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Browshot
Browshot · Campbell, California, USA
What it is
Browshot is a web service for capturing real-time screenshots of live websites through a dashboard or REST API. It supports more than 30 virtual browsers, including mobile and desktop choices, and can capture screen views, full pages, or thumbnails in PNG and JPEG. Users can request viewport dimensions and thumbnail sizes and aspect ratios. Browshot uses real desktop and mobile browsers that support HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, image loading, and redirects. The API uses an API key; open-source libraries are available for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and C#, with Swagger specifications for generating clients in other languages. Premium and private browsers can perform actions such as clicking, typing, navigation, and JavaScript execution. Trackers can extract page values, and screenshots can be delivered to Amazon S3 or hosted by Browshot over HTTPS. The free plan includes 100 screenshots per month, with reduced browser and resolution options and shared browsers. Paid plans start at $1 a month. Average completion time including page loading is about 15 seconds; pages exceeding two minutes are aborted without a charge for failed screenshots.
For and against
For
- Captures screen and full-page screenshots and thumbnails.
- Supports over 30 virtual browsers.
- Offers REST API and client libraries.
- Can upload captures to Amazon S3.
- Free plan includes 100 screenshots per month.
Against
- Free plan has reduced browser and resolution choices.
- Free plan uses shared browsers.
- Average completion takes about 15 seconds.
- Pages over two minutes are aborted.
The verdict
Browshot combines browser-based capture with API access, automation, and multiple storage options. Its free plan has limited browser and resolution choices, while paid plans start at $1 a month.
Who it suits
Browshot suits developers and teams that need website screenshots through a dashboard, API, or command-line tools. Its browser automation, page tracking, and S3 integration are relevant to users with capture workflows to automate or store.
Plans and prices
10 credits
10 credits
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60 credits
60 credits
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300 credits
300 credits
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1,000 credits
1,000 credits
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3,000 credits
3,000 credits
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8,000 credits
8,000 credits
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20,000 credits
20,000 credits
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45,000 credits
45,000 credits
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125,000 credits
125,000 credits
Read 20 Sep 2026 · browshot.com
On the record
- API
- The service provides a REST API, currently documented as API version 1.31, authenticated with an API key.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Automation
- Premium and private browsers support automation steps such as clicking, typing, JavaScript execution, sleeping, navigation and screenshots.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Browser technology
- Browshot uses real desktop and mobile browsers and supports HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, image loading and redirects.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Export formats
- PNG,JPEGbrowshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Command line
- Screenshots and thumbnails can be requested from Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Windows using tools such as wget, curl, fetch or browshot-cmd.exe.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Data extraction
- Trackers can extract values such as search rank, prices, delivery dates and page titles from rendered pages.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- cloudbrowshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Device coverage
- It supports more than 30 virtual browsers, including iOS, Android, iPhone, Nexus, iPad and PC browsers.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Geographic IPs
- The service offers IP locations in Germany, the UK, the USA and Australia, with other countries available on request.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Amazon S3browshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Key features
- Real-time screenshots of web pages · Screen and full-page capture modes · Desktop and mobile virtual browsers · Custom browser viewport dimensions · Thumbnails with cropping, scaling, and PNG or JPEG output · REST API and open-source client libraries · JavaScript execution and browser automation steps · Batch, multiple-URL, and domain-crawl screenshot requestsbrowshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Shareable links
- Yesbrowshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Performance limit
- The average screenshot completion time including page load is about 15 seconds, and pages taking more than two minutes are aborted without charging for failed screenshots.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Reliability
- Browshot says its databases, cache and distributed file systems are redundant, and that services are actively and third-party monitored.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Screenshot formats
- Users can request screen or full-page screenshots and thumbnails of any size and aspect ratio.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Scrolling capture
- Yesbrowshot.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- SDKs
- Open-source libraries are available for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and C#, with Swagger specifications for generating clients in other languages.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Storage integration
- Browshot can upload screenshots and thumbnails directly to a customer’s Amazon S3 bucket or host them on Browshot over HTTPS.browshot.com · read 28 Sep 2026
