Notepad++ vs. Sublime Text

Notepad++

338 Reviews and Ratings

Sublime Text

207 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Notepad++	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Notepad++ is a popular free and open source text editor available under the GPL license, featuring syntax highlighting and folding, auto-complete, multi-document management, and ac customizable GUI.	N/A
Sublime Text	Score9.8 out of 10	N/A	Sublime Text is a highly customizable text editing solution featuring advanced API, Goto functions, and other features, from Sublime HQ in Sydney.	$80

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Notepad++

Sublime Text

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Pricing Offerings
Notepad++	Sublime Text
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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	Notepad++	Sublime Text
Considered Both Products	Open Source Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has a simple GUI. I use it when needed to take quick notes or come up with a rough logic to any problem. Even though Sublime Text is a lot sleekier tha Notepad++, the search capabilities of Notepad++ makes it a winner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Atom is a nice little notepad and editor, but it's a bit overkill for a simple note-taking app and doesn't quite compare to Visual Studio Code for more robust tasks like software development. It does have more polish than Notepad++, but the experience is somehow more clumsy. Sub… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ I used to use Sublime Text for text editing because at the time I liked the ability to apply themes to the interface and I appreciated the text color coding. However, several years ago something happened one time while I was using Sublime Text (unfortunately, it's been too long … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Martin Programmer Analyst at Shared Services Canada (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Notepad++ I haven't used a lot of other editors that are similar to Notepad++ aside from Sublime Text. Although I do like the interface of Sublime Text, I did not like how it was dependent on learning and memorizing a lot of hotkeys and commands. I like that Notepad++ has a rich, … Incentivized Helpful? Filip Witkowski Web Developer in Research & Development at TMP Worldwide (Marketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Notepad++ In comparison to applications like Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code, Notepad++ is very limited. But this one has a different use. It's not used to work on projects—more like just editing and converting single files. It's the advanced version of the default Windows notepad. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ I mainly use Notepad++ on windows. EditPlus was very good at regular expressions. I felt it was better than Notepad++. On Mac, sublime is a good tool for the same purpose. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ It's free. Very easy to use. Can be used for a number of languages. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is much easier to use due to its light UI and gradual learning curve. It also supports third-party plugins using which certain additional features can be added. Incentivized Helpful? Kyle Kochtan Technical Lead in Information Technology at Newell Rubbermaid (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees) Chose Notepad++ Notepad ++ has been easier to use, configure and maintain the other offerings. We prefer the lightweight install and configuration to Office. This is especially helpful on servers where we do not want overhead on. The configuration and ease of use right out of the gate is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is free, entirely, so you're not going to have to pay for more features (like with Sublime). It's also available offline, so if you're having internet issues you won't lose your data (like with Evernote). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is easy to use. If you have used notepad it's a more advanced version of it. It has a lot of themes and plugins which you can download from the community page and are free. It's easier to build applications in Notepad ++ as it works with various environments. It helps … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Boyd Freelance Web and Software Developer in Information Technology at Cre8tiveCoder (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Notepad++ We actually don't use Notepad++ over any other software, but in tandem with it. It complements other more advanced, modern text editors and definitely provides a lightweight way to edit code files, especially ones that are interpreted like Python, without having to open a full … Incentivized Helpful? Gerald Meachem Senior Software Analyst in Research & Development at BDM IT Solutions Inc. (Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees) Chose Notepad++ Others in my organization use Sublime and like it. However, it must be purchased. I have not used it enough to have an opinion on which is better. Obviously, I have used Windows Notepad in a pinch, and this is so much better so it's really not even a valid comparison. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is by far the best text editor I have ever tried. You really don't need to look elsewhere as far as functionality and convenience. I wouldn't really write long hand code in it. I'd rather use something like Dreamweaver because it's built just to write code and has … Incentivized Helpful?	Sublime HQ Kunal Verma Software Engineer Intern in Research & Development at UBC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Sublime Text Sublimes text is comparable with the Microsoft Visual Studio Code and NotePad++. However, VS code is far better than [Sublime Text] in terms of the plugins and extensions available in the market. [...] Sublime consumes [...] less memory, compared to the VS code, [which … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text Easier to use, runs very solid (especially on Mac OS). Syntax coloring is the best. Possibilities to add plugins and custom things is huge. Connection with Github works great (never tested this with the other tools though). Also, our company has chosen this tool so at my current … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text is free and offers a cleaner coding interface. Even if I forgot to save updates to a file, the next time I open it, it's still present. Sublime Text boots faster than the other text editors and is also easy to deploy. Memory consumption of Sublime Text is lesser … Incentivized Helpful? Al Mubassir Muin Software Engineer in Information Technology at Prime Tech Solutions Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Sublime Text Compared to any other text editor I've used, Sublime Text has the best user interface. On Macs, Windows, and Linux, Sublime Text makes editing easier. When I couldn't use Notepad++ on a Windows machine, I used Sublime Text instead. My colleagues started using Sublime Text, so I … Incentivized Helpful? Samer Araabi Research Director in Research & Development at Accountability Counsel (Legal Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Sublime Text We've used both Notepad++ and Atom; both are great but nothing really beats the Sublime Text UI; super intuitive and friendly and does everything you need without overwhelming you with stuff you don't. Other options are free, but for our organization, it was well worth the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text has a bit more flexibility and doesn't take up as much space or memory as some of the larger IDEs. Notepad++ is customizable too, but Sublime Text is better suited for code editing in my experience. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text While Microsoft Visual Studio Code has a lot more to offer, it can sometimes be a little too much and get too complicated. I like to keep things simple in text editors which makes Sublime Text my preferred editor. There are a lot of packages that can be installed for Sublime … Incentivized Helpful? Yaniv Vararu Director, Quality & Processes in Research & Development at Wochit (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose Sublime Text The main reason I moved from using Notepad++ to use Sublime Text was that I moved from Windows OS to Mac OS.... Notepad++ is not supported on Windows based systems, so I had no choice. But my guess is that over the years, I would have probably moved to Sublime Text anyway, since … Incentivized Helpful? Sudha Govindaraju C# Programmer in Information Technology at IRISS, Inc. (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text has a better UI compared to any other text editors I have used. Easier to edit text on Sublime Text, even on Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. Incentivized Helpful? Divyang Sabhadiya Developer in Information Technology at Trueline Solution (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Sublime Text On certain levels all have certain pros and cons but Sublime has community support and a huge future ahead due to its features, making it lead all the others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text is powerful, stable, versatile, and lightweight. It's also very affordable, with straightforward licensing terms. Many of the other options that we explored met some of these qualifications, but only Sublime Text checks all of those boxes. For example, NetBeans and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text I think Sublime Text is more elegant and simple to use. Incentivized Helpful? Kaleb-John Loo Senior Firmware Engineer in Engineering at Spirent Communications (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text rarely has an bugs or updates compared to Notepad++, meaning it is always ready to go. Sublime Text has a smarter file recognition system that helps to correctly target directories for new files and choose the correct color highlighting scheme. Compared to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sublime Text Sublime Text has the cleanest and best UI features such as code snippet window etc.. It has pre-defined intuitive keyboard shortcuts which are easy to understand and use. It also offers support for multiple languages. Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Notepad++	Sublime Text
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (61 ratings)	9.1 (56 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (3 ratings)	8.9 (4 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (15 ratings)	9.3 (11 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)