--- title: UltraEdit Reviews meta\_title: 'UltraEdit Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 1124 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how UltraEdit works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.7 review\_count: 1124 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) [ ![Sublime Text](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sublime Text") Sublime Text 4.5/5(1,783) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/competitors/alternatives) # UltraEdit Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by UltraEdit but has limited features. Are you part of the UltraEdit team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! UltraEdit is a text and code editor built for work that general-purpose editors often struggle with: large files, complex data manipulation, and security-sensitive workflows. It has been in the market for more than 30 years, is used by over 4 million users worldwide, and is trusted by enterprise customers across the Fortune 100, 500, and 1000. Individual users choose UltraEdit when everyday editors start to hit their limits. Common use cases include working with very large files, running advanced search and replace, using column and block editing, and handling more complex text and data manipulation. Organizations choose UltraEdit when they need a more secure and supportable editor behind sensitive workflows. That includes teams in banking, insurance, healthcare, government, and other regulated or risk-sensitive environments where unsupported tools can create too much uncertainty. Key capabilities: - Performance under heavy tasks, including support for files above 4 GB - Advanced search and replace - Column and block editing for structured data tasks - Complex text and data manipulation - Offline activation for restricted environments - Commercial support with priority handling for critical concerns Often called the "Swiss army knife" of text editors, UltraEdit is a tool that no IT professional should be without. From programming and project management to large file manipulation, from data sorting and text record formatting to remote (FTP/SFTP) file operations, from advanced file searching and text data reformatting, there's almost no problem that UltraEdit can't solve in the world of text editing. UltraEdit is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and is backed by a professional development team and support staff. * * * Seller [Idera, Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/idera-inc-2026-07-14) Discussions [UltraEdit Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Ben Schwenk (General Manager, DevOps, Idera Inc.) 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%2Fultraedit%2Freviews) ## User Insights Average based on 1124 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Arsalan K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arsalan K.") AK Arsalan K. Technical Architect Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/7/2021 "Good text editor for windows" 3.5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? Support for handling large size files Available on Windows, Mac, Linux Support for themes Hex data editing, column selection, block mode selection editing is a pretty sweet add-ons for developers Syntax highlighting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? Not free to use Not very good with handling huge files, freezes a bit while loading them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Helping us to open, view and navigate in production application log files. The first go to tool for our team members during analysis Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Utilities](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Utilities") UU Verified User in Utilities Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/27/2021 "UE vs uex" 4.5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? UltraEdit is a small, fast and very handy editor. You don't have to start and park it in the background if there might be a possible demand on it. It handles the file formats good and is very helpful by opening even hex-files. Macro-recording is simple and helps to make multiple modifications very simple. Even Win and Linux are supported! Same syntax on both OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? The response to necessary updates on LINUX is unaccaptable. Windows version is under contious updates but promisses for a new Linux version for Feb 21 are gone with the wind. Neither a new Linux version nor any announcements - bad. The edit-windows for Linux are handled completly different than in Win. Parallel scrolling in Linux is not implemented :-(. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use UE/uex for embedded source code, HTML and SVG/XML. Opposite to Eclipse UE(X) opens a file as a file and does not detect HTML and make any stupid / funny assumptions what I would like to do or how to restructure the source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") UI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/16/2021 "UltraEdit Business User Review" 3/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? Can set up system tasks to run automatically when set up correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? The learning process and onboarding are lengthy and complex. The user face can be daunting for a new user without any prior experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use it to run reoccurring jobs automatically for reporting and monitoring purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Bart H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bart H.") BH Bart H. Vice President of Geophysical Sales Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/24/2021 "Amazingly flexible software for coding and analysis of data files of unknown format and origin." 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? The ability to flip between hex and ascii views to look at binary data files that usually have some ASCII strings hidden in them. Can handle really large files. The ability to do Python coding with all the handy formatting, hints, and code analysis available in Ultraedit to handle said data files is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? The interface can look a bit jarring, but it never changes from one version to the next by much so you always know where your command is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Geophysical data analysis, Python coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic TP Tog P. CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/29/2021 "Excellent Software and support" 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? This is easy to use and has so many features. The best for me is probably the find in files and find/replace in files features that save me so much time, although I do like the colour coding for different elements of a page. I am also pleased with the level of support. My questions are always answered quickly and answers received are always extremely clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? I can't think of anything I dislike at all. Everything works so well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I design websites so I use it for coding in HTML, PHP, CSS, and Javascript. It is so much more than a basic text editor. The find in files and find and replace in files features are especially useful to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite TD Tim D. Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/26/2021 "UltraEdit meets all my needs, and more" 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? FTP to remote sites makes web editing easy. Find and Replace is a huge help when makng changes. I also like the ability to customise the appearance of UE on screen. for maximum visibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? Nothing at all. UE has so many features, there's always one to hand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering UltraEdit: I wouldn't hesitate to install and use UltraEdit. You get 30 days to evaluate it free, by which time you'll be fully persuaded in favour. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use UE almost exclusively for web coding. It makes interaction between the local and remote files so quick and easy. By putting each web site into one (or more) projects it makes it so easy to switch between different aspects of one site, or between sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/31/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Dan D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dan D.") DD Dan D. Technical writer Computer Hardware Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/13/2018 "An excellent text editor!" 