API costs at four volumes
| Tool (pricing page) | Free tier | 1,000 / mo | 2,000 / mo | 10,000 / mo | 50,000 / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareglint | 100 a month, watermarked | $9 ($9/1k) | $9 ($4.50/1k) | $29 ($2.90/1k) | $79 ($1.58/1k) |
| Thum.io — billed per image hit, $1 minimum | 1,000 a month | $1 ($1/1k) | $1 ($0.50/1k) | $2 ($0.20/1k) | $10 ($0.20/1k) |
| SnapRender | 200 a month | $9 ($9/1k) | $9 ($4.50/1k) | $29 ($2.90/1k) | $79 ($1.58/1k) |
| CaptureKit | 100 credits, renewal not stated | $7 ($7/1k) | $16 ($8/1k) | $29 ($2.90/1k) | $89 ($1.78/1k) |
| ScreenshotOne | 100 a month | $17 ($17/1k) | $17 ($8.50/1k) | $79 ($7.90/1k) | $259 ($5.18/1k) |
| Screenshotlayer | 100 a month, non-commercial | $19.99 ($19.99/1k) | $19.99 ($10/1k) | $19.99 ($2/1k) | $149.99 ($3/1k) |
| ScreenshotAPI.net | 7-day trial | $9 ($9/1k) | $29 ($14.50/1k) | $29 ($2.90/1k) | $175 ($3.50/1k) |
| ApiFlash | 100 a month | $7 ($7/1k) | $35 ($17.50/1k) | $35 ($3.50/1k) | $180 ($3.60/1k) |
| Urlbox — Hi-Fi and up; Lo-Fi (own sites only) left out | Trial only | $49 ($49/1k) | $49 ($24.50/1k) | $99 ($9.90/1k) | $645 ($12.90/1k) |
How the numbers are made: for each volume, the cheapest public monthly plan that covers it, or a smaller plan plus its published overage, whichever costs less. Monthly billing, before tax. "Not on public plans" means the vendor publishes no self-serve way to buy that many. Our row counts viewport screenshots; a full page uses 2 units of quota, so 2,000 full pages need a plan for 4,000.
The cheapest at each volume, among APIs with full page, PDF and blocking on every plan:
- 1,000 a month: CaptureKit ($7)
- 2,000 a month: Shareglint, SnapRender ($9)
- 10,000 a month: Shareglint, SnapRender, CaptureKit, ScreenshotAPI.net ($29)
- 50,000 a month: Shareglint, SnapRender ($79)
What happens when you go over
The price at the limit matters as much as the plan price, because a busy month is when you find out:
- ScreenshotOne charges extra per screenshot ($0.009 on Basic, less on bigger plans), "only if enabled and is capped by your monthly hard limit".
- CaptureKit keeps working and bills extra credits at the plan's rate ($0.009 on Starter, $0.008 on Pro, $0.0075 on Ultimate), which is why 2,000 a month on its $7 plan costs less than its next plan.
- Screenshotlayer charges about $0.008 for each call past the allowance.
- Urlbox never cuts you off: "We'll automatically upgrade you to the next tier".
- ApiFlash stops with an HTTP 402 error until the next month.
- SnapRender returns "a clear quota message with the date your allowance resets, and nothing is charged automatically".
- ScreenshotAPI.net says "All overages are charged according to your plan" but publishes no rate, so the table cannot use one.
- Thum.io is metered per image hit, with a monthly minimum.
- Shareglint stops at the quota; you can buy a top-up pack by hand ($8 for 1,000, valid 12 months), and nothing is charged automatically.
Free tiers, compared
If your volume is small, the free tier may be the whole answer:
- SnapRender: "200 captures a month with every feature, and no credit card".
- ScreenshotOne: "up to 100 screenshots of any URL for free per month, including rendering HTML and PDF".
- ApiFlash: "100 screenshots per month for free, no credit card required".
- Thum.io: "up to 1000 impressions per month completely free, without even signing up".
- Screenshotlayer: 100 snapshots a month, for non-commercial use, with no support.
- CaptureKit: 100 credits; its plan table says monthly, its FAQ says "on signup".
- Urlbox and ScreenshotAPI.net: a 7-day trial, no free plan.
- Shareglint: 100 a month with a small badge on each screenshot.
Cheap is not the same everywhere
Two prices that look alike can buy different things:
- Thum.io is not a screenshot-per-request API in the usual sense. It is an embed: an image URL that "stream[s] screenshots as soon as you request them", billed per hit, with full page only on the Better plan ($20 monthly minimum) and no PDF output.
- Screenshotlayer is cheap at 10,000 a month but lists no PDF output and, in our check, no ad or cookie-banner blocking; its free tier is for non-commercial use only.
- ApiFlash's $7 plan holds 1,000 screenshots, and it outputs "Either jpeg, png or webp" — no PDF.
- Urlbox has a $19 Lo-Fi plan for 2,000 renders, but only for "websites you own"; other sites come back as thumbnails, so the table starts at its Hi-Fi plan.
- SnapRender matches our prices at every volume and gives 200 free captures a month without a watermark — a better free tier than ours.
Features beyond price — country proxies, upload to S3, video, MCP — are compared on best screenshot API.
What you get from us at that price
A screenshot from Shareglint is real Chrome with cookie banners, ads and trackers blocked, full page up to 16,000 px, device presets, element screenshots, PNG, JPEG, WebP or PDF, and a smooth scroll video. The same quota renders Open Graph images and HTML to image, so one plan covers both. A failed page returns its quota, and the same URL with the same options within 24 hours is free. On the Free plan screenshots carry a small badge. The screenshot API page has the parameters and code, and the free screenshot tool takes one without an account.
