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What it is

Bezel is a web-based AI design system platform for creating, managing, previewing, and publishing design decisions for digital products. Its design guides and AI assistant help shape colors, typography, spacing, and other decisions. Projects can preview token changes against Storybook, a staging site, or a local development server without a rebuild or export step. Bezel uses the W3C Design Tokens format and says it adopts the 2025.10 specification. It lists workflows for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, Bolt.new, Figma Make, and MCP. While palettes are built, it checks color relationships against WCAG AA and AAA contrast criteria. Versioned token releases can include tracked changes, release notes, and downloadable snapshots. A free Crystal receiver accepts live token updates and has source code on GitHub. Bezel stores tokens, projects, and related content to provide the service and says it does not sell personal information. The Free, Teams, and Enterprise plans are not yet open; Pro early access is limited and requires a request, review, demo, and acceptance. The pricing note lists paid plans from $14/mo (annual), while Pro is $84 a year billed annually.

Spec sheet

What it does
Bezel is an AI design-system platform for creating, managing, previewing and publishing product design decisions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Product
Bezel is an AI design system platform for creating, managing, previewing, and publishing design decisions for digital products.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Intended users
Bezel says it is built for product designers, design engineers, software developers, founders, and teams using AI coding agents.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Security
Its privacy policy says it uses encryption, secure data storage, and regular security assessments, while noting it cannot guarantee absolute security.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Support
Accepted Pro early adopters receive guided onboarding and personalized support during their first year; the Teams plan lists dedicated Slack support.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Company
The site copyright identifies Token Designer Inc.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Accessibility
Color relationships are checked live against WCAG AA and AAA contrast criteria.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
AI agent access
The hosted MCP server exposes project context, tokens and guidelines to compatible coding agents.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
AI integrations
The site lists workflows for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, Bolt.new, Figma Make, and MCP.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Automatic propagation limit
Bezel currently does not automatically propagate completed migrations to every repository; users use token editing, previews, releases, Bezel Kit and MCP instead.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Availability
Free, Teams, and Enterprise are not yet open, and Pro early access is limited and subject to a request, review, demo, and acceptance.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
CLI integration
The bezel-kit CLI reads design-tokens.json and generates scoped CSS variables through bezel init and bezel build.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Crystal receiver
The Crystal package is dependency-free, free to use and receives live token updates through a browser message bridge.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Data handling
The policy says Bezel stores tokens, projects, and related content to provide the service and does not sell personal information.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Design guides
Its guided workflows cover color, typography, spacing and borders, with an AI assistant that helps shape a custom system.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Design tools
It includes design guides and an AI assistant for shaping colors, typography, spacing, and other design decisions.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Export formats
The rename announcement lists Tailwind configuration, shadcn/ui variables, Mantine overrides, CSS custom properties and DTCG JSON as unchanged outputs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · tokendesigner.com
Founder background
The founder story says the founder spent about eight years at a prior company, led roughly 20 engineers across three teams, and then worked full-time on Bezel.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Library licences
bezel-kit, crystal and loupe use PolyForm Shield 1.0.0, while radium uses MIT; the Shield licence excludes competing products.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Library packages
The documented packages are bezel-kit for CSS generation, crystal for live preview, loupe for themes and fonts, and radium as a component library.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Limit: directory data quality
GetApp places its Bezel listing in Data Privacy and shows zero counts for compliance management, data discovery and data-subject-request features, indicating the listing is likely for a different product.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Limit: independent praise evidence
GetApp reports no user reviews and a 0.00/10 recommendation score, so it provides no repeated independent praise for the bezel.new product.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Live preview
Projects can point to Storybook, a staging site or a local server so token edits restyle real components without a rebuild.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Live previews
Projects can preview token changes against Storybook, a staging site, or a local development server without a rebuild or export step.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Maker legal name
The site footer identifies the company as Token Designer Inc.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Manual developer setup
All plans, including Free, can download design-tokens.json and use Bezel Kit without MCP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
MCP authentication
MCP uses Streamable HTTP with OAuth at https://mcp.bezel.new/mcp and does not require an API key.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
MCP plan requirement
MCP access requires the Pro plan or higher.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Product availability
Free, Teams and Enterprise plans are documented as not yet open, with separate waitlists; roadmap features are not yet available.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Public-code footprint
The GitHub Bezel organization page shows zero public repositories, zero stars and one follower.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com
Rating on GetApp
0 out of 5 from 0 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rename news
Token Designer announced in August 2026 that it had become Bezel, retaining the same team, code, login and roadmap.Read 15 Oct 2026 · tokendesigner.com
Repository integration
Linked repositories must be public GitHub repositories containing design-tokens.json at the root.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Repository permissions
Bezel's Code view is read-only and does not push commits, create branches or open pull requests.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Security and privacy
The privacy policy says Bezel uses encryption and secure storage, does not sell personal information, and offers GDPR and CCPA rights while warning that absolute security cannot be guaranteed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Support listed independently
GetApp lists Knowledge Base support and documentation, with Web, Android and iPhone/iPad platforms for its Bezel entry.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Supported AI tools
Documented MCP clients include Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, ChatGPT, Bolt.new and Figma Make.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
System requirement
The documented CLI workflow requires Node.js 22.13 or newer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Token model
Tokens support colors, dimensions, font families, font weights, durations and numbers, with groups, aliases and themes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
Token standard
Bezel uses the W3C Design Tokens format and says it currently adopts the 2025.10 specification.Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Versioning
Publishing creates versioned token snapshots with release notes, while ordinary downloads contain the current state without history.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bezel.new
W3C format
Bezel stores and exports tokens as W3C Design Tokens Community Group format using the 2025.10 specification.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new

Plans and prices

Free Free 75 AI credits · 1 project · 1 theme · 1,000 design tokens · waitlist Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Pro $7 a month annually for one year; $14 shown as regular price MCP Server · Accessibility Guides · 1,750 AI credits · 12 projects · 5 themes · 35,000 design tokens · early-access acceptance Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Teams $29 a year $29 per seat monthly, billed annually 20 team seats · shared workspace · project sharing · multiple organization support · 25 projects · dedicated Slack support; planned Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Teams $29 a month per seat, billed annually; planned 20 seats · shared workspace · project sharing · multiple organizations · 25 projects · dedicated Slack support · waitlist Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Pro $84 a year $84.00 per year (= $7.00/month, billed annually) 1,750 AI credits · 12 projects · 5 themes · 35,000 design tokens · MCP Server · Accessibility Guides; limited early access, acceptance requires a demo Read 3 Oct 2026 · bezel.new
Enterprise Priced on request role-based permissions · 9,000 AI credits · unlimited projects, themes and tokens · add-on AI credits · planned Read 15 Oct 2026 · bezel.new

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Previews token changes against Storybook, staging, or local servers.
  • Checks palette contrast against WCAG AA and AAA criteria.
  • Publishes versioned token releases with tracked changes.
  • Supports listed workflows for Claude, ChatGPT, and MCP.
  • A free Crystal receiver accepts live token updates.

Limits

  • Free, Teams, and Enterprise are not yet open.
  • Pro early access requires a request, review, demo, and acceptance.
  • Component documentation is not supported.
  • Design tool sync is not supported.

Who it suits

It is intended for product designers, design engineers, software developers, founders, and teams using AI coding agents. Current access may not suit people who need an immediately available signup, since Free, Teams, and Enterprise are not open and Pro early access requires acceptance.

Verdict

Bezel centers on design tokens, live previews, and versioned releases, with palette contrast checks and listed AI workflows. Access is constrained, and the listed Pro annual price differs from the pricing note’s starting figure.

Where Specifiction places it

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