Urlbox vs ScrapingBee

Urlbox8.8Visit ScrapingBee8.5Visit

Higher score Urlbox #1 in Screenshot APIs 8.8/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 6 features Visit Urlbox

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ScrapingBee #2 in Screenshot APIs 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 6 features Visit ScrapingBee

• Urlbox fits best

  Enterprise screenshot rendering and storage workflows

• ScrapingBee fits best

  Teams needing screenshots plus scraping automation

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Side by side

Feature	Urlbox 8.8/10 Visit ↗	ScrapingBee 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#1 in Screenshot APIs	#2 in Screenshot APIs
Best for	Enterprise screenshot rendering and storage workflows	Teams needing screenshots plus scraping automation
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$19/mo	$19/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Docs	Email, Live chat, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR
Integrations	8 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Urlbox 0/6 · ScrapingBee 0/6
HTML input	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
PDF output	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Full-page capture	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Custom viewport	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Wait conditions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Geo-location	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Captures full-page URLs or HTML with browser and geolocation controls Returns images, PDFs, videos, Markdown, metadata, and HTML Offers webhooks and integrations with S3, Azure, and other storage tools	Headless Chrome renders JavaScript and supports interactive scenarios. Combines screenshots, CSS/XPath extraction, and AI-assisted extraction. Works through SDKs, workflow integrations, CLI, and MCP.
Cons	Lo-Fi is limited to low-quality screenshots of third-party websites Monthly pricing rises from $19 to $3,000 across the listed plans Hosted render cache expires after 30 days	No permanent free plan; monthly plans start at $19. Screenshot and extraction features are highlighted on Business and above. Credit-based usage costs vary with the features used.
Our verdict	Urlbox is a screenshot and rendering API for developers and teams automating website capture from URLs or HTML. It serves use cases including design, legal work, and infrastructure workflows, and also offers a bulk screenshot tool for CSV… Read the review →	ScrapingBee is a hosted web-scraping API for developers and product teams that need web data in applications, workflows, pipelines, or internal tools. It combines headless Chrome rendering with proxy infrastructure, screenshots, structured… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Urlbox — where it wins

  • Captures full-page URLs or HTML with browser and geolocation controls
  • Returns images, PDFs, videos, Markdown, metadata, and HTML
  • Offers webhooks and integrations with S3, Azure, and other storage tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Lo-Fi is limited to low-quality screenshots of third-party websites
  • Monthly pricing rises from $19 to $3,000 across the listed plans
  • Hosted render cache expires after 30 days

• ScrapingBee — where it wins

  • Headless Chrome renders JavaScript and supports interactive scenarios.
  • Combines screenshots, CSS/XPath extraction, and AI-assisted extraction.
  • Works through SDKs, workflow integrations, CLI, and MCP.

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan; monthly plans start at $19.
  • Screenshot and extraction features are highlighted on Business and above.
  • Credit-based usage costs vary with the features used.

• Urlbox8.8/10 · 7-day trial

  A configurable rendering API with full-page capture, varied outputs, and storage integrations.

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• ScrapingBee8.5/10 · Paid

  A broad scraping API that adds screenshots to browser rendering and extraction tools.

  Visit ScrapingBeeFull verdict →