Urlbox alternative: render-bolt
Same core screenshot and PDF features at a lower price per render, plus Markdown extraction on every plan.
Price for the same volume
| Service | Plan | Per 1,000 | Per month | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| render-bolt Starter | Starter | $0.60 | $15 | 25,000 renders |
| render-bolt Growth | Growth | $0.39 | $39 | 100,000 renders |
| Urlbox Hi-Fi | Hi-Fi | $9.80 | $49 | 5,000 renders |
| Urlbox Ultra | Ultra | $6.60 | $99 | 15,000 renders |
From Urlbox's public pages, checked October 2026: urlbox.com, urlbox.com.
What both do
- Render a URL or your own HTML
- PNG, JPEG and WebP screenshots, viewport, full page or a single element
- PDF with page size, margins, headers and footers
- Ad blocking and cookie banner removal
- Dark mode emulation and custom CSS
- Retina output
- Failed renders are not charged
Where Urlbox is stronger
- More output formats, including AVIF, SVG and MP4/WebM video recordings
- Asynchronous renders with webhooks
- Saving renders straight to your own S3 or Azure storage
- Signed render links, custom proxies and a static IP on higher plans
- Sending renders to an LLM for post-processing
Choose Urlbox if you need video, async webhooks, uploads to your own bucket or proxies.
Where render-bolt fits
- Lower price per render: 25,000 renders for $15 a month
- Markdown, HTML or text extraction for LLMs on every plan, from the same key
- No overage billing: requests stop at your quota with a clear error
- A free plan with 100 renders a month and no card
Choose render-bolt if you mainly need screenshots, PDFs and page text, and want the lowest price per render.
Switching
Send the same page with these options. Every endpoint accepts POST with JSON or GET with query parameters.
| You want | render-bolt option |
|---|---|
| Full-page screenshot | full_page: true |
| Capture one element | selector: "#pricing" |
| Retina / 2x | device_scale_factor: 2 |
| Block ads | block_ads: true |
| Hide cookie banners | block_cookie_banners: true |
| Dark mode | dark_mode: true |
| Wait for an element | wait_for_selector: ".loaded" |
| Extra delay | delay: 1500 |
| Viewport size | viewport: { width: 1440, height: 900 } |
| Return a link instead of the file | response_type: "url" |
| Page to Markdown | POST /v1/extract { url } |
Questions
Is render-bolt a drop-in replacement for Urlbox?
For screenshots, PDFs and page text, yes: the same requests map to the options in the table above. If you need video, async webhooks, uploads to your own bucket or proxies. Urlbox is the better fit.
How much cheaper is it than Urlbox?
render-bolt Starter costs $15 for 25,000 renders ($0.60 per 1,000). Urlbox Hi-Fi lists $49 for 5,000 renders ($9.80 per 1,000), checked October 2026.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. The free plan has 100 renders a month with every feature and needs no card.