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Screenshotly — Screenshot API for Developers
Powerful REST API for capturing website screenshots programmatically. Clean screenshots with AI-powered element removal, device mockups, and multiple formats.
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The Problem Screenshotly Solves
Developers need a reliable, programmable way to capture clean website screenshots at scale — for testing, docs, or content. Screenshotly provides a REST API with AI element removal and device mockups.
How Screenshotly Works
Screenshotly is a screenshot API built by ZTABS for developers who need programmatic website capture at scale. Send a URL via REST API and receive pixel-perfect screenshots in PNG, JPEG, or PDF — with AI-powered element removal to strip cookie banners, popups, and unwanted UI clutter automatically.
Features include device mockups (iPhone, MacBook, browser frames), configurable viewport sizes, full-page capture with scroll stitching, custom wait conditions for SPAs, and batch processing for capturing hundreds of pages. Built for testing automation pipelines, documentation generation systems, and content marketing workflows. Higher tiers include video recording of page interactions. Used by development teams for visual regression testing, marketing teams for social media assets, and SaaS companies for customer-facing documentation.
Screenshotly Key Benefits
AI Element Removal
Automatically strip cookie banners, popups, and unwanted elements for clean screenshots.
Device Mockups
Wrap screenshots in iPhone, MacBook, or browser frames for professional presentations.
RESTful API
Simple REST API for programmatic screenshot capture. Integrate into any workflow.
Multiple Formats
Output as PNG, JPEG, or PDF. Full-page or viewport. Multiple viewport sizes supported.
Screenshotly Features
AI Element Removal
Device Mockups (iPhone, MacBook, Browser)
Multiple Viewport Sizes
Full-Page Screenshots
PNG/JPEG/PDF Output
RESTful API
Rate Limiting
Video Generation (Pro)
Screenshotly — Real-World Gotchas
Operational pitfalls we see in products shaped like this. Worth planning for up front.
AI element removal can strip wanted UI too
The model sometimes classifies legitimate announcement bars or trust badges as "banners" and removes them. Preview a batch before going to production and maintain an allow-list of CSS selectors.
SPA capture needs explicit wait conditions
React/Vue pages render after the initial HTML loads; capturing too early yields blank shells. Use wait-for-selector or a delay parameter instead of trusting the default load event.
Full-page stitching breaks on lazy-loaded images
Infinite-scroll or lazy-loaded images do not trigger until scroll. Force-scroll the page before capture or specify a wait strategy, or the output ships with blank image slots.
Screenshotly Tech Stack
Screenshotly is built with a modern, production-proven technology stack chosen for performance, scalability, and developer productivity.
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Learn moreScreenshotly vs. alternatives
Honest side-by-side on who each alternative actually fits, with real pricing and the biggest trade-off.
| Alternative | Best For | Pricing | Biggest Gotcha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urlbox | Production teams needing mature authenticated screenshots and heavy customization | Startup $19/mo (1k shots); Pro $99/mo (10k shots); Business $299/mo (50k shots) | No built-in AI element removal — cookie banners and popups require manual CSS selector hiding per site. |
| ApiFlash / ScreenshotAPI.net | Developers wanting the cheapest per-screenshot rate for simple captures | ApiFlash starts $9/mo (1k shots); ScreenshotAPI starts $9/mo | Basic feature set — weaker SPA wait handling, no AI cleanup, no device-mockup framing. Fine for commodity use cases. |
| Browserless / Puppeteer-as-a-Service | Engineering teams wanting a generic headless browser they can drive with custom scripts | Browserless from $200/mo for 200 concurrent sessions | You still write the Puppeteer code — no one-line REST convenience. Total cost when you include dev time is usually higher than a purpose-built screenshot API. |
| DIY with Playwright or Puppeteer on AWS Lambda | Teams with low volume or strict data-residency needs | Lambda ~$0.0000166/GB-s + EFS for Chromium + ~20–40 eng hours ($2k–$4k at $100/hr) | Cold starts on Chromium Lambda are brutal (2–5 seconds). Scaling past 5 concurrent captures requires queue + warm-pool engineering. |
When Screenshotly pays for itself
Below ~50 screenshots/month, a small Puppeteer Lambda costs effectively nothing and removes the external dependency — Screenshotly is over-scoped. Between 1k and 10k screenshots/month, a paid Screenshotly tier typically lands at $0.005–$0.015 per capture, which is 3–5x cheaper than maintaining a self-hosted Chromium cluster once you account for 4–8 eng hours/month of upkeep ($360–$720/mo at a $90/hr rate). AI element removal is the real break-even lever for marketing and docs use cases — manual CSS selector hiding takes ~3–5 minutes per new site, so automating 20+ different sites per month saves 1–2 hours of ops time ($90–$180/mo), and the automated stitching + SPA wait handling eliminates "blank shell" rework cycles that can otherwise consume a full afternoon per bug.
Screenshotly — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Screenshotly?
Powerful REST API for capturing website screenshots programmatically. Clean screenshots with AI-powered element removal, device mockups, and multiple formats.
What problem does Screenshotly solve?
Developers need a reliable, programmable way to capture clean website screenshots at scale — for testing, docs, or content. Screenshotly provides a REST API with AI element removal and device mockups.
What technologies power Screenshotly?
Screenshotly is built with Next.js, Clerk, Tailwind CSS.
Who built Screenshotly?
Screenshotly was built and is operated by ZTABS, a custom software development company. Learn more at https://ztabs.co/products/screenshotly.
Can ZTABS build something similar for my business?
Yes — we bring the same engineering and product thinking to every client project. Contact us at ztabs.co/contact for a free consultation.
Want Us to Build Something Like Screenshotly?
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