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Compare SlickEdit and UltraEdit 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (38.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$119.95 1 user
SlickEdit
Star Rating
(19)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Browse all 2 pricing plansUltraEdit
Star Rating
(1,123)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$119.95 1 user
Browse all 2 pricing plansSlickEdit 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 SlickEdit.
- 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 SlickEdit.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
SlickEdit
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
SlickEdit
Free Trial is available
UltraEdit
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
17
9.5
985
Ease of Use
7.8
17
9.1
987
Ease of Setup
8.0
5
9.3
386
Ease of Admin
7.7
5
9.1
374
Quality of Support
7.9
12
9.4
862
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
5
9.5
363
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
15
8.7
978
Features by Category
Coding
Not enough data
9.4
230
Not enough data
8.6
174
Not enough data
9.5
247
Not enough data
9.1
191
Editing
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
157
Not enough data
9.2
222
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
163
Not enough data
9.0
146
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
95
Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
SlickEdit and UltraEdit are categorized as Text Editor
Unique Categories
SlickEdit has no unique categories
UltraEdit has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
SlickEdit
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
Computer Software
22.2%
Wireless
16.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.1%
Semiconductors
5.6%
Research
5.6%
Other
38.9%
Information Technology and Services
17.3%
Computer Software
15.6%
Financial Services
3.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.5%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
56.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
SlickEdit has no 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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