# ScreenshotInk

> A screenshot API with the tools built in — capture, compare, audit and monitor any web page, for developers and the AI agents they ship. EU-hosted (Frankfurt) on our own hardware. Free tier: 100 captures/month, no card.

ScreenshotInk turns any URL into a PNG, JPEG or PDF on demand, and bundles the everyday jobs around capture into one subscription and one API key: bulk capture, a responsive tester, Lighthouse audits, sitemap capture, and visual-change monitoring. It also ships a hosted MCP server so AI agents (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT) can capture, compare and audit pages directly — the captured image returns inline so the agent can reason about the rendered pixels in the same turn.

## Capabilities
- Screenshot API: full-page (up to 20,000px) or viewport captures, PNG/JPEG/PDF, HTML-to-image, device width, lazy-load handling, ad & cookie-banner blocking, 24h caching.
- Bulk screenshots: capture up to 20 URLs in one call, download as a zip.
- Compare / visual diff: pixel-diff two URLs (e.g. staging vs production) with a highlighted diff image and changed-pixel percentage.
- Lighthouse audits: performance, accessibility, best-practices and SEO scores plus Core Web Vitals, with the rendered page.
- Sitemap capture: screenshot every page listed in a sitemap.xml in one pass.
- Visual change monitoring: scheduled captures, pixel-diff every run, email alerts.
- MCP server: five tools for AI agents — take_screenshot, bulk_screenshots, compare_screenshots, run_lighthouse, capture_sitemap.

## Key pages
- [Homepage](https://screenshotink.com/): screenshot API overview + live capture playground.
- [Pricing](https://screenshotink.com/pricing): Free ($0, 100/mo) · Starter ($9, 2,000/mo) · Pro ($29, 10,000/mo) · Scale ($79, 50,000/mo). Tools, monitoring and MCP included on every plan.
- [Compare](https://screenshotink.com/compare): ScreenshotInk vs ScreenshotOne vs ApiFlash vs Urlbox — verified pricing.
- [ScreenshotOne alternative](https://screenshotink.com/screenshotone-alternative): head-to-head vs ScreenshotOne.
- [Urlbox alternative](https://screenshotink.com/urlbox-alternative): head-to-head vs Urlbox.
- [ApiFlash alternative](https://screenshotink.com/apiflash-alternative): head-to-head vs ApiFlash.
- [MCP server](https://screenshotink.com/mcp): install for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT; the five tools; a live agent transcript.
- [Getting started](https://screenshotink.com/docs/getting-started): first API call in minutes (curl, PHP, JS, Python).
- [Request parameters](https://screenshotink.com/docs/request-parameters): every capture parameter, type, range and default.

## Tool pages (free to try, no signup)
- [Website screenshot](https://screenshotink.com/tools/website-screenshot): screenshot any website online — viewport or full page, any device.
- [Full page screenshot](https://screenshotink.com/tools/full-page-screenshot): capture the entire scrollable page top to bottom.
- [Long screenshot](https://screenshotink.com/tools/long-screenshot): capture a scrolling/long page as one tall stitched image.
- [Responsive design tester](https://screenshotink.com/tools/responsive-design-tester): preview a site across desktop, tablet and mobile.
- [HTML to image](https://screenshotink.com/tools/html-to-image): convert raw HTML/CSS to a PNG, JPEG or PDF via the API.
- [Open Graph image generator](https://screenshotink.com/tools/open-graph-image): render an HTML template to a 1200×630 og:image.
- [Website monitoring](https://screenshotink.com/tools/website-monitoring): scheduled captures with pixel-diff change alerts.
- [Visual regression testing](https://screenshotink.com/visual-regression-testing): baseline + re-capture + pixel-diff to catch visual changes.
- [Lighthouse test](https://screenshotink.com/tools/lighthouse-test)
- [Bulk screenshots](https://screenshotink.com/tools/bulk-screenshots)
- [Sitemap screenshots](https://screenshotink.com/tools/sitemap-screenshots)

## MCP
- Endpoint: https://mcp.screenshotink.com/mcp (remote, Streamable HTTP; OAuth or `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…`).
- Local: `npx -y @screenshotink/mcp --key sk_live_…`
- Tools: take_screenshot · bulk_screenshots · compare_screenshots · run_lighthouse · capture_sitemap
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@screenshotink/mcp · source: https://github.com/bikker/screenshotink-mcp

## Facts
- Free tier: 100 captures/month, no credit card.
- Hosting: EU (Frankfurt), on hardware we operate.
- Output: PNG, JPEG, PDF; full-page up to 20,000px.
- Contact: info@screenshotink.com