--- title: Oxygen XML Editor Reviews meta\_title: 'Oxygen XML Editor Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 35 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Oxygen XML Editor works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 35 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Editor url: https://www.g2.com/categories/editor --- ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Visual Studio Code](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Visual Studio Code") Visual Studio Code 4.7/5(2,732) ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio-code/reviews) [ ![Notepad++](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Notepad++") Notepad++ 4.6/5(2,475) ](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) [ ![Arbortext Editor](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arbortext Editor") Arbortext Editor 4.1/5(26) ](https://www.g2.com/products/arbortext-editor/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/oxygen-xml-editor/competitors/alternatives) # Oxygen XML Editor Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Oxygen XML Editor but has limited features. Are you part of the Oxygen XML Editor team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/oxygen-xml-editor/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Oxygen XML Editor is the premier tool for XML authoring and development. Tailored for all users (from beginners to experts), it is versatile, cross-platform, and available as both a standalone application and Eclipse plugin. Boasting robust support for XML technologies, it offers tools for easy content creation, editing, and publishing. It can be further enhanced by using the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant plugin to add AI capabilities for creating and rewriting content while keeping the user in full control. * * * Seller [Syncro Soft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/syncro-soft) Discussions [Oxygen XML Editor Community](https://www.g2.com/products/oxygen-xml-editor/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Cristian Tălău (Product Manager, Oxygen Content Fusion) Show More ## Typical Contract Price Pricing provided by BetterCloud and others. $$k - $$k Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing](/auth/linkedin?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Foxygen-xml-editor%2Freviews%3Ffilters%255Bnps_score%255D%255B%255D%3D5) ## User Insights Average based on 35 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Chaya H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Chaya H.") CH Chaya H. Staff Technical Writer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/24/2025 "Effortless Migration with Stellar Editing Features" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? I really appreciate the UI interface of Oxygen XML Editor; it makes editing content much easier and allows me to view how the PDF output will look. This feature is particularly valuable for applying conditional tags on the go and reviewing all the required tags swiftly. The interface facilitates an understanding of how the final output flows, which significantly enhances my workflow. Additionally, the setup of Oxygen XML Editor is very easy and seamless, with no issues encountered when connecting to our CMS. This seamless integration allows us to browse our files on the CMS effortlessly. The powerful and efficient search functionality within a book map makes it easier to update entire books in one go, and the built-in terminology checker supports uniform usage of keywords by all writers, adding to its utility and value for my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? I find that sometimes the PDF publishing in Oxygen XML Editor takes a lot more time than expected. The error display is not very clear, making it difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the error. This lack of clarity makes it hard to decode and solve publishing issues effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Oxygen XML Editor to effortlessly migrate legacy content to data authoring tools with minimal effort and enhance document editing, updating, and consistency across teams with its intuitive VisiWig interface and built-in terminology checker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2019 "The Best XML / XSLT Editor" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? Outstanding debugging tools, and great visual support for XSLT, XQuery, XPATH and XSD. There are many WSYWIG features that I find to be a great time saver. It lets me easily create scripts that automate a publishing build. One of my favorite features is the ability to convert an XML document to a XSD schema. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? The only feature I wish it had was "drag and drop" XSLT coding as found in a couple of competing products. It can also be a bit overwhelming to locate features within the extensive toolset. Additional features I would like to see implemented are 1) validate JSON with JSON schema and 2) generate JSON schema from JSON instance. The other potential negative is that Oxygen is quite pricey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oxygen XML Editor: This has the richest set of features and the best debugging tools of any XML editor on the market, although it is pricey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using Oxygen primarily to develop XSLT transformation programs to be used in support of ERP integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/5/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Komal N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Komal N.") KN Komal N. Lead Writer/ Senior Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/6/2023 "It is great tool for Technical Writing!!!" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? It is predefined tool so no need to waste time on formatting and selection of style. Because of this Writer can focus on productivity and quality of documents. I love this tool! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? There is nothing to like. I do not have any reason to dislike this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? It is solving formatting and styling issue, which benefits me to use extra time on quality of documents. I am more productive than before and performance has increased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Katarzyna S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Katarzyna S.") KS Katarzyna S. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/7/2023 "Oxygen XML Editor is a crucial tool in my everyday work and I couldn't imagine a day without it" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? Oxygen XML Editor makes my everyday work go smoothly, it helps to manage large ammounts of files and enables me to do technical writing in a simple way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? The only downside I can think of is attributes being saved authomatically. If someone does not notice it, this may cause some misunderstandings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? Oxygen XML Editor allows me to create product documentation for customers. It helps that the tool is so easy to use and intuitive, yet still has the ability to be personalized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Snehal A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snehal A.") SA Snehal A. trainee Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/6/2023 "Best Authoring tool for documentation" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? Oxygen is very easy to understand and use. It provides some necessary functions like spell and space checker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? It would have been great to have an internal grammar checker. Also, it is difficult to convert to PDF. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? It is a combination of Word and Arbortext editors. We can write the documents easily and even insert images. It helps in highlighting the text with different tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/14/2023 "Oxygen XML Editor" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? Its easy to use, its an xml based tags easy to debug and troubleshoot. Best part is the addons additions and get a reminder on newer version of the software or the addon installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? Sometimes its slower but depends on the CMS that we are using. Bundled with the right CMS this is a powerful tool for text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? Long form book are easier to create. With DITAVAL being flexible, we could edit the same to customize the way the output is displayed. The stylesheet is easier to adopt and customize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Piotr T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Piotr T.") PT Piotr T. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/3/2023 "Great, simple tool for XML editing." 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? Simple, approachable, easy to learn. Good, legible UI. Makes editing XML as easy as regular text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? Automatic DITA validation can be overzealous and throw lots of non-errors obscuring the real issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? It greatly speeds up the editing process. Instead of having to code everything by hand, using the editing mode makes it as easy and editing regular text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ravi C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ravi C.") RC Ravi C. Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/6/2023 "Easy to use tool for tech writers" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? It is easier to use. Takes less time to document content. Predefined structure makes easy to write content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? There is nothing I dislike about oxygen XML editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? The biggest problem of technical writer is formatting. We spend lot of time formatting content, instead of focusing on quality of the content. Oxygen XML solves biggest problem of tech writers and gives time to increase our performance and quality of content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/4/2023 "Great and intuitive tool" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? The fact that it translates xml into easy to use tags in Author's view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? That you can't zoom out Dita Maps Manager and there is no button/possibility to repeat the last action. I use many repetative actions sometimes so it would be nice to use a button that just repeats the last action on a given fragment of text (e.g adjusts attribute "new"). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? It translates xml into tags, so I don't have to check my code all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") UT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/8/2023 "OXYGEN XML AUTHOR REVIEW" 5/5 What do you like best about Oxygen XML Editor? It has so many usefull functions, can be customized to your liking (both visually and functionally). I love that the tool enables me to do so much more than other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oxygen XML Editor? Apart from the search/replace function not working properly sometimes, there is nothing that comes to my mind really. Personally, I think the tool is really good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oxygen XML Editor solving and how is that benefiting you? Enables us to effectively create new content for our manuals. The tool is intuitive, simple and use and abundant in features that make our wok easier. Our work would be a lot harder without oxygen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Oxygen XML Editor? 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