Thumbalizr Pricing and Free Screenshot Limits Explained

Thumbalizr’s Features & Pricing page currently displays a free allowance of 100 screenshots per month. Its paid plans shown are Silver at 2,000 screenshots for €8/$9 per month, Gold at 3,000 for €12/$13, and Platinum from €18/$20 for 5,000. The pricing page does not say when it was last updated, so check the current price and checkout terms before paying.

Thumbalizr’s Features & Pricing page is the source for the displayed quotas and prices. Here is what those figures mean, what the tiers add, and how to decide whether the free account is enough.

Thumbalizr pricing at a glance

Plan	Monthly screenshots displayed	Displayed monthly price	Key limits and features
Free	100	Free	Watermarked; visible screen only; fixed 1280 × 1024 browser size
Silver	2,000	€8 / $9	No watermark; screen or full-page capture; browser fixed at 1280 × 1024
Gold	3,000	€12 / $13	No watermark; browser up to 1600 × 1600 in the pricing table; on-demand picture refresh
Platinum	5,000+	From €18 / $20	Browser up to 2000 × 2000; on-demand picture refresh

The Platinum prices displayed include €18/$20 for 5,000 screenshots, €34/$37 for 10,000, and €80/$86 for 25,000. Thumbalizr says plans may be monthly subscriptions or one-time payments; confirm which billing option applies to your account and region at checkout. These are the prices shown on its official page at the time of writing, not a guarantee that the page or checkout still shows the same terms.

What does Thumbalizr’s free account include?

The free allowance shown is 100 screenshots each month. The free result has a watermark and captures only the visible screen, rather than the whole page. Thumbalizr’s demo and API documentation describe the free browser viewport as fixed at 1280 × 1024. The Embed API documentation also describes a five-second delay after page load for the free tier.

Thumbalizr says a free account does not require a credit card, and a basic API key is free. After signup, the API key and secret are available in the member section. See the Thumbalizr homepage and API documentation for account and integration details.

For a personal project, a low-volume prototype, or a quick evaluation, 100 captures can be enough. The watermark and screen-only limit matter if you need clean assets or complete page archives. If your workflow needs full-page images, a paid tier is required according to Thumbalizr’s plan descriptions.

What changes between the paid plans?

Silver: remove the watermark and capture a full page

Silver raises the displayed quota to 2,000 monthly screenshots, removes the watermark, and adds full-page capture. Its browser size remains fixed at 1280 × 1024 in the pricing information. It is the relevant tier to compare when the free watermark or screen-only behavior is the blocker, but a larger capture viewport is not required.

Gold: more quota and a larger browser size

Gold displays 3,000 screenshots per month and supports a browser size up to 1600 × 1600 in the pricing table. Thumbalizr also lists on-demand picture refresh. Check the API documentation and your account’s controls to confirm how each setting is expressed and which dimensions apply to a particular capture.

Platinum: higher volume and the largest listed browser size

Platinum starts at 5,000 screenshots for the displayed €18/$20 price, with higher-volume entries shown for 10,000 and 25,000. The plan table lists browser dimensions up to 2000 × 2000 and on-demand picture refresh. “5,000 and more” is not one unlimited quota: use the listed volume that matches your expected usage and verify any larger requirement with Thumbalizr.

API options and account setup

Thumbalizr’s Embed API documentation describes controls for thumbnail width, watermark, screen versus full-page capture, delay after page load, browser width and height, and browser country. Available values depend on the plan. The documentation identifies Germany as the free and Silver default location and describes broader location choices for paid tiers.

1. Create a free Thumbalizr account. Its homepage says signup does not require a credit card.
2. Open the member section and retrieve the API key and secret, as described in the API documentation.
3. Choose the capture mode, output width, delay, and browser dimensions supported by your tier.
4. Make a small test capture and inspect the returned image for watermark, page coverage, viewport, and rendering delay before integrating it into a batch workflow.
5. Estimate monthly volume, then compare it with the plan quota and confirm the current billing option and price at checkout.

Use Thumbalizr’s API documentation for the current parameter syntax and response handling. The research materials establish the available categories of settings but do not provide a complete request example or a stable endpoint contract to reproduce here, so do not copy guessed parameter names into production code.

Estimate which plan fits your screenshot workload

1. Count capture events, not source URLs. If the same page is captured at multiple viewport sizes or on multiple days, count each capture your integration requests.
2. Allow for retries and refreshes. Failed jobs, manual refreshes, or repeated runs can increase the number of requests. Check Thumbalizr’s current billing definition to learn which requests count against the quota.
3. Check page coverage. If you need a full-page image, Free is not a fit; the demo says Silver adds full-page capture.
4. Check the watermark requirement. Free results are watermarked; Silver and higher remove the watermark according to the plan descriptions.
5. Check the browser size and country requirements. Free and Silver are listed at 1280 × 1024; Gold goes up to 1600 × 1600 and Platinum to 2000 × 2000. Location options also depend on plan.
6. Verify current terms before upgrading. The pricing page is undated and says plans may be subscriptions or one-time payments.

