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What is Beyond Compare?

Beyond Compare from Scooter Software headquartered in Madison is a utility for comparing different version of documents and seeing the differences. It also allows changes to be merged and synchronized.

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Best file comparison tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 9, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use Beyond Compare for daily use in order to quickly compare code files. Its one of the oldest and most mature tool available in the market. All of our engineering team rel...
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Bushra Mansoor
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Software Engineer
TPS Worldwide
Beyond Compare7 years of experience

Beyond Compare - Really good at all comparisons, file/folder/drives

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 27, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I've been a user of Beyond Compare (BC) for over 20 years. I use it nearly every day to compare files, folders, network drives. I search for a file and BC will ignore (when ne...
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Reggie Freedman
Executive - Corporate
President
CPI of South Florida
Beyond Compare22 years of experience

Beyond Compare offers flexible data comparison for a variety of use cases

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 9, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Beyond Compare is a useful tool for operational tasks. We use it to compare various formats, include plain text, folders, and other structured data. It also works really great...
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Anthony Aziz
Engineer - Engineering
Senior Software Engineer
Full Circle TMS
Beyond Compare3 years of experience

A comparison tool that's truly beyond compare

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 1, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use BeyondCompare for a variety of tasks related to web design and development. I frequently use it to compare directories between our development and production web servers...
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Richard Davies
Employee - Information Technology
Web Application Developer
City of Portland
Beyond Compare10 years of experience

The best file and folder comparison tool. No doubt.

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 13, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use BeyondCompare mostly for code diffing and also for personal matters. In my day-to-day job, BeyondCompare is an essential tool in my toolset that allows me to see differe...
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Hernán Silva
Engineer - Engineering
Senior Front-end developer
Velocity Partners
Beyond Compare4 years of experience
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What is Beyond Compare?

Beyond Compare from Scooter Software headquartered in Madison is a utility for comparing different version of documents and seeing the differences. It also allows changes to be merged and synchronized.

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Beyond Compare from Scooter Software headquartered in Madison is a utility for comparing different version of documents and seeing the differences. It also allows changes to be merged and synchronized.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of Beyond Compare are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Best file comparison tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 09, 2022
BM
Bushra Mansoor
Senior Software Engineer
TPS Worldwide (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Beyond Compare
7 years of experience
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Pros
  • Highlight specific lines, quickly copy/merge diff lines at a click of a button
  • Allows you to have diff/merge in the same window.
  • Compare large folders with multiple files, have a summary of differences.
Cons
  • Freeware is not available, we have to buy the license after 30 days.
  • Syntax highlight for well known programming languages should be provided i.e. Java, C#, C++
  • Sometimes slows down when working with huge files

Beyond Compare offers flexible data comparison for a variety of use cases

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 09, 2019
AA
Anthony Aziz
Senior Software Engineer
Full Circle TMS (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Beyond Compare
3 years of experience
Pros
  • Compares more than just text files.
  • Extensive compare and merge functionality, eg. ability to adjust side-by-side lines.
  • Can save common comparisons for re-use or sharing.
Cons
  • No easy integration with IDEs.
  • No syntax highlighting or other useful editing tools.

A comparison tool that's truly beyond compare

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 01, 2019
RD
Richard Davies
Web Application Developer
City of Portland (Government Administration, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Beyond Compare
10 years of experience
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Pros
  • Compare two files or directories and easily see what's the same or different between the two sources.
  • Synchronize changes between two files or directories.
  • Be able to ignore insignificant differences such as code comments, minor timestamp differences, or certain file types, such as temporary files.
Cons
  • It could make it easier to compare more than two sources.

The best file and folder comparison tool. No doubt.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 13, 2018
HS
Hernán Silva
Senior Front-end developer
Velocity Partners (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Beyond Compare
4 years of experience
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Pros
  • Folder diffing. It allows you to see differences in deeply nested folder structures.
  • File diffing. It allows you to see differences in files no matter their complexity.
  • Diffing rules. It allows you to set rules to include/exclude files, folders and lines from your comparison.
Cons
  • Probably the only thing that might require improvement is syntax hightlighting on code files, the feature is in my opinion very basic and requires you to install or fine tune syntax hightlighting languages that usually lack precission in rules, attributes, names.
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