--- title: PolyEdit Reviews meta\_title: 'PolyEdit Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 12 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how PolyEdit works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.6 review\_count: 12 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # PolyEdit Reviews & Product Details PolyEdit is a multi-purpose word processor and text editor that is designed to help with word processing requirements and offers a variety of features, tools, add-ons so you do not have to jump between programs. * * * Seller [PolyEdit](https://www.g2.com/sellers/polyedit) Discussions [PolyEdit Community](https://www.g2.com/products/polyedit/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Microsoft Word](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Word") Microsoft Word 4.7/5(2,061) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-word/reviews) [ ![Foxit PDF Editor](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Foxit PDF Editor") Foxit PDF Editor 4.6/5(3,701) ](https://www.g2.com/products/foxit-pdf-editor/reviews) [ ![Inkscape](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Inkscape") Inkscape 4.4/5(417) ](https://www.g2.com/products/inkscape/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/polyedit/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 12 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) MA Muhammad A. Branding Manager Airlines/Aviation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/14/2024 "A useful option for simple writing and editing tasks" 4/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? For rapid text creation and initial proofreading, PolyEdit is fast, unobtrusive, and does not overload the user interface. I consider it a good tool for writing emails and taking notes during meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? I also found that PolyEdit does not have any actual collaboration tools. This disqualifies it for projects where there is work that must be done in cooperation on just one document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I now use PolyEdit to generate ideas and to come up with the first draft of the content that I am developing. It is quite fast and convenient when it comes to first drafts which require none or very little interference with the flow of ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MM Manuel M. Analista de Sistemas Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/8/2019 "A text editor to add functionality and improvements to the code of your applications" 4/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? PolyEdit has very favorable features such as its support for different languages, frames and environments. It should be noted that plugins can be installed without additional costs such as lineEdit. I am also surprised by its text protection option, which allows it to be possible to copy the content of my lines of code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? The user interface can be a bit confusing. In my opinion, I have found it difficult to remember the position of some commands on the menu. In addition, you should install certain add-ons to the program when installed to take full advantage of its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: A good text editor if you like to install your own plugins to support the applications in which you work. On the other hand, PolyEdit has a fully accessible price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? PolyEdit has given me support in the development of applications projects as it has package installation, folder management and other tools that I need to add functionality and improvements to the applications code. In addition, this editor supports several programming languages, so the language will not be an inconvenience when programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SC Sergio C. Programador De Software Junior Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/9/2019 "A software to start web projects with full guarantee" 4/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? PolyEdit is an easy editor to edit, delete or open large files. It has a simple interface with many features, with a design similar to Notepad ++. The advantages of this editor are the compatibility with different programming languages and their search functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? I believe that this editor should implement a code preview window to be able to notice the changes while programming. The autoformat function can also be a bit confusing, because there is no material online to install it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: I would recommend PolyEdit without any doubt for its ease of installation, use and most features that may be useful for the development of your projects, scripts or queries. If you are an advanced developer, you will love this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? PolyEdit is a tool that gives me the ability to encode HTML, PHP, JavaScript easily for web applications. It is also beneficial to be able to open several files in multiple tabs within the PolyEdit instance without the program slowing down. In addition, its search functions allow me to quickly find the variables that I wrote wrong to be able to correct them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/26/2019 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JC Jose C. Arquitecto de Software NET Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/10/2019 "A compact text editor and different configuration options  " 4/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? PolyEdit has a wide variety of functions to customize my experience as a developer. What I like most about this editor is that it has simplicity in its interface and fast file loading times. I also like the enumeration of lines, which allows me to maintain full control of the code to correct errors or quickly find variables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? It has not allowed me to export the code to HTML and PDF, because it throws an "empty file" error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: PolyEdit is a compact and easy-to-use editor, very effective for programmers. I consider that very configurable program and that unlike others, it is a light program. I recommend trying the experience and enjoying its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? PolyEdit has helped me to edit programs based on Java, HTML or PHP. I love the way it shows the code syntax for each language, giving me visibility for each one to quickly find errors. In addition, it has tools to find and replace text, which serve as a shortcut instead of reviewing line by line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RQ Ricardo Q. Arquitecto Software SR Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/8/2019 "A simple and reliable text editor for different purposes" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? PolyEdit is an editor compatible with several types of character encoding. This software has exceptional functions for word replacement and search. It is also compatible with programming languages. It has the ability to add add-ons and has a toolbar with excellent editing features