3 Best Economical Screenshotone Alternatives for Screenshot Generation
ScreenshotOne is one of the leading product in screenshot space. The product is scalable, and have been there for a while.
However, if you are looking for an economical alternative that also provides the same scalability as ScreenshotOne, we have 3 to choose from.
I have tested each one of them, and then have given you my opinion on that. Further, introduce you to one of the tools, that I built out of frustration, when I was looking for one in my regular job.
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3 ScreenshotOne Alternatives
CaptureKit
CaptureKit is a screenshot API, it allows you to scale you screenshot generation.
Here’s a quick tutorial on how this API works: -
You can test the API for free, when you sign up for the first time, you get 100 free credits to test the API.
To read more about the API, you can refer the documentation here. The dashboard allows you to easily build & customize your requests.
To keep our testing fair, we have shown the screenshots of postman, like this one for CaptureKit.
In my testing I did 10 calls, and the average response time was ~7 seconds.
The pricing starts at $7/month and you get 1000 credits. If you are someone hearing about CaptureKit for the first time, do give it a try!
ScreenshotAPI.net
Next, on our list is ScreenshotAPI.net. This product has been in the market for a long.
And for the same reason it is scalable & a good alternative to ScreenshotOne.
The API is good, Again, I have tested the API and here is the screenshot from Postman.
For this API also, I did 10 calls, the average response time was ~9 seconds
The documentation is good, and easy to understand. I was quickly able to understand all the parameters.
Pricing starts with $9, wherein you get 1000 screenshots in monthly plan.
UrlBox
The next alternative of ScreenshotOne is URLBox.
The documentation was a little confusing, but after a while I had the hang of it. The API also allows you to get Markdown format of the HTML. Again I have tested the API and it works good, here is the screenshot of the postman.
The average response time for this API was around ~9.5 seconds in 10 requests & therefore if you need a solution that has a good response, you can also consider URLbox alternatives.
After free plan, you can upgrade to plan that is for $19 and offers 2K renders in monthly plan.
Conclusion
The good thing with each of these ones is that you don’t have to commit before trying. Each one offers some free credits to spin them & that’s what we did with testing here.
Now the best screenshot API would depend on your specific needs, and you should test each of them.
If you have some issues integrating CaptureKit’s API in your system, do reach out us on chat! We dedicatedly give priority to our support for our users.