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Eclipse Luna vs NetBeans comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Eclipse Luna
Ranking in IDE
12th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetBeans
Ranking in IDE
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of Eclipse Luna is 4.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetBeans is 4.8%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetBeans4.8%
Eclipse Luna4.0%
Other91.2%
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Featured Reviews

RahulJain7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Infoobects Pvt. Ltd.
Good plugins and helpful templates with a useful auto-code suggestion feature
Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast. Thanks to Eclipse, we can deliver fast and well-compiled code as it compiles the code on every hit which stops developers from writing bad code instantly. On top of this, we can integrate other software like Tomcat, and MySQL in Eclipse very easily which makes development even faster. Now, we can deploy our Java app directly into Tomcat from Eclipse itself which saves a lot of time in development. The same thing is true in MySQL. we can see data in Eclipse itself using SQL queries. There's no need to install a query browser application.
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Java Developer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Some of the valuable features are Java development, RCP ​support and support for various other languages.
* Java development support. (The Java editor is one of the best Java IMHO editors. Java projects support Ant and Maven.) * RCP support * GUI editor for Java windows * RCP support: An easy way to create your own app using NetBeans base. There is a lot of documentation for RCP creation. * Plugins can be easy created. Also there is support for other languages as C/C++, HTLM5, Javascript, Groovy, PHP... There is a lot of plugins that can be easily installed.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast."
"Eclipse is a neat IDE; it works as a one-stop shop for all of our application development requirements, including development, debugging, unit testing, and an extensive list of plugins to extend functionality."
"It is very extensible and uses resources optimally."
"It works like a one-stop shop for all of our application development requirements."
"It comes out of package fully-loaded with a lot of great features for web development."
"One of the most important features is that Apache Maven supports it."
"The learning curve is easy and fast because the interface is simple and intuitive, enabling us to easily train developers who are not expert in metrics."
"Overall, for our company, it has been a good addition, as development times have been shortened using NetBeans."
"NetBeans Platform can be freely used as a desktop application base, where all the functionality is prepared for me and I make only the business modules."
"It is easy to deploy, manage servers, and ORMS resources."
"Go for it! You’ll never look back!"
"I recommend NetBeans because it is easy to use, open source, free of charge, and has really strong community."
 

Cons

"The development of the product needs improvement."
"I would like to see it extend native support for functional languages like Scala."
"I would expect the team to fix any existing bugs related to performance and make it more stable for future releases."
"I would give the technical support a rating of zero."
"Eclipse can sometimes be a plugin nightmare. Various plugins require different versions of the same plugin running for different reasons."
"Background scanning of sources on demand, disallowed by Options (processor usage, build cannot be deleted by the old version build)."
"The background scanning of projects should be optimized after starting NetBeans."
"Debugging: Watches, Evaluate Expression, and data inspection are limited."
"One of main areas that the tool can improve is performance."
"There are always rooms for improvement for any product. The good thing with NetBeans is that since it is Open Source, you can just go ahead and contribute whatever you want to change yourself."
"There are always rooms for improvement for any product."
"The debugging mechanize could be improved compared to IntelliJ, for example."
"It is a very heavy load on the computer, especially when you compare with Sublime Text Limited plugins and themes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is an open source and free tool, with no changes, and the licensing allows me even to change source code, if I need."
"NetBeans is free and open source."
"I am sad that CLion is not free. Currently, it has no support for Linux makefiles, only cmake, and this is a big mess."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Construction Company
15%
Insurance Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise2
 

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Sample Customers

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Weyco Group Inc.
Find out what your peers are saying about Eclipse Luna vs. NetBeans and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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