Every developer has pasted a JWT full of production credentials into jwt.io, or dropped customer JSON into an ad-covered "free formatter". DevUtils fixes that — but it's $29 and Mac-only. He3 wants $9.90/month. Wrangle packs the 10 highest-frequency data tools into one fast desktop app that physically cannot make network requests, for $15, once.
This is the full pricing breakdown: what DevUtils actually costs over one, two and three years, what Wrangle gives you for $15 paid once, and the honest cases where the subscription is still the right call.
What DevUtils actually costs you
At $29 (macOS only), one DevUtils subscription adds up to $29 every year — $87 over a three-year window, for software you stop owning the day you cancel. Wrangle is $15 the day you buy it, and the meter never runs again.
| Wrangle | DevUtils | |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker price | $15 once | $29 (macOS only) |
| Cost after 1 year | $15 | $29 |
| Cost after 2 years | $15 | $58 |
| Cost after 3 years | $15 | $87 |
Three years in, the gap is $72 — and every year after that adds another $29 to the subscription side of the ledger.
Wrangle vs DevUtils, feature by feature
Price is only half the story — here's how the two line up on the things that decide day-to-day use:
| Wrangle | DevUtils | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15 once | $29 once |
| Windows | Yes (Windows-first) | No — macOS only |
| Your data stays on your machine | Yes, always | Yes |
| Works offline / behind a corp proxy | Yes | Yes |
| Regex DoS protection (worker + timeout) | Yes | Unknown |
| Ctrl+K command palette + drag-drop | Yes | Yes |
| Subscription required | Never | Never |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
What you get for $15, once
10 dev data tools — JSON convert, JWT decode, diff, regex, hash — 100% offline, one app. The highlights:
- 🔁 Convert anything — Any-to-any JSON / CSV / YAML / XML with format auto-detect and documented dot-notation flatten rules for nested data.
- ✅ Validate & format — Pretty-print or minify JSON, YAML and XML with precise error line & column highlighting.
- 🔐 JWT decoder — Header/payload decode, human-readable expiry with an expired badge, optional HS256 signature verification — your token never leaves the machine.
- 🆚 Smart diff — Side-by-side text diff plus a JSON mode that ignores key order and whitespace, so only real changes light up.
Half the price of DevUtils, and it runs on Windows. Against He3's $9.90/month it pays for itself in under 2 months — a year of He3 costs nearly 8x Wrangle.
Switching is 3 steps
- Buy once on Whop. One-time $15 — the cheapest tool in the suite, and probably the one you'll open most days.
- Install in one click. Signed Windows installer, no native modules, nothing to compile. Dark mode by default.
- Hit Ctrl+K. Ten tools one keystroke apart, drag-drop files into any input, copy button on every output, per-tool local history.
When paying DevUtils is still the right call
Being straight about it: the subscription earns its keep in three situations. If your team is large enough that DevUtils's collaboration features, permissions and admin controls are genuinely load-bearing; if your workflow is built on its integrations and leaving means rebuilding that plumbing; or if you have enterprise requirements — SSO, audit logs, SLAs, a vendor to call — that a pay-once app doesn't come with. Everyone else is paying $29 (macOS only) for a job that runs fine on hardware they already own.
If that's you, Wrangle is $15, once. For the deeper dive, read the Wrangle vs DevUtils head-to-head or the full DevUtils comparison.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/wrangle-toolbox-mvp, and the build is genuinely trivial: npm i && npm start, zero native modules. $15 gets you the packaged installer and updates.
Why not DevUtils or DevToys?
DevUtils is polished but macOS-only — Wrangle exists largely because Windows devs kept asking for it. DevToys is free and good; Wrangle's pitch is one coherent UX across all ten tools, plus enforced guarantees like the network-blocking CSP and regex worker timeout.
How is "offline" enforced rather than promised?
The renderer ships a strict Content-Security-Policy with connect-src 'none' — outbound requests are blocked by the browser engine itself, not a privacy policy. You can verify it in the MIT source.
Can it verify JWT signatures?
HS256 verification is built in; RS256 is on the list but not there yet — we'd rather say so upfront. Decoding, expiry checks and the expired badge work for any JWT.
Is JSON to CSV conversion lossless?
No tool can honestly claim that — nested structures don't map cleanly onto rows. Wrangle's flatten rules (dot notation for nesting, arrays as JSON strings) are documented rather than magical, so round-trips behave predictably.
More on DevUtils pricing
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10 dev data tools — JSON convert, JWT decode, diff, regex, hash — 100% offline, one app.