--- description: Get detailed information about WinMerge usability, features, price, benefits and disadvantages from verified user experiences. Read reviews and discover similar tools on Capterra Israel. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: WinMerge Price, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra Israel 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Document Version Control Software](/directory/31421/document-version-control/software) > [WinMerge](/software/207279/winmerge) # WinMerge Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.il/software/207279/winmerge Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.il/software/207279/winmerge?page=2) > Open-source platform designed to help businesses access and highlight changes across project versions and merge multiple text files. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 20 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 20 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: WinMerge ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Target Audience**: 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Version Comparison ## Category - [Document Version Control Software](https://www.capterra.co.il/directory/31421/document-version-control/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Vantage Deal Suite](https://www.capterra.co.il/software/1020859/vantage-deal-suite) (0 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Great software to compare text, files and folders\!" — 5.0/5 > **Ray** | *21 March 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Love the ability to quickly compare text, documents, files and folders. > > **Cons**: UI is a bit dated, as is common with open source software. But overall solid and gets the job done. > > WinMerge has saved me so much time figuring out which note, file or folder is the updated and more complete version. Or just seeing what someone changed on a file since I sent it to them. ----- ### "WinMerge is a great tool for sysadmins who need to compare and merge files" — 5.0/5 > **Manuel Ángel** | *8 November 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is easy to use and has a variety of options for customization. I liked the fact that WinMerge was able to easily compare files and folders, and it had a lot of options for doing so. I also liked the fact that it was free and open source.The best function about WinMerge as SysAdmin is that it can help you quickly identify and resolve file conflicts. With WinMerge, you can see both sides of a file conflict and decide which version to keep. Can also help you merge changes from multiple files, which can save you time and effort when resolving conflicts. > > **Cons**: There is not much to dislike about WinMerge like SysAdmin. It is a very powerful and useful tool. The only thing I could say that I don't like is its aesthetics, they could renew it and make it more current with modern OS. > > I have found WinMerge to be an invaluable tool for quickly and easily identifying differences between files, whether they are text or binary files. It is very user-friendly and has a variety of options for customizing the comparison process. Overall, I highly recommend WinMerge for anyone needing to compare files on a regular basis.In my case, I make edits to configuration text files in high availability environments, running on Linux, it has ever saved my life to fix problems comparing files and configurations between test and production environments. ----- ### "Good for basic compare but a lot more features could be added" — 3.0/5 > **Muhammad Ashhar** | *6 March 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. Best feature is their folder compare becuase otherwise it would be very hectic to compare each file one by by one. 2. There are many other small features like: File thumbnail, color coding, side by side scrolling of the file etc > > **Cons**: 1. Code compairing can be improved by adding options like "ignore whitespace change". There is no such option which was very surprising and annoying too because I like this tool. 2. It must be integrated with git also. 3. Word document compare would be a big plus, currently it can't compare word documents. > > We use it all the time when we are compairing different versions of code to track any issue. 90% of the time it fulfills our requirement. ----- ### "WinMerge is an excellent, free, open-source file merging tool for Windows" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *25 December 2021* | Research | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: WinMerge is a very handy tool that comes free for users of Windows operating systems. It reminds me of the tools SVN Tortoise had for merging files. Generally it is very easy to use, giving you a visual representation of the files using colours highlighting the changes in the versions. > > **Cons**: There isn't really anything to not like about this tool, it focuses on doing one thing and it does that very well. Plus since it is free it is wonderful that we can all use this software for our own needs for no cost. > > WinMerge has helped me countless times to quickly find differences in text and source code, I have found it very useful for years and will continue to use it. ----- ### "Compare files easily" — 5.0/5 > **Mariam** | *9 August 2021* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: For the past seven months, I've used WinMerge every day to maintain projects not under SVN control synced in the old school mode: a flash drive between two PCs that aren't connected to the internet. The gadget has seen better days, but it still performs an excellent job. To keep the comparison time low, I aim to keep the projects to fewer than 10,000 files. An SVN project is proposed at that time. We've been using it to track down changes in different versions of the papers so that we can preserve the most up-to-date information and eliminate any duplicates. > > **Cons**: The software seems to be updated very rarely. Also, the design and overall looks and feel are of 90's apps. If Winmerge does UX/UI overhaul I'd be very happy. > > Winmerge helps me quickly compare any types of files, which gives me a huge effectiveness boot at work. Loving so far\! ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.il/software/207279/winmerge?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.il/software/207279/winmerge) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | ja | | ----- ## Structured Data