hlabels alternatives

hlabels alternatives at a glance

Each row compares one option with hlabels, from public pages checked October 24, 2026; the last section says when staying with hlabels is the better call. The label maker above is set to Avery 5160 (30 per sheet) so you can try LabelGrid right now.

How to choose an alternative to hlabels

• Leaving hlabels but want ready-made designs: OnlineLabels Maestro, Avery Design & Print or Microsoft Create; for clipart as well, OnlineLabels Maestro or Avery Design & Print.
• Printing from an address list after hlabels: LabelGrid, OnlineLabels Maestro, LabelsMerge and Avery Design & Print have mail merge built in.
• One-time prices among the alternatives to hlabels, lowest first: LabelGrid $19 (not on sale yet), LabelsMerge $79.99.

1. LabelGrid instead of hlabels

• Pick LabelGrid over hlabels when you want no account and nothing to install: pick the sheet code and the tool is ready.
• Like hlabels, LabelGrid works in a web browser.
• Accounts: LabelGrid, like hlabels, prints without an account.
• Free use: one full sheet per PDF, with a small credit in the page margin at LabelGrid, against unlimited printouts, with a footer-mark for frequent users at hlabels.
• Price: LabelGrid Pro will cost $19 one-time (not on sale yet), $70 below the $89 one-time price hlabels lists; the free tier costs nothing.
• Sheets: LabelGrid is made for 905 sheet layouts from 43 brands; hlabels for sheets and rolls from the 102 brands it lists.
• Before you leave hlabels for LabelGrid, note that the free tier prints one sheet per PDF.

2. OnlineLabels Maestro instead of hlabels

• Pick OnlineLabels Maestro over hlabels when you want clipart, shapes and a nutrition-label generator in the same editor.
• Like hlabels, OnlineLabels Maestro works in a web browser.
• Accounts: OnlineLabels Maestro offers a trial without sign-in but needs an account for full use; hlabels prints without an account.
• Free use: a trial that prints a watermark, or full use with a label purchase of $9.95 or more at OnlineLabels Maestro, against unlimited printouts, with a footer-mark for frequent users at hlabels.
• Price: we found no one-time price for OnlineLabels Maestro, while hlabels lists $89.
• Sheets: OnlineLabels Maestro is made for OnlineLabels products; hlabels for sheets and rolls from the 102 brands it lists.
• Before you leave hlabels for OnlineLabels Maestro, note that full use needs an account and an activation code from an OnlineLabels label purchase.

3. LabelsMerge instead of hlabels

• Pick LabelsMerge over hlabels when you share documents with a team in Google Workspace.
• LabelsMerge works inside Google Docs and Google Sheets, where hlabels works in a web browser.
• Accounts: LabelsMerge runs in your Google account; hlabels prints without an account.
• Free use: a free plan with limits marked on its pricing table at LabelsMerge, against unlimited printouts, with a footer-mark for frequent users at hlabels.
• Price: LabelsMerge lists $79.99 one-time, $9.01 less than hlabels' $89.
• Sheets: LabelsMerge is made for standard codes such as 5160, 8160, 5163 and 5260; hlabels for sheets and rolls from the 102 brands it lists.
• Before you leave hlabels for LabelsMerge, note that it only works inside Google Docs and Google Sheets.

4. Avery Design & Print instead of hlabels

• Pick Avery Design & Print over hlabels when you want ready-made designs, clipart, curved text and your own images on Avery products.
• Like hlabels, Avery Design & Print works in a web browser.
• Accounts: Avery Design & Print asks you to sign in before you design; hlabels prints without an account.
• Free use: free to use at Avery Design & Print, against unlimited printouts, with a footer-mark for frequent users at hlabels.
• Price: we found no one-time price for Avery Design & Print, while hlabels lists $89.
• Sheets: Avery Design & Print is made for Avery products; hlabels for sheets and rolls from the 102 brands it lists.
• Before you leave hlabels for Avery Design & Print, note that its blank templates are made for Avery products.

5. Microsoft Create instead of hlabels

• Pick Microsoft Create over hlabels when your sheet is one of the common codes a template names, such as 5160, 5167 or 5395.
• Microsoft Create works in Microsoft Word or Word for the web, where hlabels works in a web browser.
• Accounts: Microsoft Create does not say on the page we checked whether you need to sign in; hlabels prints without an account.
• Free use: free templates at Microsoft Create, against unlimited printouts, with a footer-mark for frequent users at hlabels.
• Price: we found no one-time price for Microsoft Create, while hlabels lists $89.
• Sheets: Microsoft Create is made for the codes its templates name, such as Avery 5160, 5167 and 5395; hlabels for sheets and rolls from the 102 brands it lists.
• Before you leave hlabels for Microsoft Create, note that the templates are Word documents, edited in Word or Word for the web.

When to stay with hlabels

• Staying with hlabels makes sense when you already design labels in Canva, Word, Google Docs or Adobe Express and only need the sheet alignment step.
• Staying with hlabels makes sense when you print on roll labels or on one of the many smaller sheet brands it lists.
• Staying with hlabels makes sense when you want unlimited printouts on the free plan and can live with a footer-mark.