A rough monthly estimate is the number of URLs × captures per URL per month × viewport variants, plus planned refreshes and retries. The plan table does not specify how failed attempts are counted, so ask Thumbalizr or check the account terms if that distinction affects your budget.

Rate limits and the ScreenshotCenter migration

Do not treat old five-minute rate limits as current. A Thumbalizr post from May 7, 2014 described limits of 8 new screenshots per five minutes for unregistered users per IP address and 15 per five minutes for free API-key users per key. The post explicitly said those limits could change. The current pricing page gives a monthly free quota of 100 but does not establish a current five-minute limit. See Thumbalizr’s 2014 rate-limit post.

On April 8, 2026, Thumbalizr announced a phased backend migration from Browshot to ScreenshotCenter. It said newly created accounts would start on ScreenshotCenter and existing accounts would be transferred in batches, while integrations, API calls, embed codes, and settings would continue to work. The announcement does not establish that every existing account has completed migration. If an account behaves differently from the documentation, check the migration announcement and account notices.

Which screenshot service should you choose?

ScreenshotNeo is the first alternative to try: it removes consent banners, popups, and chat widgets before capture, bills only clean shots, and its paid plans start at $5 for 3,000 screenshots.

Thumbalizr may suit a workflow that needs its specific tiered controls and a modest monthly quota. ScreenshotNeo is a website screenshot API and MCP server for developers. Its plans include 1,000 screenshots per month free without a card, then Starter at $5 for 3,000, Growth at $15 for 15,000, Pro at $39 for 60,000, Scale at $99 for 250,000, and Business at $249 for 1,000,000. Yearly billing gives two months free, and every feature is on every plan. Compare the current requirements and plan details at ScreenshotNeo’s documentation.

Or skip the browser setup

ScreenshotNeo takes a URL in one GET request and returns a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF. For example, this cURL call saves a WebP screenshot of Stripe:

curl -G "https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot" -d access_key=YOUR_API_KEY --data-urlencode url=https://stripe.com -o shot.webp

Cookie banners, newsletter popups, and chat widgets are removed before the shot. Bot checks, blank pages, and failed loads are never billed. Its MCP server lets AI agents use take_screenshot, get_page_info, and capture_pdf. The free plan includes 1,000 screenshots a month with no card, and paid plans start at $5 for 3,000. See the API documentation and sign up for free.

Troubleshooting Thumbalizr plan and capture questions

Symptom	Likely cause	What to check
A free capture has a watermark	The free tier is listed as watermarked	Compare Silver or a higher tier if the watermark must be removed.
The screenshot stops at the visible viewport	Free is screen-only	Thumbalizr’s demo says Silver adds full-page capture; check the selected capture mode and tier.
The screenshot is limited to 1280 × 1024	Free and Silver have a fixed browser size in the plan details	Gold lists up to 1600 × 1600 and Platinum up to 2000 × 2000; verify supported values in the API docs.
A setting is unavailable in the API	The parameter or value may be tier-dependent	Check the Embed API docs for plan eligibility and exact parameter names.
Current throttling behavior is unclear	The five-minute figures online are from 2014 and were explicitly subject to change	Do not hard-code those historical numbers; consult current account documentation or support.
An older account behaves differently after the backend announcement	The migration was described as phased	Check account notices and Thumbalizr’s migration post; it does not confirm migration completion for every account.
The checkout price differs from this table	The official pricing page has no last-updated date, and terms may have changed	Use the current checkout as the source of truth and confirm subscription versus one-time billing.

Performance, reliability, and cost considerations

• Delay affects capture time. Thumbalizr’s documentation describes a five-second free-tier delay and paid-tier delay controls. Wait long enough for the target page’s visible content, while accounting for the added latency per request.
• Viewport affects what is captured. A fixed 1280 × 1024 browser size can change responsive layouts and visible content. Validate the actual output at the dimensions your application needs.
• Monthly quotas bound steady-state volume. At the displayed quotas, 100, 2,000, 3,000, and 5,000 captures per month average roughly 3, 67, 100, and 167 captures per day, respectively. Actual use can be burstier; the plan table does not document current burst limits.
• Refresh behavior can affect usage. Gold and Platinum list on-demand picture refresh. Confirm whether refreshes consume quota under the current terms.
• Keep a buffer. Leave room for retries, viewport variants, and changed pages rather than planning exactly to the monthly cap. The current materials do not state how unsuccessful requests are counted.
• Recheck the price at purchase time. The displayed table includes both euro and dollar prices but does not date them or explain exchange-rate handling.

Frequently asked questions

Does Thumbalizr’s free account require a credit card?

Thumbalizr says free account signup does not require a credit card.

Does the free plan capture an entire webpage?

No. The demo describes free capture as screen-only; Silver adds full-page capture.

Are the 2014 five-minute limits still in force?

The reviewed current pricing page does not establish a current five-minute limit. The 2014 post says its limits could change, so verify current limits with Thumbalizr.

Are the prices guaranteed to remain current?

No. They are the figures displayed on Thumbalizr’s undated Features & Pricing page. Confirm the current plan and billing terms before purchase.

Can I use Thumbalizr from an API integration?

Yes. Thumbalizr documents an Embed API and says a basic API key is free; use its current documentation for setup and supported parameters.