regex101 vs RegexBuddy
regex101
regex101.com
RegexBuddy
regexbuddy.comSide by side
| Figure | regex101 | RegexBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €4.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 8 |
| Spec score · Regular Expression Testers | 8.5 (#4) | 7.9 (#7) |
| Purpose | regex101 is an online tool for building, testing, and debugging regular expressions. | RegexBuddy helps users create, understand, test, debug, use, and save regular expressions. |
| Support | Support includes community discussion, a public issue tracker for reproducible bugs, and email for account, purchase, or private support. | License prices include free technical support by email and free minor updates and bug fixes. |
Plans
RegexBuddy
- RegexBuddy single user license£44.95, paid once
- RegexBuddy 5-user license£179, paid once
- RegexBuddy 10-user license£319, paid once
- RegexBuddy 20-user license£539, paid once
- RegexBuddy 30-user license£719, paid once
- RegexBuddy 50-user license£1,099, paid once
- RegexBuddy 75-user license£1,349, paid once
- RegexBuddy 100-user license£1,599, paid once
In their own words
regex101
regex101 is an online workspace for building, testing and debugging regular expressions. Its editor supports PCRE2, JavaScript, Python, Golang, Java,.NET 10.0, Rust, POSIX ERE, POSIX BRE and legacy PCRE. Explanations show how parts of a pattern match according to the selected flavor, and a step-through debugger helps follow matching. Match results can be exported as JSON, JSON Lines, CSV or plain text. Developer options include HTTP APIs, an MCP server, editor links and a separately licensed parser package. The workspace API stores editor data but does not provide a remote matching endpoint. File loaders read text, bytes and supported documents locally in the browser; saving or sharing workspace input can send it to the workspace service. Free includes core tools, one test string and saved workspaces with an account. Pro costs €4.99 a month, billed yearly, and adds multiple test strings, substitution pipelines, advanced benchmarking, formatting and an ad-free workspace. Enterprise is a self-hosted option with documented deployment on Linux using Docker Compose, MySQL and Redis.
RegexBuddy
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