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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Eclipse

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AEclipse is a free and open source integrated development environment (IDE).N/A

    IntelliJ IDEA

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AIntelliJ IDEA is an IDE that aims to give Java and Kotlin developers everything they need out of the box, including a smart code editor, built-in developer tools, framework support, database support, web development support, and much more.

    $19.90

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    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    For Individual Use (Monthly billing)
    $19.90
    per month
    For Organizations (Monthly billing)
    $71.90
    per month
    For Individual Use (Yearly billing)
    $199
    per year
    For Organizations (Yearly billing)
    $719
    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll Products Pack (For Individual Use) – $299 /1st year, $ 239 /2nd year and $ 179 /3d year onwards All Products Pack (For Organizations) – $979 / year
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    Community Pulse
    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    Chose Eclipse
    Compared to IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse is free of charge and that is the main advantage for me. Over the time I got used to Eclipse, I didn't want to switch even though I could, because all I need is there and it works like a charm. Compared to NetBeans, I found the community of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    NetBeans is the closest competitor I've found to Eclipse for Java development. IntelliJ IDEA is good as well but it isn't free. NetBeans is a free competitor that has split the Java community, and a lot of it comes down to preference, like the famous vim vs. emacs wars. I would …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    1. Eclipse is easy to use.
    2. when you are new to building something you can go for Eclipse as it provides a clean UI.
    3. Provide support to connect with other tools and technology.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    IntelliJ is a good IDE as well. Any motivated user can't go wrong focusing on one and then deeply learning it, and it will pay off in productivity. Note of course that one is free the other is not! I find Eclipse is stronger at managing very large projects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse stands out with its feature set, reliability, and being completely free of charge. I have previously used NetBeans but had reliability issues with it, at least on Windows version. IDEA has modern UI and is significantly more user friendly than Eclipse; however, the free …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    [In my opinion,] Eclipse is the worst IDE for java right now.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    They are both great IDEs and we use both. IntelliJ may have a larger community so there are more plugins available, which means it could be a better choice for some specific types of projects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse is far better than NetBeans. But when compared to IntellijIdea Eclipse is a good choice when it comes to handling large projects and costs. Eclipse has room to improve on its UI and IntelliSense.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    As previously said, Eclipse is one of the most complete and useful tools for Java development. And as a plus, it's open-source and free, so you won't beat that price-quality relation. When starting with Java projects, you won't fail with Eclipse. But, if you are getting into …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    As compared to NetBeans, Eclipse is much faster. NetBeans needs to have JDK 1.8 which sometimes creates problems if your system already has a higher version installed, besides it has a glassfish server which is hard to configure. Integration of MySQL or other database is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    First thing, Eclipse is free. So zero cost as compared to other alternatives. Eclipse has tons of tools/plugins for better development/testing, helping devs, making their lives easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse offers all the features in the other IDEs but without any cost. It also is memory efficient as compared to other IDEs. Various themes are available in eclipse and we can customize it according to our needs very easily. The Windows Toolkit allows us to build desktop …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    As I already said, Eclipse might not have all the features supported by IntelliJ. However, the variety of plugins available in Eclipse make it much flexible to work with. Another main reason to go for this product was because of price (free). Since I worked for a startup, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse was used for 3-5 years until IntelliJ became the more preferred IDE because IntelliJ has better code formatting, presentation, and navigation between different types of files. IntelliJ has a shorter learning curve and setup is easier especially for less experienced …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse and NetBeans are open-sourced and does not require a license to use the software. However, Eclipse has a wide selection of plugins to choose from to integrate any tools within the workspace, making development more accessible, and reducing the developer effort.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse used to be the defacto standard for code development. But in recent years, as it has started focusing on its other products, like Orion and Che, it's core IDE (with focus on the 'I'), has seen a slowdown in its prominence. It cannot be compared to just the massive …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse is the best IDE on the market for Java development. It has great error and warning handling, and many integrations with useful tools - debugger, sonarqube (static code analysis), Maven / Gradle / Ant, Tomcat / Wildfly / JBoss (web servers). The best part of eclipse is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    I used IDEA prior to using Eclipse. I loved how easy I can debug in both, but the debugging feature in IDEA is just way more polished then Eclipse. Other than that, Eclipse was easy to setup and start with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    For no license, Eclipse is a very good start. IntelliJ has much greater support and tools for many things like connecting to all kinds of databases and SaaS platform such as Salesforce. Code refactoring is also very cool on IntelliJ compared to Eclipse. For Python and Django …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse looks better (though this is a matter of taste). All this fuss about SWT and native controls was worth it. Eclipse looks like a solid well thought-out application with pretty fonts and icons, while IDEA at first glance looks like a stunt toy with lame hack icons and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    We compared Eclipse primarily with IntelliJ, and the thing we liked about Eclipse was the support for plugins which makes it really customizable. The other features that we liked were the multitasking, filtering and debugging which are very carefully designed by keeping in mind …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    They are very similar but eclipse has greater availability of plugins that allow you to achieve much more satisfactory results, in the products that are developed, the basic configurations are a bit more difficult than in NetBeans but they are much more specific and much more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse is better than NetBeans from many perspectives. IntelliJ is even better than Eclipse, but it is not for free
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    The community around Eclipse keeps the product updated and (mostly) clean of errors. There is no commercial owner of Eclipse, so innovation is top priority for the project which leads to be more open, customizable and friendly to the users. IntelliJ is a good competitor, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Main reason to use Eclipse is that it is open source product and it is having all the features that the developer needs. So it is not necessary to bear additional costs for IDEs.
    Incentivized
    JetBrains
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    In summary, IntelliJ is more polished and feature-rich out of the box, especially for Java development. Eclipse is extensible but can be rougher around the edges. IntelliJ costs money for advanced features, while Eclipse is free. IntelliJ offers many developers a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ stacks better against Eclipse or vs code because it provides better code suggestions, out-of-the-box SonarLint integration, and built-in support for version control with git. It also has a vast collection of plugins that can increase developer productivity, reduce …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Eclipse is just so old, like a dinosaur, compared to IntelliJ. There are still formats that Eclipse supports better, especially old and/or propriety ones. Still, most of the modern software development needs can be done on IntelliJ, & in a much better way, some of them are not …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Previously we were using Eclipse but due to the ease of understanding and easy to navigate user interface with drop downs, wizards they are better in IntelliJ moreover for experienced developers migrating to IntelliJ as compared to Eclipse. It has an easy to understand UI and …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS) requires a lot of textual configuration, where IntelliJ IDEA provides a graphical interface with configuration options displayed. This matters a lot to me as I don't want to hunt around the internet to remember how to set different parameters …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    UI--IntelliJ IDEA is the winner.
    IntelliSense--Again, IntelliJ IDEA is the winner.
    Performance and CPU usage - IntelliJ IDEA has a lot of room to improve on this. Eclipse handle the large projects more effectively than IntelliJ IDEA.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Much more functionality and freedom than in Eclipse, but it cost you money while the second is free.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    I have used Eclipse also in the past. But it is slow compared to IntelliJ, it does not offer as many features as IntelliJ offers, and the integrations with third-party tools is not great. But they are open-source and they don't charge anything whereas IntelliJ charges $500 per …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ is a full featured IDES and has the most advanced set of features for developing web and desktop applications. It supports integration of the Spring framework which is necessary for web development. It supports web app scripting languages and web development …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Since we are primarily a Scala shop, I only evaluated other tools based on their support for Scala. As I hinted at before, Vim and Sublime Text 3 have practically no support for Scala as all the Scala plugins that worked were never finished and abandoned and only work for Scala …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Eclipse is an amazing all-purpose IDE. However, when it comes to developing Java applications, IntelliJ is far better suited.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Before IntelliJ IDEA developers were using NetBeans or Eclipse for the development. There are many reasons to change from that application to IntelliJ. Firstly, both Eclipse and NetBeans are free and they are not providing support as IntelliJ supports for its users. Eclipse and …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ is much more polished and is consistently updated with quality features. Yes, it has its flaws, but using Eclipse is the IDE equivalent of Windows Vista. I would much rather spend the extra time learning how to use all the intricate features than not have the features …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Back in the day, there weren't too many PHP IDEs with proper syntax and code checks, but PHPStorm and IDEA worked great. So great that when I needed a Java IDE the next time, I gave it a go and have never looked back since (okay, I did keep checking the competition and …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    It is much more friendly to use and has more features in terms of leading to more efficient and productive software engineers. I prefer the interface as well as the code Completion/code refactoring and error suggestions
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Intellij is faster and smoother. SO it saves development time
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ IDEA is one of the products of JetBrains and it beats every IDE in the market in terms of performance, user experience, and productivity.

