Website Screenshot API Pricing in India: Free Tiers and Paid Plans

Direct answer: Among the providers reviewed, ScreenshotNeo offers 1,000 screenshots per month free with no card; ScreenshotOne publishes a recurring 100-shot monthly free tier; Urlbox offers a seven-day trial rather than a permanent free plan; and ScreenshotAPI lists usage pricing, but its page conflicts on whether the initial free allowance is 100 or 1,000 shots. These vendors publish USD prices. Their reviewed pages do not establish your final INR amount, GST, payment-method acceptance, or bank conversion fees in India, so check the price and billing terms shown for your account before budgeting.

For a developer, the useful comparison is not only the sticker price. Compare the free-access period, what counts as a billable render, the features included at that tier, and how the provider handles failures, cache hits, overages, and usage limits.

Published screenshot API prices at a glance

The figures below are vendor-published prices checked on October 3, 2026. They are USD prices, not India checkout quotes. ScreenshotNeo pricing is included as the publisher’s product; the other provider details come from the cited official vendor pages.

Provider	Free access or entry	Published paid pricing	Billing details to check
ScreenshotNeo	1,000 screenshots per month, no card	Starter: $5 for 3,000; Growth: $15 for 15,000; Pro: $39 for 60,000; Scale: $99 for 250,000; Business: $249 for 1,000,000	Free tier and every feature are available on every plan. Yearly billing gives two months free. Only clean shots are billed; bot checks, CAPTCHAs, blank pages, timeouts, failed loads, and cache hits cost nothing.
ScreenshotOne	100 screenshots per month, no card	Basic: $17/month for 2,000; Growth: $79/month for 10,000; Scale: $259/month for 50,000	Prices exclude VAT. Annual billing is advertised as two months free. HTTP, browser, and network errors do not consume credits; cached results generally do not, while cache misses can trigger a new render. A successful image with visual defects may still count. Official pricing.
Urlbox	Seven-day free trial, no card; no permanent free plan	Lo-Fi: $19/month for up to 2,000 renders; Hi-Fi: $49/month for 5,000; Ultra: $99/month for 15,000; Business: $498/month with 1,000 base renders and volume pricing afterward	Prices exclude VAT. Features and third-party capture limits differ by tier. Failed requests are not charged. Cached Render Link results do not count, but REST API renders do. Long requests, larger files, and advanced features can add renders. Official pricing.
ScreenshotAPI	Pricing page says first 100 shots free; a signup link on that page says first 1,000 free	$0.001 per shot; prepaid bundles list 2,000 for $2, 5,000 for $5, 10,000 for $9, 25,000 for $22, 50,000 for $40, and 100,000 for $80	No monthly subscription is listed; usage can be $0 in a month with no use. Confirm the allowance shown in your account because the official page conflicts. Official pricing.

These are different billing models, not directly interchangeable bundles. ScreenshotOne and Urlbox sell monthly quotas with tier-dependent features and accounting. ScreenshotAPI shows metered pricing and prepaid credits. ScreenshotNeo bills only clean shots and marks the outcome in response headers. Compare the expected cost for your own successful captures, cache behavior, output formats, limits, and feature needs.

What does “free” mean for each provider?

• Recurring monthly allowance: ScreenshotNeo includes 1,000 shots each month at no charge and without a card. ScreenshotOne publishes 100 per month, also without a card.
• Time-limited trial: Urlbox’s entry offer lasts seven days. It does not describe a permanent free plan.
• Usage allowance with conflicting published terms: ScreenshotAPI’s page states both 100 and 1,000 initial free shots. Check the allowance in the live signup or account view instead of relying on either number.

Before integrating a free tier into a production workflow, check whether it renews, when the quota resets, whether the account needs a payment method, what happens after the quota runs out, and which response types consume usage. A trial can be useful for a short evaluation, but it is different from a monthly allowance for a low-volume application.

How to estimate the cost for an India-based project

1. Estimate attempts and successful captures separately. Record how many URLs you submit and how many usable images or PDFs you expect. A provider may count requests, renders, or successful outputs differently.
2. Identify billable outcomes. Check the rules for network errors, bot checks, blank pages, timeouts, cache hits, long render durations, large files, and advanced options. A failed HTTP request and a visually incorrect but successful screenshot may be treated differently.
3. Match the features to the plan. Confirm full-page and element capture, PDF output, image formats, third-party site capture, request blocking, storage, and support are available at the tier you are pricing.
4. Check quota exhaustion behavior. Look for alerts, hard limits, overages, automatic tier changes, or prepaid balance rules. Urlbox says it moves automatically to the next tier or volume pricing; ScreenshotOne describes configurable extra usage with account-dependent limits.
5. Read the actual checkout total. The reviewed ScreenshotOne and Urlbox pages state prices exclude VAT. The reviewed materials do not establish India-specific INR prices, GST at checkout, payment method availability, invoice treatment, exchange conversion, or bank/card fees.

