Pictify
by Pictify.io HTTP API in Programmatic asset production
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pictify.io since 2024 · status page · who's behind it
Pictify renders HTML, URLs and saved templates into PNG, JPG or WebP images, PDFs, GIFs and MP4 video through a REST API, official SDKs in four languages and an MCP server.
Best for HTML-to-image, template renders, PDFs and short video from one API, with per-render prices an agent can budget.
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Assessment. A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract, per-render overage prices, a recurring no-card free tier and error codes that tell quota apart from rate limits make Pictify easy for an agent to call and budget. Its MCP server reports tool arguments and results to PostHog by default, and the privacy policy, last updated July 2024, mentions neither.
Facts
Access how an agent reaches and pays for it
- Transport
- HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP
- Endpoint
https://api.pictify.io- Auth
- OAuth or key
- Pricing
- Freemium
- x402
- No
- Licence
- MIT for the MCP server. The Pictify API is a closed service under terms last updated 18 July 2024
- Tools exposed
- 25
- Capabilities
- design.render design.templates pdf.generate video.generate
Where it lives packages, source, docs and releases
- Packages
npm@pictify/mcp-server- MCP registry
io.github.pictify-io/mcp- Docs
- docs.pictify.io
- llms.txt
- published
- Last release
- npm / week
- 55
From our research 6 facts checked against the vendor's pages
- Surface listed
- The REST API at api.pictify.io and the @pictify/mcp-server package (2.0.0), read from docs.pictify.io, its OpenAPI file, pictify.io's llms.txt, pricing.md, terms and privacy policy, a shallow clone of github.com/pictify-io/mcp, npm and the MCP registry on 6 November 2026. No account was made and the package was not run
- Which site
- pictify.io, served through Cloudflare, with docs on Mintlify at docs.pictify.io and the API at api.pictify.io. The npm package, the registry entry and the GitHub organisation pictify-io all point to pictify.io
- MCP tools
- 25 in the 2.0.0 source, for images, templates, batch renders, renders and video templates. The canvas and GIF-creation tools were removed on 19 September 2026
- Outputs
- PNG, JPG, WebP, single and multi-page PDF, GIF and MP4, hosted on a CDN
- MCP analytics
- PostHog at us.i.posthog.com, on by default. Records tool name, arguments, result, timing, errors, client and, when a key resolves, email and plan. Off with
PICTIFY_ANALYTICS_DISABLED=1, per the README - Operator
- The terms and privacy policy name only Pictify.io, under United States law. The npm maintainer and the MCP repository's committer is Suyash Thakur
Facts verified 6 November 2026 from vendor docs, repositories and package registries. JSON · Markdown
Strengths
- Public OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt and Markdown docs, with official SDKs in Node.js, Python, Go and Ruby
- Overage prices per render published without login, from $0.02 down to $0.005
- Free plan of 50 renders a month with no card and no watermark
- Error codes separate monthly quota from rate limits, and failed requests aren't billed
- MCP server in the official registry under the pictify-io GitHub namespace, latest 2.0.0
Weaknesses
- The MCP server sends tool arguments, results and the account email to PostHog unless turned off
- Privacy policy and terms date from 18 July 2024 and name no company or processors
- Workflows were retired in September 2026 but llms.txt and pricing.md still describe them
- The MCP docs page lists 26 tools, some of them removed on 19 September 2026
- No key scopes or read-only key, and no security.txt or disclosure policy
Before you call it notes for agents
- Set
PICTIFY_ANALYTICS_DISABLED=1in the MCP server's env when tool inputs are confidential - On a 429, read
codefirst;quota_exceededmeans wait for the monthly reset, not retry - Retry a 5xx once; a failed generation bills nothing
- Pass only one of
html,urlortemplatetopictify_create_image - Use batch render for one image per row rather than many single calls
Who's behind it provenance 64/100
- Legal entity namednot found0/20
- Domain agepictify.io, registered 2024-02-18 (2 years)7/15
- Endpoint on the vendor's domainapi.pictify.io15/15
- Terms of serviceread, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects9.1/10
- Privacy policyread, states 5 of the 8 things a reader expects7.8/10
- Status pagestatus.pictify.io10/10
- Changelogpublished10/10
- security.txtnot found0/10
- People named1 named with their role, 1 with a public profile10/10
- Support routea support address, help pages, a community5/5
Terms and privacy, as read
Terms of service dated 2024-07-18, states 6 of 7
TL;DR Dated 2024-07-18. States 6 of the 7 things a reader expects, and we didn't find a service level. The rules found no clause to flag.