such as OEM to ANSI conversion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? PolyEdit lacks highlight in the syntax and the interface is very Microsoft Office style. In addition, it does not provide the functionality of an IDE with functions such as autocomplete or debuggers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: A text editor with basic features and some advanced ones. It can work as coding software. Easy to use, a light product and supports add-ons. I recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? This tool helps us to take notes of simple notes or quickly review programming projects. It is very easy to manage JavaScript files that have thousands of lines of code, scroll and make changes. In addition, it has good keyboard shortcuts to have more comfort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Josh H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Josh H.") JH Josh H. Social Media Specialist Government Administration Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/7/2016 "A solid lightweight option for writers and editors" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? PolyEdit is a simple and straightforward rich text editor and word processor. It has all the main features you would expect to get the job done. It's not bloated like Microsoft Word and it's very snappy. Unlike the page layout mentality of something like Word, PolyEdit focuses on the text itself. It's designed with writing and editing in mind. Because of its slim and focused nature, PolyEdit is very easy to pick up and use. It will be very familiar to users of Microsoft Word, but even if you've never touched a word processor before, it shouldn't take long to start using everything in PolyEdit that you need. Outside of the basics like font style, alignment, color, and lists that Word or Google Docs offers you, PolyEdit does have a few unique features. It has a tabbed interface so you can quickly and easily switch between working documents on the fly. It includes some great tools to work with text, including sorting, snippets, and a built-in clipboard manager. It also has a wide variety of plugins and additional tools available on the developer's site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? PolyEdit hasn't been updated in a long time, and its design looks a bit dated. It still has all the features you need to get writing done, but it seems unlikely that any new features or fixes will be added in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: PolyEdit is a great tool, but keep in mind the fact that it hasn't been updated for a while. There's a chance it could break in newer versions of Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? PolyEdit is a great tool for writers who just want to focus on the words. It limits the distractions of trying to write in a complicated software suite like Office or a web-based tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Richard P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Richard P.") RP Richard P. Gerente de producto Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/19/2016 "Great rich document editor" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? Easy to use and lightweight, it has everything you need to edit documents, great images and tables support, multiple fonts picker, it can have multiple files opened, you can send documents by email and exports documents to PDF or HTML. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? It doesn't work well with new MSOffice documents, layers and margins can be messed up, UI is outdated, spelling support is very limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: There are many others applications in market for free, although it's a great tool is outdated and doesn't work with new documents format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Documents editing/creating, it's a great lightweight alternative for simple editing daily tasks, you can create simple reports too or view PDF files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lucy K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lucy K.") LK Lucy K. Diseñador de páginas web Warehousing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/26/2016 "Simple alternative for rich documents editing" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? It has many editing features like images and figures, it supports math equations, it runs very fast and you can have multiple files open, you can set up your email and send documents directly on it, it has plugins and you can export documents to PDF or HTML. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? It doesn't support new .DOCX, it can only export to an older .DOC version, UI is very old, you can't use all features with a free version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: It can be a great alternative if you don't want to install a heavy application to create simple documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Simple documents creation, it's a lightweight application with many features to create documents quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Cristobal M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cristobal M.") CM Cristobal M. Desarrollador de java Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/27/2016 "Fantastic word processor alternative" 4/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? It can read .DOC and .RTF files, you can encrypt documents, it runs fast, you can have multiple documents open, it has plugins, it supports advanced documents features like inserting equations, images, forms, you can send documents by email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? It doesn't support new documents format like .DOCX, it doesn't export to PDF, it's not free and quite expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: It's a lightweight tool with many features from more large applications, if you are doing simple editing tasks it's well suited for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Editing/Creating simple word documents, it runs fast and has many features to get the job done and ready to email it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Paty G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paty G.") PG Paty G. Desarrollador de software Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/21/2016 "Great alternative to edit documents" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PolyEdit? Simple and lightweight documents editor, it has all common features from others as well, easy to work with images and tables, you can send files by email and you can export documents to another formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PolyEdit? It's quite outdated and it doesn't work well with new MSOffice documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PolyEdit: It's great for simple editing tasks but if you need more advanced features you should consider more robusts options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PolyEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Read/Edit rich documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about PolyEdit? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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