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Elen D.

Marketing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/15/2025

"Easy Content Creation Without Coding, Great Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

It was Greta to be able

To create content whitout a lot of coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

I think is a great platform it was easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/28/2022

"Easy to use code editor, with just enough features and not too many"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

The UI is clean and easy to use. There is the ability to customise the appearance of your editor window as well as install helper scripts to enhance productivity. This editor isn't the most complex tool I've used to build sites however that's where it's beauty lies. I'm not developing day-to-day, so wouldn't classify myself as a power user. The app is stable, reliable and easy to use for my needs. There are some really useful features built in, one for instance being auto-compiling of SCSS/LESS files which elevate this tool above others I have tried in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

There's nothing I'd really complain about considering the one-time price tag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Espresso:

Download a demo and try all of the features (CSSEdit tools, Dynamo auto-building, and Server Sync for example) and also install some of the plug-ins – this is really where the value and flexibility of the software comes into it's own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Espresso solving and how is that benefiting you?

Need a simple and quick tool for editing and publishing websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Andrei M.

Operations Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/3/2021

"A very cool and intuitive tool for website design"

5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

This is an amazing solution to build or edit a website for a small business or your own side gig. Relatively easy to learn how to use. The design is smooth, which is rare for web developer tools - if you worked in WordPress you know what I mean. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

As any ready to use solution, Espresso lacks detail customization tools, but honestly, I didn't expect that anyhow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH

James H.

Web Design and Developer

Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/24/2021

"Great code editor for all levels of development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

The autocomplete feature is a time saver for advanced users and teacher for novices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

The live view is sometime difficult to work with certain file types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/28/2020

"was good software until 2018"

1.5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

well made css editor with less/scss pre processor, nice UI. It was a nice software until around 2018. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

software becomes increasingly buggy and slow since 2018, no response from current owner to any question or bug report, updates seem not to address any problems which had been reported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Espresso:

If the developer of this software decides to make it less buggy and faster its worth a shot but in the current state (version 5.4.1) i can not recommend it any more and we will stop using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Espresso solving and how is that benefiting you?

managing and coding website projects in one place, compiling less/sass files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IC

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/15/2021

"Well the biggest pros of espresso is to be native"

4/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

We can use manifest.xml to get the element and the wide numbers of locators and their combinations are awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

We are always required to have development code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MY

Mikhail Y.

Web Developer

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/17/2019

"Espresso: the best option for design, easy, powerful and safe."

4/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

Your ability to extract and edit live editing style sheets is the great reason why I and my company use this product. Features like fragments are really useful, its interface is nice and clean. I like how it shows the files within the projects. It is very light and fast, it is a good software for Mac, it clearly shows a lot of advantage over other software on Mac, but in general I can say that it did the job when I use it, being one of my tools to maintain my websites. The great all-in-one solution for everything related to coding and FTP is excellent with Espresso. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

I would like it to be easier to incorporate and that could be installed in multiple coding languages, in addition the synchronization is a bit cumbersome, since the changes are not tracked as you update the files, on the other hand your updates have become expensive and somewhat complicated and sometimes has difficulty opening compressed Javascript files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Espresso:

I would really recommend this program for MAC users and consider Espresso especially when you want to have a tool to do many things combined. If you want to develop or perform some quick and easy coding I recommend this program, its price makes it relatively accessible, it also offers a free trial, so if you are about to try a new program, you can see if Espresso offers everything you need and Although its update is not what we expect, the software is the best option for web applications and static websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Espresso solving and how is that benefiting you?

In our organization I learned a lot about modern web development through the use of Espresso. Its features as fragments are really useful and allows us to write our own 'sugars' for a couple of CMS platforms. This software has been invaluable for finding and editing the code published by multiple functions and add-ons. A percentage of my work requires it, so when I have to do it, I want it to be easy and Espresso does it. With this tool we maintain multiple websites. In addition, being a web design professional, I can see my changes in "real time" which allows me to make design judgments and adjustments in the middle of the process, which allowed me to discover that it strengthens the final product to continuously make design adjustments and improvements in each step in the development of a website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/30/2019

"My favorite CSS editor, experiencing growth pains"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

When it works, it's brilliant. If you work with other peoples code, having something that can pinpoint where a specific style is created in a document makes adjustments quick and painless. I've used it for years with great success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

Ownership changes... they change things. It's not necessarily a bad thing, the new owner is good, but the release cadence for new features/bug fixes has slowed to a crawl. I don't use the software every day, so its not a major drawback for me, but I do find it discouraging that when a usability bug is pointed out, it can take months for it to be resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Espresso:

Add this to your toolbox. Having a GUI -> Code product like this makes it easier to get things done if you're someone who forgets syntax because you don't do enough coding (like me!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Espresso solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick and easy CSS editing/writing. 5% of my job requires it, so when I have to do it, I want it to be easy and Espresso does that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RF

Rodrigo F.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/30/2019

"Espresso is the only Code Editor you should have"

5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

Espresso is easy to use, clean and have great features like project syncing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

Espresso is a little bit pricey, but its understandable, as I still think not of people is using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OB

Olivia B.

Customer Relations Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/7/2019

"A powerful CSS editor that lets us get the most out of our website"

5/5

What do you like best about Espresso?

Cost, interface and overall feel compared to other coding applications. Very intuitive and great for text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Espresso?

Doesn't update much which makes me resort to using other applications sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.