EditPlus vs. Notepad++

EditPlus

EditPlus

10 Reviews and Ratings

Notepad++

Notepad++

363 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
EditPlus	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	EditPlus is a text editor for windows featuring customizable syntax highlighting, code foldin, hex viewer, and other features, from EditPlus (ES-Software) in the UK.	N/A
Notepad++	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Notepad++ is a popular free and open source text editor available under the GPL license, featuring syntax highlighting and folding, auto-complete, multi-document management, and ac customizable GUI.	N/A

Pricing

EditPlus

Notepad++

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
EditPlus	Notepad++
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	EditPlus	Notepad++
Considered Both Products	EditPlus Verified User Anonymous Chose EditPlus Notepad++ Incentivized Helpful? Al Bowers Owner Chose EditPlus you don't show the editors I've used in the ancient past....! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose EditPlus Not well supported, lacks functionality other editors have. Incentivized Helpful?	Notepad++ Praveen Kumar QA Tester Chose Notepad++ Especially the encoding option helps me a lot to convert to ANSI. Its very easy to use and user-friendly. And can also plugins like converters and MIME tools etc., can also run some programming languages using Notepad++. I selected Notepad++ because it has lot of features that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ VSCode is also a text editor and in many ways is more powerful than Notepad++. Notepad++ is simpler, faster and less busy. VSCode is nicer for more complicated things, such as working with multiple files that are related (say a complex set of python scripts) or in a project … Incentivized Helpful? Sudipto Sinha, PSM I SAP Solution Architect ( BRIM/CRM/OTC) Chose Notepad++ If you're looking for a free and feature-rich option with an active plugin ecosystem, extensive language support, and regular expression capabilities, Notepad++ is a strong choice.If you prefer a straightforward, user-friendly interface and don't require as many advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is way ahead of Editplus since the latter was developed quite a few years ago and it lacks the intuitive language detection which is a major positive for Notepad++ Incentivized Helpful? Dr Andy Teh Founder, Owner, and Principal Chose Notepad++ Compared to Evernote, Notepad++ is much lighter in terms of resource usage. In addition, the tabs in Notepad++ are arranged horizontally above the text box, which is my preferred way of accessing open files. Evernote does not have tabs. We continue to use Evernote for long-term … Incentivized Helpful? Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist Chose Notepad++ In comparison to VS Code, Notepad is less complexed solution with maybe less testing or implementation options but also with better script edition control thanks to the code formatting options. It depends on the task we have but for less complexed scripting that doesn't require … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has a simple GUI. I use it when needed to take quick notes or come up with a rough logic to any problem. Even though Sublime text is a lot sleekier tha Notepad++, the search capabilities of Notepad++ makes it a winner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is easy to use, its simple user interface makes your coding more relaxed and joyful. You can use Notepad++ for many other works like saving text messages or text files or email-related work for a company. Notepad++ is easy to understand, and coding and debugging in … Incentivized Helpful? Al Mubassir Muin Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ Since my engineering days, I have used this software. Notepad++ has to be one of the most powerful text editors available. It is lightweight and easy to use. It can identify the programming language based upon the extension of the file. It can also open various attachments, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is not available for macOS. So I am using TextWrangler, it is not having features like find and replace with regular expression, it is a simple replacement. Also, color coding for a programming language is also not available. The third multiple tab opening is an issue … Incentivized Helpful? MV Mounika Vutla Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ I have used Notepad++ before. I started using Notepad++ as it is had a lot more features which made my work easier. Incentivized Helpful? CT Canh Tran Technology Architect Chose Notepad++ UltraEdit was offered as a licensed product by my organization, however, because there was a cost to it, I had to obtain manager's approval for the yearly license required to keep it working. This was a hassle for something as simple as an editor. It was a convenient need to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ I have used Java the most at other companies, I think we had a design deal with them. Notepad++ was more affordable with my current company. Incentivized Helpful? Sean Haddy Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ I didn’t care for the way some things were handled in other programs I tried, and I’ve stuck with Notepad++ since. Incentivized Helpful? JS John Stuchly Data Developer Chose Notepad++ I prefer Notepad++ to both UltraEdit and VSCode. The fact that it is freely available gives it a leg up on UltraEdit, and the feature set is at least comparable and in some ways better. VSCode is more useful if you are using your text editor to code and want to tie into … Incentivized Helpful? LS Laura Stein Office365 Solutions Specialist Chose Notepad++ Notepad that comes with Windows is not an acceptable tool. I use TextWrangler on my Mac. It's not quite as good as Notepad++, but Notepad++ is not available for MacOS. Notepad++ is the best text editor I have found. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Atom is a nice little notepad and editor, but it's a bit overkill for a simple note-taking app and doesn't quite compare to Visual Studio Code for more robust tasks like software development. It does have more polish than Notepad++, but the experience is somehow more clumsy. