When comparing NameChanger vs XtraFinder, the Slant community recommends XtraFinder for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for macOS?” XtraFinder is ranked 23rd while NameChanger is ranked 76th.
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Pros
Pro Free
Available free of charge.
Pro Allows easily batch renaming files
For anyone who's ever needed to re-sequence or rename a list of items in a folder, it can take a long time to hit "Enter", type your new file name, "Enter","Arrow Down", "Enter", Type, "Enter", "Arrow Down", "Enter", Type, smash you head against the keyboard.
Name changer allows you to batch rename those files in one step. Options include replacing the first, last or every occurrence of user defined text, removing text, append or prepend text, searching with wildcards, sequencing and even has support for inserting dates. It shows you a preview of the new file names before committing any changes.
Pro Free
Pro Old full-size color labels from OS X < 10.9
Pro Adds useful toolbar items
XtraFinder provides useful options for toolbar such as: Launch as Root, New Terminal Here, New File..., and Select...
Pro Additional right-click options
Xtra Finder provides additional options when performing the right click.
Pro Custom hotkeys
Pro Copy Path
Pro Can open a terminal in set position
XtraFinder can open up a terminal from the right-click menu in given path with "New Terminal Here".
Pro Dual panel
Split the Finder window into to windows to achieve better file handling.
Pro Colored icons in the Finder sidebar
Cons
Con Doesn't work on recent macOS versions without a workaround
This tool doesn't work on recent macOS versions, except if you try workaraound that may or may not work. It involves disabling System Integrity Protection and details on how to do it can be found on the XtraFinder website.