Wrangle and DevUtils solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $15, the other is a subscription at $29 (macOS only) run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| 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 Wrangle does well
- 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.
What DevUtils still does better
There's a real reason DevUtils costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on DevUtils's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $29 (macOS only) for a job your own hardware can do, Wrangle pays for itself and then some: 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.
Try Wrangle — $15, once
10 dev data tools — JSON convert, JWT decode, diff, regex, hash — 100% offline, one app.