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ I like Notepad++ over others because of its ease of use and its many available features. The nearly unlimited plugins pretty much let you do anything you can think of related to text based files. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ I mainly use Notepad++ on windows. Editplus was very good at regular expressions. I felt it was better than Notepad++. On Mac, sublime is a good tool for the same purpose. Incentivized Helpful? DC Darren Clarke IT Support Technician Chose Notepad++ Both visual studio code and Notepad++ are powerful code editors/text editors. So it is hard to pick a favorite as they both have upsides and downsides. In this case Notepad++ I love the plugins that come with it and the ability to get more from other open sources. In general … Incentivized Helpful? JM Joseph Mark Technology Specialist Chose Notepad++ Visual studio code has more testing capabilities but Notepad++ is easier to use for day to day text and scripting operations. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Proctor Senior Sharepoint Developer Chose Notepad++ I have never looked for other applications to replace or compare to Notepad++. That is how delighted I am to use it no matter where I am at in the working world. It is always one of the first programs that I install on my computer when I start at a new company. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad for Windows, Microsoft Word...LibreOffice Writer....I have used all of these for code writing and editing. Once again I like the universal feel of Notepad++. Basic Notepad, is just that, basic...and kind of clunky for what it is. This is a cool that I have installed … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ provides Macro Record and PlayBack. This option helps in formatting or adding the same type of information multiple times. Support multiple programming languages with proper syntax validation and highlighting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Notepad++ When I have to quickly review code or open a file to review something, opening Visual Studio is overkill. It takes time for the full-fledged IDE to open and initialize. When I need to get something done quickly, I use Notepad++ because nothing can compare to its speed. I also … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	EditPlus	Notepad++
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	EditPlus	Notepad++
Likelihood to Recommend	Edit+ is well suited for basic tasks like using it as a to-do list or writing basic scripts or using it for simple programs that aren't too long or complex. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I believe Notepad++ will meet the needs of the vast majority of Microsoft Windows users looking for a more robust (and free) text editor than Notepad, which comes bundled with the Windows operating system. Notepad++ is packed with features, frequently updated, and consumes little resources. And incredibly, this software is free of charge Incentivized Dr Andy Teh Founder, Owner, and Principal Read full review
Pros	Lightweight and easy to use. Some level of Customization. Multi Language Support. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Persistent tabs that save content even when shutting down the program or dreaded BSOD Vertical selection for multi-line deletes and edits Regular expression search & replace Quick conversion of encoding and newline characters Toggle word wrap and hidden characters Lots of plugin support Notifies if a file has been changed on disk by another app Incentivized CT Canh Tran Technology Architect Read full review
Cons	Not well supported by community Lacks plugins/extension other well known editors have. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It is only available for Windows (sorry, Linux and Mac users!). It lacks some of the features of higher-order integrated development environments or code editors like Visual Studio Code, such as integration with Git or other versioning tools. It works best for small text files and lighter tasks such as indenting text blocks you copy and paste from elsewhere. You could use this for all your programming needs, but there are better options out there for a primary tool for that purpose. Incentivized Joel Tanzi Software Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	I use it every day for 13 years already and it never disappointed me Incentivized Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	There are lot of features to talk about. Especially the usability is good. Everyone can easily to use and user-friendly. Can also update easily. Can also write and execute the programming languages like C, C++ etc. Encoding is also the major feature that helps me a lot and converter as well. Praveen Kumar QA Tester Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	I haven't needed to utilize any support related to Notepad++. I guess this is a good thing because I found it to be quite intuitive. There are almost infinite features you can tweak and plugins you can download but I haven't had to do that because Notepad++ is really good right out of the box. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Not well supported, lacks functionality other editors have. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	If you're looking for a free and feature-rich option with an active plugin ecosystem, extensive language support, and regular expression capabilities, Notepad++ is a strong choice.If you prefer a straightforward, user-friendly interface and don't require as many advanced features, TextPad could be a good fit. TextPad is also an option if you're comfortable with its licensing terms. I use Notepad++ as its free and open source with lot of plugins to play with and modify your code Incentivized Sudipto Sinha, PSM I SAP Solution Architect ( BRIM/CRM/OTC) Read full review
Return on Investment	Irreplaceable. Every aspect of my business has been affected I could not have done some of tasks I was asked to do, without it. Incentivized Al Bowers Owner Read full review	Productivity has increased for developers. It's free so instead of buying a piece of software, you can use this to replace many of them that may only specialize in one thing. It gives our developers confidence knowing they have such a reliable, free tool at their disposal. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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