Hi – just to let you know how we used Compare Suite to save many man days of effort. We have recently upgraded a very big system, which produces many hundreds of .csv, .xls, .txt files. We used a automated test tool (from Mercury Interactive) together with Compare Suite, and was able to run massive file checks over night, checking any differences manually the following day. This clearly saved us weeks of effort and not once did we get a “spurious” comparison. Very good product which I can highly recommend.
The program has been working well where we need to find the additions in modified documents to update our original documents – it definitely works better than other programs that we have tested and I like the fact that we have the 3 different ways of comparing the documents – because it picks up the differences easily.
Your Compare Suite solves a problem I have managing a large number of files that are replicated on network storage devices. It is very easy to scan a large number of files quickly and identify which files are different in some way.
As others have noted, I tried several other options that proved far less effective. Relative to the cost of most utilities, Compare Suite is a bit expensive for an individual consumer’s personal use. The compelling argument in favor of a purchase is the amount of time this tool can save. It can take a process that might take days or weeks to accomplish and reduce the time to a few hours.
I am using the product for comparing subsequent versions of a ms word document that I am working on with an editor: I like the product as is, and it is a great timesaver!
I find Compare Suite the most extremely useful program on my computer. It has saved me literally hours of time, before Compare Suite I manually searched for matching item numbers from one list to another, because most lists came from different people their formats are always completely different from mine, now I can just load both lists and using “search by keywords” I instantly know what I’m looking at.
My job frequently requires me to maintain documents in an environment that precludes the use of a collaborative tool. Managing document versions by identifying and combining changes can be challenging. Compare Suite makes my job easier by allowing me to quickly identify differences in documents.
It ignores the formatting that confuses other tools I’ve tried and goes straight to the all important content. I find myself using Compare Suite on a weekly basis.
Compare Suite is a feature-rich tool for comparing and auditing files and folders in all the most popular file formats.
Compare Suite is Versatile.
What can you do with it?
Check your documents. Compare Suite works with all of the most popular document formats: Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), Adobe PDF, Open Office, HTML files, even Powerpoint presentations.
Evaluate your spreadsheets. Compare Suite works with files in Microsoft Excel and Comma-Separated-Value (CSV) formats. It shows you which cells and rows are the same, which are different, and it calculates the difference. If the value of a cell is 54 in one spreadsheet and 75 in another, Compare Suite will highlight that cell and show you the difference: 21. If the cell shows two different dates, Compare Suite will calculate the difference in days. It can even show the percentage growth from one spreadsheet to the other.
Review and approve changes in your software development projects. Compare Suite supports syntax highlighting in major programming languages, including C++, Java, PHP, Pascal, and more. You can even compare your binary files.
Inspect your images and multimedia files. Compare Suite can compare two images, pixel by pixel, and show you every difference. It can even compare the details stored in your files’ information tags.
Compare whole folders at once. Just choose any two folders, and Compare Suite can run a full analysis of all of the files in both folders. If you like, you can synchronize your folders, confident that every file will match the original precisely.
Analyze your archives. Compare Suite can work with documents, spreadsheets, and other files compressed inside your ZIP files and RAR archives, as well.
Compare Suite is Flexible.
Once you’ve chosen your files, you can also choose how to compare them.
Compare “by Keywords” to find similarities between unrelated documents.
Compare drafts of the same document “word by word.”
Or, compare “character by character”—perfect for software developers!
Compare Suite can also tell you the number of words in your documents, the number of changes between them, and more. Set up a list of your interests, and Compare Suite will watch for these personal keywords in every document, drawing your attention straight to the information you’re most likely to want.
When you’re done, Compare Suite can generate an HTML report you can share with your team. Choose a basic report that just contains the changes you found; or, choose an advanced report with all the details, including the original source documents.
You can even integrate Compare Suite with your favorite third-party tools, including Document Management and Version Control systems, using our simple command-line interface.
Compare Suite is Powerful.
All of these features are built in to the Standard edition of Compare Suite.
Compare Suite PRO includes all of these same features, plus even better support for teamwork and collaboration.
Comment on the changes you found. This way, you can provide feedback to the author of the document, or help your colleagues to understand the modifications you’ve made.
Ignore certain words or lines of text during comparison. For example, you can tell Compare Suite Pro not to consider the date stamp at the bottom of your document.
Save your results as a separate file. Then, you or your colleagues can refer back to those results later to better understand ongoing changes in your documents.
Analyze remote files. Compare Suite Pro allows you to compare files and folders on your computer, to material on another computer on your network, or even to data on your company’s FTP server.
Compare Suite is Affordable.
Many software developers, quality engineers, translators, copywriters, legal specialists, and other business professionals already recognize Compare Suite as a must-have tool for comparing and merging files and folders.
Now, you can try all of our features for yourself, absolutely free.
Just download the free trial, and use all the features of Compare Suite, absolutely free, for your first thirty days. After that, you can upgrade to Compare Suite Standard or Compare Suite PRO. Or, you can just keep using the basic features in our freeware edition, Compare Suite Light, for as long as you like.
Comparison of files and folders can sometimes be a daunting task especially if it concerns huge volumes of information, files, documents etc. Modern business accepts no excuses. All business operations need to be performed without any delays. As most information is stored in our computers sometimes we face the problem of data comparison. These may be different business documents, legal contracts and agreements, programmer files, source codes of programming languages, various financial documents and even web pages.
Manual comparison proved to be quite ineffective and time consuming. Besides, mistakes in certain documents may cause serious problems for a business or operational process. That’s why use of special automated file compare solutions is highly recommended both for amateur and advanced PC users.
AKS-LABS offers its file compare utility called Compare Suite Light. The program is specifically designed in such a way so that it satisfies needs of both average users and IT specialists, web masters, web designers etc.
From now on the free version of program is available for download. The number and the quality of features/functions of free Compare Suite Light version will certainly meet requirements of people who work with huge volumes of information every day, like office clerks, secretaries, document officers, lawyers.
Now, let’s review basic features of Compare Suite Light free version to make potential users familiar with this simple but effective program.
Compare Suite Light can contrast files and folders. In order to contrast files you need to make sure they are in plain text format. Folder comparison is especially helpful for team workers who often have to update directories with the files of projects they are working on. It is not very wise to replace all files in the folder in order to update it. With the help of Compare Suite Light it is possible to reveal new, deleted and amended files. Thus, a user will know for sure which files he or she needs to add or remove.
Command line support and context menu integration. In our days, software should not be only effective and easy to use, but also well integrated into the operation system. Compare Suite Light developers took this into account by offering command line support in the program. Thus, it is possible to create cmd and bat files to automatically start Compare Suite Light with certain settings and adjustments. Context menu integration can also save time for users who can run Compare Suite Light from the right click mouse menu.
Compare Suite Light has three comparison methods: char by char, word by word and comparison by key word. Do not attempt to compare these methods and decide which one is better! Each method is good in its own way and everything depends on kind of texts the user wants to compare. So, if compared documents are pretty much the same, the first two methods would be a good choice, while comparison by keywords would work for the documents without a common ancestor document.
Attractive design and easy to use interface are major advantages of Compare Suite Light. Here, users will find info panel with basic information on the compared files. It is also possible to check similarity degree, number of new, added or deleted words/lines, statistic information (number of words and charts) and some other info. The interface view is adjustable and users of free to rotate and switch panels according to their preferences. Differences and similarities between the documents are marked with colors which can be adjusted as well.
Unicode support. If users want to compare documents written in rare languages containing special and unusual symbols, there is no problem with that in Compare Suite Light. Unicode support makes it possible to correctly open such files and compare them just as documents written in plain English.
Compare Suite Light can be used as a text editor. Search and replace functions work in the same way as they do in most popular text editors and office programs.
Compare Suite Light can contrast information from multimedia and picture files like frequency, bit rate, number of channels, bits per color, compression quality, file size etc.
Comparison results can be saved in a standard HTML report which contains statistic information on the compared files, differences and similarities, file size and date etc.
Use of Compare Suite Light is recommended for specialists overloaded with information. This program is sure to save time and make file comparison enjoyable and effective.
We are happy to provide our Compare Suite as a possible tool for OEM integration with Document Management systems, Version Control systems, Configuration Management systems.
The basic integration is possible using command line and our integration manager will help to do this.
If you are interested, please contact us directly.
