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Browserless vs SnapAPI: different tools for different needs

Browserless is a hosted Chromium service — you write Puppeteer/Playwright scripts and run them in the cloud. It's great for complex browser automation. But for 90% of use cases (screenshot, PDF, scrape, extract), you don't need to write browser scripts at all. SnapAPI gives you the output directly.

When to use SnapAPI vs Browserless

SnapAPI pricing — pay per capture, not per second

Browserless bills by browser compute time — the clock runs whether your screenshot renders in 1 second or 8. SnapAPI charges only for successful captures at a flat per-shot rate. Budget with complete confidence.

All plans include screenshot, PDF, video, scraping, and AI content extraction. No per-endpoint pricing.

Replace Browserless for common tasks

# Before (Browserless + Puppeteer script)
const browser = await puppeteer.connect({ browserWSEndpoint: BROWSERLESS_URL });
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://example.com');
const screenshot = await page.screenshot();
await browser.close();

# After (SnapAPI)
const res = await fetch('https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/screenshot', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': key, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ url: 'https://example.com' })
});
const screenshot = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());