An honest comparison of two screenshot APIs — one built for humans, one built for AI agents.
ScreenshotOne is a general-purpose screenshot API. Its MCP server hands your agent a full-resolution base64 image — a single full-page capture can be 500KB+, torching most of the context window.
PageVistly is built for agents. The same request returns a ~30KB preview + extracted page text + signed URL for the full-res original, with a token budget. Your agent sees everything and spends ~90% less.
| PageVistly | ScreenshotOne | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 500 renders/mo | 100 renders/mo |
| Entry plan | $5 / 2,000 | $17 / 2,000 |
| 10K volume | $15 | $79 |
| Cost per 1,000 (entry) | $2.50 | $8.50 |
| Feature | PageVistly | ScreenshotOne |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshots (PNG/JPEG/WebP) | ✅ | ✅ |
| PDF rendering | ✅ | ✅ |
| Agent context economy (preview + text + signed URL) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Visual diff (change detection) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Visual description (vision model) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Official MCP server | ✅ (npx @pagevistly/mcp) | ✅ (wrapper) |
| Ad & cookie-banner blocking | ✅ | ✅ |
| Geo-targeting / video | ❌ | ✅ ($79+ tiers) |
You want your agent to "see" web pages without burning context — and you'd rather pay $5 than $17 for it.
It has 7 SDKs and more enterprise features, but you'll pay 3–5x more and get raw base64 in your agent's context.
Try PageVistly free → (500 renders/month, no credit card)