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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cursor

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ACursor is an IDE and code editor built for programming with AI. Cursor includes an autocomplete that predicts the next edit. Once enabled, it is always on and will suggest edits to code across multiple lines.

    $20

    per month

    UltraEdit

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AUltraEdit is a text editor from IDM Computer Solutions headquartered in Hamilton.N/A
    Pricing
    CursorUltraEdit
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $20
    per month
    Teams
    $40
    per month per user
    Pro+
    $60
    per month
    Ultra
    $200
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Pricing Offerings
    CursorUltraEdit
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEvery plan includes a set amount of model usage. Additional usage is based on the models and features used. The Bugbot add-on is available at $40 per month, per user, or with Custom pricing for Enterprise customers. A discount is available for annual billing.—
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    User Ratings
    CursorUltraEdit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CursorUltraEdit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SpaceX
    Less appropriate for people who don't use LLMs to code but instead to create artifacts. Cursor is a fluid development platform, not something that will create an artifact to run in the cloud. Well designed to work on teams, to manage the code and how the LLMs interact with the code itself. Great for deep vibe coding.
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    Idera, Inc.
    UltraEdit is well suited for editing very large files. The macro editor is very powerful and easy to use. If one needs a quick-to-open text file editor, you will find UltraEdit much too slow to load. Compared to some free editors on the market, the basic individual user license is quite expensive.
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    Pros
    SpaceX
    • API creation.
    • Integrations
    • Plan mode for large tasks.
    • Refactoring.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • Search and replace in files that are not open
    • Cut and paste columns - I don't know any other program that can do this!
    • Is a super fast and powerful text editor.
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    Cons
    SpaceX
    • The CLI agent can be quite finicky via ACP.
    • It can be hard to understand how much different models will cost.
    • Support can be unresponsive.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • The color coding capacity is rudimentary and keyword based only. A good color coding mechanism should allow context.
    • With the latest versions, the top menu has a lot of big icons and has a user-friendly kind of look which impacts the actual text window. Most users don't fancy pretty icons and like efficiency over pretty buttons.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SpaceX
    Cursor is the best AI-powered IDE available today. The agents intelligently absorb context from the code, memory, and rules, and are capable of iterating with subagents until acceptance criteria is met.
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    Idera, Inc.
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    Usability
    SpaceX
    Cursor is useful for all our developer team. Each and every team member use Cursor for coding and also Cursor has various models like composer, codex, claude and openai models which helps a lot for quality codings. Also Cursor help to create documents in md file format with markdown and preview which helps a lot.
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    Idera, Inc.
    As a program UltraEdit comes ready to use out of the box and requires very little setup for it to be extremely useful. It's flexibility among a wide array of tasks and files makes it a go-to for all our troubleshooting and data viewing needs. Timely updates and great support.
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    Support Rating
    SpaceX
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Have never needed support, not once. So giving them a 10 for the fact that their product is so good that we've never needed it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SpaceX
    graphical user interface is really the thing that setting apart because other code harnesses are really focused on commandline interfaces but whenever you want a good graphical interface with all of the tools and workflow that us software developers we want I think that Cursor is the one that has done it the best out of all of the code harnesses that we’ve tried
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    Idera, Inc.
    I have evaluated Notepad++ as an alternative to UltraEdit. In some cases, such as loading time, Notepad++ is a superior product. However, in terms of editing existing macros, and editing very large text files UltraEdit is a much better product.
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    Return on Investment
    SpaceX
    • Development speed increased at least 25%
    • The result of the final Product is better than before/without it
    • We use it as a standard now
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    Idera, Inc.
    • Its ease of use and functionality make it fast and reliable which saves my designers time.
    • Its simplicity makes it fast and easy to train new users.
    • UE's guidance features make it a great tool with a good ROI.
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