Self-hosting Puppeteer in production is painful: memory leaks, 400MB Docker images, Chromium crashes.
In 2026, screenshot APIs cost less than the server time debugging Puppeteer.
Comparison
| API | Free | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaptureAPI | 200/mo | $9/mo | Yes |
| ScreenshotOne | 100/mo | $9/mo | No |
| Urlbox | Trial | $49/mo | Yes |
CaptureAPI does screenshots + PDFs + OG images in one endpoint. 200 free/month.
Also: AccessiScan, CompliPilot
Top comments (1)
been there with chromium eating all the ram. switching to an API was the right call
if anyone needs screenshot/pdf without running headless browser — snapapi.pics is what i use now. simple REST, no infra