Now available for macOS & Windows

The modern EDI editor your team actually wants to use

EDI Studio parses, validates, and edits X12 EDI files with a structured tree view, smart error grouping, and in-place editing, so you can troubleshoot thousands of segments in minutes, not hours.

7-day free trial, no credit card No cloud required, runs locally 9 X12 transaction sets built in
The Problem

EDI tooling hasn't changed since 2005

If you've ever opened a 5 MB X12 file in Notepad at midnight, you know exactly what we mean.

1,400 errors, zero context

Traditional tools flood you with individual error lines. One bad N9 loop becomes 1,400 separate entries you have to scroll through by hand.

Raw EDI is unreadable

Files with no line breaks or whitespace are a wall of text. Understanding the hierarchy means memorizing segment positions by hand.

Editing means a text editor and prayer

Fixing a value means hand-editing raw EDI, hoping you don't break a delimiter, then re-uploading to validate from scratch.

Features

Everything you need to work with EDI, actually built in

EDI Studio is built for the people who deal with EDI every day: 3PL ops teams, EDI analysts, supply-chain developers, and retail compliance coordinators.

Structured tree view

Every file opens into a collapsible hierarchy you can navigate like a folder structure, no matter how the file was formatted.

Intelligent error grouping

Hundreds of errors of the same kind collapse into one row with a count. Expand to see details, or skip past them, your call.

In-place editing

Double-click any value to edit it inline. Code fields show a dropdown of valid options. No more typing into a wall of raw text.

Field hover tooltips

Hover any field to see what it means, whether it's required, and what values are allowed. No more cross-referencing PDF specs.

Global search

Search the whole file by ID, value, or reference number. Click any result to jump straight to that row in the tree.

Built-in validation

Validation for all supported transaction sets, with clear explanations of what's wrong, not just error codes.

Insert & delete

Right-click any row to insert or remove. Critical structural rows are protected so you don't break a valid file.

Save & export

Save changes back to the original file or export to JSON for downstream use. Formatting is preserved.

Supported Transaction Sets

Built for retail, 3PL, and supply-chain operations

EDI Studio ships with full schema support for the nine most common X12 transaction sets used in retail and third-party logistics.

850
Purchase OrderBuyer → Seller. Purchase orders from major retailers, grocery chains, and distributors.
855
PO AcknowledgmentSeller confirms, changes, or rejects PO line items back to the buyer.
856
Ship Notice / ASNAdvance Ship Notice with HL loops for shipment, order, item, and pack hierarchy.
810
InvoiceCommercial invoice sent from seller to buyer for payment processing.
997
Functional AcknowledgmentConfirms receipt and syntax compliance of a functional group.
940
Warehouse Shipping OrderInstructs a 3PL warehouse to pick and ship an order.
943
Stock Transfer ShipmentNotifies a 3PL of inbound inventory including lot, SSCC, and FSMA data.
944
Stock Transfer Receipt3PL confirms receipt of transferred inventory back to the shipper.
945
Warehouse Shipping Advice3PL confirms an order shipped, including carrier and tracking details.
Who It's For

Built for the people who deal with EDI every day

Whether you're debugging a retailer compliance failure at midnight or onboarding a new trading partner, EDI Studio has you covered.

3PL & warehouse ops

Validate 940/943/944/945 flows before they hit your WMS. Catch bad lot data and SSCC problems at the door.

EDI analysts

Stop scrolling raw text. See structure instantly, group errors intelligently, and fix values without breaking delimiters.

Supply-chain developers

Inspect payloads while building integrations. Export clean JSON for your pipeline without writing a parser.

Retail compliance

Verify ASNs against retailer requirements before they ship, and avoid the chargebacks that follow bad 856s.

How We Compare

A modern replacement for EDI Notepad

Purpose-built for the way teams work today, with capabilities legacy tools simply don't have.

FeatureEDI StudioEDI NotepadText editor
Structured tree view
Smart error grouping
In-place editing with valid-code dropdowns
Element-level tooltips from built-in dictionary
JSON export
Native macOS & Windows
Actively developed & supported
Pricing

One plan. No seat math.

Start free for 7 days, no credit card. Subscribe when you're ready.

EDI Studio Pro
$19/ month
Everything in EDI Studio, for one professional.
  • All supported X12 transaction sets (856, 943, 944, 810, 850, 997, and more)
  • Structured tree + interactive segment cards
  • Tokenized Raw EDI view with element-level tooltips
  • In-place editing, double-click any line
  • Live validation grouped by element + error code
  • Global search + JSON export + multi-document workspace
  • macOS & Windows, identical features
  • Activation via email + 6-digit code, no account required
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Apple Silicon macOS · Windows 10/11 64-bit · Also available: portable Windows .zip