Beyond Compare Reviews & Product Details

Beyond Compare allows you to quickly and easily compare your files and folders. By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those you're not. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records.

Seller

Scooter Software

Discussions

Beyond Compare Community

Languages Supported

German, English, French, Japanese

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

Chris Kennedy

Pricing

Pricing provided by Beyond Compare.

Basic

$12.00

per_feature With One-Time Purchase

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User Insights

Average based on 152 real user reviews.

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

With One-Time Purchase

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is Beyond Compare, and what problem is it built to solve?

Beyond Compare is a file and directory comparison tool that highlights differences in content and helps users synchronize files, manage them, and merge changes. It works with different types of data, including text, images, data files, and directory structures across operating systems.

What languages does Beyond Compare support?

Beyond Compare supports 4 languages: English, French, German, and Japanese.

What company sizes and industries is Beyond Compare the best fit for?

Beyond Compare’s strongest reviewer-reported fit is with enterprise organizations, especially in technology-focused industries. Mid-market and small-business users are also represented.

What customer support options does Beyond Compare provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Support includes self-service resources, email/help desk, and phone support. When users do need help, the experience is described as positive, though some find they rarely need to contact support.

What tools and platforms does Beyond Compare integrate with, and how do these integrations help users get more value from the product?

Beyond Compare is used alongside source-control tools and development environments, making it easier to inspect changes and resolve merges within existing workflows.

Source control: Git, SVN, TFS, Perforce, and SourceGear Vault
Development environments: Visual Studio

These connections let users bring comparison and merging into code review, branch work, and other development tasks.

What features or capabilities could make Beyond Compare even more useful?

The most useful improvements would make complex comparisons easier to interpret and reduce friction in everyday workflows.

Improve alignment and matching for files with substantial, reordered, or irregularly formatted changes.
Modernize navigation and make common settings easier to find, including clearer defaults for frequently used comparison modes.
Expand file-format support and improve comparisons for formats such as spreadsheets and database files.

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sudeep k.

Software Engineer

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2020

"Best Comparison Tool in the market and the variety of comparison it supports."

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Most Awesome Software to compare types of files and plain text. It is very good software for resolving the merge conflict during commit. we can also save the current session for future use. It can also be used for folder comparison also. The User Interface is very simple and elegant. The User Experience for the product is awesome, it pretty easy to use and understand the tool. Code comparison for the different versions of the codebase. I am able to compare the different resources files (images/XML) for different builds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

There are very few issues I think, one of them is to include more file types than the currently supported one and support for downloading the text file from the internet and compare it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Beyond Compare:

Very user-friendly tool and easy to use it. If you looking for a tool that can compare anything(files, folders, images, plain text), I would surely recommend Beyond Compare to you. It is also very useful in the resolution of code conflict and the merging of the codebase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Beyond Compare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Very quick resolution for the merge conflict in GIT. Code comparison for the different versions of the codebase. I am able to compare the different resources files (images/XML) for different builds. It is a really helpful tool for the comparison of two versions of the build. It really saves a lot of time during code compare and merges with Beyond Compare rather than doing it manually. It is a very useful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ekaterina B.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/27/2020

"Excellent comparison tool - code, folders, options galore"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

It is very easy to use - an intuitive interface that supports drag and drop of file/folder paths. The number of options to customize your comparison results is sufficient for quick or in-depth compare. I also like the price - the multi-OS edition is still under $100 - I believe, at the time when I purchased it, it was around sixty dollars. It is a stable app on both PC and Mac, AND it comes with a portable version that you can carry around on a USB drive. All in all, perfect tool in my toolbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Nothing really. For some, the UI might seem dated, but that's a personal preference. The most important thing is that the app does what I need it to do, and does it fast and reliably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 12/18/2020

"Beyond compare: merge the changes with in files and folder"

4/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

File and folder compare is very easy. Subfolder can also be compared. Changes on file and folder are highlighted. Merging changes from both sides is easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Tool takes more time to highlight all differences. We need to open the file to check whether two files are identical or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tanumay K.

Senior Product Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/14/2021

"Extremely Helpful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

The visual comparison is very helpful and merging became so easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Having an API would be really helpful here Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BABIN S.

Sr. .NET Developer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/24/2021

"Best comparison tool (any format of files/folders)"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Can compare files of any format, including word doc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Zip folders can not be compared. FTP/Remote file cannot be compared. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/15/2020

"Great for text comparing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

When I have to compare extended pieces of text, that's my tool of choice. The differences are very clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

The interface is slightly overwhelming, too many options. I understand why, but I wish it would just open with a blank (not the last used) compare text screen. I don't think I ever needed to open something I had done before, I always need to start a blank new text-to-text comparison. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kamaldev K.

Senior Software Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/25/2019

"Nice tool for file comparison"

4/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Easy to use. All file operations are possible during file comparison (Move Copy, Save, Save As). Detect file changes if other party made any changes on same file. Support all major file format like PDF, XMl, etc. Portable installations are available. Binary level comparison is possible for binary files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Changes will loss if the file altered by another application. Programming options are not available to detect file changes automatically.No options to add comments during review process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/27/2020

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"Great files comparator"

2/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

I love the synchronize folders functionality to reconcile data instantly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

the UI is not very appealing - everything looks very crowded Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/20/2019

"Engineer Swiss Knife"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

The ability to realign the lines to compare and custom syntax.

Most compare tools don't allow you to change how the tool compares two contents, but BC allows you to do so by telling the tool which lines should compare to which, the tool then recomputes the contents from the target line onwards.

The ability to define custom syntax is also useful as you can tell the tool which type of content change is important, and which type is not (e.g.: the comments). This is very useful if you have content types that are not recognized by BC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Table comparison can be more useful if BC can show side-by-side view (vertical view) when viewing selected record instead of top-down view (horizontal view). It would be even better if users are allowed to define custom layout, like in my case the columns in my table are actually in pairs, so I want to compare every pair of columns on the left to the same pair of columns on the right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tushar J.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/21/2019

"Best Data comparison tool in market"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

It is the best comparison tool. Easy to use, Compare files, folders, texts. Integrates with Windows Explorer easily. Set rules on what not to compare and what to. And syncing the files/folders being compared is intuitive as well. Multiple tabs to run different compares. And what more, saves your sessions as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

No integration with any IDE. With the power this tool has, if this works along with common IDEs then it would be fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.