PeekShot review: read the API row before you pick a plan

Bottom line: PeekShot captures website screenshots for you, one at a time, in bulk from a CSV of URLs, or on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule, and gives every capture a hosted link. On AppSumo it sells three plans: $59, $118 and $177 once, for 1,000, 3,000 or 5,000 credits a month. The row most buyers skim past is the API. On the plan cards we read, “URL to Screenshot API access” and “Webhooks” are crossed out on Plans 1 and 2 and ticked only on Plan 3. When you want PeekShot inside your own code, an agent or an automation, budget for $177. The listing is “Not covered by We Got Your Back,” but it is refundable for 60 days.

Best for: marketers, agencies and QA teams who want recurring or bulk screenshots of web pages without writing cron jobs or managing storage.

Think twice if: you need change-detection alerts, Slack or Google Drive sync out of the box, or API access on a budget under $177.

We have no affiliate deal with PeekShot or AppSumo; links go to the official pages. How we review.

Updated 29 October 2026. This PeekShot review rests on what we read that day: the PeekShot listing on AppSumo, including all three plans, the deal terms, the questions and the reviews, and PeekShot’s own pricing page with its plan table and pricing FAQ, plus its About page. We haven’t captured screenshots with it, so we describe the plans, the limits and what buyers report, not image quality or speed.

PeekShot review at a glance

What PeekShot does

PeekShot is a browser-based screenshot service. You give it a URL, or a list of them, and it returns a clean image with a hosted link you can share or embed. The listing groups the work into three jobs.

• Scheduled captures. Pick daily, weekly or monthly and PeekShot runs it. The listing promises “No cron jobs, no Zapier hacks, no scripts,” keeps a full capture history so you can compare runs over time, and delivers each result as a hosted URL or by webhook.
• Bulk captures. Upload a CSV of URLs and start one job. Results are processed in parallel, each capture gets its own hosted link, and progress shows live in the dashboard.
• One-call API. A single POST request takes a URL and returns a screenshot URL, with retina (2x and 3x) output, custom viewport sizes for desktop, tablet or mobile, and the option to inject your own CSS or JavaScript before the capture.

The AppSumo FAQ adds that PeekShot handles lazy-loaded content and “automatically removes cookie banners, popups, and ads,” that you can capture the visible viewport or the whole scrollable page, and that projects and organisations keep captures sorted by client or use case. The listing names Make, Zapier, a REST API and webhooks as integrations, and the FAQ mentions Activepieces too.

On formats, the founder answered a buyer in August 2026: “By default, screenshots are saved as PNG. If you’re using the API, you can also choose JPG, AVIF, or WebP.” Don’t forget that sentence when you reach the next section, because the API is not on every plan.

The API row most people miss

Here’s the detail most people miss, and it decides which plan you need. Every AppSumo plan card ends with the same six rows, and two of them change by tier:

So the listing’s headline promise, “Pixel-perfect screenshot from one API call,” only applies to Plan 3 buyers. Plans 1 and 2 are dashboard plans: scheduling, bulk jobs and downloads, but no API and no webhook delivery. If you’ve read the founder’s format answer, that also means the extra JPG, AVIF and WebP choices sit behind Plan 3, since they are named as API options.

There’s a wrinkle worth raising with support. The deal terms tie Plan 1 to PeekShot’s “Basic” plan and “Plans 2+” to its “Advanced” plan. PeekShot’s own pricing page calls that plan “Advance,” and lists “API & webhooks” as the first thing it adds over Basic. Its FAQ is direct: “API access and webhooks start on Advance and are included on Premium.” Yet the AppSumo card for Plan 2 crosses both out. The plan card is what AppSumo buyers see at checkout, so treat it as the rule unless the founder tells you otherwise in writing. Honestly, if the API is the reason you’re here, ask before buying Plan 2.

Plans and prices on AppSumo

Read on 29 October 2026. Each plan is a number of stacked codes, and the listing shows a struck-through “was” price beside each one ($240, $480 and $720). Those figures are the listing’s own reference prices, not a saving we can confirm.

• Plan 1, $59 once: 1,000 credits a month, 1 GB storage, scheduling, bulk captures, ZIP and CSV downloads, unlimited projects.
• Plan 2, $118 once: 3,000 credits a month, 2 GB storage, the same features.
• Plan 3, $177 once: 5,000 credits a month, 3 GB storage, plus the screenshot API and webhooks.

One-time prices on AppSumo, read 29 October 2026; each plan is a number of stacked codes (1 to 3), and the listing shows struck-through reference prices of $240, $480 and $720. PeekShot's own site lists Basic $29 a month (2,500 credits), Advance $79 a month (12,000 credits, API and webhooks) and Premium $149 a month (30,000 credits, Pro included); the PeekShot Pro add-on is $9 a month or $90 a year.

Prices checked Oct 29, 2026 on PeekShot’s own pricing page. Lifetime deals are listings that can end or change, so check the live listing before you buy.

