getSnap.dev vs ScreenshotAPI

Looking for a ScreenshotAPI.net alternative? getSnap.dev delivers the same features at a fraction of the price, with extras like batch capture, text extraction, and render links.

Pricing Comparison

ScreenshotAPI.net's Essential plan is $9/mo for 1,000 screenshots ($9.00/1K). getSnap.dev's Starter is $9/mo for 5,000 ($1.80/1K) — the same monthly price for 5x the captures.

Their Startup plan is $29/mo for 10,000 ($2.90/1K); our Pro is $29/mo for 25,000 ($1.16/1K). At the top, their Business is $175/mo for 100,000 ($1.75/1K) against our $79/mo for 100,000 ($0.79/1K) — 2.2x cheaper for the same capacity.

One caveat worth stating plainly: those are the discounted prices shown on their site, marked down from $20, $35 and $200 respectively, and they advertise 50% off the first month. Compare against the list prices if you are budgeting beyond the promotion.

Competitor pricing checked 4 October 2026 against screenshotapi.net/pricing. Providers change their plans; if these figures look stale, theirs is the authority, not ours.

Feature Comparison

Feature	getSnap.dev	ScreenshotAPI
PNG, JPG, WebP output	Yes	Yes
PDF generation	Yes	Yes
Full page capture	Yes	Yes
Custom viewport	Yes	Yes
Mobile emulation	Yes	Yes
Element capture (CSS selector)	Yes	Yes
Dark mode	Yes	No
Retina / HiDPI (2x, 3x)	Yes	Yes
Ad blocking	Yes (default)	Yes
AI popup removal (90+ selectors)	Yes (default)	No
Lazy load (auto-scroll)	Yes	Yes
Wait for CSS selector	Yes	No
Click element before capture	Yes	No
Scroll to element	Yes	No
Hide/remove selectors	Yes	No
Custom CSS injection	Yes	Yes
Custom JS injection	Yes	No
Custom cookies & headers	Yes	No
Extract text content	Yes	No
Extract HTML	Yes	No
Batch capture (multi-URL)	Yes (100 URLs)	No
Render links (signed URLs)	Yes	No
Async webhooks	Yes	No
S3-compatible upload	Yes	No
CDN delivery	Yes	Yes
Transparent background	Yes	No
AVIF output format	Yes	No
Full-page slicing for AI vision	Yes	No
Page metadata extraction (title, favicon, OG, fonts, status)	Yes	No
Granular request blocking (images, fonts, scripts, frames, URLs)	Yes	No
Custom PDF header/footer templates	Yes	No
PDF page-range filter	Yes	No
PDF document metadata (title/subject/author/keywords/creator)	Yes	No
Clip region capture (x, y, width, height)	Yes	No
Cookie-consent auto-accept	Yes	No
Scheduled captures (cron + webhook + HMAC)	Yes	No
Scrolling video (MP4/GIF)	Yes	No
Geo/proxy routing (BYOP + managed pool)	Yes	Yes
reduced_motion & media_type emulation	Yes	No
Node.js SDK	Yes	Yes
Python SDK	Yes	None found (they publish an official Node SDK)
Free tier	100/mo, ongoing	100, 7-day trial
Entry price	$9/mo (5,000)	$9/mo (1,000)
Price per 1,000 at entry	$1.80	$9.00
100,000 / month	$79/mo	$175/mo

Feature and SDK availability checked against each vendor's documentation and public repositories on 5 October 2026. Capabilities change; theirs is the authority if these differ.

Why Switch to getSnap.dev?

5.5-7x cheaper at every pricing tier
Batch capture — process up to 100 URLs in a single API call
Text & HTML extraction — scrape content alongside screenshots
Render links — signed GET URLs for embedding without exposing your key
AI popup removal — 90+ selectors remove cookie banners, chat widgets, modals automatically
Click & scroll — interact with the page before capture
Same simple API — migrate with minimal code changes

Migrating from ScreenshotAPI.net

ScreenshotAPI.net is a GET API with everything in the query string. Moving to getSnap.dev means collecting those parameters into a JSON body and sending the key as a header instead. The option names map almost one for one, which makes this the most mechanical of the four migrations.

The same capture, both ways

ScreenshotAPI.net

GET https://shot.screenshotapi.net/screenshot
  ?token=YOUR_API_KEY
  &url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
  &full_page=true
  &block_ads=true
  &output=image

getSnap.dev

curl -X POST https://api.getsnap.dev/v1/screenshot \
  -H "X-API-Key: sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://example.com", "format": "png", "full_page": true}'

# -> {"url": "https://cdn.../screenshots/....png"}

Parameter mapping

ScreenshotAPI.net	getSnap.dev	Notes
`token=…`	`X-API-Key` header	Out of the URL, which keeps the key out of logs and Referer headers.
`url`	`"url"`	Same, and no longer URL-encoded.
`output=image` / `output=pdf`	`"format"`	Collapsed into one field - use `"format": "pdf"` rather than a separate output switch.
`file_type=png\|jpg\|webp`	`"format"`	Same field as above; there is no separate file-type parameter.
`full_page`	`"full_page"`	Identical.
`width` / `height`	`"viewport_width"` / `"viewport_height"`	Renamed.
`block_ads`	`"block_ads"`	Identical, and on by default for us.
`no_cookie_banners`	`"remove_popups"`	Renamed, and ours also dismisses modals and interstitials, not only cookie banners.
`lazy_load`	`"lazy_load"`	Identical.
`selector`	`"selector"`	Identical.
`dark_mode`	`"dark_mode"`	Identical.
`retina`	`"device_scale_factor"`	Ours is a number from 0.5 to 3 rather than a boolean, so `retina=true` becomes `2`.

Mapping checked against ScreenshotAPI.net's own documentation on 4 October 2026.

Which should you choose?

Plainly, because a comparison page that never recommends the competitor is not a comparison, it is an advert.

Stay with ScreenshotAPI.net if…

You want a pure GET API you can paste into an <img src> with no server-side code at all.
You are mid-promotion - their listed prices are discounted from $20, $35 and $200, with 50% off the first month advertised, so the short-term maths can favour them.

Move to getSnap.dev if…

The same $9/month buys 5,000 captures with us against 1,000 with them.
You do not want your API key in a URL. A GET API means the key travels in query strings, browser history and server logs by design.
You need scheduled captures, team billing, visual diffing or accessibility audits.

Frequently asked questions

Is getSnap.dev a drop-in replacement for ScreenshotAPI.net?

Close, but not literally drop-in. ScreenshotAPI.net uses GET with query parameters, so the move is a change of host, authentication header and a few renamed fields. The mapping table above lists them. Most integrations are a single afternoon.

Can I try getSnap.dev before leaving ScreenshotAPI.net?

Yes. The free tier is 100 captures a month with no credit card and no time limit, which is enough to run both side by side against your real URLs and compare the output before committing.

How does getSnap.dev pricing compare to ScreenshotAPI.net?

The figures are in the comparison above, checked against their own pricing page on 4 October 2026. Pricing moves, so treat their site as the authority if the numbers look stale.

Do I need to run my own headless browser?

No. getSnap.dev runs Chromium server-side and returns a finished image, PDF or video. You never install Playwright or Puppeteer and never maintain a browser pool.