Urlbox vs Pikwy

Urlbox9.0Visit Pikwy7.4Visit

Higher score Urlbox #1 in Website Screenshot Software 9.0/10 From $19/mo · 7-day trial ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Urlbox

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Pikwy #5 in Website Screenshot Software 7.4/10 From $3/mo · 7-day trial ✓ 3 of 5 features Visit Pikwy

• Urlbox fits best

  Teams needing a mature, flexible screenshot API

• Pikwy fits best

  Low-cost users needing flexible API capture controls

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Side by side

Feature	Urlbox 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Pikwy 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.4
Ranking	#1 in Website Screenshot Software	#5 in Website Screenshot Software
Best for	Teams needing a mature, flexible screenshot API	Low-cost users needing flexible API capture controls
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$19/mo	$3/mo (best)
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Free trial length	7 days · no card needed	7 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Browser extension
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Docs	Email, Tickets, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business
Features Urlbox 0/5 · Pikwy 3/5
Full-page capture	Not published	✓ (best)
Mobile capture	Not published	✓ (best)
Scheduled capture	Not published	—
API access	Not published	✓ (best)
Bulk URL capture	Not published	Not published
Specs
Output formats	Not published	JPG, PNG, PDF, HTML
Our review
Pros	Captures full pages and selected elements with CSS selectors Renders URLs or HTML into images, PDFs, video, and structured outputs Offers sync and async APIs, webhooks, and cloud or self-hosted deployment	Captures full pages and simulates desktop, tablet, and smartphone resolutions API captures can use custom headers, cookies, delays, timeouts, or geolocation Exports screenshots to FTP, S3, Azure Blob Storage, or Dropbox
Cons	No free plan; monthly plans start at $19 Complex rendering and business-critical use require higher-priced tiers Lo-Fi is limited to low-quality screenshots of third-party websites	The Free tier is a 7-day trial, not an ongoing free plan Scheduled captures are not supported The $3 monthly package does not specify its screenshot quantity
Our verdict	Urlbox turns URLs or HTML into automated website captures for developers, designers, law firms, infrastructure engineers, and teams that need repeatable rendering. It supports full-page screenshots, selected elements via CSS selectors, and… Read the review →	Pikwy is a website screenshot service for people who need to capture public webpages in a browser or automate captures through an API. In the web tool, users can enter a URL, choose dimensions or device-like resolutions, hide page… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Urlbox — where it wins

  • Captures full pages and selected elements with CSS selectors
  • Renders URLs or HTML into images, PDFs, video, and structured outputs
  • Offers sync and async APIs, webhooks, and cloud or self-hosted deployment

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; monthly plans start at $19
  • Complex rendering and business-critical use require higher-priced tiers
  • Lo-Fi is limited to low-quality screenshots of third-party websites

• Pikwy — where it wins

  • Captures full pages and simulates desktop, tablet, and smartphone resolutions
  • API captures can use custom headers, cookies, delays, timeouts, or geolocation
  • Exports screenshots to FTP, S3, Azure Blob Storage, or Dropbox

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free tier is a 7-day trial, not an ongoing free plan
  • Scheduled captures are not supported
  • The $3 monthly package does not specify its screenshot quantity

• Urlbox9.0/10 · From $19/mo · 7-day trial

  A flexible screenshot API with full-page capture and multiple output formats.

  Visit UrlboxFull verdict →
• Pikwy7.4/10 · From $3/mo · 7-day trial

  Pikwy combines browser-based and API captures with configurable options from $3 per month.

  Visit PikwyFull verdict →