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by dzuc 4966 days ago
See also: http://url2png.com/
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Are these run by the same company? The copy on Webyshot's FAQ is straight lifted from url2png on the 'Limit of One Domain' question.

edit: most of the FAQ, actually. Poor form.

Not the same company. URL2PNG takes better screenshots as they didn't just throw up PhantomJS on a server, lift some wording from a competitor, leave the placeholders in a template and call it a day. Missing fonts are the main reason for the worse screenshot quality -- the default fonts that replace them mess up layouts.
as we said in other comment, we have several generators, currently we are using a phantomjs based one, we are investigating more options as we mark this period "Early Access Preview", we are collecting feedback , at the end of it, you will have the best experience ever
They are not affiliated with us.. (said in the voice of Mr. Incredible) http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr
And Paul Hammond's webkit2png, if you want to run something yourself.

http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/