Comparison

Image API as an
alternative to Orshot

A template platform with design-tool imports and many no-code connectors.

Before you read on

Orshot imports designs straight from Canva and Figma and plugs into Webflow, Framer and Shopify — if your designer works there, that saves a full rebuild. Their free tier has no watermark; ours does.

The differences, plainly

WhatOrshotImage API
Price per 1,000 images$26 ($39 for 1,500)$4.50 ($9 for 2,000)
Free tier100 renders a month100 images a month, watermarked
Template sourceTheir editor, Canva and Figma importsYour HTML and CSS
IntegrationsWordPress, Webflow, Framer, Shopify, Zapier, MCPWordPress plugin and n8n node

Orshot pricing ($39 / mo, 1,500 renders) comes from their own public page, checked 2026-10. If something has changed — tell us and we will fix it.

Which one to pick

Take Orshot

Your templates are designed in Canva or Figma, or you need Webflow, Framer or Shopify integrations without writing code.

Take Image API

Your template is already HTML and CSS, and you want to pay about a sixth as much per image.

What migrating looks like

You rewrite the template once, as HTML and CSS. Preview costs no quota, so getting the layout right is free. Then you swap a single call on your side.

curl -X POST "https://imageapi.dev/v1/images?wait=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"template":"blog-og","modifications":{"title":"...","author":"..."}}'

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