Choose GoFullPage if a picture of the whole page is all you need: it is a focused, long-established capture extension that also saves JPEG. Choose Pulse Extractor when the page holds something you need to work with, a table for Excel, text inside an image, or a document you need to edit, because capture is one of several things it does with the same page.
Side by side
The GoFullPage column restates what GoFullPage publishes about itself; each statement links to its source. The Pulse column describes Pulse Extractor 0.5.8, the current Chrome Web Store release.
| GoFullPage | Pulse Extractor | |
|---|---|---|
| Full-page capture | Scrolls and stitches the whole page; toolbar icon or Alt+Shift+P[1] | Capture Full Page saves the whole page as one high-resolution PNG or a multi-page PDF (Live in 0.5.8) |
| Capture formats | PNG, JPEG, PDF in several paper sizes, clipboard[2] | Capture: PNG and PDF. Results: Excel (.xlsx), Word, PowerPoint, PDF report, CSV, JSON, TXT and one ZIP with everything |
| Inner scrolling panels | Says it handles inner scrollable elements and embedded iframes[3] | Scrollception captures one scrolling panel inside a page, such as a chat, a feed or a long table, as PNG, PDF, Word or Excel (Live in 0.5.8) |
| Editing | Premium editor: crop, annotate, emoji[4] | Smart Snip Studio: crop, straighten, rotate, resize, annotate, highlight, blur, pixelate, redact and watermark, with the original kept (Live in 0.5.8) |
| Tables to Excel, text from images, Word | Not described in its listing[5] | Extract Page turns tables, card grids and listings on the page into a real Excel workbook, CSV or JSON. Smart Snip reads text and tables inside images, on your own computer, in English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, with Arabic and Traditional Chinese in Beta; it also opens PNG, JPEG, WebP and PDF files from your computer. Editable Word and PowerPoint replicas with real tables, from a snip or a whole result |
| Account and price | Not verified: its website showed no price to our check, so none is stated here; see its own site | A free Pulse account is required. Free plan, no card (20 Full-Page Captures, 20 Smart Snips and 20 Page Extractions a month); Starter $12 a month or $120 a year, Pro $29, Intelligence $59. Lite $6.99 a month or $69 a year |
What GoFullPage says it does
People who want a fast, reliable full-page screenshot of the page in front of them, with light editing.
- Captures the whole current page by scrolling and stitching, started from the toolbar icon or Alt+Shift+P.[1]
- Exports to PNG, JPEG or PDF in several paper sizes, or copies to the clipboard.[2]
- States that it handles complex pages, including inner scrollable elements and embedded iframes.[3]
- Offers a premium editor to crop, annotate and add emoji to a screenshot.[4]
- Listed on the Chrome Web Store at version 8.9, updated 25 September 2026, with about 11 million users.[6]
- Does not describe table extraction, text recognition (OCR) or Excel, Word or PowerPoint export.[5]
Choose GoFullPage when
- You only need a picture of the whole page, as an image or PDF, and nothing extracted from it
- You want JPEG output as well as PNG and PDF
- You want a long-established capture tool with a very large install base and a one-key shortcut
Choose Pulse Extractor when
- You need the data on the page as rows and columns in Excel, CSV or JSON, not only a picture of it
- You need the text inside an image, or an editable Word or PowerPoint version of a region
- You want capture, extraction, editing and research in one extension
See what Pulse produced on real public pages, with the original files, in the Proof Lab.
Using both
Many people keep a dedicated screenshot extension for quick captures and use Pulse when a page holds data or text they need to reuse. The two do not conflict.
How this comparison was made
We read GoFullPage's own public pages and store listing on and restated only what they say, in our own words, with a link to each source. We did not test GoFullPage, so its column reports its claims, not our measurements. Products change: check the sources before you decide, and tell us if something here is out of date.
GoFullPage is a trademark of its owner. Pulse Extractor is a separate product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to GoFullPage.
Questions
Is Pulse Extractor a GoFullPage clone?
No. Pulse is a separate product from a separate company. Full-page capture is one of its features; most of what it does is turn the page into structured, editable output.
Which one is better for a very long page?
Both are built to capture long ordinary pages. GoFullPage also states that it handles inner scrollable elements; Pulse captures such a panel whole with Scrollception. If inner panels are your main need, test both on your page.
Can Pulse save a full-page screenshot as JPG?
No. Capture Full Page saves PNG or a multi-page PDF. If you need JPEG specifically, GoFullPage lists it, or convert the PNG with any image editor.
Sources
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- GoFullPage: Chrome Web Store listing, checked