| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Editor Software | 8.2 (#11) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 8.1 (#37) | 9.0 (#4) |
| Spec score · Code editors | 7.7 (#36) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Column editing | Yes | Yes |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Large-file handling | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-cursor editing | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Users can consult guides in the app's Help menu, report issues on GitHub, or contact the project by email. | Users can seek help through the help-gnu-emacs mailing list or gnu.emacs.help newsgroup, and report bugs with M-x report-emacs-bug. |
| Supported platforms | macOS | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. |