In short
Velja is a polished Mac App Store app. You add rules for websites and for the apps links come from, each with a browser, a profile or an app to open in. It removes tracking, expands short links, and opens Zoom, Teams and Figma links in their apps with no rule. Holding Fn as you click shows a prompt with your browsers.
Profile Porter needs no rules. It reads which profiles are signed in to the site and where you use it, opens the link there, and asks when two profiles are about even.
Side by side
| Profile Porter | Velja | |
|---|---|---|
| Picks a profile without rules | Yes: from sign-ins, saved passwords and history | No: rules, or your default browser |
| Rules | Optional: a site, or every link from an app, to one profile | Yes: by website or source app, with JavaScript to change links |
| Asks you | When two profiles are about even, or when you hold Shift | When you hold Fn, or for links from apps you choose |
| Learns from your picks | Yes, from each pick and each Undo | No (⌘-click in the prompt makes a rule) |
| Chrome, Edge, Brave profiles | Yes | Yes: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Helium and others; not Arc or Dia |
| Firefox profiles | Yes, old and new style | New-style profiles only, not ones made with about:profiles |
| Firefox containers | Yes, with the Open external links in a container add-on | Not built in (a workaround with a script and an add-on) |
| Safari profiles | Yes, on a Mac (Safari 17 or later) | No |
| Opens links in apps | Yes, when the site says its app opens the link (Zoom, Figma) | Yes, built in for Zoom, Teams and Figma |
| Removes tracking from links | Yes, built in | Yes, 200+ parameters |
| Expands short links | Yes, if you turn it on | Yes |
| Undo a wrong pick | Yes | No |
| Private window | Yes: hold Shift as you pick (not Safari) | Yes, in most browsers; not with a chosen profile |
| Price | €12 once for 1.x, on up to 3 computers; 14-day refund | $10 once |
| Platforms | macOS 14 or later; Windows 10 or 11 | macOS 26 or later (older versions free for macOS 12 to 15) |
| Open source | No | No |
Where Velja is better
- The Mac App Store and the sandbox. Velja is sold there and runs sandboxed. It reads none of your browsing history or cookies.
- Changing links. A JavaScript transform per rule, or one for every link, can rewrite a link before it opens. Profile Porter's rules can't.
- A prompt on demand. Hold Fn and choose, with a letter for each browser. ⌘-click a browser in the prompt to make a rule for that site.
- More Mac extras: a menu bar icon that shows your current default browser, a Shortcuts action to switch it by time, place or Focus, Chrome web apps, and Services, Share and Handoff.
- Older Macs. Older versions of Velja are free for macOS 12 to 15. Profile Porter needs macOS 14.
Where Profile Porter is better
- No rules to write. It picks the profile where you're signed in to the site and use it most. Velja opens a profile only when a rule says so.
- It asks on a close call, learns from your pick, and undoes a wrong one in one key.
- More kinds of profile. Safari profiles on a Mac, Firefox containers, and Firefox profiles of both kinds. Velja says Safari "does not expose any way" to open a profile, and supports only new-style Firefox profiles.
- Windows too, on the same license.
Price and platforms
Velja is $10, once, on the Mac App Store. Its free trial from the website works fully, with a reminder to buy every 12 hours and no automatic updates. The current version, 3.2.4, needs macOS 26; older versions stay free for macOS 12 to 15. Mac only.
Profile Porter is €12 once for every 1.x update, on up to 3 computers, Mac or Windows, with a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. It needs macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Which to choose
Choose Velja if…
- you know which sites go where and are happy to set rules once;
- you want an App Store app that doesn't read your browsing data;
- you want to rewrite links with your own scripts, or switch your default browser by Focus.
Choose Profile Porter if…
- you have several profiles and don't want to keep rules for them;
- you use Safari profiles, Firefox containers, older Firefox profiles, or Windows.
Get Profile Porter for €12, once.
Everything included, no account, and a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Checked on 21 October 2026 on their official pages: Velja and its FAQ; Mac App Store. Something out of date? Tell us at support@profileporter.com.