Picking a plan: four worked examples

Credits are the main limit, and the tooltip on the listing is simple: “1 standard screenshot = 1 credit.” PeekShot’s own FAQ adds that scheduled runs, on-demand captures and monitor re-checks all use credits, and that “Credits reset each billing cycle and don’t roll over.” In practice, work out a monthly number and pick the tier that covers it.

A marketer watching ten competitor pages. Ten pages captured daily is about 300 captures a month. Plan 1’s 1,000 credits covers it three times over, with room for a few one-off captures. Turns out the cheapest tier is enough for most solo tracking.

An SEO consultant with 30 pages on a daily schedule. Thirty pages a day for a 31-day month is 930 captures. That fits Plan 1, but only just. One bulk audit of 200 URLs in the same month and you’re over. Plan 2 gives 3,000 credits and removes the worry.

An agency with 15 clients and 8 pages each, captured weekly. That’s 120 captures a week, roughly 520 a month. Plan 1 handles the schedule. If the agency also runs a monthly bulk snapshot of every client site, say 1,500 pages, the total passes 2,000 and Plan 2 is the right fit.

A developer feeding screenshots into an app. Any plan without the API won’t work here, so the choice is Plan 3 by default. Its 5,000 credits a month is about 160 captures a day. When you need more than that, PeekShot’s own Advance plan lists 12,000 credits a month, but it’s a subscription.

In practice, the credit maths is easy and the storage maths isn’t. Neither page we read says how large a typical capture is, and full-page retina images of long pages can be big. Don’t forget to watch the storage meter in the first weeks, because 1 GB on Plan 1 may run out before the credits do on long pages.

The deal vs PeekShot’s own plans

PeekShot’s own pricing page, read on 29 October 2026, sells monthly subscriptions, with an annual toggle marked “2 months free”:

Every plan there includes full-page capture, bulk CSV import, cookie banner removal, daily to monthly scheduling, custom cookies and headers, and “1-year data retention.” New accounts start with 100 free credits and no card.

Line them up. Plan 1 costs about two months of Basic, with fewer credits (1,000 against 2,500) and no end date. Plan 3 costs a little over two months of Advance and gets the API, but with 5,000 credits against 12,000. So the AppSumo deal trades volume for a one-time price. If you’ve got steady, modest usage, honestly, that’s a good trade. If you capture thousands of pages a week, the subscription tiers are built for you and the deal is not.

Two differences to note. PeekShot’s site describes retention by time (“1-year data retention”), while the AppSumo cards describe storage by size (1 to 3 GB). We couldn’t find how the two rules interact for AppSumo buyers. And the free 100 credits mean you can try the dashboard before spending anything; skip the guesswork and use them.

The PeekShot Pro add-on isn’t in the deal

The most useful buyer question on the listing came on 23 September 2026: why isn’t Website Change Monitoring in Tier 3? The founder answered the same day that it’s “a separate PeekShot Pro add-on” because it needs a different processing pipeline, and that exact-time scheduling is held back for a similar reason, to avoid traffic spikes. They added that PeekShot is “considering introducing a higher tier that would bundle these advanced features.”

In a July 2026 answer, the founder listed what Pro covers: Website Change Monitoring, Exact-time Scheduling, Capture Timestamps, Priority Queue, Slack Integration, Google Drive Integration and Dropbox Integration. PeekShot’s pricing page prices Pro at “$9/month (or $90/year)” and includes it free only with its own Premium plan. Most people miss this, because the listing’s opening line names “reports, audits, or monitoring” as the jobs PeekShot speeds up. On AppSumo, you get scheduled captures and a history to compare by eye; automatic change alerts are a paid extra.

What buyers report

The listing shows 4.80 stars from 10 reviews, with 256 bought and 48 questions. Ten reviews is a small sample, so weigh it lightly.

Founder support comes up in nearly every review. An October 2026 reviewer says the founder, Balwant, “was always quick to help me with any issues.” Another October 2026 review, from someone using it “for a few months,” says the founder “personally responded.” The reply to that review describes PeekShot as run by a “solo founder.”

Easy to set up. A June 2026 buyer on the first tier says it “worked each and every time I tried” and that they set up weekly screenshots for several jobs. They also connected coding agents, which on today’s Plan 1 card would need the API that is crossed out. Turns out plan cards can change, so go by what the card shows when you buy.

Requests get answered quickly. In April 2026 a reviewer asked for WebP and AVIF. The founder replied the same day that PeekShot “now supports both WebP and AVIF formats.” In August 2026 a buyer asked for the full-page toggle to stay on between captures; the founder said saved preferences would come “in one of the next updates.” We couldn’t confirm it shipped.

Small hiccups, fixed fast. In September 2026 a buyer couldn’t load the documentation site; the founder said the same day it was resolved. In July 2026 a buyer spotted the deal page saying one screenshot costs 4 credits; the founder said that was “incorrect,” and the tooltip now reads one credit.