Gives the date it was last updated Last updated 2024-07-18
LAST UPDATED · 18 JULY 2024
Without a date nobody can tell which version they agreed to.
Names the governing law or courts The law of the United States
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Says where a dispute would be heard and under whose law.
States a limit on its liability Rules out indirect and consequential losses, with no cap named in this sentence
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Pictify.io shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your use or inability to use the Service;
Says the most the vendor would owe if the service causes a loss.
Says how the agreement or account can be ended
You may terminate your account at any time by discontinuing the use of the Service.
Says when the vendor can cut off access and what notice it gives.
Says how changes to the terms are announced Gives 30 days of notice before a change
If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect.
Says whether a customer hears about a change before it binds them.
Lists what users may not do
You agree not to use the Service for any unlawful purpose or any purpose prohibited under this clause.
The acceptable-use rules an agent acting for a user has to stay inside.
Refers to a service level or uptime commitment
Not found in the text.
Says whether availability is promised and where the promise is written.
The document · read 2026-11-06 · 993 words
Privacy policy dated 2024-07-18, states 5 of 8
TL;DR Dated 2024-07-18. States 5 of the 8 things a reader expects, and we didn't find whether data is sold, people's rights or where data goes. The rules found no clause to flag.
Gives the date it was last updated Last updated 2024-07-18
LAST UPDATED · 18 JULY 2024
Without a date nobody can tell which version applied when data was collected.
Says what personal data is collected
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our Service.
The basic statement a privacy policy exists to make.
Says how long data is kept For as long as needed, with no period named
We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service.
Says when data sent to the service is deleted.
Says who else receives the data
Non-personal information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about users' means of connection to our website, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized, and other similar information.
Names the sub-processors or service providers the data is passed to, or where they are listed.
Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising
Not found in the text.
A plain statement either way.
Says what rights people have over their data
Not found in the text.
Access, correction, deletion and objection, and how to use them.
Gives a privacy contact Gives an email address, hidden from our reader by the page
If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us at [email protected]
An address or officer to send a request to.
Says where data is transferred or stored
Not found in the text.
The countries data goes to and the safeguard used.
The document · read 2026-11-06 · 758 words
A reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. It isn't legal advice, a rule can miss a clause or misread one, and the document itself is what binds. How it's read and scored.
The terms and privacy policy, both last updated 18 July 2024, name only Pictify.io and choose United States law. No company form or address is given. The npm package's maintainer is Suyash Thakur.
The terms forbid unauthorised collection of information from the Service. Public pages were read as data.
pictify.io/robots.txt allows all but the dashboard, login, signup, workspace, canvas, invite and /api/ paths, with Content-Signal search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes. docs.pictify.io allows the docs. status.pictify.io/robots.txt disallows every path, so the status page's content wasn't used (one request reached it before its robots.txt was read, and what it returned was discarded).
RDAP gives pictify.io a registration date of 18 February 2024.
/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.
Checked 2026-11-06 against the vendor's own pages and the domain registry. Provenance is half of Transparency & trust.
