BBEdit vs CoffeeCup HTML Editor

Likelihood to Recommend

I'm primarily a graphic designer who does occasional web development. For me, BBEdit works very well. I use it both for developer projects (editing code, editing system files) and for general text processing (cleaning up, formatting, or extracting text). I like that it offers real-time previews of edits to web project files. It comes with some nice editor themes and supports adding more or customizing them. I expect that for some coders, it will be inadequate. It is not an IDE. On the other end of the spectrum, someone who expects an experience more like Microsoft Word will be very disappointed; or if they wanted something more along the lines of Windows Notepad, they may find it to be overkill. It is an ASCII text editor with many advanced commands and tools built-in.

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Michael Prewitt

Creative Director

It Is Written, Inc.Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

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My typical use is to edit HTML and CFM pages from prior projects, and use them to create new ones. So, I rarely use the tools for designing pages provided in this application. I have found the ability to preview a page very useful. I am aware of numerous features in this editor, that simpler editors would not provide. It has proven to be a great fit for my use.

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Kevin Staley

MIS Administrator

AC Controls Company, Inc.Wholesale, 51-200 employees

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Pros

BBEdit remembers what I had open, so I never have to worry about losing work when I accidentally close the software. It will hold onto information almost indefinitely, so that the next time I open a program, I can access the information that I may have forgotten to save. Thankfully, its save function is also very simple to use, so I recommend still saving your work as needed.
Scripts are the most important aspect of BBEdit for the company I work for. Being able to import scripts and create new ones all in the same location are great.

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Courtney Birnbaum

Senior Publications Specialist

Learfield IMG CollegeMarketing & Advertising, 1001-5000 employees

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Easy to use editing features
Helpful analysis of code, and useful suggestions for corrections
Very useful split-screen preview of HTML code
Wizards to guide inserting tables, links, images, audio etc.

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Kevin Staley

MIS Administrator

AC Controls Company, Inc.Wholesale, 51-200 employees

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Cons

The cost of this product has just become too much for the functionality that most people need. You can find free or $10 tools that do what most people need to do.
The BBEdit program has lots of functionality, but could it be too much? Are there too many options?
It seems that there are too many upgrades.

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Jason Smith, DPA

Instructional Technologist

Pomona CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Maybe I could list a con if my use of it was more diverse and consistent. It does everything and more for my purposes, and in ways I Iike very much.

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Kevin Staley

MIS Administrator

AC Controls Company, Inc.Wholesale, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Support Rating

BBEdit 9.7

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I've been using BBEdit — no joke — for nearly three decades now. Believe it or not, I'm still getting "upgrade pricing" 13 versions later. Bare Bones' support has always been stellar, and pricing continues to be affordable compared to similar tools.

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Jeff Eaton

Senior Digital Strategist

LullabotInternet, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

BBEdit wins over TextEdit every time. They are as different as chalk and cheese. I am so glad we moved to BBEdit.

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Kevin O'Grady

Founder

The World of Empowerment OrganizationPublishing, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It saves me time, not only with web projects, but even with design, when I want to strip out formatting in text, I bring it in to BBEdit to clean it up.

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