One API call. Your agent sees any webpage instantly. Hosted MCP endpoint ready to connect — no install, no infra. Also works with OpenAI tool_call, LangChain, and any HTTP client.
500 free screenshots/month. No credit card required.
LLMs can read text. But the web is visual. Your agent needs to see pages to truly understand them.
SPAs, client-side rendering, lazy loading, shadow DOM. Scraping raw HTML misses most of what users actually see on the page.
Chromium in a container eats 500MB+ RAM per instance. Memory leaks, zombie processes, and crashes derail your autonomous loops.
GPT-4o, Claude, and Gemini analyze images — not DOM trees. To leverage multimodal reasoning, your agent needs a real screenshot, not markup.
Agents in loops re-visit the same URLs. Without built-in caching, you're paying to re-render pages your agent already saw.
No browser infra. No setup. Your agent calls the API and gets a clean image back.
Via MCP tool, REST API, or function call. Pass the target URL and desired format.
Real Chromium renders the page. Ads and cookie banners are blocked. Result is cached automatically.
Feed the screenshot to a vision model. Your agent now understands page layout, content, and visual state.
// Point any MCP client to the hosted endpoint
// No install. No npx. Just connect.
Endpoint: https://app.snap-render.com/mcp
Auth: Bearer sk_live_your_key_here
Protocol: Streamable HTTP (MCP 2025-03-26)
// Tools available instantly:
take_screenshot — capture any URL
check_screenshot_cache — check if URL is cached
get_usage — check quota & usageUse whichever integration fits your agent framework. All hit the same fast, reliable API.
Connect directly to our hosted MCP endpoint. No install, no npx, no local server. Your agent discovers take_screenshot instantly. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client.
app.snap-render.com/mcp
Simple GET request returns image bytes. Use the Node.js or Python SDK, or call the API directly from any language. Works with LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGPT, and custom agents.
GET /v1/screenshot?url=...
Define SnapRender as a function tool. GPT-4o decides when to capture a page and passes the screenshot to its own vision input for analysis. Zero integration code beyond the schema.
tools: [{ function: "take_screenshot" }]
Autonomous agents need APIs that don't break at 3am. SnapRender is designed for unattended, high-throughput workflows.
Repeat requests hit Cloudflare R2 cache. Your agent doesn't wait for re-renders of pages it already captured.
Blocks localhost, private IPs, and cloud metadata endpoints. Safe for agents that accept untrusted URLs from user input.
Ads, cookie banners, and GDPR dialogs removed automatically. Your vision model analyzes actual content, not consent popups.
Built-in burst limits and monthly quotas protect against agent loops that could burn through credits. Structured error responses let agents handle limits gracefully.
5 device presets (iPhone, iPad, Pixel, Galaxy, desktop). Your agent can check responsive layouts and mobile-specific content.
On the Growth plan, each screenshot costs $0.0029. Cached hits are free. Cheaper than running your own Chromium instance.
From research copilots to autonomous QA — agents use web vision for tasks that text alone can't solve.
Agent browses URLs, captures screenshots, and feeds them to a vision model to extract structured data from pages that resist scraping.
CI/CD agents capture screenshots after deploys and compare against baselines. Catch visual regressions before users do.
Agent periodically screenshots competitor pages or your own site. Vision model detects layout changes, broken elements, or downtime.
Support agent captures the customer's reported page. The vision model sees what the customer sees — context that text logs can't provide.
Agent captures search results pages and competitor landing pages. Vision model analyzes above-the-fold content, CTAs, and visual hierarchy.
When traditional scraping fails on JavaScript-heavy sites, screenshot + vision model extracts pricing tables, product grids, and structured data visually.
Connect your agent in minutes. Pick your framework.
// Streamable HTTP — point your MCP client here:
{
"mcpServers": {
"snaprender": {
"type": "url",
"url": "https://app.snap-render.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_your_key_here"
}
}
}
}
// That's it. Your agent now has:
// take_screenshot — capture any webpage
// check_screenshot_cache — check if URL is cached
// get_usage — check quota & limits{
"mcpServers": {
"snaprender": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "snaprender-mcp"],
"env": { "SNAPRENDER_API_KEY": "sk_live_your_key_here" }
}
}
}from snaprender import SnapRender
snap = SnapRender("sk_live_your_key_here")
# Agent decides to inspect a webpage
screenshot = snap.capture("https://example.com",
format="png",
block_ads=True,
block_cookie_banners=True
)
# Feed to vision model for analysis
response = openai.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "text", "text": "Describe this page layout"},
{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {
"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{b64encode(screenshot)}"
}}
]
}]
)import { SnapRender } from 'snaprender';
const snap = new SnapRender('sk_live_your_key_here');
// Agent captures a page for visual analysis
const screenshot = await snap.capture('https://example.com', {
format: 'png',
block_ads: true,
block_cookie_banners: true
});
// Pass to Claude, GPT-4o, or Gemini vision
const base64 = screenshot.toString('base64');Why agent developers choose SnapRender over self-hosting or browser-as-a-service tools.
| SnapRender | Self-hosted Puppeteer | Browserbase / Browserless | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP support | Hosted endpoint + local | Build it yourself | Varies |
| Cost per screenshot | $0.003 | $0.01–0.05 (infra) | $0.01–0.10 |
| Setup time | 5 minutes | 2–5 days | 30–60 minutes |
| Built-in caching | Yes (R2, up to 30d) | Build it yourself | No |
| Ad & cookie blocking | Built-in | Custom code | Limited |
| SSRF protection | Built-in | Your problem | Varies |
Start free. Upgrade when your agent needs more captures.
$29/mo
10,000 screenshots/mo
Free tier: 500 screenshots/month with all features. No credit card required. See all plans
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Sign up, grab your API key, point your MCP client to app.snap-render.com/mcp — your agent has web vision. 500 free screenshots per month.