    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ IDEA includes FTP deployment which is ideal for legacy web applications and simple projects that don't use CI/CD. The outline view which lists methods within a class (ColdFusion component) is the easiest to use out of any other IDE and makes navigating large files a …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ is very much focused on user-friendliness which I'm very fond of.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    IntelliJ surpassed every single competitor. The only viable alternative I still use is VisualStudio Code build in a browser for demo purposes... other than that, IDEA does everything better, faster, and in a more comfy way. This is the best IDE out there. This is just as good …
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Compared to the other alternatives, IntelliJ is more complete, modern and robust. The other alternatives are dated and do not have features that exist by default in IntelliJ.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    I think IntelliJ has more features and is more friendly for plugin or add-on developments. IntelliJ also suites better for large companies.
    Incentivized
    Chose IntelliJ IDEA
    Out of all three, IntellIj is the best. The other two are light weight but don't have the plugins or code quality that Intellij provides.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
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    94%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    TrustRadius Insights
    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Highlights

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    Research Team Insight
    Published

    Users of both Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA have often employed these IDEs for Java development. Eclipse has been acceptable for general Java development use cases, according to reviewers, while IntelliJ IDEA is praised for its smart assistance and code analysis features. Both have been utilised for creating web applications, although IntelliJ IDEA users mention its superior support for modern frameworks and technologies.

