Urlbox is a polished screenshot API. SnapAPI is a screenshot API that also scrapes, extracts, generates PDFs, records video, and ships 6 official SDKs — starting $10/month cheaper.
SnapAPI
Every capability that matters in a production screenshot and data-extraction workflow, compared side by side.
| Feature | SnapAPI Recommended | Urlbox |
|---|---|---|
| Starting pricePaid tier entry point | ✓ $19/month | $29/month |
| Permanent free tierNo credit card required | ✓ 200 req/mo forever | ✗ |
| PNG / JPEG screenshots | ✓ | ✓ |
| WebP output | ✓ | ✓ |
| AVIF output format | ✓ | ✗ |
| Full-page capture | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web scraping — structured JSON/v1/scrape endpoint | ✓ | ✗ Not available |
| Content extraction — MarkdownLLM-ready clean text | ✓ | ✗ Not available |
| OG image generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video recordingFull browser session capture | ✓ | ✗ |
| JavaScript rendering & wait | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom viewport & device presets | ✓ 26+ presets | ✓ |
| Official SDKs | ✓ JS, Python, Go, PHP, Swift, Kotlin | JS, Python, Ruby, PHP |
| Swift & Kotlin SDKsFor iOS and Android teams | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cookie injection & auth headers | ✓ | ✓ |
| S3 / cloud storage upload | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparent public pricingNo "contact sales" for higher tiers | ✓ | ~ Enterprise requires contact |
SnapAPI starts $10/month lower and includes a permanent free tier that Urlbox does not offer.
Prices as of March 2026. Visit each vendor for current rates.
Urlbox renders pages beautifully but cannot extract data from them. If your project needs structured JSON alongside screenshots, SnapAPI eliminates a second vendor, second API key, and second billing line item.
The /v1/extract endpoint converts any URL to clean Markdown — boilerplate removed, tables preserved, links intact. Feed it directly to GPT, Claude, or your embedding pipeline. Urlbox has no equivalent endpoint.
Building an iOS or Android app that needs screenshots or scraping? SnapAPI ships official Swift and Kotlin SDKs. Urlbox does not, meaning you would write and maintain your own HTTP wrapper.
SnapAPI records complete browser sessions — useful for QA flows, onboarding demos, and visual regression captures. Urlbox does not offer video recording of browser sessions.
SnapAPI Starter is $19/month. Urlbox starts at $29/month. Over a year that is $120 saved — at a higher feature set. The free tier lets you prototype and test without spending anything.
SnapAPI's free tier gives you 200 requests/month permanently with no credit card. Useful for internal tools, staging environments, and prototypes that run indefinitely at low volume. Urlbox has no equivalent.
Everything from screenshots to LLM-ready content, in a single REST API. Works with any language that can make an HTTP request.
# Screenshot any URL
curl -G "https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/screenshot" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
--output screenshot.png
# Scrape structured JSON (not possible with Urlbox)
curl -G "https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/scrape" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"
# Extract Markdown for your LLM (not possible with Urlbox)
curl -G "https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/extract" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"
# Generate PDF
curl -G "https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/pdf" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
--output page.pdfNo. Urlbox is a screenshot and PDF rendering API. It does not offer structured JSON extraction, content scraping, or Markdown output. SnapAPI's /v1/scrape and /v1/extract endpoints fill this gap.
Yes. SnapAPI Starter is $19/month versus Urlbox's $29/month entry tier. SnapAPI also provides a permanent free tier of 200 requests/month with no credit card — something Urlbox does not offer.
Yes. The /v1/extract endpoint returns clean Markdown from any URL, stripped of navigation boilerplate, suitable for LLM context windows, RAG retrieval, and document ingestion. This is a SnapAPI-exclusive capability in this comparison.
Urlbox offers JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and PHP SDKs. SnapAPI uniquely ships Go, Swift (iOS/macOS), and Kotlin (Android/JVM) SDKs in addition to JS, Python, and PHP.
Most migrations take under an hour. Replace the base URL and swap your API key. For scraping and extraction capabilities that Urlbox lacks, you simply add the new endpoints. The free tier lets you test without committing.
200 requests/month free, forever. Upgrade when you need more. All eight capabilities included from day one.
Get your free API key →Urlbox is a solid screenshot API but it has two big problems: price and scope. At $99/month for 10,000 screenshots, you pay 8x more than SnapAPI for the same volume. And Urlbox does only screenshots — SnapAPI adds scraping, text extraction, and PDF generation for the same price.
Urlbox starts at $99/mo for 10K screenshots. SnapAPI gives you 5K on the $19/mo Starter plan, and 50K for $79 — a fraction of Urlbox pricing at every tier.
Screenshots, scraping, text extraction, and PDF generation all under one API key and one monthly bill. Urlbox is screenshots only.
200 free calls per month, no credit card required. Test with real production URLs before committing to any plan.
| Volume / Month | Urlbox | SnapAPI | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 calls | $99/mo | Free | $99/mo |
| 5,000 calls | $99/mo | $19/mo | $80/mo |
| 10,000 calls | $99/mo | $19/mo | $80/mo |
| 50,000 calls | $249/mo | $79/mo | $170/mo |
The API parameter names are similar. Most migrations take under an hour including testing.
# BEFORE — Urlbox
import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.urlbox.io/v1/YOUR_KEY/png",
params={"url": "https://example.com", "width": 1280, "full_page": True}
)
# AFTER — SnapAPI (same result, 8x cheaper)
r = requests.get(
"https://api.snapapi.pics/v1/screenshot",
headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_SNAPAPI_KEY"},
params={"url": "https://example.com", "width": 1280, "full_page": True, "format": "png"}
)
| Feature | Urlbox | SnapAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshot (PNG/JPEG/WebP) | Yes | Yes |
| Full page screenshot | Yes | Yes |
| PDF generation | Yes | Yes |
| Web scraping (HTML) | No | Yes |
| Text extraction (Markdown) | No | Yes |
| Cookie banner blocking | Yes | Yes |
| Free tier (no CC) | No | 200/mo |
Yes — 99.9% uptime SLA, same Chromium-based rendering, global infrastructure. The difference is price and feature breadth, not reliability.
No. Most Urlbox parameters map directly. Change the base URL, move your key to a header, and most existing code works without other changes.
Absolutely. The free tier gives you 200 calls per month with no credit card. Test your most critical URLs side-by-side before switching.
Start with 200 free screenshots. No credit card. Migrate in under an hour.
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