# Page 44 | IntelliJ IDEA Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 44 - Is IntelliJ IDEA the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 1256 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews --- IntelliJ IDEA 4.7 (1256) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 44 - Reviews of IntelliJ IDEA ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1076-1100 of 1256 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DS Dimitar S. Mid .Net Developer Sports Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "IntelliJ Review" April 5, 2024 4.0 Pros Easy to work with, IntelliSense, source control sync Cons for my usage was enough so no cons from my side Review Source lC lalithya C. qa Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Alternative for eclipse, good tool to use" May 23, 2019 4.0 good one to use and can be used to implement behave and test-driven d /behavior driven frameworks. Pros it provides tips related to tools, some are useful. Cons UI should be improved more, and not much so far, that what i have see Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Junior Database Administrator Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nice but need more instruction" March 14, 2019 4.0 Pros The product is easy for the user especially for people who just learn JAVA. Cons Setting are too details which hard for the user to find out what the user need. Review Source TM Tony M. Team Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "IntelliJ" September 30, 2021 4.0 Pros I was able to use this software for training on coding. Good Software. Cons Missing a lot of features competitors have. Review Source GM Gabriel M. Student Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "IntelliJ review" May 25, 2019 5.0 One of the best and my favorite text editor. Pros This is one of the best text editors i have ever used. It offers such a broad variety of tools and options to make your coding easier. When importing a new library you don't actually need to go to a website to download it, you just navigate to settings and download it through IntelliJ. Cons If you have a slow computer it can make ur computer freeze. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Vice President Of Technology Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The ultimate IDE for Java development." April 18, 2019 5.0 Pros So many features it’s incredible. Intelligent code aware refactoring. Built in source control support. Cons Sometimes too many features can be overwhelming. Review Source SL Suman L. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Easy to use IDE" January 24, 2021 5.0 Pros Easy to use as Visual Studio, Friendly looks, easy to code and easily can install multiple addons. Cons I had used this free trial IntelliJ IDEA for some time. I feel its good and continue using it but later on it asked money. If I can get same features almost same in Visual Studio Code in free then why should I purchase it. I feel its expensive. Review Source DK Daria K. Owner Arts and Crafts Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great to study " March 9, 2019 5.0 Comfortable app. Experience is frustrating, because it’s coding. Pros I used this software for my JAVA class and it was very easy to set up and start using and most importantly it’s free. I highly recommend to anyone who is studying JAVA. It also offers you an idea of what might be wrong with your code. Cons Well it could be confusing to navigate the software if you don’t know the terminology. Review Source BNS Bruno Nicholas S. Software Engineer and Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best java environment outside of Android Studio" June 20, 2019 5.0 Pros Really fast at compiling java code. Intelligence is amazing, it 90% predicts what you're going to type with the first two or single character and when u increase the font size the general appearance is not good. I Cons It is a heavy software to install. i don't like the default fonts across Intellij and Android Studio. The fonts seem to small when you switch from VS code. Review Source CC Chetna C. Software Intern Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect tool for Java related developments, little struggling for javascript based developments" April 10, 2021 3.0 It helps a lot with unit testing since it has wide variety of plugins Pros It offers good plugins for unit testing and it actually gives a good interface for java related developments. I used it for android as well and found it really handy Cons I dont prefer it for python/JavaScript/typescript development. It is also difficult to setup in the first place. Review Source Vivian T. Consultant Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Had a lot of features but hard to find" August 18, 2019 5.0 Pros It had many amazing features added to this IDE Cons Features were hard to find and some things were hard to understand without googling it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Service Specialist Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IDE for everyone" May 8, 2019 4.0 Pros Custom plugins for variety of purposes satisfy many of business needs of my customer Cons Making it work with groovy scripts could be easier. Review Source Sharan D. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy way to develop java integrated computer software" November 7, 2018 4.0 I have developed several software using IntelliJ IDEA in university. It gives attractive userfriendly interface. It catches bugs before the compile like syntax errors there it helps me to save my time often. Pros IntelliJ IDEA gives facility to develop java integrated software in an easy way. It makes java an easy to use language. IT integrated with different technologies. It gives high amount of keywords than other softwares. Cons It required a significant amount of computer memory than other developing softwares. Review Source AB Ahmed B. student Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review Intellij IDEA" July 19, 2020 5.0 For programmers in Java, this is the most suitable working environment for you to work on Pros It is an integrated development environment that supports the Java development language. The company allows 30-day trial and evaluation of commercial versions and also provides open-source versions with limited capabilities and use. Cons I haven't seen anything bothering me yet Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Game Designer Computer Networking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nice and complete IDE for coding" December 13, 2018 4.0 Pros It sync very well with Java and mostly OOP languages. Cons It's very heavy and it uses a lot of memory resources. Review Source rA rati A. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IntelliJ IDEA" November 23, 2020 5.0 Pros Intellij Idea is great IDE. I like it's auto suggestions/completion, plugins and good UI. Cons It is not memory friendly and is heavy. Also expensive Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Principal Developer and Team Lead Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Java IDE" October 19, 2019 4.0 If I'm going to do Java development there is no question I would use IntelliJ IDEA. Pros Easy to use. Great ecosystem for plugins. Performant and responsive user interface. Intellisense and editor features are great. Cons Nothing really. IntelliJ is worlds better than Eclipse. The user interface and features alone are enough. Review Source MR Megh R. Software Engineer Utilities Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Excellent IDE for Develpment" October 21, 2020 5.0 Was trying out this for our new product, so the team has decided to consider this IDE. Overall it solved our purpose of development simple Pros Easy to use, almost similar to Visual Studio by Microsoft. Installing packages, tracking a bug, navigation are all simplified. Loved their dark theme, this makes me focused on my code Cons Felt on the higher side of price, but worth the futures it's providing If you are not using a powerful machine( Laptop/ Desktop) this application might hang or crash during the build process. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of Growth & Co-Founder Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very Good Development IDE" January 14, 2019 4.0 Pros I love the interface and the power of IntelliJ. Cons It's very heavy and consume lot of resources. Review Source Vanishka S. Application Developer Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review for IntelliJ IDEA" October 9, 2019 4.0 Overall i would say it is a good buy and a great tool for coding. Pros Being a java developer intelliJ is one of most handy and useful tool for us. Provides good integration with other functionalities like maven, hibernate etc Provides features like debugging , code refractoring . I have actually preferred it over eclipse. Cons The User Interface is complicated though. There are lot of features that i actually dont know how to use. Sometimes it gets slower. Review Source Olivier JM M. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Probably the best IDE out there" May 8, 2021 5.0 Fast development and compilation and supports multiple languages out of the box, it is always a joy using it. Pros IntelliJ IDEA is one of the best IDE I have used ever, it has smart intellisense, it runs big and small projects fasts, it has lots of tools and plugins built in and allows further customization. Cons The price could be a little cheaper to make it affordable to engineers in developing countries who can't afford the same amount it is currently priced at. Review Source AL Alaister L. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A powerful IDE for Java" March 31, 2021 5.0 I create Spigot plugins for Minecraft servers. With the help of the IntelliJ Minecraft Dev plugin that automatically imports classes, methods, and Maven dependencies, and creates plugin files, I can finish my projects faster and easier. Pros It helps me find errors, deprecated classes, redundant and unused code. Cons It consumes a lot of CPU and memory and slows down my computer. Review Source GM Goshgar M. Iava developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Intelij idea" March 13, 2019 5.0 Pros This software is very powerful and usage is very easy Cons This sofware have Very strong support. Resolve poroblems is very easy Review Source DP Dragi P. Programmer Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Overall experience is OK, with minor setbacks" March 29, 2018 4.0 Pros I like using this software it's really intuitive and well organised, also the documentation is well explained and easily understandable. Cons On my older computer (3 years old) with solid specs for that time, only complaint i have is the loading time to start the program is way to much like 20-30 seconds. Also never mind the computer other problem I face is when I'm importing libraries to some project sometimes they don't work like they are supposed to, I've tested this on other IDE works with no problem. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO & Lead iOS Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Ok IDE with all the tools you need" May 2, 2019 3.0 Pros IntelliJ IDEA is yet another IDE that fully does its job: it has all the features you need for developing​ applications and it works reliably. Cons I think the pricing is a bit overblown. IntelliJ, like all JetBrains products, doesn't offer a really mindblowing experience​ or stand out in any other way from other IDEs. When first visiting JetBrains' website, I got really excited because of the sleek design, but their applications suffer from a lack thereof. Too bad! Review Source