Announcing the release of version 5.10! Take a tour of the new features.UltraCompare Professional vs. UltraCompare Lite
UltraCompare Professional is a powerful folder/file compare utility with support for merge operations accross two or three files or folders. Folder support includes .zip/.jar archives, and comparison modes include text compare, folder compare, and binary compare.
UltraCompare Lite is a free text file diff tool integrated with UltraEdit. The chart below outlines the differences between the two applications. UltraCompare Professional requires a separate license and registration while UltraCompare Lite comes free with UltraEdit out of the box.
- Lite vs. Pro: UltraCompare file comparison and synchronization
- Lite vs. Pro: UltraCompare folder comparison and synchronization
- Lite vs. Pro: Other UltraCompare features
UltraCompare file comparison and synchronization
| Feature | Lite | Pro | Benefit |
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| Two-way Compare |  |
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Identify and reconcile insertions, removals and changes between different versions of source code, configuration files, XML documents, web pages or any other text file. |
| Two-way Merge |  |
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Merge changes in an updated revision of a file with its ancestor (or any other file). Use to reconcile conflicting changes made to a set of files by multiple developers or to merge branches in a source code control or software configuration management system. |
| Three-way Compare | |
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Compare changes in two updated revisions of a file with their common ancestor (or any other file). Use to reconcile conflicting changes made to a set of files by multiple developers or to merge branches in a source code control or software configuration management system. |
| Three-way Merge | |
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Merge changes in two updated revisions of a file with their common ancestor (or any other file). Use to reconcile conflicting changes made to a set of files by multiple developers or to merge branches in a source code control or software configuration management system. |
| Column Range Ignore/Compare | |
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Specify up to four unique column ranges for UltraCompare to compare or ignore. |
| Word Document/RTF File Compare | |
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Compare your Word Documents and RTF Files. Merge changes and save to sync differences across multiple Word/RTF files. |
| Compare integration with UltraEdit/UEStudio | |
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Compare modified file with version on disk with enhanced UltraCompare Professional integration |
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Compare 2 snippets of text with enhanced UltraCompare Professional integration | |
| Comparison Statistics Window | |
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See a summary of the current comparison. |
| Relational Lines Mode | |
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Graphic relational lines to quickly see where differences occur between files. |
| Integrated Folder Comparison | |
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Quickly and efficiently compare and merge all the files changed between different folder hierarchies. Process entire sets or branches of source code, web pages or other text files. |
| Point-and-Click Merging | |
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Copy inserted, removed or changed blocks of text from one file to another (or delete them) using a single mouse click. Files can be manually merged very quickly. |
| Inline Editing and Merging | |
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Ability to edit line and merge within the additional frames. |
| Undo Merge | |
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Allows for the ability to Undo a merge. |
| Side-by-side or horizontally-split display | |
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Display files side-by-side with linking lines or vertically, with one file above the other (useful for files with long lines). |
| Synchronized scrolling | |
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Related parts of files are kept aligned in the vertical centre of the file comparison display as any file is scrolled. |
| Highlighting of changes within lines | |
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Identify at-a-glance inserts, removals and changes made within lines down to the level of individual characters. |
| Multiple Character Encoding support | |
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Compare and merge ANSI, UTF-8, Mac, UTF-Mac, OEM, and EBCDIC. |
| Vertical Overview Panel | |
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Provides an instant visual indication of the extent of the changes between files and where those changes occur. Clicking on a change in an overview strip will jump directly to that change. |
| Bookmarks | |
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Makes it easy to mark and return to particular points of interest in a file. |
| FTP Support | |
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Compare files on remote servers using FTP/SFTP to download files. Track Changes, Merge differences, and save back to the server. |
| Accept All | |
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Accept all, or Merge All, changes in text mode and folder mode. |
| Go to line | |
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Jump directly to a line using its line number. |
| Change Summary | |
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Indicates the number of changes between each pair of files. |
| Drag and Drop Files | |
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Open files by dragging from the Windows Explorer. |
| Print Preview | |
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See how a comparison printout will look before committing it to paper. |
| Flexible White-Space Handling | |
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Prevents flagging of white-space differences when white-space is not considered important. |
| Configurable Ignore Options | |
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Two sections are provided for defining custom "ignore" rules: "Ignore lines which" begin or end with a specified string, and "Ignore a defined number of lines" at the beginning or end of a file. |
| Show Spaces/Tabs | |
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Allows you the ability to see whitespace differences (tabs and spaces). |
| Customize Fonts and Colors | |
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Change the style of presentation to suit your preferences or needs. |
| Keyboard shortcuts | |
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Save time by controlling UltraCompare using the keyboard. |
| Jump to Next/Previous Change | |
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Quickly move between changes in a file using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. |
| Replace File Commands | |
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Conveniently replace the contents of one file with that of another. Useful when one revision is entirely correct and its contents need to be copied to another revision. |
| Active Pane Tab | |
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Switch between multiple file comparison windows with a single mouse click |
| Toolbars | |
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Easily access frequently used commands. |
UltraCompare folder comparison and synchronization
| Feature | Lite | Pro | Benefit |
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| Folder Comparison and Synchronization | |
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Learn how to compare and synchronize folders with UltraCompare in a snap |
| Two-way Folder Comparison | |
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Identify file insertions, removals and changes between two folder hierarchies. Efficiently process entire sets or branches of source code, web pages or other text files. |
| Three-way Folder Comparison | |
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Identify file insertions, removals and changes between two folder hierarchies and a common ancestor (or some other) folder hierarchy. Use to reconcile conflicting changes made to a set of files by multiple developers or to merge branches in a source code control or software configuration management system. |
| Ignore File Types/Folders | |
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This configuration option allows you to specify folders or file types for UltraCompare to ignore during folder comparison. This is especially useful for version control directories/files. |
| FTP Support (Folder Mode) | |
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Compare directories on remote servers using FTP/SFTP to access them. Track Changes, Merge differences, and save back to the server. |
| .ZIP Archive Comparison | |
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A .zip archive may be selected for comparison against a folder on the file system, if desired. Both recursive and non-recursive compares against .zip archives are supported. |
| JAR File Support | |
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Compare compressed Java JAR files in folder mode with JAR file support. |
| Show Preview File | |
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Split screen to preview text in one pane while moving from file to file. |
| Comparison Statistics Window | |
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See a summary of the current comparison. |
| Folder Synchronization | |
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Reconcile differences between folder hierarchies either by copying files from one folder hierarchy to another (or even to a completely separate location) or by launching file comparisons for changed files. Efficiently process entire sets or branches of source code, web pages or other text files. Keep folder hierarchies on different machines (for example, a desktop and a laptop) in sync with one another. |
| Integrated File Comparison | |
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Identify and reconcile differences within corresponding files as well as between folder hierarchies by launching file comparison windows for selected files |
| Print Preview | |
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See how a comparison printout will look before committing it to paper. |
| Fast Byte-by-byte Comparison Option | |
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Speed up folder comparisons by comparing corresponding files in folder hierarchies that are larger than a certain size using a quick and memory efficient byte-by-byte comparison algorithm. |
| Smart Comparison Option | |
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Save time by performing an extremely fast folder comparison using just the sizes and timestamps of corresponding files. |
| Customize Fonts and Colors | |
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Change the style of presentation to suit your preferences or needs. |
| Drag and drop folders | |
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Select folders for comparison by dragging from the Windows Explorer. |
| Toolbar | |
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Easily access frequently used commands. |
Other features
| Feature | Lite | Pro | Benefit |
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| Shell Integration | |
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Simply right-click in on your files/directories in Explorer to 'flag' for comparison. |
| Configurable Key Mapping | |
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This convenient feature will allow you to configure hot-keys to your most used items to increase your speed and efficiency when using UltraCompare. |
| Color Printing | |
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Print the results of your compare in color. |
| Printing Configurations | |
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Format page headers and footers, select print fonts, and align column information. |
| Permission Based Update Checking | |
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Stay up to date with the latest version of UltraCompare and try preview versions. |
| Full Context Sensitive Help | |
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Easily find specific help for every menu item, dialog and dialog control. Context sensitive help is tightly integrated with the main documentation, allowing you to read around a particular topic. |
| Install/Uninstall Support | |
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Conveniently install and uninstall UltraCompare from your machine. |
