Link preview services compared

embisto is for teams that want link previews from their own infrastructure: one static binary or a Go library, MIT-licensed, with an Iframely-compatible API. The hosted services below do more out of the box in places, and each comparison says where.

• embisto vs Iframely: the closest match, with an open-source edition and the API embisto speaks.
• embisto vs Embedly: a hosted embed and extraction service.
• embisto vs Microlink: a hosted API with screenshots and a headless browser, plus open-source libraries.
• embisto vs OpenGraph.io: a hosted Open Graph API with credit-based plans.

Facts about other services were checked on their own sites on 2026-10-13; their prices change, so the comparisons link to their pricing pages instead of quoting them.