Screenshots as a service, without the monthly waste
Outsource the headless browsers, the scaling, and the maintenance. Send a URL, get an image. Flat annual pricing and credits that never reset.
Running screenshot infrastructure is a tax
Capturing one page is easy. Capturing them reliably, at volume, forever, is a standing engineering cost most teams underestimate.
- Headless Chrome leaks memory and needs babysitting at scale.
- Cold starts make capture latency unpredictable.
- Fonts and emoji render differently across machines.
- Bot walls and cookie banners block or pollute your shots.
What “as a service” actually gives you
Managed rendering with full-page capture, custom viewports, your choice of PNG, JPEG, or WebP, a wait timer and CSS selector for tricky pages, automatic cookie-consent dismissal, and async delivery with signed webhooks for batch jobs. You send a URL and get a hosted image back.
curl https://grabbit.live/api/v1/grabs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "url": "https://example.com", "full_page": true }'For product teams
Generate Open Graph images, link previews, dashboard thumbnails, visual QA snapshots, and change monitoring without standing up a rendering pipeline.
For AI agents
Give an autonomous workflow eyes on the web. One-line onboarding through the hosted MCP server, Bearer-token auth, and a structured JSON response built for code.
Flat annual beats monthly resets
Monthly plans forfeit unused quota every cycle. You pay for captures you never take. Grabbit credits are prepaid and never reset: $50 per year for 25,000 captures at $0.002 each, plus top-up packs that stack and stay until used.
Screenshots as a service FAQ
- What is screenshots as a service?
- It is a managed API that captures website screenshots for you. Instead of running and scaling headless browsers, you send a URL and receive a hosted image, handling formats, viewports, waiting, and cookie banners on your behalf.
- Should I build my own screenshot service or buy one?
- Building means running headless Chrome, scaling workers, and maintaining rendering quirks. A service removes that operational load. If screenshots are not your core product, buying is usually faster and cheaper than the infrastructure to do it reliably.
- How much does a screenshot service cost?
- Grabbit is $50 per year for 25,000 captures, which is $0.002 each. Prepaid credit packs stack on top and never reset, so you never forfeit an unused monthly quota.
- Do unused screenshots expire?
- No. Grabbit credits are prepaid and never reset. You keep them until you use them, unlike monthly plans that forfeit unused quota every cycle.
- Is there an API for screenshots as a service?
- Yes. Grabbit is an API first. Send a POST to /api/v1/grabs with a URL and get back a hosted image. See the screenshot API page for full parameters and code samples.