This page is designed to compare the Basic to the PRO feature sets offered by ShrinkTheWeb. So, this page will quickly give you an idea if your needs fall into the "free for 99% of webmasters" range...
STW PRO Feature Documentation (See How Simple To Use!)
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| Real-Time responses for thumbnails already pre-fetched |
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| Support multiple, popular default sizes (view examples) of website previews |
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| No advertisements or watermarks on thumbnails |
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| Fully Supports Flash Embed and HTML! (i.e. <img src=""></img>) |
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| Captures any domain (i.e. no DMOZ restrictions or pre-approval) |
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| Supports subdomain thumbnails! (i.e. funplace.yoursite.com) |
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| Accessible via an open API (website thumbnail code supplied) |
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| Fully Supports Native Javascript Embed! (i.e. <script ...></script>) |
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| Allows permanent caching of requested thumbnails! |
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| Custom "Site Queued" and "Problem Detected" thumbnail allowed (API) |
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| Captures thumbnails at an industry high resolution of 1024x768 |
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| Supports HTTPS image delivery (for secure/logged in pages) |
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Terms of Use comparison |
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| "Credit / Attribution Link" requested but optional† |
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| 100% Money Back Guarantee!(We are THAT confident you'll love us!) |
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| Flexible Terms of Service: Allowed on commercial pages, etc |
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Reliability comparison |
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| Can easily handle billions of site thumbnail requests per month |
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| Guaranteed 99.5% Uptime! - view Imagion stats |
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| Dedicated support staff and priority consideration for enhancement requests |
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PRO Feature-set comparison |
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| [PRO] Capture specific page thumbnails (inner pages) |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Supports custom-sized thumbnail requests |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Supports full-length web page thumbnails (custom-sized!) |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Allows forced refresh to queue instantly |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Custom delay option - for slow loading pages |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Custom "System Messages" thumbnails using simple method |
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+$9.95/mo |
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| [PRO] Adult Content Filter - Questionable sites marked for filtering | |
FREE |
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| [PRO] Website TITLE & META Description returned in advanced API feed | |
FREE |
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Price per month |
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$24.95/mo§ |
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Corporate and Power Users Pricing comparison |
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| Additional 250,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 500,000/mo) §§ |
+$24.95 |
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| Additional 500,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 750,000/mo) §§ |
+$49.90 |
+$49.90 |
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| Additional 1,000,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 1,250,000/mo) §§ |
+$99.95 |
+$99.95 |
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| Additional 5,000,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 5,250,000/mo) §§ |
+$499 |
+$499 |
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| Dedicated, pre-cached, custom-size thumbnails (instantly available) §§ |
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| CUSTOM Integration services available | $75/hour |
$75/hour |
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| 100% Private Labeled Website Thumbnail Solution / "High Volume Fee" ‡ |
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*CPM means that this provider charges some variable amount per 1,000 displays
**Trial means that they provide a limited number (daily/monthly) of a single deafult (small) size of thumbnails for free
†Most services require a link back to their site from every page on your site showing thumbnails in order to use their service
††Most users (99%) will never need more than 250,000 thumbnails per month. Our free limits are more than 10 times higher than competitors
§LIMITED TIME OFFER: Get ALL PRO features at a significantly discounted rate of only $24.95 per month on unlimited domains!!
§§High-usage accounts are priced separately to allow average users to get PRO features without paying for bandwidth
‡High Volume Fee applies to "new requests" that do not exist in our database. If your monthly requests exceed 50,000 new requests, you will need to request a custom pricing proposal.
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