4/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? As someone who has used UE for almost 20 years, I find the latest version to be the shining star of the UltraEdit family. In terms of features, stability and being a solid product, it can't be beat! The Tech Support is really good as well. If you are on the fence about getting a copy, or an open-source text editor product, spend the money and get UE. It will be well spent! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? High upgrade pricing from one version to the next. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering UltraEdit: It's a solid, supported, established product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Dealing with large files. This version deals with them well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/11/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/19/2017 "Great all around editor." 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? It's quick. Load quick, searches quick. I use other IDEs, but I've fallen back to this for years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? I did have to buy a separate copy of ulltra compare. But it is probably the best file compare tool I've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering UltraEdit: This is a great editor that is great for everyday use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? I've been developing web applications for for years, with several different languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/1/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") UT Verified User in Telecommunications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/22/2021 "Very trustworthy company" 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? I am not commenting on the rich of features, because I am very sure other people will do. I limit myself on user experience. I have been an UltraEdit (and some other IDM products) user since at least 20 years. It is so long to remember exactly how many years. When UltraEdit (UE) started, online sale did not exist. It was sold via things called Shareware. Although I have retired quite long, I am still using UE. I still bought new version of UE for my new computer. My experience is truly so good, which I do not see at any other vendors. I have absolute confidence in IDM. The user interface is so well organized. Although UE is so feature rich, it is easy to get familiar with. The support staff is excellent. I do not recall any time that I have to wait for more than a day to get a response. Usually, they answer within hours. Their staff is very polite and professional. About quality? Before retiring, I was a tester for decades. So, my job was to find ways to break our own product before release. With that background (breaking product), I have never seen UE crash. Of course, I did not intentionally break UE, but I use as a user. For example, sometimes I load HUGE log files into UE to invest a problem. Through out decades of using UE, I see only minor problems. Finally, I really recommend people to consider buying life-time upgrade. When I initially bought UE, that option did not exist. UltraCompare (UC) came much later after UE with that option. Since I had such positive experience with UE, I decided to buy life-time upgrade for UC. I paid once and I get all new features for close to 20 years for free. If the vendor is not trustful, I would not pay life-time upgrade. They may not exist in years! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? I cannot think of what I dislike, eventhough I have been a customer for so long. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? When I was at work, I used UE as part of my job as a tester. Paid from my own pocket! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Printing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Printing") IP Verified User in Printing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/18/2017 "Have used UE since 2004 for both personal and professional work." 5/5 What do you like best about UltraEdit? I like and make extensive use of the Sort features plus the numerous coding templates for various computer languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about UltraEdit? Having to renew the license every year to get new features and upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering UltraEdit: Get the UltraStudio suite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is UltraEdit solving and how is that benefiting you? Use it to check various types of computer code; especially the reserve words. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/19/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ## Questions about UltraEdit? 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. [ Ask about UltraEdit ](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/discussions/new) ![Paolo C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paolo C.") PC Paolo Corsini • Last activity 23 days ago Has UltraEdit (UltraCompare) gotten slower over time compared to WinMerge or Notepad++? 1 Upvote 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/has-ultraedit-ultracompare-gotten-slower-over-time-compared-to-winmerge-or-notepad) ![Mani Teja P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mani Teja P.") MP Mani Teja Punna • Last activity 23 days ago How is it different from the other software like notepad++ and what benefits are there? 3 Upvotes 11 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-is-it-different-from-the-other-software-like-notepad-and-what-benefits-are-there) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by UltraEdit. ### UltraEdit Enterprise $119.95 1 user ### UltraEdit Core $99.95 1 user [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/pricing) UltraEdit Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_6093da7187bfc5bbbeeb9c885fe39648/notepad.png "Product Avatar Image") Notepad++ 4.6/5(2,475) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/notepad-vs-ultraedit) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_d6666b6b8c18d1f36792437ccb1ac3e6/sublime-text.png "Product Avatar Image") Sublime Text 4.5/5(1,783) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/sublime-text-vs-ultraedit) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_13aba37ae908d9cf29a2452925257ccc/visual-studio-code.jpeg "Product Avatar Image") Visual Studio Code 4.7/5(2,732) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/ultraedit-vs-visual-studio-code) ##### ##### UltraEdit Features Coding Syntax highlighting Autocompletion Find and replace Editing Language Support Selection Methods Functionality Extensibility Cross-platform support Security [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Text Editor](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) ##### Explore More [Is a paid hard drive cloning tool worth it for an IT team running regular PC migrations?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-a-paid-hard-drive-cloning-tool-worth-it-for-an-it-team-running-regular-pc-migrations)[What 3D rendering app runs best on a MacBook for furniture or product visualization where portability matters more than raw render-farm power?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-3d-rendering-app-runs-best-on-a-macbook-for-furniture-or-product-visualization-where-portability-matters-more-than-raw-render-farm-power)[What is the best document database for a small SaaS app that is mostly read-heavy but needs high availability without managing a complex cluster?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-document-database-for-a-small-saas-app-that-is-mostly-read-heavy-but-needs-high-availability-without-managing-a-complex-cluster) [What CRM is the best for e-commerce platforms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/crm-what-crm-is-the-best-for-e-commerce-platforms)[Which audience intelligence platforms work well for a marketing strategy team validating media channel choices based on real audience affinity data?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-audience-intelligence-platforms-work-well-for-a-marketing-strategy-team-validating-media-channel-choices-based-on-real-audience-affinity-data%20)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)