TextExpander Pricing & Free Plan Limits
Complete pricing breakdown for TextExpander including all plans, hidden costs, and limitations.
Pricing score: 45/100
Is TextExpander free?
Yes — the Free plan costs nothing. Paid plans start at $6.00/month (Pro).
The free plan includes
- Snippets on all devices
- Basic fill-ins
- Dates and times
- Personal statistics
- Community support
Free plan limits
- Users: Up to 5 team members across 3 teams
- Storage: Unlimited saved snippets, 5 active
- 5 active snippets, 1 swap every 2 weeks, no date math, no time math, no nested snippets, no JavaScript snippets, no priority support
Watch out: Only 5 snippets can be active at once and you get 1 swap every 2 weeks, so real use needs Pro
Plans & Pricing
- Snippets on all devices
- Basic fill-ins
- Dates and times
- Personal statistics
- Community support
User limit: Up to 5 team members across 3 teams
Storage: Unlimited saved snippets, 5 active
- Everything in Business
- SSO for all providers with SCIM
- Email domain enforcement
- Granular sharing controls
- Custom reporting
- Invoiced annual billing
- Custom MSA and security review
User limit: Unlimited
- Everything in Pro monthly
- Two months free vs monthly
User limit: Up to 5 users
- Unlimited active snippets
- Date and time math
- Nested snippets
- JavaScript snippets
- Unlimited teams
- Priority email support
User limit: Up to 5 users
- Everything in Business monthly
- Two months free vs monthly
User limit: Unlimited users
- Everything in Pro
- Snippet Requests
- Guest (external) sharing
- Google SSO
- Organization statistics with export
- 7-day snippet activity history
- Onboarding assistance
User limit: Unlimited users
Pricing Issues Reported by Users
Why is TextExpander a subscription now?
TextExpander switched from a one-time license to a mandatory subscription in 2016. The backlash forced a lower rate and a temporary return of the standalone version, but long-time users still cite the subscription as the main reason they left for one-time-purchase tools.
TextExpander free plan only allows 5 active snippets
The Free plan saves unlimited snippets but only 5 can be active at a time, with one swap every two weeks. Anyone with more than a handful of daily snippets has to upgrade to Pro or Business.
TextExpander gets expensive for teams
Pricing is per user ($10-12/user/month for Business), and reviewers note the cost adds up quickly once a whole support or sales team is on it. Pro caps at 5 users, so larger teams must move to Business.
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