Do not treat a simple USD-to-INR conversion as your landed cost. Confirm the currency and taxes displayed for your account, and check whether your payment provider adds conversion or issuer fees. If a vendor does not show the detail before sign-up, ask its billing team rather than assuming.

Compare effective cost, not just the starting price

A plan’s headline price only helps once its usage definition and included capabilities fit your workload. A practical comparison sheet can use these columns:

Question	Why it changes the decision
How many captures are included, and when does the quota reset?	A monthly allowance, trial window, and prepaid balance cover different usage patterns.
What is billable: request, render, or clean output?	Retries, failures, and visually defective captures can change cost. ScreenshotNeo’s clean-shot billing and verdict headers make the outcome visible.
Do cache hits count?	Repeated URLs may have different costs depending on whether a cached response is reused and how each service defines a cache hit.
Do request duration, file size, or advanced options add usage?	Urlbox documents cases where long requests, larger files, or advanced features can count as multiple renders.
Are the needed features included in the quoted tier?	Compare full-page and element capture, PDF, formats, blocking, and third-party capture against the exact plan.
What happens at the limit?	Automatic upgrades, overages, hard stops, and prepaid balance depletion have different budget implications.
What is the final India checkout price?	Published USD prices do not establish INR conversion, tax, payment acceptance, or issuer charges.

For a small project with occasional captures, recurring free allowances and a pay-as-you-go model can be easier to control than a large monthly quota. For a production workflow, calculate cost using your expected successful pages and the plan’s actual usage rules. Do not assume every listed render has the same cost if options or output types affect accounting.

Screenshot API alternatives to try

1. ScreenshotNeo: a website screenshot API and MCP server. It removes cookie/consent banners, newsletter popups, and chat widgets before capture; only clean shots are billed, with response headers identifying verdict and billing status. Plans start free at 1,000 shots/month and paid plans start at $5 for 3,000.
2. ScreenshotOne: a recurring free monthly allowance and published monthly quota plans. Review its documented plan features and rules for cached and failed requests.
3. Urlbox: a seven-day trial and several monthly plans. Check which capture capabilities are available at the specific tier, and how request duration, output size, and advanced features affect render usage.
4. ScreenshotAPI: metered pricing and prepaid bundles are listed. Verify the free allowance in your account because the pricing page gives conflicting initial amounts.

This ranking follows the ScreenshotNeo house-product placement requirement. The other providers are described from their published materials; the list is not an independent performance test. Pricing and feature terms can change, so use the linked provider pages as the final reference before purchasing.

Or skip the browser setup

ScreenshotNeo takes a URL in one HTTPS request and returns an image or PDF. The example below saves a WebP response; see the ScreenshotNeo API documentation for request options and details.

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

import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot", params={"access_key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "url": "https://stripe.com"}, timeout=90)
open("shot.webp", "wb").write(r.content)

const q = new URLSearchParams({ access_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY', url: 'https://stripe.com' });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot?${q}`);
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Screenshot request failed: ${res.status}`);
const image = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
await import('node:fs/promises').then(fs => fs.writeFile('shot.webp', image));

Cookie banners, newsletter popups, and chat widgets are removed before the shot. Bot checks, blank pages, timeouts, failed loads, and cache hits are never billed; response headers say what happened. An MCP server lets AI agents use the take_screenshot, get_page_info, and capture_pdf tools. The free plan includes 1,000 screenshots a month with no card, and paid plans start at $5 for 3,000. Every feature is on every plan. Sign up free for ScreenshotNeo.

FAQ

Are these prices quotes for customers in India?

No. The reviewed vendor pages publish USD prices, and they do not settle the final INR amount, taxes, payment acceptance, or card fees for an Indian account.

Which provider’s free allowance is recurring?

ScreenshotNeo publishes 1,000 per month and ScreenshotOne publishes 100 per month. Urlbox describes a seven-day trial. ScreenshotAPI’s own page conflicts between 100 and 1,000 initial free shots.

Can a cached screenshot still affect cost?

It depends on the provider and endpoint. ScreenshotOne says cached results generally do not consume credits, while Urlbox distinguishes cached Render Link results from REST API renders. ScreenshotNeo says cache hits cost nothing.

How often should I recheck prices?

Check the linked pricing pages and your account checkout when choosing a provider and before changing a production budget. Quotas, prices, and billing rules can change.

Sources

• ScreenshotOne pricing and pricing guide.
• Urlbox pricing.
• ScreenshotAPI pricing.
• ScreenshotNeo documentation.