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canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/compare/screenshotapi-net'
title: 'HTML/CSS to Image vs ScreenshotAPI.net: Features & Pricing'
description: 'ScreenshotAPI.net is a low-cost capture API with video, scraping, and scheduling. HTML/CSS to Image adds templates, signed URLs, and no per-minute limits.'
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# HTML/CSS to Image vs ScreenshotAPI.net

ScreenshotAPI.net covers a lot of website capture at low prices: HTML input, PDFs, scrolling video, scraping, and scheduled jobs. HTML/CSS to Image focuses on designing, reusing, and safely embedding your images.

[View this comparison on the website](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/compare/screenshotapi-net)

## The short answer

**Choose HTML/CSS to Image if:**

- You send bursts of image requests and don't want to pace them to 20–80 a minute.
- Image URLs go in public pages, and you need signing to keep your API key private.
- You're designing images with templates, variables, or a visual editor.
- You'll reuse each image in several sizes or formats.

**Choose ScreenshotAPI.net if:**

- You want the lowest price for website captures.
- You need scrolling video, scheduled captures, or HTML, text, and Markdown extraction.

## At a glance

| Capability | HTML/CSS to Image | ScreenshotAPI.net |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Render controls | Very flexible (90/100) | Flexible (78/100) |
| Request rate limits | Yes — No per-minute limits | Partial — 20–80 requests/min by plan |
| Hosted image URLs | Yes | Partial — Kept up to 6 months on paid plans |
| PDF rendering | Partial — Paid plans | Yes |
| Batch requests | Partial — 25–100 images on paid plans | Partial — Paid plans, JSON or CSV upload |
| Overages | Optional — $10/1,000, or $50/10,000 on Scale | Partial — Plan-dependent |
| Native SDKs | Yes — Several languages | Partial — Code examples in 6 languages |
| No-code integrations | Yes — Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream | Yes — viaSocket |
| Organizations and teams | Yes — No seat fees | Partial — Unlimited team members on paid plans |
| Cookie-banner blocking | Yes | Yes — Plus ad, tracker, and chat blocking |
| Extra features | Visual template editor<br>Signed URLs that keep your API key private<br>Dynamic OG images without API calls<br>Resize and reformat without new credits | Scrolling video and GIFs<br>HTML, text, and Markdown extraction<br>Scheduled captures |

## Where they overlap

ScreenshotAPI.net is one of the broader capture APIs we compare against. Both render HTML/CSS and capture webpages with controls for sizing, selectors, and waiting for content. Both generate PDFs, block cookie banners, run batch jobs on paid plans, and let teammates share an account.

## Templates you don't have to build in code

ScreenshotAPI.net accepts custom HTML, so you can render your own designs. You still build and fill in that HTML in your application for every variation.

HTML/CSS to Image adds a design layer on top. Design in the visual editor or save your HTML/CSS as a template, then send only the values that change. Dynamic Open Graph images go further: configure one URL pattern, and each page picks its template values through meta tags, with no API calls from your publishing workflow.

## Putting image URLs in public pages

A ScreenshotAPI.net GET request works in an image tag, but your API token sits in the query string. Request signing isn't documented, and keys can't be restricted to a domain.

HTML/CSS to Image's signed URLs are built for this. Put an image or template URL in an email, a webpage, or `og:image`, and the signature protects the request without exposing your API key.

## Rate limits

HTML/CSS to Image has no per-minute or concurrency limits on creating and rendering images. Your requests can run in parallel without waiting for a plan-based allowance to reset.

ScreenshotAPI.net's Startup plan allows 40 requests per minute. Even in the best case, assuming your site loads in one second, 1,000 images need 25 minutes' worth of request allowance. Essential allows 20 requests per minute and Business allows 80.

## Caching and reuse

ScreenshotAPI.net doesn't count cached screenshots toward your quota, and the cache lasts 30 days by default. Its docs and pricing FAQ disagree on whether caching is on by default, so check `enable_caching` and `fresh` for your requests.

With HTML/CSS to Image, an existing image URL remains reusable even when its rendered output isn't cached. Resized or reformatted versions don't use new credits. Matching HTML/CSS creation requests are also deduplicated, with URL screenshot deduplication available as an option.

## Where ScreenshotAPI.net goes further

It's built to capture a lot of the web: scrolling video and GIFs on Startup and above, HTML, text, and Markdown extraction, recurring captures from the dashboard (including from a sitemap), and bulk jobs from a CSV upload. For monitoring or archiving websites, those are useful tools that HTML/CSS to Image doesn't have.

## Pricing

ScreenshotAPI.net is cheaper in both examples. Its prices are shown as discounts from higher list prices, so check the current rate before you commit. It charges overages by plan, but doesn't publish a per-screenshot price.

USD, monthly billing, before tax. Distinct standard screenshots with no cache reuse. ScreenshotAPI.net doesn't count cached or failed screenshots against your quota.

### Getting started

Entry paid plans, with their actual included allowances.

**HTML/CSS to Image:** $14/month for 1,000 images on Basic.

Includes templates, the visual editor, and hosted image delivery. A free plan includes 50 images per month.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** $9/month for 1,000 screenshots on Essential.

Shown as a discount from a $20 list price. A seven-day trial includes 100 screenshots.

ScreenshotAPI.net costs less at 1,000 screenshots.

### At 10,000 images per month

Distinct standard screenshots, monthly USD pricing.

**HTML/CSS to Image:** $69/month for 10,000 images on Basic.

Optional overages cost $10 per 1,000 images. Includes templates, hosted image delivery, storage destinations, and bring-your-own proxies at this volume.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** $29/month for 10,000 screenshots on Startup.

