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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Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2019

"Error proof code change"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

I love the ability to compare code before and after to ensure nothing else changed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Nothing comes to mind in regards to anything I don't line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/9/2019

"Beyond Compare - A best software to compare the data"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

It helps me to compare plain text as well as folders. It helps me to get all the new changes in folders & files. It allows me to update the different data after clicking on the arrow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

It gets slow when there are many nested folders for comparison. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/21/2019

"A good tool to compare texts, excel files, folders and more"

4/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Its Easy to install, very user friendly and good user interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

It prompts to buy or upgrade in middle of the work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/19/2019

"One of the best tool to compare text, excel files, folders etc"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Good User Interface, Easy to install and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Sometimes asks for licence unnecessarily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pedro P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/2/2018

"Good tool for comparing files and folders"

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Quick and intuitive. It saves me from having to compare files one by one, very intuitive, and it also takes very little time to complete the comparison process. Beyond Compare is an excellent program for synchronizing different PCs. What I like most is that Beyond Compare supports FTP and exclusion rules, so I can always keep the local server synchronized with the online one. It allows you to quickly locate the differences (highlighting them) and make the necessary changes in each of the analyzed files. Additionally, you can quickly access these differences through a column on the left side of the screen (this option is very useful when comparing very large files). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

I haven't noticed any significant flaws that I dislike. It fulfills all the types of uses I might have for comparison software. However, large files take a bit of time to process and detect differences. Be careful with spaces and new lines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Beyond Compare:

Beyond Compare offers a free trial version, so there really is no risk in trying it. There are many comparison tools out there: I use it every day and it definitely does the job for me. The price is also very reasonable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Comparison of code and comparison of binary files. It helps me compare the source code between modified and unmodified versions. This comparison tool can also help compare binary files. As a developer, it is very useful since you can compare with the previous implementation to see what went wrong and correct it easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manuel P.

Site Reliability Engineering Director

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/12/2019

"The go-to tool for file and folder comparison"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Rules-based comparison

Local and remote comparison

Support for sftp comparison

User interface and difference inspection

Integrated file viewer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

Some remote comparisons can take some time to complete, but once done results are very accurate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Beyond Compare:

This is the go-to tool for files and folders comparison, both local and remotely Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Ability to visually check for differences on files and folders, both local and remotely, using different comparison methods Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James B.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/21/2018

"Essential Text Merging Tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

I use this tool extensively for programming and managing large projects with multiple version baselines, and this is one of the most useful utilities for merging directories. It's fast and offers many advanced features for fine-tuning the compare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

I don't really understand how to use the three way merge feature. I have tried, but the use of the feature wasn't clear to me. I would also like if the program was better at reconciling files where the sections are out of order. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Phil S.

Founder and President and Chief Oil & Gas Accounting Simplifier

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/23/2019

"The standard in diff/merge tools."

5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

Beyond Compare is so flexible. It integrates with our SourceGear Vault app and replaces the diff/merge. It's really fast too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

There's nothing I really dislike about BC. It does everything I need and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Beyond Compare:

Like I said in the header, Beyond Compare is the standard in diff/merge tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use it in conjunction with source control. We also use it for comparing folders. It helps us find missing items and helps keep our code in sync. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Twinkle T.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/23/2018

"it is good but not the best"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Beyond Compare?

it provides difference in any text or any type of data between two files. We can do any type of compare, text, folder, picture etc. this is easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Beyond Compare?

I hate the UI, it is too old school. it doesnt brief at one place what are all the differences. Scrolling to th other end is a pain in this app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Beyond Compare:

it is a good app for fast use, but there are better products in the market. Like TFS itself provides its own comparison. Check that out Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Comparing two files. To see if any check differences are there in previous code files. etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.