    When it comes to plugin management, users have varying perspectives. Eclipse users have appreciated its vast array of plugins and the flexibility it provides. However, some have reported issues with plugin conflicts. IntelliJ IDEA users, however, praise the efficiency and seamless integration of its plugins.

    Finally, the degree of customization of the working environment has been another primary use case for these products. In this regard, Eclipse has stood out for its high customizability. Users are able to tailor the IDE according to their needs, although some have found this to be a bit complex. On the contrary, IntelliJ IDEA users have reported a more streamlined and intuitive interface that still allows for customization, promoting ease of use.

    User Ratings
    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    9.7
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.8
    (19 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EclipseIntelliJ IDEA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    JetBrains
    This is a superb tool if your project involves a lot of backend development, especially in Java/Spring Boot and Kotlin. The support for the front end is great as well, but some developers may prefer to use the GitHub copilot add-on. I especially love using the GitHub copilot add-on. It may be less appropriate if your project requires heavy use of HotSwaps for backend debugging, as sometimes the support for that can be limited.
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    Pros
    Open Source
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    JetBrains
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • While the DB integration is broad (many connectors) it isn't particularly deep. So if you need to do serious DB work on (for example) SQL Server, it is sometimes necessary to go directly to the SQL Server Studio. But for general access and manipulation, it is ok.
    • The syntax formatting is sometimes painful to set up and doesn't always support things well. For example, it doesn't effectively support SCSS.
    • Using it for remote debugging in a VM works pretty well, but it is difficult to set up and there is no documentation I could find to really explain how to do it. When remote debugging, the editor does not necessarily integrate the remote context. So, for example, things like Pylint don't always find the libraries in the VM and display spurious errors.
    • The debugging console is not the default, and my choice is never remembered, so every time I restart my program, it's a dialog and several clicks to get it back. The debugging console has the same contextual problems with remote debugging that the editor does.
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    JetBrains
    • Finding if a feature exists or not in IntelliJ IDEA can be challenging.
    • For example, if we know how to format a particular file, the command is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L, but if we don't, then finding it is difficult.
    • Setting up a project interpreter and directory structure might not be intuitive at first.
    • Git integration can be improved. For example, it isn't easy to rebase using UI in IntelliJ IDEA.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    JetBrains
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Open Source
    It has everything that the developer needs to do the job. Few things that I have used in my day-to-day development 1. Console output. 2. Software flash functionality supporting multiple JTAG vendors like J-LINK. 3. Debugging capabilities like having a breakpoint, looking at the assembly, looking at the memory etc. this also applies to Embedded boards. 4. Plug-in like CMake, Doxygen and PlantUML are available.
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    JetBrains
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Open Source
    I gave this rating because Eclipse is an open-source free IDE therefore no support system is available as far as I know. I have to go through other sources to solve my problem which is very tough and annoying. So if you are using Eclipse then you are on your own, as a student, it is not a big issue for me but for developers it is a need.
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    JetBrains
    Customer support is really good in the case of IntelliJ. If you are paying for this product then, the company makes sure that you will get all the services adequately. Regular update patches are provided to improve the IDE. An online bug report makes it easier for the developers to find the solution as fast as possible. The large online community also helps to find the various solutions to the issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    Open Source
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    JetBrains
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
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    JetBrains
    Eclipse is just so old, like a dinosaur, compared to IntelliJ. There are still formats that Eclipse supports better, especially old and/or propriety ones. Still, most of the modern software development needs can be done on IntelliJ, & in a much better way, some of them are not even supported on Eclipse.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • This development environment offers the possibility of improving the productivity time of work teams by supporting the integration of large architectures.
    • It drives constant change and evolution in work teams thanks to its constant versioning.
    • It works well enough to develop continuous server client integrations, based on solid or any other programming principle.
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    JetBrains
    • Easier to find bugs and debugs, thus reducing man hours and generating immediate dollar impact.
    • Coding time is lessened, which in turn again reduces man hours and generates immediate dollar impact.
    • Refactoring code is more innovative and easy here, resulting in more maintainable code.
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    ScreenShots

    IntelliJ IDEA Screenshots

    Screenshot of IntelliJ IDEA interface overview: the Project tool window (left) outlines the code structure and the Editor (right) is used to read, write, and explore the source code.Screenshot of IntelliJ IDEA analyzing the context. It then suggests the most applicable and relevant code.Screenshot of the Search Everywhere window, where users can search for files, actions, classes, symbols, settings, UI elements, and anything in Git, all from a single entry point.Screenshot of inspections to help find probable bugs and dead code, detect performance issues, and improve the overall code structure by providing quick-fixes for any code that contains potential concerns.Screenshot of IntelliJ IDEA's support for frameworks with dedicated assistance for Jakarta EE, JPA, Reactor, Spring and Spring Boot, and other popular frameworks.Screenshot of the AI Assistant that provides features for software development. It can explain code, answer questions about code fragments, provide code suggestions, generate documentation, and commit messages.