Reliability at scale
Distributed browser fleet with automatic retries, stall detection, exponential backoff, and job-level timeouts. No more zombie Chrome processes or silent failures.
The Best Puppeteer Alternative for Production Screenshots
Puppeteer is a great library for controlling headless Chrome. But taking a screenshot is just the beginning — in production, you also need retries, scaling, geographic routing, output delivery, monitoring, and more. That's the hard part, and that's what ScreenshotCenter handles for you.
Taking a screenshot is 10% of the job
A Puppeteer script that screenshots a URL is a dozen lines of code. But shipping that to production means building everything around it: browser lifecycle management, crash recovery, horizontal scaling, proxy rotation for geo-targeting, retry queues, timeout handling, result storage, and delivery to downstream systems. Most teams underestimate this work — and it grows with every new requirement.
| Responsibility | You (with Puppeteer) | ScreenshotCenter |
|---|---|---|
| Launch & manage headless browsers | You build it | ✓ |
| Handle Chrome/Chromium version updates | You build it | ✓ |
| Build retry & timeout logic | You build it | ✓ |
| Scale horizontally for traffic spikes | You build it | ✓ |
| Monitor memory leaks & zombie processes | You build it | ✓ |
| Route through proxies for geo-targeting | You build it | ✓ |
| Upload results to S3, Drive, Dropbox… | You build it | ✓ |
| Generate PDFs with page controls | You build it | ✓ |
| Record video screencasts | You build it | ✓ |
| Process batches & crawl domains | You build it | ✓ |
What ScreenshotCenter adds beyond Puppeteer
80+ country routing
Capture geo-gated content from real browsers in 80+ countries. No proxy configuration, no IP rotation — just pass a country code.
Every output format
PNG, JPEG, WebP, full-page PDF with paper controls, raw HTML source, and video screencasts — all from the same API endpoint.
14+ app integrations
Deliver results to S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, Slack, Zapier, and more. No upload code to write or maintain.
Batch & crawl
Submit thousands of URLs at once or crawl entire domains — with progress tracking, partial results, and automatic retries per URL.
On-premise option
Need browsers inside your network? Deploy on-premise browser clients with the same API, queue management, and integrations.
Who should stick with Puppeteer?
Puppeteer is the right tool if you need full browser scripting beyond screenshots — end-to-end testing, form-filling workflows, or arbitrary DOM manipulation for purposes other than capture. If your primary goal is generating screenshots, PDFs, or videos of web pages at production scale, a managed API removes the infrastructure overhead and lets you ship faster.
Frequently asked questions
Can ScreenshotCenter do everything Puppeteer does?
ScreenshotCenter covers the screenshot, PDF, HTML, and video capture use cases that most teams use Puppeteer for. If you need arbitrary browser scripting beyond screenshots, Puppeteer is still the right choice. But if your goal is capturing web pages reliably at scale, ScreenshotCenter removes the infrastructure burden.
Do I need to manage browsers or servers?
No. ScreenshotCenter runs distributed browser fleets across 80+ countries. You send an API request, we handle browser launch, rendering, retries, and cleanup.
How does ScreenshotCenter handle pages that require login?
Use automation steps — click, type, scroll, navigate, and wait — to walk through login flows before the capture. You can also inject cookies for session-based authentication.
What happens when a capture fails?
The platform retries automatically with exponential backoff. Failed jobs are logged and surfaced in the dashboard. For batch and crawl operations, individual URL failures don't block the rest of the job.
Can I run browsers on my own infrastructure?
Yes. ScreenshotCenter supports on-premise browser clients. You get the same API, queue management, and integrations, but the browsers run inside your network for compliance or latency requirements.
Replace your Puppeteer scripts today
Get 500 captures on the free trial — no credit card required. One API call replaces dozens of lines of infrastructure code.