![]() I mainly work on a Windows 10 desktop computer but have several virtual machines running Windows 10 and one running Windows 8.1 I also use a Mac Mini and installed UltraEdit/UltraCompare on it. You can install UltraEdit on a maximum of 3 machines but if you contact them and explain you have multiple machines which are used only by yourself, they may negotiate a higher installation count.ĮditPad is licensed per user and can be installed on as many machines as that one user exclusively uses. When mentioning EditPad in the review below, only the paid version, EditPad Pro, is considered-no distinction is made for the feature set of EditPad Lite. EditPad Pro is only sold with a perpetual license that provides free minor updates for as long as they're made after that, discounts for major upgrades are available. It has a free version, EditPad Lite, with a limited feature set that is a fine choice as a Notepad replacement. UltraEdit All Access - this package includes the UltraEdit/UltraCompare package and also UltraFinder & UltraFTP which run only on WindowsĮditPad is a Windows-only product and has FTP and comparison features built-in.UltraEdit/Ultra Compare - these two programs are always sold together and work on Windows, Mac, and Linux.Subscription is lower cost but the product stops working after a year if you let the subscription lapse. Perpetual is a one-time purchase with free updates for a year after which you can keep using the product without paying more for it-although you'll need to pay if you want further updates. UltraEdit has two different packages, or grouping of their products, and two different licensing models, perpetual or subscription. ![]() In the following list of prices for both products, I've rounded the pricing to the nearest whole U.S. At the end, I'll give a summary of the aspects of each that struck me as being unique or particularly positive for each editor. The bulk of my time is spent in the full-featured Delphi IDE nevertheless, I do have need for a good-quality text editor in many circumstances and having several time-saving features built-in are well worth learning about and using.įirst, I'll list the two products, their prices and licensing structure, and what machines I'm using them on, then go down through the list of features and compare as many as I can. This review is the personal conclusion I came to based on my experience, interest, and needs-your view may be different. It also concentrates on just the task of editing files, mostly ignoring file comparison, FTP, and file-finding features of UltraEdit's companion tools. This review doesn't cover every feature of the two editors nor does it go into great depth as there are tutorials and videos on each of the respective sites. I decided to go through the feature set and compare this suite of tools with EditPad Pro the text editor I've used for several years from Just Great Software. Text editing features (HTML, CSS, etc.Embarcadero's parent company, Idera, recently acquired UltraEdit which includes the company's namesake product, UltraEdit, a long-standing favorite text editor among many programmers, and some accompanying tools that have grown up around the main product, namely UltraCompare, UltraFTP, and UltraFinder.An industry award-winning application, UltraEdit, includes a free trial period so users may try the fully functional application before buying a license. UltraEdit can handle and edit files over 4 gigabytes. UltraEdit is a powerful disk-based text editor, programmer's editor, and hex editor that is used to edit HTML, PHP, javascript, Perl, C/C++, and a multitude of other coding/programming languages.
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