AutoKey vs Text Blaze

AutoKey is a Linux desktop automation utility for X11/Xorg. Hotkeys and typed abbreviations can start scripts, insert phrases, or show a pop-up menu. Phrases expand into text at the cursor and can include key combinations, special keys, and characters. Scripts are small Python programs that can start applications, send commands to a running window, resize windows, or reposition the cursor. AutoKey provides GTK and Qt interfaces and supports use of phrases, scripts, and abbreviations across applications. Its Python API can send keys simultaneously or in sequence; the documentation recommends using the clipboard to enter generated text when possible. It can be installed through Debian packages, Arch or Gentoo packages, pip, or a cloned repository. AutoKey is free under GNU GPL version 3. It requires X11 rather than Wayland, and abbreviations are limited to the most recent 150 typed keys. Applications built with pure X11 toolkits generally ignore its synthetic events, and the documentation notes known keyboard-layout problems with Russian, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Text Blaze saves text as snippets that users insert with shortcuts in Chrome. It works with Gmail, Google Docs, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Office 365, Blackboard, Epic and other Chrome sites. Templates can include forms, dynamic formulas, integrations, simulated clicks and key presses. Shared folders let colleagues edit snippets together and receive updates, and snippets can use rich formatting, tables and images. API calls can read data from or write data to apps with web APIs; Data Blaze helps manage tables and fill snippet values dynamically. Text Blaze is available as a Chrome extension and as Windows and macOS apps. The Free plan includes limited snippets and sharing, test form fields, Autopilot and Data Blaze access. Pro starts at $2.99 a month when billed yearly. Business starts at $6.99 a month when billed yearly and adds team sharing, management and reporting features. Enterprise pricing is customized and includes SAML SSO, SCIM and event audit logs. The listed support channels include documentation, community forums and contact support, with high-touch support for Enterprise.