ScreenshotAPI.net alternative with no subscription

Looking for a ScreenshotAPI.net alternative? Here's an honest comparison. ScreenshotAPI.net 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
ScreenshotAPI.net	Monthly or yearly subscription	Essential $9/mo for 1,000 · Startup $29/mo for 10,000 · Business $175/mo for 100,000 (shown as reduced from $20, $35 and $200)	7-day trial with 100 screenshots	Monthly quota; overage is charged according to your plan
Shotmint	Prepaid credits, no subscription	€5 / 2,000 · €19 / 10,000 · €59 / 50,000 (one-time)	100 free renders, no signup	Never expire

ScreenshotAPI.net prices are in USD and come from their public pricing page on 18 October 2026. Prices change, so check their current pricing. Shotmint prices are in EUR.

Where ScreenshotAPI.net is the better choice

ScreenshotAPI.net has a broad feature set: bulk screenshots, scrolling screenshots and video (MP4, WebM, GIF), text and HTML extraction, proxies, scheduled screenshots, storage integrations (S3, Google Cloud, Azure), and integrations with Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets and an MCP server. Cached screenshots don't count toward your quota, and its Startup plan is good value if you take 10,000 screenshots every month.

When Shotmint fits better

Your usage is occasional or comes in bursts. ScreenshotAPI.net's free option is a 7-day trial, and after that you pay a monthly plan whether you use it or not. Shotmint gives 100 free renders on a key that doesn't expire, and paid credits are bought once (€5 for 2,000, €19 for 10,000) and stay on your key until you use them. Failed renders never cost a credit.

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, ScreenshotAPI.net may suit you better. If you want an API key in 10 seconds and to pay only for what you use, try it.