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Compare Bluefish and UltraEdit 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (38.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$119.95 1 user
Bluefish
Star Rating
(51)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about BluefishUltraEdit
Star Rating
(1,125)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$119.95 1 user
Browse all 2 pricing plansBluefish vs UltraEdit
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found UltraEdit easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with UltraEdit overall.
- Reviewers felt that UltraEdit meets the needs of their business better than Bluefish.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that UltraEdit is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of UltraEdit over Bluefish.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Bluefish
No pricing availableUltraEdit
UltraEdit Enterprise
$119.95
1 user
UltraEdit Enterprise is a license that contains every product in the UltraEdit suite—includes the renowned text editor, compare tool, search utility, and FTP client.
UltraEdit is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A single license can be activated on up to 5 unique systems. Includes platinum-tier tech support via email.
- One year of platinum support and software updates
- All Access ready — Best for professionals and larger teams
- Eligible for Enterprise deployment kit
Free Trial
Bluefish
No trial information availableUltraEdit
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.2
42
9.5
987
Ease of Use
8.5
42
9.1
989
Ease of Setup
8.3
9
9.3
388
Ease of Admin
7.8
6
9.1
374
Quality of Support
8.2
42
9.4
864
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
8
9.5
363
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
43
8.7
980
Features by Category
Coding
8.9
16
9.4
232
8.8
15
8.6
176
9.1
16
9.5
249
8.8
16
9.1
193
Editing
8.3
16
Feature Not Available
9.0
14
9.3
159
9.6
16
9.2
224
Functionality
8.8
16
8.9
165
9.3
12
9.0
148
8.7
15
Feature Not Available
8.0
5
9.1
97
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Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Bluefish
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
UltraEdit
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Design
20.8%
Information Technology and Services
10.4%
Computer Software
10.4%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
4.2%
Other
47.9%
Information Technology and Services
17.5%
Computer Software
15.6%
Financial Services
3.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.5%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
56.3%
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Discussions
Is Bluefish a good IDE?
1 Comment
RL
Yes I love bluefishRead more
Bluefish has no more discussions with answers
How is it different from the other software like notepad++ and what benefits are there?
9 Comments
AJ
UltraEdit and Notepad++ are both text editors. While Notepad ++ is very powerful it is not as powerful/feature rich as UltraEdit. For those people that spend...Read more
What is UltraEdit used for?
2 Comments
PL
Text editing. Any kind of text editing. Hex editing, regular expression(s) find/replace, XML formatting, and any programming language. Find in files....Read more
Virtual Machine
1 Comment
TS
I think UE has a forum for these questions here: http://forums.ultraedit.com/configuration-ini-settings-f7/?sid=15d4fd90054335d1d16ab4679fd261c8Read more
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