NetBeans vs Oracle SQL Developer comparison

Apache and Oracle are both solutions in the IDE category. Apache is ranked #9, while Oracle is ranked #5. Apache holds a 3.8% mindshare in IDE, compared to Oracle’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

NetBeans

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80% willing to recommend

Oracle SQL Developer

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between NetBeans and Oracle SQL Developer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IDE solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

NetBeans

Ranking in IDE

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SQL Developer

Ranking in IDE

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the IDE category, the mindshare of NetBeans is 3.8%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 4.2%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Dragan Bjedov

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.

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Theodoros Loizou

Software engineer at Amdocs

Useful features, simple implementation, and scalable

For first-time users of Oracle SQL Developer, it's going to be a bit difficult, but they can find their way around over time. I rate Oracle SQL Developer a nine out of ten. I didn't face any other issues other than it being a bit slow when you have a lot of work to do.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the most important features is that Apache Maven supports it."

"It comes out of package fully-loaded with a lot of great features for web development."

"C++ 11 support (for a long time)"

"When you have to develop in Java, this IDE is ideal because it has many plugins that make your life easier... For example, when working with Hibernate or with JPA, creating entities is very easy through a graphical interface."

"Server Support"

"Large scale of projects, templates, and coding support."

"It is easy to deploy, manage servers, and ORMS resources."

"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."

"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."

"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."

"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"

"It's easy to deploy, I can copy it onto the system and run it without having to install it and this makes it a very good solution for quick use."

"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."

"I have a lot of flexibility with it."

"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."

"I like it because it's very similar in output to SQL *Plus, and it has many convenience features that make it easier to read the data and use the basic reporting features it provides."

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Cons

"t is a very heavy load on the computer, especially when you compare with Sublime Text Limited plugins and themes."

"The debugging mechanize could be improved compared to IntelliJ, for example."

"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."

"Background scanning of sources on demand, disallowed by Options (processor usage, build cannot be deleted by the old version build)."

"Debugging: Watches, Evaluate Expression, and data inspection are limited."

"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 stability depends on what version you're using. There are more successful versions and are less successful versions. For example, 17.3 is less successful. There were many bugs. Now, we are trying to pull all the developers to upgrade to 17.4."

"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."

"I would like it to support background processes better."

"If they had something on the Web then you wouldn't need to install it, just query, like Enterprise Manager."

"The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK."

"It's more stable sometimes and less stable other times. I have used it in Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's variable, it's not the same stability. I think that can be improved on."

"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."

"Scalability has room for improvement. Often if you have to do a heavy load of queries or are getting large result sets you have to be careful not to overload the Java virtual machine that's running."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am sad that CLion is not free. Currently, it has no support for Linux makefiles, only cmake, and this is a big mess."

"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."

"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."

"It is basically free."

"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."

"It's a free tool."

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Financial Services Firm

25%

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11%

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Overview

NetBeans IDE. The Smarter and Faster Way to Code. Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.

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Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle.

For more information on Oracle SQL Developer, visit Oracle.com

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