Humans behind the project who makes it and where to get help
Key people
- Suyash ThakurMaintainer of the Pictify MCP server and author of the Pictify blog
Pictify.io on GitHub
Researched 6 November 2026 from public pages. The terms and privacy policy (18 July 2024) name the operator only as Pictify.io, with no company form, address or person. The npm package @pictify/mcp-server has the single maintainer suyash-thakur, every commit in github.com/pictify-io/mcp is by Suyash Thakur, his GitHub profile links pictify.io and he signs the Pictify blog posts, so he is listed as the server's maintainer; no first-hand page calls him a founder, so he isn't marked as one. Investors were looked for on the site, its sitemap, llms.txt, the legal pages, the repository and a web search on 6 November 2026; none is named. Shown for information, not part of the grade yet. People's accounts link to their own profiles; check them before you rely on one.
Live watched around the clock · updated 2026-11-07 17:38 UTC
Probed every five minutes at https://api.pictify.io. A probe counts as up when the endpoint answers without a server error, including a 401 that asks for credentials.
- Vendor status page unknown, no machine-readable status found · 12 hours ago
- npm
@pictify/mcp-server2.0.0 - GitHub stars 0
- npm downloads a week 55
- security.txt none · 1 hour ago
- llms.txt answers · 2 hours ago
Pages we watch
| Page | Kind | Last checked | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| docs.pictify.io/resources/changelog | changelog | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
| pictify.io/privacy | privacy | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
| pictify.io/terms | terms | 3 hours ago · 200 | no change seen |
Live data comes from our pollers, trackers and scrapers and doesn't change the score until a benchmark run. What we watch · /api/v1/live/pictify.json
Notable
- OpenAPI 3.1 with 20 paths for images, GIFs, PDFs, templates, batch renders, webhooks and data bindings source
- Errors carry stable codes such as
quota_exceeded, and the docs say to check the code before retrying a 429, since a monthly quota never refills on retry source - Generation endpoints are idempotent from the caller's side and a failed request bills nothing, per the error docs source
- The MCP server sends each tool call's name, arguments, result, client and, when the key resolves, the account email and plan to PostHog by default;
PICTIFY_ANALYTICS_DISABLED=1turns it off source - Workflows, the CSV and webhook runs with per-recipient email delivery, were retired in September 2026, while llms.txt still leads with that workflow source
- Official SDKs for Node.js, Python, Go and Ruby source
Reviews by the Anchor panel
Every review here is a desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. The outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material. How reviews work.
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Score breakdown methodology v0.7 · October 2026 research run
Assessed on 6 November 2026 from public evidence, against the published checklist. Confidence medium. Performance and Task success are pending until our probes and task suites run, so the total is over the 7 assessed categories, each weight divided by 80.
| Category | Weight this run | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reliabilitychecked 6 November 2026 | 16%20 | 9.0 | |
Hosted lines, for the REST API. The home page links a status page at status.pictify.io, but its robots.txt disallows every path, so its components and history weren't read. Half for a page that exists (10 of 20) and no readable history (5). Monthly render quotas are published per plan, and the docs say a few endpoints carry fixed per-minute limits without giving the numbers (5 of 15). Retry guidance is explicit. A 429 is told apart by code, rate-limit 429s send x-ratelimit-* and retry-after, a 5xx can be retried once, and generation is idempotent from the caller's side with failed requests unbilled (15). No SLA found (0). The API isn't labelled beta (10). 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 + 0 + 10 = 45. | |||
| Performancenot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Schema & documentationchecked 6 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 14.3 | |
Public OpenAPI 3.1 at docs.pictify.io/openapi/v1.yaml with 20 paths (25). llms.txt on the site and docs, with a Markdown copy of every docs page and a machine-readable pricing.md (10). Endpoint pages say what each call is for, and pictify_create_image says to pass only one of html, url or template. The MCP docs page still lists 26 tools including some removed on 19 September 2026 (14 of 20). Width and height ranges (1 to 4,000), output enums and quality bounds (12 of 15). An error page with status codes, stable code slugs and what to do for each, plus examples on every endpoint page (14 of 15). Versioned v1 contract and a public changelog by month; the September 2026 entry has no day (13 of 15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 12 + 14 + 13 = 88. | |||
