ScreenshotOne alternative
The best ScreenshotOne alternatives
ScreenshotOne has one of the deepest screenshot option sets there is. If you are here, you probably need something it doesn't do — the page's content, its performance, its errors — or a different way of paying for it.
By Roger Campos · Last updated: September 2026
TL;DR
Stay on ScreenshotOne if screenshots are the product — it has more render options, video, GPU rendering and SDKs in seven languages. Look at URLpipe when the screenshot is one of several things you need about a page: the same full-page capture with the common options at 1 credit, plus Markdown, metadata, Lighthouse and console errors, several from one page visit, processed in the EU.
Free plan, no credit card. 1,000 credits a month.
Why switch
Why people look for a ScreenshotOne alternative
- The page, not just its picture. ScreenshotOne returns Markdown, HTML and Open Graph metadata with a render, but no Lighthouse audit, console errors, summary or keywords.
- Data protection. ScreenshotOne's own privacy policy says it is not yet GDPR-compliant, and it runs on providers in the EU and the US without a region choice. URLpipe fetches, renders and stores in Europe on every plan.
- Collecting results later. ScreenshotOne's async mode delivers to a webhook or storage; URLpipe also keeps every result at a token you can collect for 30 days.
- Agents. Both have a hosted MCP server; URLpipe's exposes every endpoint, so an agent can screenshot, read and audit a page with one token.
Options
Screenshot options, side by side
| Option | URLpipe | ScreenshotOne |
|---|---|---|
| Full page | Default, up to 16,384 px | Yes |
| Formats | PNG, JPEG, WebP | PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, HEIF, GIF, TIFF, JP2, PDF |
| Device scale | 1–3× (viewport 320–1920 px) | 1–5× |
| One element by selector | Yes | Yes |
| Dark mode | Yes | Yes |
| Block ads and cookie banners | Yes | Yes |
| Hide selectors, inject CSS | Yes | Yes |
| Block chats and trackers | No | Yes |
| Video / scrolling capture | No | Growth and up |
| Link that needs no key | X-Result-Url, 30 days | — |
| Cost per capture | 1 credit, any options | 1 screenshot |
If you need AVIF, video, a chat-widget blocker or a 5× scale factor, ScreenshotOne is the better tool and this page won't change that. If PNG, JPEG or WebP at up to 3× covers you, the difference is everything else you can get from the same visit.
Migration
Moving a ScreenshotOne call
ScreenshotOne takes GET or POST at api.screenshotone.com/take with an access_key. URLpipe takes a POST with a bearer token; screenshot settings go in screenshot_options and clean-up in page_options.
curl "https://api.screenshotone.com/take?url=https://example.com&access_key=$KEY&full_page=true&format=webp&dark_mode=true&block_cookie_banners=true" -o shot.webpcurl -X POST https://urlpipe.dev/screenshot \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $URLPIPE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com",
"sync": true,
"page_options": { "block_ads": true, "block_cookie_banners": true },
"screenshot_options": {
"format": "webp",
"viewport_width": 390,
"device_scale_factor": 2,
"dark_mode": true,
"hide_selectors": ["#chat-widget"]
}
}'| ScreenshotOne | URLpipe |
|---|---|
| full_page | screenshot_options.full_page (on by default) |
| viewport_width / device_scale_factor | screenshot_options.viewport_width / device_scale_factor |
| selector | screenshot_options.selector |
| dark_mode | screenshot_options.dark_mode |
| hide_selectors / styles | screenshot_options.hide_selectors / styles |
| block_ads / block_cookie_banners | page_options.block_ads / block_cookie_banners |
| async + webhook_url | The default; set report_to or a project webhook |
URLpipe returns the image Base64-encoded in the body, with an X-Result-Url header linking to it. See the screenshot docs.
One visit
The screenshot plus everything else
/scrape takes a screenshot, the Markdown, the metadata and the console errors off one page visit. A visual check that also records what the page said and what broke is one request, delivered to a signed webhook.
curl -X POST https://urlpipe.dev/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $URLPIPE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com",
"operations": ["markdown", "meta", "screenshot"],
"report_to": "https://your-app.com/webhooks/urlpipe"
}'Side by side
URLpipe and ScreenshotOne, feature by feature
| Capability | URLpipe | ScreenshotOne |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Markdown from a URL | Yes | Yes |
| Renders JavaScript (real browser) | Yes | Yes |
| Rendered HTML | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshots | Yes | Yes |
| Full-page screenshots | Yes | Yes |
| Element, dark-mode and hidden-selector screenshots | Yes | Yes |
| Metadata / Open Graph | Yes | Yes |
| AI summary | Yes | Vision prompt, your OpenAI key |
| Keyword extraction endpoint | Yes | No |
| Lighthouse audits | Yes | No |
| JavaScript console capture | Yes | No |
| Several outputs from one page visit | /scrape | Partial |
| Whole-site crawling | No | No |
| Schema-based structured extraction | No | No |
| PDF input or output | No | Output |
| MCP server | Hosted | Hosted, or npx |
| Async + webhook for a single URL | Yes | Yes |
| Idempotency key on retries | Yes | — |
| Your own labels on requests, usage by label | Yes | — |
| Cached results cost nothing | Yes | Yes |
| Residential-IP fetching | One exit, +25 credits/visit | No |
| Official SDKs | No | 7 languages |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Free tier | 1,000 credits/mo | 100 renders/mo |
| EU processing, AI included | Yes | — |
ScreenshotOne: checked against screenshotone.com/pricing, screenshotone.com/docs/options, screenshotone.com/integrations/mcp, screenshotone.com/privacy-policy on September 24, 2026. Products change — confirm on each vendor's site before you decide.
Pricing
What each one costs
| URLpipe | ScreenshotOne | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 — 1,000 credits/mo, no card | $0 — 100 screenshots/mo, no card |
| Entry paid plan | Starter $19/mo — 20,000 credits | Basic $17/mo — 2,000 screenshots |
| Mid plan | Pro $49/mo — 55,000 credits | Growth $79/mo — 10,000 screenshots |
| Billing unit | Credits per call: Markdown, HTML, screenshot or console 1, Lighthouse 2, metadata 5 | Successful, uncached renders |
| Overage | Paid plans never cut off — $1.50 per 1,000 credits | Opt-in, $0.009 each on Basic, under a monthly cap you set |
| Cache hits | Free, up to 30 days old | Free |
Both count only successful, uncached captures. On URLpipe, 1,000 credits a month is 1,000 screenshots, and Pro at $49 is 55,000.
Who it's for
An honest recommendation
Choose URLpipe if…
- You want the screenshot plus Markdown, metadata, Lighthouse or console errors
- Fetching, rendering and storage must stay in Europe
- You want every result collectable by token for 30 days, as well as by webhook
- Your agent should screenshot and read pages through one MCP server
- PNG, JPEG or WebP up to 3× covers your needs
Choose ScreenshotOne if…
- Screenshots are your product and you need every option
- You need AVIF, GIF, video or scrolling captures
- You want chat and tracker blocking built in
- You want an SDK in Go, Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, .NET or JavaScript
- You need GPU rendering
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is URLpipe a good ScreenshotOne alternative?
Does URLpipe take full-page screenshots?
What does a ScreenshotOne screenshot cost compared with URLpipe?
Can I get Markdown with the screenshot?
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