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Compare UltraEdit and Visual Studio 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$119.95 1 user
No pricing available
UltraEdit
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 plansVisual Studio
Star Rating
(3,802)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Visual StudioUltraEdit vs Visual Studio
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 Visual Studio.
- 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 Visual Studio over UltraEdit.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
UltraEdit
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
Visual Studio
No pricing availableFree Trial
UltraEdit
Free Trial is available
Visual Studio
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.5
987
9.1
3,080
Ease of Use
9.1
989
8.7
3,099
Ease of Setup
9.3
388
8.6
754
Ease of Admin
9.1
374
8.5
545
Quality of Support
9.4
864
8.3
2,670
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
363
8.8
510
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
980
8.9
2,988
Features by Category
Coding
9.4
232
Not enough data
8.6
176
Not enough data
9.5
249
Not enough data
9.1
193
Not enough data
Editing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
159
Not enough data
9.2
224
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
165
Not enough data
9.0
148
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
97
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
815
Not enough data
9.0
804
Not enough data
8.9
714
Not enough data
8.7
792
Not enough data
8.7
778
Not enough data
8.6
779
Not enough data
8.7
786
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
509
Not enough data
8.9
507
Not enough data
8.9
466
Not enough data
8.8
498
Not enough data
8.8
496
Not enough data
8.7
498
Not enough data
8.7
494
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
396
Not enough data
9.1
391
Not enough data
9.0
370
Not enough data
8.9
391
Not enough data
8.7
380
Not enough data
8.7
386
Not enough data
9.0
384
Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
UltraEdit and Visual Studio share no categories
Unique Categories
UltraEdit is categorized as Text Editor
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
UltraEdit
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Visual Studio
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
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%
Computer Software
31.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.5%
Higher Education
2.9%
Financial Services
2.5%
Internet
2.3%
Other
38.7%
Discussions
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
What is the use of Visual Studio?
6 Comments
KS
Visual Studio is user friendly IDE tool used for developing code with lots of plugins available.Read more
can i use visual studio with mysql database? is it the best compatibility
5 Comments
JU
Yes, you can go ahead, MS Visual Studio is efficiently compatible with both MSSql and Mysql.Read more
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