| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.0 (#4) | 7.9 (#50) |
| Built-in documentation | It includes complete built-in documentation and a tutorial for new users. | The MATE wiki says there is currently no user documentation for Pluma. |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1990 | 2011 |
| License | GNU Emacs is free software distributed under conditions of the GNU General Public License. | Pluma is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. |
| Support | 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. | The project directs bug reports to its GitHub issue tracker and asks reporters to create an account. |
| Supported platforms | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. | Linux |