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CSV Editor Pro vs OpenRefine

CSV Editor Pro

gammadyne.com

OpenRefine

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FigureCSV Editor ProOpenRefine
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Data Preparation Software8.0 (#9)7.9 (#12)
Founded19982010
PurposeCSV Editor Pro is software for working with CSV files on Windows.OpenRefine is a tool for cleaning, transforming and extending messy data with web services and external data.
SupportThe product includes a detailed help file accessible with F1.The project provides support through its forum, GitHub, community calls and Gitter chat.

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CSV Editor Pro

  • CSV Editor Pro license$29, paid once

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OpenRefine

  • Free open-source softwareFree

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CSV Editor Pro

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OpenRefine

OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool for cleaning, transforming, and extending messy data. It works on the user's machine rather than sending data to a cloud service, and basic functions can run offline through a small web server on that computer. Facets help explore large datasets and apply changes to filtered views. Clustering uses heuristics to find similar values and address inconsistencies; reconciliation matches values to external databases through reconciliation services. Users can undo and redo operations without a stated history limit. OpenRefine imports formats including CSV, TSV, fixed-width text, JSON, XML, spreadsheets, PC-Axis, MARC, RDF formats, and Wikitext. It can also upload data to Google Sheets and create or update Wikidata statements. Releases are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Java must be installed and configured, although the Mac version and some Windows packages include it. Data is not encrypted by default; operating-system full-disk encryption can protect it. The project offers support through its forum, GitHub, community calls, and Gitter chat.

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