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11 Screenshot API alternatives to Urlbox
Why we think Urlbox is the best screenshot API
We captured a website screenshot of urlbox in 11 alternative screenshot APIs to compare their accuracy.
The urlbox front page uses:
- multiple webfonts
- flexbox css for layout
- lazy loading images (they load only when they come into the viewport)
- 3d transforms
- overflow containers
This makes the urlbox frontpage a good candidate to test how well other screenshot services can render the various features.
Hover over them to inspect the screenshots more thoroughly.
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All screenshots taken with viewport set to 1280px wide (if supported) and full-page mode set to true
Scroll horizontally to compare Urlbox against other screenshot services
Urlbox
urlbox.io

✔ Web fonts
✔ Flexbox
✔ Lazy load
✔ 3d transforms
✔ Scrollbars hidden
URL2PNG
url2png.com

✔ Web fonts
✔ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✔ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
screenshotlayer
screenshotlayer.com

✔ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
browshot
browshot.com

✖ Web fonts
✔ Flexbox
✔ Lazy load
✔ 3d transforms
✔ Scrollbars hidden
Fonts are almost there, but a closer inspection shows kerning to be off
shrinktheweb
shrinktheweb.com

✔ Web fonts
✔ Flexbox
✔ Lazy load
✔ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
page2images
page2images.com

✔ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
screenshotmachine
screenshotmachine.com

✖ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
linkpeek
linkpeek.com

✖ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
pagelr
pagelr.com

✔ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
restpack
restpack.io/screenshot

✔ Web fonts
✔ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✔ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible
sitesnapr
sitesnapr.com

✖ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✖ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✔ Scrollbars hidden
web-capture.net
web-capture.net

✖ Web fonts
✖ Flexbox
✔ Lazy load
✖ 3d transforms
✖ Scrollbars visible