JSON All-in-One vs JSON Formatter

Quick decision

Documented capabilities, by task

This table describes documented capabilities, not measured compatibility or speed. Read Formatter's exact store listing.

What the large-file test actually showed

For a deterministic 1 GB JSON array served over local HTTP, JSON All-in-One 1.0.9 completed ingestion and a nested expand/collapse interaction in 3/3 attempts. JSON Formatter 0.10.2 crashed in both attempts. At 300 MB, Formatter left the response as raw text after its own size check; this is different from a crash. We did not diagnose the 1 GB crashes as OOM, test arbitrary files, or benchmark JQ and export. Read the full method and all outcomes.

Try one API-response task

Use the same small source in either extension. First inspect ord_1 and ord_2; then, in JSON All-in-One, run the JQ expression to keep paid orders and review the result. If reading the two records is all you need, JSON Formatter already addresses that task. This is a reproducible JSON All-in-One example, not a claim that the competitor fails it.

[
  {"id":"ord_1","status":"paid","total":18},
  {"id":"ord_2","status":"draft","total":7}
]

map(select(.status == "paid") | {id, total})

[
  {"id":"ord_1","total":18}
]

Next, change a total in a copy, compare the documents, and export only after checking the result shape. The JSON comparison guide and CSV guide show those distinct steps.

Precision, price, and permissions

The Formatter repository warns that its native JSON parsing can affect numeric precision while the raw view retains the source representation. JSON All-in-One also separates source-token inspection from downstream JQ arithmetic and export. Test a number such as 9007199254740993 at each step rather than assuming either product is universally lossless. Reproduce the JavaScript boundary.

JSON All-in-One's full feature set is available for free, with an optional license to remove reminders. Formatter's store page is the source for its current terms and permissions; this page does not infer its network behavior or installed permission set. Direct local-file navigation in JSON All-in-One requires the browser's file URL access switch.