rasterly vs ScreenshotOne — screenshot API at a tenth of the price

ScreenshotOne is a solid, well-documented screenshot API. It's also one of the priciest per render in the category — $5.18 per 1,000 at its 50k tier. rasterly delivers the same PNG/JPEG/PDF at $0.58 there. Over a year that's the difference between $3,108 and $348.

The gap, in numbers

Renders / month	rasterly	ScreenshotOne	You keep
10,000	$9	~$52	$43/mo
50,000	$29	$259	$230/mo
250,000	$99	~$1,295	$1,196/mo
Per 1,000 (at 50k)	$0.58	$5.18	−89%

What you don't give up

	rasterly	ScreenshotOne
PNG / JPEG / PDF	All three	All three
Full-page & retina	Yes	Yes
Viewport control	Yes	Yes
SSRF protection	Enforced	Yes
Card sign-up, usage billing	Yes	Yes
Warm render latency	~1s	comparable

Switching over

Both are query-param APIs. Point at rasterly, pass your key, keep your options.

before — ScreenshotOne

curl "https://api.screenshotone.com/take?access_key=KEY&url=https://stripe.com&format=pdf"

after — rasterly

curl "https://api.rasterly.dev/v1/screenshot?url=https://stripe.com&format=pdf" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: sk_live_..." -o page.pdf

FAQ

Is the output quality the same?

Both drive a real headless Chromium, so a full-page PNG or a PDF comes out equivalent. rasterly supports device scale up to 3× for retina crispness.

How can rasterly be a tenth of the price?

One browser is reused across requests, so a warm render costs about a second of CPU. We price on that real cost rather than on the category's going rate.

What about going over my plan?

You keep rendering at the plan's overage rate — no hard stop mid-month. A spend cap is available.

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ScreenshotOne pricing observed August 2026 (list price $259/mo for 50,000 renders) and shown for comparison only; check screenshotone.com for current details. Intermediate figures are interpolated from published plans. rasterly is an independent product, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ScreenshotOne.