Atom vs. TextPad

Atom

Atom

92 Reviews and Ratings

TextPad

TextPad

6 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Atom	Score 7.8 out of 10	N/A	Atom is a free and open source text editor offering a range of packages and themes.	N/A
TextPad	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	TextPad is a free and open source general purpose plain text file editor, for Windows.	N/A

Pricing

Atom

TextPad

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Pricing Offerings
Atom	TextPad
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Atom	TextPad
Considered Both Products	Atom Flavio Mauri CRM Designer Chose Atom Atom is incredibly lighter than Dreamweaver, of course it doesn't have the tools DW provides in terms of preview and clicking an element to be taken to the code... but for small web pages this is not necessary. Atom is more similar to Notepad++ and the very popular VS Code... … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom For the cost, there isn't another text editor or IDE that has more features, more supports, and better integration with packages than Atom. It may take a bit to get used to it, but once familiar, it's very efficient and feature-packed. I find that developers who put in the time … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom Our company likes to keep things open, and we don't want to prevent developers from customizing their environment the way they want. Atom seemed to be a lot more open than our existing tools and has good community support on pretty much any programming language. This can create … Incentivized Helpful? Laura Glover Information Designer Chose Atom They are both pretty good; however, Sublime is free to use but on a trial basis. Atom is free open source. Sublime doesn't have the Github integration or a project file browser. Sublime does have a workspace view option but haven't really used it as much as Atom. Incentivized Helpful? Deepshi Sharma Software Engineer Chose Atom In beginning stage of project, Atom wins the race against them all. I selected Atom because of its support for many plugins, simplicity, formatting tools, open source control . But for large scale projects, atom is not suitable editor because of its unexpected behaviour in case … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom Atom supports multiple programming languages with debugging options. Other IDEs also have these features but speed matters. I sometimes feel negative about plugins in Atom but all else is good. Pycharm is very heavy as compared to others. VSCode and Sublime are good. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom Compared to its major competitors, Atom is an IDE that does not run code but on the other hand it is also the one which allows multiple programming languages to exist at the same time, which make certain types of coding such as object-oriented programming much easier than any … Incentivized Helpful? Xiaotong Song Business Analyst Chose Atom Atom is the tool that does not run any code but at the same time, it is also the tool that allows you to write different codes. Even though you cannot use Atom on the cloud, but since it is using pure python, it is still preferred. Incentivized Helpful? Patrick Fong Senior Software Engineer Chose Atom As I've explained earlier, I genuinely believe that VSCode is a superior editor in most ways (stability, feature development, the vibrancy of the community, wealth of plugins, performance). There is, however, one more editor to consider, and that is Sublime Text. Sublime Text I … Incentivized Helpful? Suleman Ahmad Senior Software Developer - NodeJS/Express, Angular, MVC Framework Chose Atom Netbeans was a big application in terms of size, so it usually takes more time when starting development. Incentivized Helpful? Samuel Hadid IT Security Engineer Chose Atom Atom is way more user-friendly than other text editors. However, I am not sure if this affects other aspects as compatibility with some languages or other features as having to save a file with a particular extension for autofill to be enabled for the current work. Still, … Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Städeli Business Owner Chose Atom Very similar in functionality and features. WordPress developers recommended Atom. Incentivized Helpful? WA Walter Aho Creative Director Chose Atom Compared to coding programs, I've found brackets to be more robust. Some aspects of Atom I've found to be somewhat cumbersome (JSON customization when GUI should be an option), but ultimately Atom is a better experience. Other programs like Dreamweaver tend to be clunky and … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist Chose Atom I like Atom because it is simple and not too complicated. Configurable, full-featured, yet remains nimble. You can not beat the cost of Open Source, so this leaves software like BBEdit out in the cold. Atom is not as hardcore as Vim or Emacs. Less complicated than full IDEs … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Nowowiejski Sr. Instructional Designer Chose Atom Adobe Dreamweaver is really meant more for designers who don't understand the underlying code/CSS principles etc. While it's improved heaving over the years it's still rights a lot of extra junk/redundant code and isn't taken seriously among true web developers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom Atom and Visual Studio Code are so similar it's hard to not compare them. But for new users, Atom is the clear winner. If you are looking for a clean interface, Atom is the winner. There aren't as many buttons and distractions in Atom which makes it very easy to just pick up … Incentivized Helpful? CK Chaithra Kamath Local Software Developer Chose Atom We needed an opensource program to tailor it to our needs. It was also stable enough to handle small to medium projects. It had one of the best built-in GIT integration. It has a clean UI. The simplicity of Atom is why we use it to train new members. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Atom Both sublime text and notepad++ have a long history for being good code editors. However, it's important to realize the changes and growth in the field of text editors, and Atom is simply a lot better now in terms of community and support. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Puringi Junior Software Developer Chose Atom Easy to use. doesn't require registration or activation, you can use right after installation. has the option of packages to give the IDE more dynamics in terms of development and debugging. Its flexibility just gives it that edge over other IDE's. Incentivized Helpful? Dylan Cauwels DevOps Engineer Chose Atom Atom was a program I was familiar with when starting at the company. VSCode, however, has grown in popularity since I've started, and I might switch over in a bit. At this point, it's honestly personal preference. Both platforms have a large user base and accomplish the same … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Deakyne Academic Services Manager Chose Atom Atom is better than Notepad++ in that it can be used on a Mac. I much prefer Notepad++'s integration of macros for text manipulation, though. It also handily defeats TextEdit. MS Visual Studio Code is better for developers, and may just require rethinking where notes go by … Incentivized Helpful? Jonah Dempcy Web & Mobile Developer Chose Atom Atom is not as great for Android development as Android Studio, as great for iOS development as Xcode, C# for Visual Studio, or even Java with Eclipse. Atom is less-preferred for any of those platforms for me. However, it is my preferred IDE for just about every other … Incentivized Helpful? Dhruba Jyoti Nag Associate Chose Atom Atom has many open source competitors in Sublime Text, Notepad++, etc. When we consider the presence of time tested players like Notepad++, the fact that Atom has been able to carve a niche market of its own says a lot about its capabilities. The user interface is very rich and … Incentivized Helpful? Reges Mendes Senior Developer Chose Atom Atom is simpler to install and maintain, does not generate unwanted files, does not add folders or other hidden objects to your project. Incentivized Helpful? David McCann Director of Technology, Open Source Incubator Initiative Chose Atom Not listed is Vim, which is another free-form editor that is in the same product category. Vim and Emacs are both supported on more platforms and with lower systems requirements and similar versatility, but don't offer the ease of use (both being primarily keyboard-only … Incentivized Helpful?	TextPad Gary Davis Director Chose TextPad When you want to quickly edit a file, TextPad starts up quickly and has many features over Microsoft Notepad. Visual Studio Code is an alternative in that it is full-featured and will edit text files but is slower at startup. I prefer the macro feature in TextPad due to its … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose TextPad Textpad and Notepad++ are by far my preferred programs to use for the development process. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	Atom	TextPad
Small Businesses	BBEdit Score 10.0 out of 10	BBEdit Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Vim Score 9.7 out of 10	Vim Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises	Vim Score 9.7 out of 10	Vim Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Atom	TextPad
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (0 ratings)	8.4 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (0 ratings)	8.8 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Atom	TextPad
Likelihood to Recommend	Atom is great for developers looking for a completely hackable experience. There is a ton of plugins available to you, and you can really build an editor that matches your own personal taste. The performance is also pretty neat and does not impact your CPU as much as the competition. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	If you have a large codebase I would highly recommend getting TextPad for your users. It is very fast and efficient and affordable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Atom is highly customizable and allows for various themes and extensions that can make your code easier to read. Atom has many code hinting features that allow users to write faster and integrate with services likeLINT that can clean up your code once your done to meet your internal teams style choices. It's very fast and manages projects well - Accessing other files within a related folder(s) is very easy and intuitive. It's free! Incentivized Mark Nowowiejski Sr. Instructional Designer Read full review	Quick to load. Very fast searching algorithm for finding and replacing text. Macros are very useful. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Due to some default settings, when I opened the file in Atom and commit it on Git it shows almost every line is changed so my PR is looking too big/ugly. I think omitting the empty spaces should not be the default setting. Performance needs some attention. Incentivized Suleman Ahmad Senior Software Developer - NodeJS/Express, Angular, MVC Framework Read full review	I would like a "delete non-bookmarked lines" so I can skip the "invert bookmarks" step. The "Compare Text Files" could be streamlined to compare text in 2 tabs without going through the save steps. Incentivized Gary Davis Director Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Well Atom is open source so the re-new is a no brainer. The only way I would stop using Atom is if the developers somehow made it not function well. Or, if the project got forked to a commercial version or something. Or, there could be the case that development stops or that it was not updated on this or that platform Incentivized Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	I give Atom a 9 because it is one of the most modern text editors built with JavaScript intentionally to allow the editor to be changed and modified with custom functionality that a team may need. I think I would otherwise give atom an 8 due to support, but it gets a 9/10 because of the extensibility/plugin capability. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Atom has an active forum and a Slack group where you can ask technical questions. Occasionally, the authors will pop in to answer a few questions here and there, but most of the time, its other helpful users who will assist you. Though they aren't the most knowledgeable, they are at least timely. As for plugin support, that differs with each plugin, but as I mentioned before, many plugins are no longer maintained. Incentivized Patrick Fong Senior Software Engineer Read full review	I never had to use support, so I can't answer this. I would hope that it is good though. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	Just download and install Incentivized Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Atom is incredibly lighter than Dreamweaver, of course it doesn't have the tools DW provides in terms of preview and clicking an element to be taken to the code... but for small web pages this is not necessary. Atom is more similar to Notepad++ and the very popular vs code... but I prefer it to vs code because of the themes (although i found recently some new additions that are similar to my favourite) and just the feeling when navigating/typing is not the same, it's very hard to describe... but it just doesn't feel "right" Incentivized Flavio Mauri CRM Designer Read full review	When you want to quickly edit a file, TextPad starts up quickly and has many features over Microsoft Notepad. Visual Studio Code is an alternative in that it is full-featured and will edit text files but is slower at startup. I prefer the macro feature in TextPad due to its simplicity. Incentivized Gary Davis Director Read full review
Return on Investment	ROI can be said as neutral because eventually, we have to switch to another text editor because of many limitations of Atom for large code. In starting stage of the project, everything was fine and things were happening as expected Overall it has been a great experience using Atom in my organization but many challenges were faced so that's something Atom should work on. Incentivized Deepshi Sharma Software Engineer Read full review	TextPad is reasonably priced. The pricing/licensing model is fixed and is not subscription-based. Incentivized Gary Davis Director Read full review
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