Shown as a discount from a $35 list price. Adds scrolling video, proxies, and custom storage buckets.

ScreenshotAPI.net costs less at this volume.

## Common questions

### Is ScreenshotAPI.net cheaper than HTML/CSS to Image?

Yes, at the prices currently shown: $9/month for 1,000 screenshots and $29 for 10,000, versus $14 and $69 on HTML/CSS to Image. Those prices are listed as discounts from higher list prices, so check the current rate.

### Does ScreenshotAPI.net have rate limits?

Yes. Essential allows 20 requests a minute, Startup 40, and Business 80, and requests over the limit return HTTP 429. HTML/CSS to Image has no per-minute or concurrency limits.

### Can ScreenshotAPI.net render HTML?

Yes, with its custom_html parameter. HTML/CSS to Image renders HTML/CSS too, and also lets you save designs as templates and generate variations from signed URLs.

### Can HTML/CSS to Image record scrolling video?

No. For scrolling video or GIFs, ScreenshotAPI.net is the better choice. HTML/CSS to Image captures still images and PDFs.

## Comparison details

### Rendering inputs

**HTML/CSS to Image:** Render HTML/CSS or URLs with viewport, scale, selector, timing, font, and other controls. Convenience options include google_fonts and a ScreenshotReady() signal for your page's JavaScript.

The same options apply whether you send HTML/CSS or a URL.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** Capture a URL or send custom HTML, with viewport, full-page, selector, wait, CSS and JavaScript injection, dark mode, and geolocation options.

Send large HTML with a POST request.

Both render HTML and capture URLs with broad controls.

### Concurrency and rate limits

**HTML/CSS to Image:** Send image creation and rendering requests in parallel, with no concurrency caps or per-second or per-minute rate limits.

Image credits and plan limits still apply.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** Essential allows 20 requests per minute, Startup 40, and Business 80.

Requests over the limit return HTTP 429.

No per-minute allowance to pace against.

### Caching and delivery

**HTML/CSS to Image:** Hosting and CDN delivery are included. Application-level caching keeps an existing image URL reusable, even after a CDN cache miss, without consuming another image credit.

Paid plans keep images while your account is active. Custom-storage-only images use your own delivery.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** Cached screenshots don't count toward your quota, and the cache lasts 30 days by default.

Its documentation and pricing FAQ differ on whether caching is on by default, so check enable_caching and fresh for your requests. No CDN is documented.

Re-rendering an existing HCTI image URL doesn't consume another credit, even after a cache miss.

### Scrolling video

**HTML/CSS to Image:** HTML/CSS to Image does not offer scrolling video or animated screenshot output.

Full-page still screenshots are supported. Capturing a tall page as one image is different from recording a video as it scrolls.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** Record scrolling video as MP4, WebM, or GIF on Startup and above.

ScreenshotAPI.net offers motion output.

### Page content extraction

**HTML/CSS to Image:** Image creation returns JSON containing an image ID and hosted image URL.

The response is designed around creating and delivering images.

**ScreenshotAPI.net:** Extract HTML, text, Markdown, and image URLs alongside the screenshot.

ScreenshotAPI.net also extracts page content.

## Research and sources

Last reviewed: 2026-09-30

Reviewed ScreenshotAPI.net's public documentation, help center, and pricing alongside HCTI documentation and pricing. Where its pages disagree (caching defaults, bulk job limits, and overage behavior), the comparison avoids the specific figure. Costs are calculated from published monthly plans, which are shown as discounts from higher list prices. No rendering, performance, or visual-quality tests were performed. MCP support isn't documented and is left out rather than marked unsupported.

- [HCTI API responses](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/using-the-api/) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI render readiness](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/parameters/render_when_ready/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net render options](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI rate and usage limits](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/using-the-api/rate-limits/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net pricing](https://www.screenshotapi.net/pricing) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net errors](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/errors) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI plans and pricing](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/pricing) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI storage destinations](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/guides/advanced/storage-destinations/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net help center](https://www.screenshotapi.net/help) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net PDF rendering](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/pdf-rendering) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI MCP tools](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/integrations/mcp/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net bulk screenshots](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/bulkScreenshots) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI SDKs and example code](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/example-code/) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net getting started](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/getStarted) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI on Zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/htmlcss-to-image/integrations) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI on Make](https://www.make.com/en/integrations/html-css-to-image) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI n8n node](https://n8n.io/integrations/htmlcss-to-image-api/) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI on Pipedream](https://pipedream.com/apps/html-css-to-image) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net on viaSocket](https://viasocket.com/integrations/screenshotapi) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI organizations](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/features/organizations) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net resource blocking](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/block-resources) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI image templates](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/templates/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [HCTI template editor](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/template-editor/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [HCTI dynamic Open Graph images](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/features/og-images) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI signed image URLs](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/create-and-render/) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net cached and fresh screenshots](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/cached-and-fresh-screenshot) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net scheduled screenshots](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/scheduleScreenshots) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [HCTI output formats](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/faq/) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net scrolling screenshots](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/scrollingScreenshot) (checked 2026-09-30)
- [ScreenshotAPI.net scraping](https://www.screenshotapi.net/docs/renderScreenshot/scraping) (checked 2026-09-30)

## Try it out

[Try the live image demo](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/compare/screenshotapi-net#demo)

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We tried to make this an honest and fair comparison. We last updated the details on September 30, 2026. If you represent ScreenshotAPI.net and want to correct the record, please [email us](mailto:support@htmlcsstoimage.com).