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EmEditor vs Sublime Text

EmEditor

emeditor.com

Sublime Text

sublimetext.com

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FigureEmEditorSublime Text
Price from$5/mo—
Free planYes—
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Plans published67
Spec score · Text Editors9.0 (#5)8.8 (#7)
Spec score · Code editors8.8 (#6)8.6 (#7)
Column editingYesYes
Extension supportYesYes
Free planYesNo
HeadquartersRedmond, Washington, United StatesWoollahra, Sydney, Australia
Large-file handlingYesYes
Macro recordingYesYes
Multi-cursor editingYesYes
Supported platformsWindows 10,Windows 11,Windows Server 2019 or later; legacy support includes Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2Windows,macOS,Linux

Plans

EmEditor

  • Professional Monthly Subscription$6 a month
  • Professional Annual Subscription$60 a year
  • Annual Subscription$5 a month
  • Monthly Subscription$6 a month
  • EmEditor FreeFree
  • Professional TrialFree

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Sublime Text

  • PersonalPrice not published
  • Business: seats 1-10Price not published
  • Business: seats 11-25Price not published
  • Business: seats 26-50Price not published
  • Business: seats 51+Price not published
  • Business license$65 a year
  • Personal license$99, paid once

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In their own words

EmEditor

EmEditor is a Windows text editor for text and code, including files up to 16 TB or 1,099 billion lines. It supports multi-cursor and column editing, macro recording, Unicode and UTF-8, plus plug-ins and connections to external tools such as compilers, browsers, and HTMLTidy. CSV features include sorting, pivot tables, joins, and frozen headers. A free edition is available, and the 7-day Professional trial becomes Free automatically without charging automatically. The listed Professional subscriptions cost $6 a month or $5 a month billed annually, with the annual plan billed at 60 USD first year. Professional purchases include a 90-day full refund guarantee. Current supported platforms listed are Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2019 or later; legacy support includes Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Home or school personal users may install it on up to five computers, while organizations need a license for each computer where it is installed or accessible.

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a text editor for code, markup, and prose on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Editing includes multi-cursor and column work, macro recording, large-file handling, tab multi-select, split views, Goto Anything, Goto Definition, and context-aware auto-completion. GPU rendering is supported on all three platforms, including resolutions up to 8K. The maker lists native Apple Silicon support and Linux ARM64 builds. Extensions can add plugins, syntax definitions, menus, and snippets, and a documented Python API supports plugin development such as LSP. The download page identifies Sublime Text 4, Build 4215, as the current release. The software can be downloaded and evaluated without an enforced time limit, but continued use requires a license. A Personal license costs $99 as a one-time purchase and includes three years of updates. Business licensing costs $65 per seat per year for the first 10 seats, with lower rates for larger tiers. The maker is based in Woollahra, Sydney, Australia.

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