Is Prettier or Sublime Text better?

Neither clearly leads. Prettier starts at Free and Sublime Text at $99/one-time, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Prettier or Sublime Text?

Prettier has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Prettier and $99/one-time for Sublime Text.

Does Prettier or Sublime Text run on more platforms?

Prettier runs on CLI, Editor Plugins, Build Tools. Sublime Text runs on Windows, Macos, Linux.

Can I use Prettier for free?

Yes. Prettier has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Sublime Text starts at $99/one-time.

What can Prettier do that Sublime Text cannot?

Sublime Text covers Lightning fast performance, Multiple selections, Command palette, Instant project switch.

Development Tools · head to head

Prettier vs Sublime Text

Prettier

Development Tools

Opinionated code formatter

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Sublime Text

Technology

A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose

From: $99/one-time
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Prettier has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Prettier inflexible style rules that cannot be customized significantly, forcing teams to accept opinionated defaults; Sublime Text a personal licence is $99 as a one off purchase but includes only 3 years of updates, after which a paid upgrade is required to keep receiving them

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Prettier and Sublime Text actually diverge.

Attributes where Prettier and Sublime Text differ
Attribute	Prettier	Sublime Text
Starting price	Free	$99/one-time
Pricing model	free	one-time
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	CLI, Editor Plugins, Build Tools	Windows, Macos, Linux
Category	Development Tools	Technology
Founded	2016	2007

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Prettier

Nothing recorded that Sublime Text does not also cover.

Only in Sublime Text

Lightning fast performance
Multiple selections
Command palette
Instant project switch
Plugin ecosystem
Customizable UI
Advanced search and replace
Split editing

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Prettier

No use cases recorded yet. See the Prettier review.

Sublime Text

Editing code and text files in a fast native desktop editornot Prettier
Working across large files and projects with multi cursor editingnot Prettier

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Prettier

Inflexible style rules that cannot be customized significantly, forcing teams to accept opinionated defaults
Developers must format entire files rather than selective line ranges in some contexts
Limited language support compared to some alternatives, though it covers major languages

Sublime Text

A personal licence is $99 as a one off purchase but includes only 3 years of updates, after which a paid upgrade is required to keep receiving them
Business use is a separate annual subscription rather than a perpetual licence, starting at $65 per seat per year
The distinction means the same editor is perpetual for an individual and subscription for a company

Pricing, plan by plan

Prettier

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Prettier review.

Sublime Text

$99/one-time

Personal License$99/one-time
- 3 years of updates
- All current features
- Cross-platform license

Which should you pick?

Choose Prettier if

You want to start without paying.
You work on CLI, Editor Plugins, Build Tools.

Prettier review

Choose Sublime Text if

You need lightning fast performance.
You work on Windows, Macos, Linux.
You also want multiple selections.

Sublime Text review

Questions people ask

Is Prettier or Sublime Text better?: Neither clearly leads. Prettier starts at Free and Sublime Text at $99/one-time, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Prettier or Sublime Text?: Prettier has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Prettier and $99/one-time for Sublime Text.
Does Prettier or Sublime Text run on more platforms?: Prettier runs on CLI, Editor Plugins, Build Tools. Sublime Text runs on Windows, Macos, Linux.
Can I use Prettier for free?: Yes. Prettier has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Sublime Text starts at $99/one-time.
What can Prettier do that Sublime Text cannot?: Sublime Text covers Lightning fast performance, Multiple selections, Command palette, Instant project switch.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Prettier: Is Prettier free and open source?

Yes, Prettier is completely free and open source, available as an npm package with no licensing costs or subscriptions.

Source

Prettier: Can Prettier be integrated with ESLint?

Yes, Prettier integrates with ESLint by disabling ESLint formatting rules via eslint-config-prettier, allowing both tools to work together with Prettier handling formatting and ESLint handling code quality.

Source

Prettier: Does Prettier support configuration customization?

Prettier is intentionally opinionated with limited configuration options to enforce consistency. You can create a .prettierrc file for basic customization, but Prettier does not support extensive rule customization like ESLint.

Source

Prettier vs Sublime Text

Prettier

Sublime Text

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Prettier

Only in Sublime Text

What people use each for

Prettier

Sublime Text

Where each one falls short

Prettier

Sublime Text

Pricing, plan by plan

Prettier

Sublime Text

Which should you pick?

Choose Prettier if

Choose Sublime Text if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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