# Page 46 | IntelliJ IDEA Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 46 - 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) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/alternatives/) 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 46 - Reviews of IntelliJ IDEA ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1126-1150 of 1256 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DP Dragos P. Project Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The Java development tool" February 6, 2021 5.0 Pretty good IDE for a beginner and pro at the same time. I recommend it! Pros In my opinion IntelliJ IDEA is the best Java environment to code into. It has version control that helps a lot. (I use GitHub) A lot of project templates that you can choose from. Good backend / server coding environment. Cons It is really slow at times, which is resonable but it could get some more work on this part. Lacks integration with more plugins. Review Source Rishel A. Freelance Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best IDE for Kotlin!" October 31, 2022 5.0 Pros I liked it since I started making Android applications and the addition of Kotlin made it best in the industry for me. Cons I would like to see more themes coming out for the IDE. Review Source EY Emily Y. Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product" April 29, 2023 5.0 Pros Great features, easy UI and good code completion Cons Perhaps could have improvement on extensions Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Robust IDE" July 18, 2019 5.0 I mostly use another IDE because I don't work in Java very often, but I recognize the power of IntelliJ and if I used Java more consistently I would switch over fully. Pros There are a TON of features and functionalities in IntelliJ, which can make the development experience much easier Cons You have to know that a functionality exists before you can use it, and getting new features to work can be confusing Review Source KP Kishore P. Test manager Media Production Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Test automation in JAVA, Intelli j is for you" October 14, 2020 5.0 Tool helped us achieve our test suite development. Pros We were looking for a tool for java development for our test automation tool and found intelli j IDE. Tool has too good features which are very useful for new users / new developers. Cons Auto complete, fuzzy search, syntax highlighting, install extensions are some fo the great features in this tools. keeps going intelli J. Review Source DW David W. Student Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IntelliJ IDEA Review" January 8, 2021 4.0 Overall a good experience and was a good software for me to use to get started with coding. Pros This software provides an easy to use platform to code and run the code, easy for beginners to pick up and start using especially if they are new to coding. Cons Because of the great number of features provided by the software, it may be overwhelming for people who are new to coding. Review Source Mohammad Sadegh P. Research assistant Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Same as php storm, great " February 15, 2020 5.0 Pros Similar to php storm, it's one of the best compilers for Java and other languages. I used it for java Cons It's very heavy and slow when loading. Same as phpstorm Review Source VK Vijay K. Software Engineer 3 Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good IDE for software developers" January 26, 2019 5.0 Pros I have been using Intellij for last one year. I had used eclipse earlier. Intellij is indeed smart and very good UI. Programming in Intellij would not make you feel bored. Inbuilt maven and server support is another plus. Cons First of all, you have to pay for this IDE vs eclipse is free. There is a bit of learning curve if you are switching from eclipse. It will require more memory. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer University student Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IntelliJ Idea Review" May 10, 2019 5.0 Pros Everything is laid out pretty simply. The dark mode is easy on the eyes and the different colors for different variable names/method names is very helpful. Additionally the debugger is extremely useful in pinpointing bugs and resolving them efficiently. Cons It has a bit of a long startup time, although that might just be my PC. Review Source AA Ancy A. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A desirable IDE for Java Development " January 8, 2019 5.0 I have been using IntelliJ IDEA for writing the Backend code for an Application. The best thing I found is that it is very easy to debug our code since it shows all the value of variables and steps in the console at the same time of running App.. Pros The reasons why I like this software: 1) IntelliJ needs Minimal setup for getting up and Ready. 2)Support for the Version Control system like Git. 3)It's very easy to Debug our code Cons 1) Sometimes IntelliJ is a bit slow and it takes time to get started. 2) The price of the Ultimate Edition seems to be a slight Expensive. Review Source FAL Franyi Alberto L. Estudiante Computer & Network Security Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Buena aplicación" September 8, 2023 4.0 Al ser poco intuitiva me tomo un tiempo para acostumbrarme al desarrollo con la misma. Pros El autocompletado de la herramienta con el lenguaje de programación al que está orientado. Cons Es poco intuitiva, por lo tanto, los usuarios que la utilizan deben tener una noción de cómo están distribuidas las herramientas. Review Source Andrew A. Student Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Solid for Students" September 5, 2019 4.0 A great programming application for students with tons of features Pros Very reliable for a ton of languages Tons of built-in features Very fast with customizability for many circumstances Cons No built-in library to search directly within the program Can get bogged-down if the project becomes large in size Review Source OW Osvaldo W. ESTUDANTE Higher Education Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "IntelliJ" June 12, 2023 5.0 Pros Ambiente de trabalho interativo e simulação Cons nao tenho contra ate o momento gostei muito Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Undergraduate Education Management Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "IntelliJ IDEA Review" October 13, 2019 5.0 Great product, one of the best in the market. Highly recommended! Pros It has a free trial for me to test out the product before purchasing it. Very good piece of software! Cons Had to purchase/subscribe after the free trial. Need to remind users of it. In case they would like to cancel the free trial. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Jr. iOS Developer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Used when learning Java" March 15, 2018 4.0 Pros Easy to organize files. Once I figured out how to get the debugger to work (put in debug mode, of course), it was relatively easy to debug my code. Cons I had a difficult time learning how to use IntelliJ. Maybe this was compounded by me trying to learn Java at the same time, so maybe I just needed more practice. Review Source AM Anjana M. Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nice IDE but, a bit hard to use" November 6, 2020 3.0 Pros Good IDE for development with support for other languages not just Java Cons I find this a bit hard to use compared to Eclipse, not everything is intuitive. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Really good IDE" August 18, 2019 5.0 video tutorials, self learning with udemy Pros Intellij makes development much easier and enjoyable. Since it is very popular, it is developed well and it contains many powerful features - my favourite one is "extract method" Cons Some java programs take a lot to build, but i think it is more computer speed related problem. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great But Expensive IDE" April 25, 2021 5.0 IntelliJ is a great development tool for building java apps Pros IntelliJ has got many great features and advanced support for Java Spring. Its intellisense is also on point. Cons This IDE is very expensive. If you are not a corporate I recommend that you opt for open source and free tools that can also get the work done. Review Source AA Arman A. operator Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "IntelliJ IDEA" September 16, 2018 5.0 Pros Although the program has mainly been created for Java programmers, I use it for HTML, CSS, it's convenient for its hints when coding and colors, which make visually easy to read the code. Cons It has a lot of functions in options, which at a first view looks like complicated, but maybe it's normal. Review Source Theminda S. Full Stack Developer Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Brilliant tool" January 12, 2023 5.0 Pros Very user friendly application with a lots of features to application development. Cons Support only for limited number of programming languages. Review Source GS Gulshan S. HEAD Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Acording to me " February 15, 2023 5.0 this app is one of my favourite coding app i use it most for my all wbsites Pros it us very easy to use and i like its feature so much Cons i like this but some time it make me feel iritate me by its crashing or some time it goes very slow Review Source MC Marco C. VP of Product Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Java IDE" July 22, 2019 4.0 I just migrated from Eclipse IDE to Intellij Idea and was really happy about the UX compared to Eclipse. I all so much smooth with a great UI. Pros The support of Java and his functionality compared to Eclipse IDE Cons really complicated to create an artifact that works well Reason for choosing IntelliJ IDEA Best support for JAVA Review Source KA Kire A. student Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good first impression, easily understandable interface , very fast program." April 6, 2018 5.0 Pros First of all. I love user interface because for me interface is very important thing. IntelliJ IDEA available more tools, which make the programming much easier. Very important work for this software supports multiple projects from different programming languages. IntelliJ IDEA for me it meets all the necessary things for programming. Cons For this software I don't have any bigger things that I don't like except the waiting time while starting the program on an older computer Review Source AR Alvaro R. Sr Software Engineer Used the software for: ### "Ever happy since" November 17, 2014 5.0 I had always used eclipse and had been happy with it until they start to lag behind. Their git integration was horrible and so was the maven one. Because of these issues i switched to IntelliJ, and if IntelliJ keeps delivering the way they have been doing for the last years, i don't see myself switching to any other IDE... I Love how fast it starts up, its refactoring capabilities which in more than one occasion have saved me tons of hours... I also love how well integrated it is with all the major technologies, and the vast array of quality plugins and why not, the darcula theme totally rocks!!! As a negative, i can only complain about some very sporadic issues where it would not recognize the syntax and need to go and reconfigure it again. But this is very occasional. Besides that I'm avery happy customer and wouldn't use any other IDE for my job Review Source JF Joe F. Project Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The premier java environment" September 25, 2020 5.0 Fantastic tool to write java code and program with ease. Pros If you write java you need intellj. Easy to use software, manage packages easily, think less about setup and more about writing valuable code. Cons No cons to intellij. It is a great and easy to use environment for all java developers. 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