Notepad++ vs. UltraEdit

Notepad++

Notepad++

363 Reviews and Ratings

UltraEdit

UltraEdit

22 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
UltraEdit	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	UltraEdit is a text editor from IDM Computer Solutions headquartered in Hamilton.	N/A

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Notepad++	UltraEdit
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Community Pulse
	Notepad++	UltraEdit
Considered Both Products	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?	UltraEdit Verified User Anonymous Chose UltraEdit Blows basic notepad out of the water. Have tested Edit++ and a few other text editors, and did not find the same breadth of support or ease of use and with UltraEdit. There is a world of choices out there, but for the price, this one is all you need. Incentivized Helpful? MP Marc Paige AVP Digital and Data Solutions Chose UltraEdit UltraEdit is more stable and has a cleaner update process. Incentivized Helpful? MW Mary Westheimer Business Manager Chose UltraEdit I used to use Microsoft's Notepad, but it is primitive compared to UltraEdit! A programmer introduced me to UltraEdit a long time ago, and I've used it ever since. It may be overkill for our use, but I've never found another program that has the power I want at my fingertips! Incentivized Helpful? Marc Shaffer CEO Chose UltraEdit More functional and easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose UltraEdit When compared to most file editing programs UltraEdit usually comes out on top for being extremely flexible and feature-rich. We depend on it every day and although we have several other editors available to us we seem to always go back to this time and time again. Very … Incentivized Helpful? Mathieu Gaouette Consultant BI senior/Administrateur - spécialité SAS Chose UltraEdit Notepad++ does have a lot of the base features of Ultraedit. However, Ultraedit brings a lot more to the table and the corporate licence makes it interesting for large companies. I would still advise small companies to look at it as they can get units for a reasonable price. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose UltraEdit 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. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Notepad++	UltraEdit
Likelihood to Recommend	8.7 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (0 ratings)	9.9 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Notepad++	UltraEdit
Likelihood to Recommend	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	Overall, a great tool for handling large files. Code formatting is very nice and customizable making it very easy to write scripts or SQL or any other language. It is easy to navigate and it remembers files and keeps them in context when shut down and relaunched. My analysts and programmers all use this editor every day. Incentivized MP Marc Paige AVP Digital and Data Solutions Read full review
Pros	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	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. Incentivized MW Mary Westheimer Business Manager Read full review
Cons	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	It would be great if a total page view, including images and spacing would be helpful. More automated for repetitive functions. Incentivized Marc Shaffer CEO Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	I use it every day for 13 years already and it never disappointed me Incentivized Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	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	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	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	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	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	Tough to measure. UltraEdit will make users more efficient and quick. The ROI is in the time saved by these programmers. Incentivized Mathieu Gaouette Consultant BI senior/Administrateur - spécialité SAS Read full review
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