# Snapshot Site, free: Web scraping API

> Return the HTML produced after the browser renders the page. Initial server markup can be only an application shell. Request rendered HTML when the workflow needs the DOM after client JavaScript and page data have built the visible state.

Snapshot Site's Free plan for the web scraping API costs $0.00 per 1,000 pages. Snapshot Site's docs list 1 of the 7 fields on our checklist: HTML.
In [our web scraping API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt), the best plan from Snapshot Site scores 60.7 out of 100. Snapshot Site ranks 91st of 150 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 2,679 plans for web scraping APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.9999 or less per 1,000 pages. [See the best free web scraping API plan.](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. [Spider Cloud's Pay as you go plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/spider-cloud/top-up-from-1-pay-as-you-go-post-scrape-scrape/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 pages a month: $1.00.
[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 [ScraperAPI](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scraperapi/299-monthly-business-get-sync-api/llms.txt) are the best web scraping API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/free
- [Web scraping API: best scraper providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-web-scraping-api.txt)
- Get it: https://snapshot-site.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.prod.ss.snapshot-site.com/api/v1/screenshot`
- API key: with the plan, on https://snapshot-site.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://snapshot-site.com/webpage-to-html-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- Sold by: Snapshot Site (https://snapshot-site.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 14%
- HTML: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Advanced Capture (v2) · Visual Diff & Regression Review (v3)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Return the HTML produced after the browser renders the page. Initial server markup can be only an application shell. Request rendered HTML when the workflow needs the DOM after client JavaScript and page data have built the visible state.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the API solely for lawful purposes and in accordance with these terms. [...] We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or abuse the service (e.g., excessive usage, malicious activity, scraping). [...] usage limits may apply depending on your plan. We may throttle or limit access if we detect unusual usage patterns affecting system performance.

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 50 requests a month
- Enough for: 50 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 4.67 s

## The call

- You send: url, format "html", Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: width, height, delay, fullSize, hideCookie
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/screenshot

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 13 or older

## The 3 fields the plan's answer can hold

URL, hosted HTML URL, fetch time

## Snapshot Site's plans (4)

- [Snapshot Site, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Snapshot Site, €7 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/7-monthly/llms.txt): $7.877 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Snapshot Site, €20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/20-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [Snapshot Site, €39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/39-monthly/llms.txt): $1.463 per 1,000, 14% complete, live

## Snapshot Site's calls (1)

- `POST /api/v1/screenshot`: [Snapshot Site, free](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/free/llms.txt)

## Snapshot Site's APIs (1)

- [Snapshot Site: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/snapshot-site/free/llms.txt)

## Snapshot Site: web scraping API alternatives

- [Scrape.do, $6,990 yearly, Advanced (annual billing), GET /, Web Scraping API, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrape-do/6990-yearly-advanced-annual-billing-get-web-scraping-api-full/llms.txt): $1.456 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $350 monthly, Premium, GET /scrape, Web Scraping API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingdog/350-monthly-premium-get-scrape-web-scraping-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $1.458 per 1,000, 14% complete, live
- [ScrapingBee, $2,399 monthly, Enterprise 41, GET /api/v1/, HTML API, premium proxy](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapingbee/2399-monthly-enterprise-41-get-api-v1-html-api-premium-proxy/llms.txt): $1.463 per 1,000, 57% complete, live
- [Ujeebu, $529.20 yearly, Starter, POST /markdown, Markdown Generation, advanced proxy, with JS](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/ujeebu/529-20-yearly-starter-post-markdown-markdown-generation-advanced-proxy-with-js/llms.txt): $1.47 per 1,000, 29% 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://snapshot-site.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/posts/rate-limits-and-retries-for-high-volume-screenshot-api-usage?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/posts/what-does-a-screenshot-api-cost-per-1000-captures?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/screenshot-api-response-formats?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/terms-policy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/terms-policy-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing
- https://snapshot-site.com/webpage-to-html-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=web-scraping-api-pricing