Debuggex vs Regex Playground
Debuggex
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| Figure | Debuggex | Regex Playground |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Regular Expression Testers | 9.1 (#2) | 5.8 (#23) |
| Product | Debuggex describes itself as an online visual regex tester for JavaScript, Python, and PCRE. | The site describes Regex Playground as a free online regex tester and pattern library. |
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Debuggex
Debuggex is an online visual regex tester for JavaScript, Python, and PCRE. It offers visual and text modes, a step-through debugger, and pattern explanations for examining expressions. Users can add unit tests to check matches and subgroups as a regex changes, and browse a repository of pre-built expressions that includes tests. The service generates code snippets, saves patterns, and creates links that reopen expressions; expressions can also be embedded in StackOverflow answers. The Free plan costs nothing and includes two saved unit tests per regex and ten public expressions. Basic costs $5 a month, while Pro costs $15 a month. Enterprise has no listed price and includes options such as private server deployment, denial-of-service prevention, flexible user counts, an OEM license, and on-site training. The free tier excludes snippets based on expressions from the library. The privacy policy says saved or shared expressions can be viewed by anyone with the link, and previous versions are stored after updates. Debuggex is available on the web.
Regex Playground
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