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Fernando F.

CEO / Consultant

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 11/29/2024

"Great way to compare for differences!"

4/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Ultra compare is easy to use and shows your files side by side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

Personally there is nothing I dislike about ultra compare. it does what it says it does and does it well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose P.

Senior Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 4/30/2018

"Flexible and precise comparison"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Its flexibility in comparing files or folders, 2 or 3 way comparison allows a powerful comparison. Different comparison modes adds extra features (text, tables or binary). A 'lite' version is integrated with UltraEdit, but is highly recommendable to acquire as part of a bundle Can be launched from inside Ultraedit session as is part of the tools catalogue from IDM and can be configured in the same way as UltraEdit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

No special disgusting features. Probably what is more "disturbing" is some errors in translations into Spanish, in my case, but once reported, solution is very fast and accurate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering UltraCompare:

Be aware that compares characters or words, not sentences, thus, some differences could appear as absurd. Consider possibility to acquire in a bundle with other tools from same manufacturer, significant price advantages can be found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Check changes among several file versions. Mainly ASCII files but not forgetting other formats. Quickly identify changes performed when the originating tool cannot provide change tracking (LSAR MIL STD, S1000D, S2000M or even HTML...) When comparing two files, and one needs to be updated for any reason, is easy to modify inside comparison window Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RAGHU N.

Marketing manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/1/2022

"Compare files with ease"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Best to compare and edit files. Easily editable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

User interface is bit slow. It could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Troy N.

Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/24/2020

"My default folder and file compare tool."

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Ultra compare is fast and the default options can be configured to get the view you are looking for just right for folder or file comparisons. I change my default IDE comparison tool to this in any one that will let me. The view is clean and sharp. The git integration is a newer feature that has been very helpful as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

It does require a yearly subscription now. But I've been using it for so long I bought a life time subscription years ago that the don't offer anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering UltraCompare:

This is a great external comparison tool that can highlight the changes down to control characters all the way to the directory level to make your life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

The folder compare is very useful when merging local dev files to an external server via ftp. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Barry P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/16/2018

"Powerful and Elegant"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

I have had the need to compare changes in files to find changes to data output and to compare software source code files to make sure they're in sync for deployment. It's extremely easy to compare individual files and huge collections of files in multiple folders with only a few mouse clicks, and being able to see just what's changed, and possibly even automating the updates to put them in sync is extremely powerful. This is an incredibly powerful tool that I wouldn't want to be without. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

Honestly, I have no complaints whatsoever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering UltraCompare:

If you want to look for a way to compare files for changes or to confirm versions, look no further. This is the best tool out there! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have had to compare data dumps to find what's different between the two, and they're often very large files. I've also had to compare application source code to make sure multiple applications have the correct versions installed. What surprised me about the tool is that it can even automate updates to synchronize updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel H.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/24/2018

"Best tool for comparison and merging"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Ultra Compare is well integrated into the context menus and has an amazing interface. I find the three way merges very helpful in managing code and as needed comparing large productions of data to ensure the integrity of the data. When using the PDF compare tools it handles the comparisons perfectly - allowing you to identify glitches in your own software's PDF creation tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

Ultra Compare on rare occasions can take a moment to review the selected files - but that's due to its thoroughness in comparing data. If you use Ultra Compare (and other IDM software) behind a corporate firewall you have to hand add proxy settings instead of automatic detection of the firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering UltraCompare:

Buy it today along with the whole IDM suite. The tools have saved me a great deal of time. I have used Ultra Compare and its companion products for over 10 years and have always had amazing support, a great product with an easy to use interface, and most of all have always had updates available for any bugs found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ultra Compare allows me to shorten my work time when working on many types of projects. Primarily I use Ultra Compare to work with incoming data from our clients to smooth out file issues from user managed data inputs. In most cases our clients will provide us with an update but not always tell us what was changed - with this we are able to simply identify the changes in any scale of work product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pierpaolo T.

Senior Front End Developer

Government Administration

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/13/2018

"Simply the best for the job!"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

It has (almost, I'll come to that in a bit) all I ask to a comparison tool:

1. single files

2. folders

3. filters (both for excluding from comparison and simply from view)

4. recursive comparing

5. can compare files starting from comparison of folders

6. easily merge differences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

The only think I would improve would be the option to increase the font size in the folder view:

sometimes it is hard to read the filenames... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shane H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/5/2018

"The best compare tool I've used"

4.5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

The best feature by far is how well it integrates with Ultraedit. Does a great job of comparing different file types like Excel. The folder compare functions are great and a great time saver for testing. Handles large files really well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

Nothing in particular as it does what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/12/2018

"Helps a lot troubleshooting configuration issues"

5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

Very useful when you are troubleshooting configuration issues

Also, the binary mode has helped me to identify codification errors when comparing same file compiled with two different tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

Nothing in particular. I've mainly used text, 3 way text and binary fast modes and work as I need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it regularly, as I'm tech-support, it's easy to pin point where the issue is when configurations has changed, as we typically backup configurations, in case something gets change and introduce problems.

Also comparing configurations from good working environments versus non working ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/17/2018

"Must have tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about UltraCompare?

easy to use with the ability to have multiple folders or files open in multiple tabs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about UltraCompare?

The price and not too many updates are allowed before that license will not let you update to a newer version. So you get locked down to an older version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering UltraCompare:

Ultra Edit is also a good addition to this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is UltraCompare solving and how is that benefiting you?

This cuts down on time when having to make find the differences between two files and it allows you to merge the differences. It has cut down on time and mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.