ugrep vs Zoekt
No leader: the top candidate Zoekt has only 0.14 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code search. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
ugrep
A command-line file search tool that extends grep with support for interactive searching, archives, binary files, documents, multiple output formats, and advanced pattern matching capabilities.
Zoekt
An open-source full-text search tool designed for source code, supporting fast substring and regular expression matching with boolean operators, code-aware ranking, and the ability to search across individual repositories or large codebases.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.