| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.0 (#4) | 8.4 (#21) |
| Spec score · Go IDEs | 8.8 (#2) | 8.0 (#15) |
| Spec score · Code editors | 8.9 (#4) | 8.3 (#18) |
| Founded | 1990 | 1988 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Product type | GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor and more. | SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor supporting over 60 languages. |
| Supported platforms | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. | Windows,macOS,Linux,Raspberry Pi |