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Adobe Media Encoder vs Oxygen XML Editor

Both stand on help authoring tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Adobe Media Encoder

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Choose Oxygen XML Editor if you need multi-mode XML editing, validation and publishing from one source. Professional is listed at $34 a year, while users who need IBM DB2, Oracle 10.2 or Microsoft SQL Server support need Enterprise; Linux users also need X.org for the bundled Java version.

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The facts

	Adobe Media Encoder	Oxygen XML Editor
Free plan	No	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Windows, Mac	Extension, Linux, Mac, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Professional 12-month subscription: $34 a year
Plans published	2	10
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	adobe.com	oxygenxml.com
On help authoring tools	#12 of 30	#8 of 30

Adobe Media Encoder: what it does well

Oxygen XML Editor: what it does well

Edit XML in Text, Grid and Author modes.
As-you-type validation covers XML, JSON and HTML.
Publishing scenarios generate multiple formats from one source.
Includes an Apache Subversion client.
Available as a desktop application and Eclipse plugin.

What to know first

There is no free plan.
The 30-day evaluation requires a trial license key.
Professional excludes commercial database support.
Linux bundled Java requires X.org; Wayland is unsupported.

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