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JetBrains IDEs vs NetBeans comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

JetBrains IDEs
Ranking in IDE
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
7
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 May 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 7.9%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetBeans is 4.9%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JetBrains IDEs7.9%
NetBeans4.9%
Other87.2%
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Featured Reviews

Souhardyya Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Long-term coding has benefited from intuitive UI and tools but now needs lighter performance
I am using the code completion feature in IntelliJ, and it helps me with my development processes. I use advanced debugging tools. The advanced debugging tools are useful for resolving code issues. The integration with version controls is seamless. GitHub is what I use. For my professional role, I need to use GitHub Enterprise, and the way it is set up in my enterprise, it does not allow linking it with IntelliJ. That is where I am stuck using the CLI. GitHub itself has a very robust CLI, so I have no complaints there. For personal use, GitHub integrates really well with IntelliJ. The UI is pretty good and very intuitive. I actually use the new UI which IntelliJ provides, and that is very intuitive and good.
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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

"Having the complete development environment in Linux in the same way as in Windows is already the best."
"The UI is pretty good and very intuitive."
"The best features offered by JetBrains IDEs include a super attractive set of language-specific tools including debuggers, symbol monitors, and the extensions that come with it, which helps me get a much more in-depth view of my code rather than relying on print or log statements."
"The best features JetBrains IDEs offer include the many tools which are available inside the tool and how it makes you a faster Java developer by providing the right tools and code hinting."
"It seems to me as one of the best IDEs in the market, they are always releasing new versions with positive improvements, and in my opinion, I recommend it in its entirety."
"From the very beginning to the deepest thing I could possibly want to develop, I believe I could do it all using JetBrains IDEs."
"Good support for refactoring."
"Fast, and I never had a crash."
"Use it and you will not regret your decision."
"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."
"NetBeans has helped us to increase our productivity and defect solving since the IDE is smart."
"Large scale of projects, templates, and coding support."
"Server Support"
"C++ 11 support (for a long time)"
"Go for it! You’ll never look back!"
 

Cons

"I have noticed that when I switch to less powerful machines, IntelliJ seems to use up the RAM and the machine gets really slow and really hot quite quickly, which is not the case with Visual Studio."
"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."
"I see as a disadvantage the high prices of the license purchase that is almost $ 500 per year since this limits the use of IDE and especially for those developers who work on their own since it requires a large investment."
"One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory."
"One of the main issues with JetBrains IDEs is that it is very heavy, taking a lot of time to load and using a lot of memory."
"One thing I think could be improved in JetBrains IDEs is the integration with ChatGPT, which I feel could be deeper."
"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."
"One of main areas that the tool can improve is performance."
"There are always rooms for improvement for any product."
"I would like there to be better integration with Git, as there are IDEs such as Eclipse that offer this integration in a much more elegant way than NetBeans."
"The debugging mechanize could be improved compared to IntelliJ, for example."
"Debugging: Watches, Evaluate Expression, and data inspection are limited."
"Background scanning of sources on demand, disallowed by Options (processor usage, build cannot be deleted by the old version build)."
"t is a very heavy load on the computer, especially when you compare with Sublime Text Limited plugins and themes."
"One of main areas that the tool can improve is performance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"NetBeans is free and open source."
"It is an open source and free tool, with no changes, and the licensing allows me even to change source code, if I need."
"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
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Wholesaler/Distributor
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
13%
Insurance Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JetBrains IDEs?
I am aware of the pricing and licensing of JetBrains IDEs, which I believe is around ninety-nine dollars for a year. I find that to be a very reasonable rate.
What needs improvement with JetBrains IDEs?
One thing I think could be improved in JetBrains IDEs is the integration with ChatGPT, which I feel could be deeper. Some of it is a bit sketchy; it would be great to be able to follow the same thr...
What is your primary use case for JetBrains IDEs?
I use JetBrains IDEs for building applications with Python as the backend. I use JetBrains IDEs as my IDE for really everything, including for database management. I connect through my database the...
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