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Comparison

Compare Ironfang Render with ScreenshotOne and Urlbox

The published numbers, side by side: the same core rendering features at a quarter of the price for the compared workloads, with hard caps instead of overage. The gaps are listed too - in the open, dated, and small.

Start with 250 free credits every month, then scale from £9 per month.

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  • 250 free credits each month
  • No card required
  • Hard usage caps
  • UK-operated infrastructure
at the compared 50,000-render workload
74% lower
per 1,000 renders on Scale
£0.98
free credits each month, no card required
250

Pricing

Compare monthly cost by workload

Plan allowances vary between providers, so plan names do not offer a direct comparison. These examples compare the published monthly price for equivalent render volumes.

50,000 credits per month

Ironfang Render Scale

£49

~$67

ScreenshotOne Scale

$259

~£190

74% lowerSave approximately £141 per month and £1,690 per year

15,000 credits per month

Ironfang Render Pro

£19

~$26

Urlbox Ultra

$99

~£73

74% lowerSave approximately £54 per month and £650 per year

For applications that generate screenshots, PDFs and images at scale, the difference in unit cost can produce a meaningful monthly saving.

Ironfang Render plans and competitor benchmarks

Hobby

£9 per month

~$12

  • 5,000 credits per month
  • £1.80 per 1,000 credits

Pro

£19 per month

~$26

  • 15,000 credits per month
  • £1.27 per 1,000 credits

Best value

Scale

£49 per month

~$67

  • 50,000 credits per month
  • £0.98 per 1,000 credits

Competitor benchmarks

ProviderPlanMonthly priceRendersCost per 1,000
ScreenshotOneBasic$172,000$8.50 per 1,000
ScreenshotOneGrowth$7910,000$7.90 per 1,000
ScreenshotOneScale$25950,000$5.18 per 1,000
UrlboxLo-Fi$192,000$9.50 per 1,000
UrlboxHi-Fi$495,000$9.80 per 1,000
UrlboxUltra$9915,000$6.60 per 1,000

Ironfang Render bills in GBP. Approximate USD figures use a reference rate of £1 ≈ $1.36, checked 25 August 2026, and are shown only to make international comparisons easier. Your payment provider's rate may differ. Coming from one of them? There are direct pages for ScreenshotOne, Urlbox, Microlink and ApiFlash, with parameter mappings for switching.

Compare core rendering capabilities

This table covers capture formats, page controls, output types, templates and signed URLs across all three providers.

FeatureIronfang RenderScreenshotOneUrlbox
Capture
URL or raw HTML
Full-page capture
Element by selector
Region capture
PNG, JPEG and WebP
Retina / device scale
Transparent background
Device presets
Dark mode
Page control
Block ads and trackers
Hide cookie banners
Hide arbitrary selectors
Wait for a selector
Wait for network idle
Headers, cookies and authentication
Custom user agent
Output
PDF generation
PDF paper sizes and margins
PDF header and footer templates
Video clips
Stored reusable templates??
Signed render URLs

supported by the provider. ? not verified in public documentation.

Platform fit

What we deliberately leave out

Ironfang Render does screenshots, PDFs, generated images, QR codes and clips - and deliberately not everything else. The specialist scope some platforms sell is listed here, in the open, so a switcher never hits a wall we failed to mention.

Why teams choose Ironfang Render

A lower bill, decided in advance

The compared workloads cost 26-75% less on published prices, and hard caps mean the invoice cannot surprise you.

One API for every render

Screenshots, PDFs, generated images, QR codes and clips share one key, one quota and one integration.

Built and operated in the UK

A UK company running its own infrastructure, billing in GBP, with support that reaches the people who built the platform.

If your workload is screenshots, PDFs, images or clips in production, Ironfang Render does the job for less - with a bill you decided in advance.

Less to operate. More to ship.

Test Ironfang Render with your own workload

Create a free account and test Ironfang Render against your own pages and templates. Paid plans start at £9 per month, with hard usage caps and no automatic overage charges.

Includes 250 free credits each month with no card required.

Competitor pricing and feature information checked against publicly available documentation on 25 August 2026. Competitor products and prices can change; if you find something out of date here, tell us and we will correct it.