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New features, improvements, and fixes to ScreenshotAPI

ScreenshotAPI v2: Competitive Pricing, Feature Parity, and DX-Driven Differentiation

Complete product overhaul — new subscription pricing, 15+ new features, comprehensive documentation, and the best developer experience in the screenshot API market.

New Pricing Model


  • Free tier increased from 5 to 200 screenshots/month — generous enough to build and demo a full integration
  • Subscription tiers: Starter ($19/mo), Growth ($49/mo), Scale ($149/mo) with annual billing at 20% off
  • Credit packs retained as a secondary option for irregular usage at dramatically reduced prices
  • Overage billing on all subscription plans — never get cut off mid-workflow
  • Polar integration for seamless subscription management and metered billing

New Capture Features


  • Ad blocking — removes ads from pages before capture
  • Cookie banner removal — auto-dismisses cookie consent dialogs
  • PDF export — type=pdf for A4 PDF generation
  • HTML rendering — render raw HTML via POST body
  • Stealth mode — masks headless browser fingerprints for bot-protected sites
  • CSS/JS injection — custom stylesheets and scripts before capture
  • Retina/HiDPI — 2x and 3x device pixel ratio support
  • Timezone emulation — capture sites as they appear in specific timezones
  • Locale emulation — set Accept-Language for localized captures
  • Google Fonts preloading — ensures accurate font rendering by preloading all Google Fonts
  • Element removal — remove specific elements by CSS selector before capture
  • Popup/overlay removal — automatic removal of modals, popups, and overlays
  • Device mockup frames — wrap screenshots in browser, iPhone, or MacBook frames
  • IP geolocation — set the browser's reported geolocation for location-aware captures

Infrastructure & Integration


  • Response caching — cache by URL + options hash with configurable TTL
  • Webhooks — async screenshot completion notifications with HMAC signatures
  • S3 upload — direct-to-S3 with user-provided credentials
  • Signed URLs — HMAC-signed request URLs for secure client-side usage

Developer Experience


  • Interactive API explorer in documentation — try every parameter live
  • Sharable playground URLs — serialize configuration into URL query params
  • Public status page with real-time health monitoring
  • Public changelog (you're reading it)
  • 34 framework integration guides — Next.js, React, Vue, Django, Rails, Laravel, and more
  • 16 competitor comparison pages with detailed feature-by-feature analysis
  • 32 blog posts covering screenshot API use cases and best practices
  • 10 use-case pages with complete implementation guides
  • Error messages with fix suggestions — every error includes actionable remediation steps
  • Single source of truth for pricing, features, and competitor data in @screenshot-saas/config