Full review completed September 29, 2026
Both products now offer hosted MCP access. Choose Grabbit for flat annual credits and one pricing rate. Choose ScreenshotOne for a larger screenshot feature set, Markdown extraction, a free live allowance, and both hosted and local MCP options.
Reviewed by the Grabbit product team. We checked public first-party documentation, pricing pages, and Grabbit production behavior. Controlled cross-provider image and speed tests are not part of this release.
Developer experience
Thirteen operational checks, with a source for each side of every row.
| Surface | Grabbit | ScreenshotOne | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| REST API | POST /v1/grabs with Bearer authentication | Hosted screenshot API | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| SDKs / examples | No SDK packages; OpenAPI 3.1 plus curl examples | C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby examples | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| CLI | npx grabbit.live | No standalone screenshot CLI found in the reviewed first-party docs | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne docs check · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Hosted MCP | https://mcp.grabbit.live with OAuth or Bearer | https://mcp.screenshotone.com over remote Streamable HTTP | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Local MCP / skill | No published local MCP package | Open-source local command-line MCP server | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Auth | Bearer API keys and OAuth 2.1 for MCP | X-Access-Key for REST requests | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Result | JSON with image_url; MCP can return image content | Screenshot URLs, full-page slices, and Markdown through MCP | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Async / webhooks | Live keys: Prefer: respond-async returns 202; poll by id or receive signed webhooks. Test keys return a synchronous 200 placeholder. | async=true with signed webhooks; S3 storage is the primary documented workflow | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Rate / concurrency | 60 requests per minute; async queue limit is reported with HTTP 429 | Plan-specific request-start bucket that resets each minute | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Errors / retries | Structured error codes and Idempotency-Key for safe request replay | HTTP status plus JSON error code, message, and documentation URL | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Caching / retention | Public unguessable image_url; retained until deletion is requested; no cache TTL control | Best-effort cache, four hours by default and up to one month | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Billing event | One credit per successful live capture; test-key placeholders are free | Successful uncached renders count toward the monthly limit | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
| Machine-readable docs | OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt, and JSON pricing packet | llms.txt, SDK examples, and option reference | Grabbit source · Sep 29, 2026ScreenshotOne source · Sep 29, 2026 |
Public pricing
Entry-tier math can hide volume discounts and different billing units. These are the public tiers behind the decision, kept separate instead of normalized into one rate.
| Tier | Price | Allowance | Extra cost or discount | Quota and fit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / monthly | 100 live screenshots | No overage published | Successful live screenshots, including HTML and PDF rendering. | ScreenshotOne pricing, checked Sep 29, 2026 |
| Basic | $17 / monthly | 2,000 screenshots$0.0085 per included unit | Overage: $0.009 per extra screenshotAnnual billing includes two months free | Only successful, uncached renders count under the published rules. | ScreenshotOne pricing, checked Sep 29, 2026 |
| Growth | $79 / monthly | 10,000 screenshots$0.0079 per included unit | Overage: $0.006 per extra screenshotAnnual billing includes two months free | Only successful, uncached renders count under the published rules. | ScreenshotOne pricing, checked Sep 29, 2026 |
| Scale | $259 / monthly | 50,000 screenshots$0.00518 per included unit | Overage: $0.004 per extra screenshotAnnual billing includes two months free | Only successful, uncached renders count under the published rules. | ScreenshotOne pricing, checked Sep 29, 2026 |
Workload cost
Named-plan rates only become useful after a workload is applied. These scenarios choose the lowest listed plan that covers each volume and show the first twelve months of cash cost.
| Workload | Grabbit, annual | ScreenshotOne, annual | Plan and assumption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation100 / month | $50 for live captures | $0 | ScreenshotOne Free. ScreenshotOne includes 100 live screenshots each month. Grabbit test keys return placeholders, so visual evaluation needs live credits. |
| Small production2,000 / month | $50 | $170 | ScreenshotOne Basic, annual billing. Annual ScreenshotOne billing gives two months free, while credits still reset each month. |
| Growing production10,000 / month | $250 | $790 | ScreenshotOne Growth, annual billing. Grabbit uses the annual grant plus four 25,000-credit top-ups. ScreenshotOne Growth supplies a fresh 10,000-credit allowance each month. |
| High-volume production100,000 / month | $2,400 | $4,990 | ScreenshotOne Scale, annual billing plus overage. The estimate applies the published two-month annual discount to Scale, then prices 50,000 monthly overage screenshots at $0.004 each. Grabbit uses its annual grant plus the lowest-cost mix of published top-ups. |
Assumptions: Twelve equal months, one successful uncached screenshot per requested capture, public list prices, annual ScreenshotOne discount applied, published Scale overage used only for the 100,000-per-month row, and no tax. Grabbit annual subscription credits expire at term end; separately purchased top-up credits do not expire while the account remains active.
Migration map
The examples capture the same public page as a 1440 by 900 full-page WebP. Keep the provider-specific features called out in the map instead of silently dropping them.
curl -G https://api.screenshotone.com/take \
-H "X-Access-Key: $SCREENSHOTONE_ACCESS_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "url=https://example.com" \
--data "format=webp" --data "viewport_width=1440" \
--data "viewport_height=900" --data "full_page=true" \
--output capture.webpcurl -X POST https://api.grabbit.live/v1/grabs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GRABBIT_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com",
"format": "webp",
"width": 1440,
"height": 900,
"full_page": true
}'Binary WebP by default; response_type=json returns a screenshot_url.{
"id": "<grab_id>",
"status": "done",
"image_url": "https://<host>/<image>.webp",
"bytes": 123456,
"execution_ms": 2345
}| Intent | ScreenshotOne | Grabbit | Migration caveat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target | url | url | Direct mapping. |
| Viewport | viewport_width, viewport_height | width, height | Grabbit accepts widths from 320 to 1,920 and heights from 240 to 1,080. |
| Full page | full_page | full_page | Direct mapping. |
| Element capture | selector | selector | Direct mapping. |
| Delay | delay in seconds | delay_ms in milliseconds | Multiply by 1,000; Grabbit accepts up to 10,000 ms. |
| Result | binary by default or response_type=json | JSON with image_url | Clients that stream ScreenshotOne bytes need a second GET of Grabbit image_url. |
| Agent text | Markdown extraction through MCP | No Markdown extraction | Keep ScreenshotOne when the same tool call must return page text. |
npx grabbit.live https://example.com --width 1440 --height 900 --format webp --full-pageCapture https://example.com as a full-page WebP at 1440 by 900. Return the image and image_url.Agent experience
Both publish hosted OAuth MCP endpoints. ScreenshotOne also publishes a local command-line MCP server; Grabbit does not ship a local MCP package.
Both can return image content through MCP. ScreenshotOne also documents Markdown and full-page slice results; Grabbit keeps image_url in every result for clients that cannot accept image blocks.
Call get_usage, treat credits_exhausted as HTTP 402, and top up before retrying. Use a synchronous test-key placeholder to verify wiring, then switch to a live key for visual QA.
First-party evidence
Reviewed by the Grabbit product team on September 29, 2026. We update the review date when we recheck a vendor change. Email support@grabbit.live with a source link if a claim needs correction. Source dates are claim dates, not a blanket freshness stamp.
Open this comparison as JSONA test key returns a placeholder, so you can verify auth, request shape, and result handling. Use a live key with available credits when you need to inspect the real page.