| Agent ergonomicschecked 6 November 2026 | 13%16.2 | 12.0 | |
25 MCP tools in the 2.0.0 source (15 for 11 to 30), with no toolsets or read-only subset (15). List endpoints page with page and limit (16 of 20). Error bodies carry code slugs such as quota_exceeded, template_limit_reached and invalid_variable, and the docs say which are retryable (18 of 20). Generation is safe to retry and failed calls bill nothing, but the MCP source sets no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, and the delete tools for templates and video templates run without a confirmation step (10 of 20). Official SDKs for Node.js, Python, Go and Ruby, sensible defaults such as 1200 x 630 PNG (15). 15 + 16 + 18 + 10 + 15 = 74. | |||
| Security & authchecked 6 November 2026 | 14%17.5 | 7.9 | |
Prefixed API keys that can be rotated or revoked at once in the dashboard, with no scopes. The hosted MCP endpoint's metadata names api.pictify.io as authorisation server with one mcp:tools scope, not described in the docs (22 of 30). No read-only key or mode, and delete tools need no confirmation (5 of 20). The URL screenshot and render tools return images and URLs rather than page text, and an SSRF protection page documents how fetches are limited (10 of 15). A dashboard usage view and webhook events for renders, with no per-call audit log (5 of 15). No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found; docs pages on key handling and SSRF only (3 of 20). 22 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 3 = 45. | |||
| Payments & pricingchecked 6 November 2026 | 10%12.5 | 5.0 | |
| No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Overage prices per render published without login, $0.02 on Basic, $0.01 on Pro and $0.005 on Business, with plan prices (20). Free plan of 50 renders a month, marked no card and no watermark (20). A person signs up and creates the key in the dashboard (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40. | |||
| Task successnot scored in this run | 10%pending | pending | n/a |
| Maintenance & communitychecked 6 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 6.0 | |
| @pictify/mcp-server 2.0.0 published on 20 September 2026, 47 days before this check, with the changelog's newest entry dated September 2026 (20). Since 8 August, MCP versions 1.5.0 (8 August), 1.5.1 (11 August) and 2.0.0 (20 September), and changelog entries for August and September (20). GitHub issues weren't read, and the repository has one committer (5 of 25, unchecked). io.github.pictify-io/mcp is in the official MCP registry under the GitHub-verified namespace at 2.0.0, and official SDKs exist in four languages (15). CI builds and runs tests on push and pull requests (8 of 10). 20 + 20 + 5 + 15 + 8 = 68. | |||
| Transparency & trusteditorial 39, provenance 64checked 6 November 2026 | 7%8.8 | 4.5 | |
| The MCP server is MIT. The service is closed under terms of 18 July 2024 that name only Pictify.io (20 of 30). The privacy policy of the same date keeps data 'for as long as necessary' with no periods, names no processors and doesn't mention that the MCP server sends tool arguments, results and the account email to PostHog (6 of 30). The changelog records retirements, Workflows in September 2026 and MCP tools on 19 September, with no notice period or deprecation policy (5 of 20). MCP analytics are on by default and disclosed with an opt-out in the README only, and no subprocessors or data locations are listed (8 of 20). 20 + 6 + 5 + 8 = 39. | |||
| Negative events | ≤15 |
| -3 |
| Total | 55.7 · C | ||
Weight is the published weight, and the figure under it is that category's share of the 100 points in this run. A pending category has no score and adds nothing. What changes when it's scored.
Score history no moves since it was graded
Every time a number on this listing moved, and what moved it: a change of terms or pricing, an outage, the vendor's own release, new evidence, or our own correction. A score can't change without an entry here. Every listing's changes · JSON · RSS
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Graded 55.7 C methodology v0.7
Fix list 19 items, the biggest gain first
Everything this grade says the listing lacks, from the reasons above, the checklist, the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for, with the steps, ready to paste into a coding agent working on Pictify. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.
You're lucky. As part of the beta, your first month is free.
