# How is it different from the other software like notepad++ and what benefits are there? I want to know how ultraedit is different from the other similar applications in the market. ##### Post Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago - Author title: Deputy Manager at Deloitte - Net upvotes: 3 ## Comments ### Comment 1 i find there is a lot more functionality with ultra edit than notepad++ just my own opinion ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: about 5 years ago - Author title: manager - Net upvotes: 2 ### Comment 2 I want to reinforce what Alan said about customer support. It is absolutely stellar. Though my correspondence with them has been intermittent, the responses have always been prompt, and thorough. It is evident that they read the entire message and reviewed the attachments, if any. When they respond with a solution, they are good about ensuring that there aren't any loose ends. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago - Author title: Sure Start Success Manager at SalesTalk Technologies - Striving for Success and Supreme Satisfaction - Net upvotes: 1 ### Comment 3 I abandoned UltraEdit and UltraCompare two months ago: the subscription was very expensive, the two programs became a liability due to their slowness and size, and finally, the terrible support service, which only solved minor problems and nothing else. I had a major problem with UltraCompare on a 4K monitor (the central divider bar was completely wrong), and after two years they haven't been able to fix it. The JS lint is very old and doesn't recognize modern syntax. UltraFinder doesn't save all open profiles, only the first one (this was also reported, but after 3-4 years it hasn't been fixed), so you're forced to retype the settings every time. After 15 years of use, I said to myself, "Enough, let's stop paying for software that has become useless," and I happily switched to Notepad++ and WinMerge (which is at least 10 times faster overall than UltraCompare). ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: 15 days ago - Author title: Programmer ### Comment 4 UltraEdit is positioned more as a professional-grade editor than a lightweight tool. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: 2 months ago - Author title: Junior Front-End Developer | UI Enthusiast | Building the Web, One Pixel at a Time ### Comment 5 I even used Notepad++, I like UltraEdit for code highlighting (I use COBOL). I didn't find code delimiters in Notepad++, in COBOL we have column A and B. Being 1 to 6 for comments, 7 to 72 for coding... it's easy to include this for both COBOL and any other language. I have the possibility to call another program using the menu, as in the example I use the call of a routine I made in DOS "batch". By the menu or even using <ALT>+<F11> you compare your modules, with UltraCompare you speed up your work. Working with columns, writing simultaneously, using <ALT>+<C> to activate and everything will be replicated; imagine having to write the same command in 100 lines... UltraEdit helps you with that, including copying and pasting. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 5 years ago - Author title: Analista de Sistemas buscando recolocação profissional (PCD: Deficiente físico | CID S81.7 | S83.2 | S83.4 | S83.5 ) ### Comment 6 The first version of UltraEdit I used around 2005 is better than the latest version of Notepad++. More coding languages supported, better sorting options plus now has Linux and MAC versions so you have the same editing functionality across multiple OS. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: almost 5 years ago - Author title: Data Ops Engineer at Footlocker #### Reply 1 Exactly, the first version! ##### Reply Metadata - Posted at: 15 days ago - Author title: Programmer ### Comment 7 Tons of features. Getter better year after year. Pretty mind bugling! All for the sake of a pure text editor. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: about 5 years ago - Author title: Director ### Comment 8 Notepad++ is better for codec files but with big files and everyday programming ultraedit is much better ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 5 years ago - Author title: Internet programmer #### Reply 1 I agree that UltraEdit is great for viewing or editing very large files. I use it for large CSV files all the time. ##### Reply Metadata - Posted at: about 5 years ago - Author title: Senior Programmer/Analyst ### Comment 9 It's all about the power under the hood. You'll need time to learn it, but you can do all kinds of things with UltraEdit that Notepad++ won't touch, from recognizing source code syntax for dozens of languages, to minimizing/de-minimizing CSS files. It's great with data files too, such as converting CSV files to fixed column format, or the reverse. I've often found data errors in CSV files by opening them in UltraEdit, when opening them in Excel just masked the issue. I use the macros capability for complex search-and-replace, recording the keystrokes them playing them back many times. I even use it for searching for text or regex patterns across all the files in a directory. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 5 years ago - Author title: Senior Programmer/Analyst ### Comment 10 I would describe UltraEdit as Notepad++ on massive steroids. RegEx find/replace, column mode and handling log files measured in GB with ease are some of the key features for me. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago #### Reply 1 RegEx find and replace has enabled me to retire my production Perl scripts. ##### Reply Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago - Author title: Sure Start Success Manager at SalesTalk Technologies - Striving for Success and Supreme Satisfaction ### Comment 11 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 their days in a text editor editing various types of text files UltraEdit is for you. Also if you need to edit very very large text files or need other special features then UltraEdit is for you. The other nice thing is UltraCompare comes with UltraEdit. The compare tool is also very Powreful.... and i keep finding new uses for it (just used it to compare Excel files and did better than other tools. If you use GIT UltraCompare now has many good features for that ... You may also want to consider UltraStudio Finally unlike other products there is GREAT support. I have emailed support with question and always gotten good fast responses. When I have found a bug or issue they have been very responsive on fixing the issue. They also seriously consider your feature requests. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: over 6 years ago - Author title: Technology Architect at Heifer International ## Related Product [UltraEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews) ## Related Category [Text Editor](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) ## Related discussions - [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team) - Posted at: about 13 years ago - Comments: 6 - [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section) - Posted at: about 13 years ago - Comments: 0 - [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm) - Posted at: about 13 years ago - Comments: 4