ApiFlash alternative with no subscription

Looking for a ApiFlash alternative? Here's an honest comparison. ApiFlash is a good product. Shotmint is a simpler, pay-as-you-go option for people who don't want another monthly bill.

Pricing at a glance

	Model	Price	Free tier	Unused volume
ApiFlash	Monthly subscription	Lite $7/mo for 1,000 · Medium $35/mo for 10,000 · Large $180/mo for 100,000 · Enterprise custom	100 screenshots/month free, no card	Monthly allowance; rollover not stated on their pricing page
Shotmint	Prepaid credits, no subscription	€5 / 2,000 · €19 / 10,000 · €59 / 50,000 (one-time)	100 free renders, no signup	Never expire

ApiFlash prices are in USD and come from their public pricing page on 17 October 2026. Prices change, so check their current pricing. Shotmint prices are in EUR.

Where ApiFlash is the better choice

ApiFlash is a simple, established screenshot API built on Chrome, with a recurring free tier of 100 screenshots a month and features on every plan such as WebP output, ad and cookie-banner blocking, and direct export to S3. Its Lite plan is cheap, and at very high steady volume (100,000 a month) its Large plan has a low unit cost.

When Shotmint fits better

Your usage comes in bursts rather than every month, or you also need PDFs. ApiFlash bills monthly, so 10,000 screenshots spread over a year still means paying for Medium ($35) in each month you need it. Shotmint is a one-time €19 for 10,000 renders that never expire. ApiFlash's pricing page lists screenshots only, while Shotmint credits also cover URL-to-PDF and HTML-to-PDF.

What Shotmint does

• GET /v1/screenshot: PNG, JPEG or WebP screenshots of any URL, with full-page capture, custom viewport, retina scale, a single-element selector, dark mode, transparent backgrounds (omit_background), ad and cookie-banner blocking (block_ads), and hide_selectors.
• POST /v1/pdf: PDFs from a URL or raw HTML, with format, landscape, margins, and backgrounds.
• GET /v1/og: 1200×630 Open Graph cards from a title and subtitle, with signed public URLs you can put straight in an og:image tag.
• A failed render never costs a credit. Every response includes an X-Credits-Remaining header.
• A real headless Chromium renders every page, so modern CSS, web fonts, and JavaScript work.

Shotmint is a new, small service. It doesn't have SDKs, integrations, or enterprise plans yet. If you need those, ApiFlash may suit you better. If you want an API key in 10 seconds and to pay only for what you use, try it.