AppSumo’s AI-written summary of the reviews mentions “minor issues with Cloudflare blocking requests.” We didn’t find that review among the ones shown, so we can’t date it. If you’ve got target sites behind Cloudflare, test them first.

Who is behind PeekShot

The founder, Balwant Singh, introduces themselves on the listing as “a backend developer and product builder with over a decade of experience.” The listing shows no founding year or country. PeekShot’s About page says the company “has paying customers across multiple industries and is self-sustainable without external funding.” A one-person team that funds itself explains the quick, personal replies, and it’s also the usual small-team risk to weigh before buying lifetime access.

The terms

The deal terms read:

• “Lifetime access to PeekShot.”
• “You must redeem your code(s) within 60 days of purchase.”
• “All future Basic (Plan 1) or Advanced (Plans 2+) Plan updates.”
• “Stack up to 3 codes.”

The guarantee line reads “Not covered by We Got Your Back. Listed by the partner, not reviewed by AppSumo.” The listing also says “Refundable up to 60 days.” The “Advanced” name in the terms doesn’t match “Advance” on PeekShot’s site, and the features don’t match either, as covered above.

PeekShot vs Stillio, CaptureDeck and the Wayback Machine

PeekShot’s own site lists itself as an alternative to CaptureDeck (from Urlbox), Stillio and the Wayback Machine. We didn’t price or read those tools’ pages for this review, so we won’t compare features or costs. The broad difference is easy to state. The Wayback Machine is a public archive you don’t control; PeekShot captures the pages you choose, on your schedule, into your own account. For Stillio and CaptureDeck, read their current pages against the credit numbers above before deciding.

Common mistakes with the PeekShot deal

Buying Plan 1 or 2 for the API. The cards cross it out. Don’t bother with the lower tiers when you need code access; Plan 3 is the API tier on AppSumo.

Expecting change alerts. Website Change Monitoring is part of the paid PeekShot Pro add-on, even on Tier 3.

Counting on rollover. PeekShot’s FAQ says credits reset each cycle and don’t carry over. Skip the plan to bank credits for a big quarterly audit.

Ignoring storage. When you schedule long full-page captures, the 1 GB on Plan 1 may fill before the credits run out.

Assuming every format is in the dashboard. PNG is the default; JPG, AVIF and WebP were named as API options.

Missing the redemption window. If you’ve stacked codes, redeem every one within 60 days of purchase.

Who PeekShot suits

A marketer tracking competitor pages. Plan 1 covers daily captures of a few dozen pages with a history to compare.

A web designer before a migration. A one-off bulk capture of an old site is the use case the founder confirmed in August 2026.

A developer or agency automating reports. Plan 3, for the API and webhooks.

Anyone who needs automatic change detection. Budget for the Pro add-on, or look elsewhere.

How to test it inside the refund window

1. Start with PeekShot’s 100 free credits on its own site, before you buy, to see the dashboard.
2. Run a bulk job of 50 of your real URLs, including your longest pages, and check the storage used.
3. Set a daily schedule for a week and compare the capture history.
4. Try a site behind Cloudflare if your targets use it.
5. Ask support in writing whether Plan 2 includes the API, and get the answer before day 60.

What we couldn’t check

We didn’t capture screenshots, test image quality or time a bulk job. We couldn’t confirm whether Plan 2 gets the API that PeekShot’s “Advance” plan lists, how the 1-year retention on PeekShot’s site applies alongside the AppSumo storage caps, how large a typical capture is, or whether the saved-preferences change shipped. Only 5 of the 48 questions on the listing would load for us. Settle the API question before day 60.

FAQ: PeekShot questions

Is PeekShot a one-time payment on AppSumo?

Yes. Plan 1 is $59, Plan 2 is $118 and Plan 3 is $177, once, for 1 to 3 stacked codes, read on 29 October 2026.

Which PeekShot plan includes the API?

On the AppSumo plan cards, only Plan 3 includes “URL to Screenshot API access” and “Webhooks.” PeekShot’s own site puts the API on its Advance plan and up.

How many screenshots does a PeekShot credit buy?

One. The listing’s tooltip reads “1 standard screenshot = 1 credit,” and PeekShot’s FAQ says credits reset monthly without rolling over.

Does the PeekShot deal include website change monitoring?

No. The founder said in September 2026 that change monitoring is part of the separate PeekShot Pro add-on, which PeekShot’s site prices at $9 a month.

The verdict

PeekShot does a narrow job sensibly: scheduled and bulk website screenshots with hosted links, from a founder who answers buyers quickly. The deal is fair value for steady, modest volumes. Plan 1 suits a marketer tracking a few dozen pages, and Plan 3 is the one to buy if you want the API. Read the API row, ignore the monitoring promise unless you’ll pay for Pro, and test storage on your longest pages inside the 60-day window.

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