| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.0 (#4) | 7.9 (#47) |
| Spec score · Code editors | 8.9 (#4) | 7.8 (#33) |
| Spec score · Editor Software | 8.7 (#4) | 7.7 (#27) |
| Column editing | Yes | Yes |
| Extensions | It includes a packaging system for downloading and installing extensions. | The maker provides user extensions such as scripts, user converters and syntax definitions. |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Macro recording | Yes | Yes |
| 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. | Users with questions or problems can visit the PSPad discussion forum, and registered users can receive email messages about selected topics. |
| Supported platforms | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. | Windows |