# Site-Shot, free: Web scraping API

> Integrate website screenshot capture into your application with a single HTTP GET request. Send a URL, receive a pixel-perfect PNG, JPEG or WebP image — or a JSON response with base64-encoded image data, HTTP headers, and rendered source code.

Site-Shot's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Site-Shot's docs list 3 of the 7 fields on our checklist: Screenshot, Markdown, HTML.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Site-Shot scores 55.6 out of 100. Site-Shot ranks 107th of 143 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,645 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.999 per 1,000 pages or less. [See how many web scraping API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
[LinkPreview's $8 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkpreview/8-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 pages. LinkPreview's web scraping API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[WebScraping.AI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/webscraping-ai/29-monthly-personal-get-html-get-page-html-datacenter-proxy-no-js-rendering/llms.txt), [Scrappey](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrappey/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-api-v1-direct-request/llms.txt) and [APIFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/apifreaks/100-monthly-monthly-1500000-credits-post-scraping-web-scraper-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/free
- [Web scraping API: 140+ scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.site-shot.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.site-shot.com/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.site-shot.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.site-shot.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#documentation
- Sold by: Site-Shot (https://www.site-shot.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 43%
- Screenshot: ✓
- Markdown: ✓
- HTML: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 pages: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Integrate website screenshot capture into your application with a single HTTP GET request. Send a URL, receive a pixel-perfect PNG, JPEG or WebP image — or a JSON response with base64-encoded image data, HTTP headers, and rendered source code.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Use the Service in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.", "Users shall not engage in activities that interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of our Service."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: at every renewal

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 6.25 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: width, height, zoom, full_size, max_height, scaled_width, format, response_type, delay_time, timeout, user_agent, request_header, http_proxy, proxy_username, proxy_password, proxy_rotation, source_code, markdown, javascript_code, no_cookie_popup, no_ads, webgl, fresh_session, handle_challenges, country, strict_country, language, time_zone, geolocation
- Method: GET
- Path: /

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a confirmed email, who has not had a paid plan before

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

screenshot image, HTTP status code, HTTP response headers, capture parameters, page markdown, markdown status, markdown character count, markdown truncated, page HTML, page HTML status

## Site-Shot's plans (5)

- [Site-Shot, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Site-Shot, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/5-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Site-Shot, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/15-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Site-Shot, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/50-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Site-Shot, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 43% complete, live

## Site-Shot's calls (1)

- `GET /`: [Site-Shot, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/free/llms.txt)

## Site-Shot's APIs (1)

- [Site-Shot: web scraping API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/site-shot/free/llms.txt)

## Site-Shot: web scraping API alternatives

- [SerpKite, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/serpkite/50-pack/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, $399 monthly, Business, POST /api/v2/unlocker/request, JS Render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapeless/399-monthly-business-post-api-v2-unlocker-request-js-render/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [Serpex, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/serpex/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 29% complete, live
- [SpecStream, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/specstream/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://www.site-shot.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing#documentation
- https://www.site-shot.com/api/v1/agent/docs/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/api/v1/agent/docs/screenshot-api.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/api/v1/agent/docs/signup.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/api/v1/agent/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/openapi-capture.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://www.site-shot.com/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing