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Buyer guide for compare and merge tools The buyer guide reviews 27 compare and merge programs by 30 features. You can download trial version with reviews 21 program by 19 features. More about buyer guide. |
SmartSynchronize
SmartSynchronize is a powerful and user friendly tool for file and folder comparison. It contains standard file/directory comparison and synchronization functionality, as well as advanced three-way comparison and conflict reconciliation capabilities.
Pros:
- Two- and three-way comparison
- Auto merge functions
- Unicode support
- Comparison methods: by line, by character, by C/Java identifiers
- Linking lines between comparison blocks
- In-panel editing
- Custom encoding selection
- Folder tree synchronization
- Compare folders by file contents
- File/directory filters by name or extension
Cons:
- No custom syntax highlighting
- No converters for MS Office or PDF files
- No support for binary files comparison
- No support for byte-by-byte comparison
- No text filters
- No file filters by size, time, or attributes
- Insufficient report functionality
Overview
SmartSynchronize provides powerful three-way comparison functionality at a very reasonable price. However, it still has some areas for improvement. For instance, SmartSynchronize lacks binary files support, MS Office and PDF files converters, as well as byte-by-byte comparison. We should also point out insufficient report functionality, which is crucial for many professional projects.
We think that SmartSynchronize is a cost-efficient solution for medium-sized development projects, which don’t involve binary files comparison. Our rating for SmartSynchronize is 8/10.
Price: $ 39.00 USD (FREE TRIAL)
Diverse comparison methods 
Three-way comparison
Text navigation 
Report functionality
Merge functionality
Integration with version control systems Yes
Folder comparison
Folder hierarchy synchronization
Custom file filters
Byte-by-byte comparison 
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