Armada vs Screenshot Scout
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Screenshot Scout is a managed screenshot API that captures clean, production-ready screenshots of any URL with a single HTTP request. It removes clutter like cookie banners, chat widgets, and ads, and supports device emulation, custom viewports, full-page or element capture, and pre-capture controls like clicks or custom CSS or JS. | Armada is an orchestration platform for running bots and scrapers at scale on Kubernetes. You write a Python script (Playwright, Selenium, or nodriver), add a JSON config, and Armada handles the rest : distributing jobs across as many pods as you need, rotating proxies, managing browser fingerprints, and monitoring everything in real time through a dashboard. Going from 1 worker to 100+ requires zero code changes. No SaaS, no credits, fully self-hosted. |
screenshots, screenshot api, api | Task Distribution, Proxy Manager, Anti-Detection, Unlimited Scaling, Centralized Monitoring |
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