What we couldn't check
- unchecked: the status page's components and incident history, because status.pictify.io's robots.txt disallows every path.
- unchecked: GitHub issues and response times on pictify-io/mcp.
- The per-minute rate limits on public rendering and previews have no published numbers.
- Who operates Pictify: the terms name only Pictify.io; the npm maintainer is Suyash Thakur.
- The hosted MCP endpoint at mcp.pictify.io (OAuth,
mcp:tools) is in the registry entry's remotes but not in the docs. - Disclosure: two requests reached status.pictify.io before its robots.txt (which disallows every path) was read. What they returned is not used.
Sources 15
- OpenAPI 3.1 docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- docs llms.txt docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- site llms.txt pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- pricing (machine-readable) pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- errors and retry guidance docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- API overview, rate limits and credits docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- API keys in the dashboard docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- MCP server docs page docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- changelog docs.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- MCP server source and README (shallow clone) github.com · seen 2026-11-06
- npm package times registry.npmjs.org · seen 2026-11-06
- official MCP registry entries registry.modelcontextprotocol.io · seen 2026-11-06
- terms pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- privacy policy pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
- hosted MCP protected-resource metadata mcp.pictify.io · seen 2026-11-06
Probe metrics
Not measured yet. Our benchmark probes haven't run, so there's no availability, latency or error rate from a run and Performance is pending. The live panel above has what the pollers have seen so far, which doesn't change the score.
Pricing & changes
Freemium Freemium Free $0 with 50 renders a month, 3 saved templates and no card. Basic $19 a month ($15 yearly) with 1,000 renders and $0.02 per extra render, Pro $49 ($39) with 10,000 and $0.01, Business $249 ($199) with 40,000 and $0.005. One render pool covers images, PDF pages, GIFs and video. Failed requests aren't billed.
Prices
| Item | Price | Unit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra render on Basic | $0.02 | per image | Basic $19 a month includes 1,000 renders; one pool for images, PDF pages, GIFs and video |
| Extra render on Pro | $0.01 | per image | Pro $49 a month includes 10,000 renders |
| Extra render on Business | $0.005 | per image | Business $249 a month includes 40,000 renders |
Compared across listings on the price index.
Recent changes
- Latest release
Follow them as a feed at /feeds/tools/pictify.xml, or this listing's score history at history.json.
Connect
Install
npx -y @pictify/mcp-serverClaude Code
claude mcp add pictify -- npx -y @pictify/mcp-serverMCP client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"pictify": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@pictify/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx",
"env": {
"PICTIFY_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}Through letme picks today, calling later
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Machine-readable
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssale Abyssale SAS | B | 65.6 | design.render design.templates pdf.generate video.generate | no |
| Robolly Avantis Innovations LLC (Robolly) | D | 48.4 | design.templates design.render pdf.generate video.generate | no |
| Shotstack ShotStack Pty Ltd | B | 67.3 | design.templates design.render video.generate | no |
| Layerre Layerre | C | 57.6 | design.templates design.render pdf.generate | no |
| DynaPictures DynaPictures GmbH | E | 43.2 | design.templates design.render pdf.generate | no |
| Pixelixe Pixelixe | F | 37.3 | design.templates design.render pdf.generate | no |
Machine-readable
- JSON
/api/v1/tools/pictify.json· historyhistory.json· badge/badges/pictify.svg· changes feed/feeds/tools/pictify.xml - Markdown
/tools/pictify.md· slim/tools/pictify.min.md(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - What the fix list covers
/fixes/pictify.md·/fixes/pictify.json· the whole listPOST /api/v1/fix-list - From a terminal
anchor tool pictify --md(the CLI) · over MCPget_tool {"slug": "pictify"}at/mcp, no key - Directory index
/api/v1/tools.json· site index/llms.txt - No HTTP
dig +short TXT pictify.grade.anchorterminal.com(the grade as a DNS record, for a sandbox where names still resolve; how)
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