Item: UltraEdit
Rating: 6
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with UltraEdit

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To my knowledge I am the only user of UltraEdit in my department. I have a continuing need to open and edit very large text files. UltraEdit easily manages these large files without any issues. In particular, I typically edit these files performing a search-and-replace on individual characters, CR/LF characters and tab characters.

Pros and Cons

Pros

It is amazing at editing by columns
It allows me to quickly and easily search by ASCII character value
The built-in file comparison feature is very accurate and easy to use

Cons

UltraEdit is relatively slow to load
It is not possible to open multiple individual sessions of UltraEdit
The standard toolbar is a bit too "verbose" showing options using large, colorful icons. I prefer a minimalist, simplified toolbar

Return on Investment

The ability to perform sear-and-replace on incredibly large text files is vital to ongoing business. This has had very positive impact on ROI

Alternatives Considered

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.

Other Software Used

TIBCO Jaspersoft, Notepad++, Skype for Business (formerly Lync)

Likelihood to Recommend

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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UltraEdit is one of my top go-to editors