This page is designed to compare some of the various website thumbnail providers (free or paid). Website previews are a great way to enhance the interactive feel and aestetics of your own website. Having a website thumbnail makes user's feel more comfortable and improves site "stickiness."
There are two charts below. The first details our FREE services and the second, our PRO services.
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Note: Each image is dynamically generated using a simple, single line of HTML code - border optional
| Features / Benefits Comparison - STW FREE SERVICES |
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Basic Feature-set comparison |
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| Real-Time responses for thumbnails already pre-fetched |
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| Support multiple, popular default sizes 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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| Really FREE! - (i.e. 250,000 monthly requests!)†† |
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Unique Feature-set comparison
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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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Reliability comparison
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| Can easily handle billions of site thumbnail requests per month |
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| Very Reliable (99.5% Uptime! - view Imagion stats) |
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Terms of Use comparison
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| "Credit / Attribution Link" requested but optional† |
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| Flexible Terms of Service: Allowed on commercial pages, etc |
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| Initial "free service" usage up to 250,000†† requests per month |
+$35
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+$50
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FREE
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Price per month
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Trial**
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$CPM*
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FREE
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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
| Features / Benefits Comparison - STW PRO SERVICES |
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Unique 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 (up to 2 times per day) |
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$9.95/mo
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| [PRO] Supports HTTPS image delivery (for secure/logged in pages) |
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$9.95/mo
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| [PRO] Custom delay option - for slow loading pages (coming soon!) |
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$9.95/mo
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| [PRO] Custom "Site Queued" thumbnail using simple method (coming soon!) |
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$9.95/mo
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Price per month
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$24.95/mo*
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Corporate and Power Users Pricing comparison (as of 05.10.2008)
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| Additional 250,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 500,000/mo) |
+$70
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+$99
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$24.95**
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| Additional 1,000,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 1,250,000/mo) |
+$132
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+$200
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$99.95**
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| Additional 5,000,000 block of requests per month (i.e. < 5,250,000/mo) |
+$499
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+$999
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$499**
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| Dedicated, pre-cached, custom-size thumbnails (instantly available) |
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*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
