Price intelligence built only on scraped values misses how offers are actually presented: strikethrough anchors, bundle framing, countdown banners, member pricing. And when a scraper misreads a page, you have no way to check. A screenshot alongside every data point gives analysts context and gives the data pipeline a verification trail.
Geo-targeting matters here: many retailers price by market. The country parameter captures each storefront as local shoppers see it.
Capture a product page per market
import requestsfor country in ["us", "de", "br"]:response = requests.post("https://api.screenshotty.link/api/v1/screenshot",json={"url": "https://competitor.com/product/123","country": country,"block_cookie_banner": True,"response_type": "json",},headers={"X-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},)record_price_snapshot(country, response.json()["url"])
Everything You Need, Built In
Geo-targeted captures
See per-country pricing and promotions with captures routed through the market you choose.
Element-level shots
Capture just the price box or promo module with a CSS selector for compact archives.
Clean comparisons
Cookie banners and ads blocked, so weekly captures of the same PDP stay comparable.
Pipeline-ready
JSON response mode returns hosted image URLs to attach to rows in your pricing database.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is screenshotting competitor pages allowed?
Capturing publicly accessible pages for internal competitive analysis is standard industry practice, but rules vary by jurisdiction and site terms — have counsel review your program, especially around republishing captures.
How often should captures run?
Match your market's tempo: daily for fast-moving e-commerce categories, weekly for B2B pricing pages, plus event-driven captures when your scraper detects a change worth documenting.
Is there a free tier to try this?
Yes. 100 screenshots per month free, no credit card required. Paid plans start at $9/month for 2,500 screenshots with $0.004 pay-as-you-go overage.
Can this feed an alerting workflow?
Yes — pair captures with an image or DOM diff; when a change crosses your threshold, attach the before/after screenshots to the alert so analysts see the change instantly.