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Vercel OG draws Open Graph images from JSX using flexbox and a subset of CSS. HTML/CSS to Image renders your complete HTML/CSS, with templates, hosting, and URL screenshots built in.
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Both turn markup into Open Graph images on request. Both return a PNG you can point og:image at, and both are built for generating many variations of a design from data like a title or an author.
It's close to your code. In the Next.js App Router, ImageResponse is already included: write JSX, return an image from a route, and Vercel caches the response for a year by default. For a card with a title, an avatar, and a logo, that can be all you need.
Vercel OG doesn't use a browser. Satori converts your JSX to SVG, then Resvg converts that to PNG, so only a subset of CSS works:
display: grid won't work, and there's no z-index or calc.<script>, <link>, or React state. Explicit image dimensions are recommended.Satori also notes that its output isn't guaranteed to match what a browser renders.
HTML/CSS to Image
Render HTML/CSS with a full Chromium browser engine, including grid, z-index, calc(), box-shadow, filters, and web fonts.
Send your HTML/CSS directly or capture a webpage URL, using the same browser rendering model as your site.
Vercel OG
Supports flexbox and a subset of CSS. display: grid, z-index, calc, and 3D transforms aren't supported.
Satori doesn't guarantee its output matches browser rendering.
HTML/CSS to Image renders HTML/CSS with a full browser engine, including grid layouts, Google Fonts loaded by name, and JavaScript that runs before the capture. The components and styles from your site work as they are, without rewriting them for Satori.
It also captures live URLs, creates PDFs, and keeps each image at a hosted URL, and saved templates and the visual editor let people change a design without a deploy. It's an HTTP API, so it works the same from any stack, on Vercel or not.
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.
Vercel OG
Responses are cached with an immutable, one-year Cache-Control header by default.
Your deployment supplies the image route, hosting, and delivery.
Plans and pricing
The @vercel/og package is free under the MPL-2.0 license. On Vercel, you pay for function compute: Hobby includes 4 hours of Active CPU and 1 million invocations a month, and on Pro, invocations cost $0.60 per million plus CPU and memory priced by region. Default caching reduces how often your function runs.
HTML/CSS to Image charges per created image, with hosting included.
$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.
Free library. Vercel Hobby includes 4 hours of Active CPU and 1 million invocations a month.
Low-volume cards may fit within an existing Vercel plan.
$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.
Vercel Pro compute: $0.60 per million invocations, plus Active CPU and memory priced by region.
Per-image cost depends on render time and how often the cache serves a request.
Vercel OG uses Satori, which supports flexbox and a subset of CSS. display: grid, z-index, calc, and 3D transforms aren't supported, and fonts must be TTF, OTF, or WOFF. HTML/CSS to Image renders HTML/CSS with a full browser engine.
Yes. It supports Node.js, including self-hosted Next.js apps using ImageResponse. Your deployment handles hosting and delivery. HTML/CSS to Image includes both through its API.
The @vercel/og package is free under the MPL-2.0 license. On Vercel, you pay for function compute, and default caching keeps repeat requests off your function.
If your design needs full CSS, existing HTML, or editing outside of code, HTML/CSS to Image. It renders complete HTML/CSS, hosts the images, and generates Open Graph images from templates and signed URLs.
See the output for yourself
Paste some HTML/CSS, screenshot a URL, or fill in a template. The demo below calls the real API, and you don't need an account.
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Render HTML/CSS, capture webpages, or generate images from reusable templates.
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