ScreenshotOne
The indie screenshot API: turn any URL into a screenshot, PDF, or video with one GET request.
About
ScreenshotOne is a website screenshot API founded by Dmytro Krasun and launched in May 2022, explicitly built to save developers from maintaining their own headless-browser screenshot infrastructure. One GET request to api.screenshotone.com/take returns a clean screenshot: cookie banners and ads blocked, chat widgets hidden, with options for full-page capture, device emulation, dark mode, custom JavaScript and CSS injection, lazy-loading handling, PDF rendering, and even animated GIF/MP4 captures. SDKs cover Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, and C#, plus Zapier, Make, and n8n integrations.
The free tier gives 100 screenshots a month; paid plans run Basic $17 (2,000), Growth $79 (10,000), and Scale $259 (50,000), which gets pricey at volume compared to credit-based rivals. It is bootstrapped, profitable, and run by one founder, which keeps support personal but concentrates bus-factor risk. The founder publishes real numbers: over 1,000 active developers, 1M+ screenshots a month, and six-nines uptime claims that are provider-stated rather than independently audited.
What it can do
- URL-to-screenshot via simple GET/POST REST API
- Full-page, device emulation, dark mode, custom viewport rendering
- Automatic ad, cookie-banner, and popup blocking
- Custom JavaScript/CSS injection and element hiding
- PDF generation and animated GIF/MP4 captures
- Webhook delivery and S3 storage integration
- SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, C#
- No-code integrations: Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable
Setup
Sign up on screenshotone.com for an API key; call https://api.screenshotone.com/take?url=...&access_key=KEY, or use an SDK.
Prerequisites
API key; free tier is 100 screenshots/month, no card.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: the founder's about page and engineering posts confirm the May 2022 launch, bootstrapped profitability, 1,000+ developers and 1M+ monthly renders; independent comparisons confirm the 100/mo free tier and $17/$79/$259 pricing with per-minute rate limits. Strengths: founder-operated with unusually transparent engineering writing, clean feature set, responsive support. Docked for: (1) single-founder bus factor; (2) per-screenshot cost rises steeply at scale versus credit-based rivals; (3) uptime and render-volume figures are provider-stated. License: proprietary SaaS.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 3.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Founded by Dmytro Krasun, launched May 2022; bootstrapped, profitable, team of one
- · 1,000+ active developers, 1M+ screenshots/month, six-nines uptime claim (all provider-stated)
- · URL-to-screenshot via GET/POST; full-page, device emulation, dark mode, custom JS/CSS
- · Automatic ad, cookie-banner, popup blocking; PDF and animated GIF/MP4 captures
- · SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, C#; Zapier, Make, n8n
- · 40-150 req/min rate limits; per-screenshot cost rises steeply at scale
- · Single-founder bus factor
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.