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Hazel pricing
Hazel publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Hazel pricing is $42/one-time across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $42/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Hazel plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single User Licence | $42/one-time | 3 | Entry tier |
| Family Pack | $65/one-time | 2 | +$23/one-time, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Single User Licence
$42/one-timeThe entry tier. It covers one user, hazel 6, free updates within the major version, 14-day free trial before purchase.
Family Pack
$65/one-timeOver Single User Licence, this tier adds:
- Multiple users covered under one purchase
- Same feature set as the single licence
What the product covers
The full Hazel feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Folder watching
- Conditional actions
- Content-based matching
- Duplicate detection
- Trash auto-empty
- App Sweep
People bring Hazel in for a freelancer who wants invoices and receipts auto-filed into client folders based on the text inside them, anyone whose downloads folder becomes unmanageable and wants files auto-sorted by type or age, a photographer who wants imported files renamed by date pattern and moved to a project folder automatically, a user who wants old files in a scratch folder auto-deleted after a set number of days without remembering to clear it manually. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Hazel are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Utilities
Too few utilities tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel (this page) | $42/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Calsense | On request | quote | - | vs Hazel |
| Find My | Free | Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud | - | vs Hazel |
| Google Lens | Free | Free, bundled into other Google apps | - | vs Hazel |
| Karabiner-Elements | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Hazel |
| Kap | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Hazel |
| Deluge | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Hazel |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Hazel badges page.
Before you pay for Hazel
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $42/one-time and $65/one-time, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Hazel against the tools that do have one before committing.
Hazel runs on mac, and is published by Noodlesoft of United States. The full record is on the Hazel review, and the rest of the category is under best utilities tools.
Hazel pricing questions
- How much does Hazel cost?
- Hazel publishes 2 tiers, from $42/one-time for Single User Licence up to $65/one-time for Family Pack. The cheapest paid tier is $42/one-time.
- Does Hazel have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Hazel is listed as One-time purchase. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Single User Licence and Family Pack on Hazel?
- Family Pack costs $65/one-time against $42/one-time, and adds multiple users covered under one purchase, same feature set as the single licence.
- Is the Family Pack plan on Hazel worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is multiple users covered under one purchase, same feature set as the single licence. It costs $65/one-time against $42/one-time for Single User Licence. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which utilities tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 utilities tools listed alongside Hazel have a free tier: Find My, Google Lens, Karabiner-Elements, Kap, Deluge.
- What am I actually paying for with Hazel?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a freelancer who wants invoices and receipts auto-filed into client folders based on the text inside them, anyone whose downloads folder becomes unmanageable and wants files auto-sorted by type or age, a photographer who wants imported files renamed by date pattern and moved to a project folder automatically.
- Does Hazel charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Hazel prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Hazel against before paying?
- The closest utilities tools in this directory are Calsense, Find My, Google Lens, Karabiner-Elements. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Hazel covering price, platforms and features.