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Notepad++ pricing
Notepad++ publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the developer tools tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Notepad++ pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Notepad++ plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1 | Entry tier |
Where Notepad++ stops being free
Free, Free
- Full editor and plugin ecosystem, no paid tiers
No paid tier on record
Notepad++ lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Notepad++ feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
core
- Syntax Highlighting
- Tabbed Editing
- Regular Expression Search
- Function List
integration
- Plugin System
People bring Notepad++ in for quick editing of code and config files on windows, batch find-and-replace across multiple files with regex, lightweight alternative to a full ide for scripting, viewing and editing logs or large text files. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Notepad++ are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Developer Tools
Too few developer tools tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notepad++ (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Deep Code | Free, then $5/month | freemium | - | vs Notepad++ |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs Notepad++ |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Notepad++ |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs Notepad++ |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs Notepad++ |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Notepad++ |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Notepad++ badges page.
Before you pay for Notepad++
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Notepad++ runs on windows. The full record is on the Notepad++ review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
Notepad++ pricing questions
- How much does Notepad++ cost?
- Notepad++ publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Notepad++ have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full editor and plugin ecosystem, no paid tiers.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside Notepad++ have a free tier: Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod).
- What am I actually paying for with Notepad++?
- The record lists 5 features across 2 areas: core, integration. In practice it is brought in for quick editing of code and config files on windows, batch find-and-replace across multiple files with regex, lightweight alternative to a full ide for scripting.
- Does Notepad++ charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Notepad++ prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Notepad++ against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Notepad++ covering price, platforms and features.