# Page 9 | Apache NetBeans Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 9 - Is Apache NetBeans the right Integrated Development Environment (IDE) solution for you? Explore 231 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/reviews --- Apache NetBeans 4.3 (231) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/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 9 - Reviews of Apache NetBeans ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 201-225 of 231 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KMC Kevin Matthe C. Graduate Teaching Assistant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Classic and timeless editor" October 7, 2020 4.0 A powerful editor more especially if you're studying java. Pros This is the only editor that I used in Java programming that has a contemporary/modern interface and allows easy DB/SQL integration too! Cons Some of the essential "ad-ons packages" are actually very important and should be included in the editor Review Source Jason W. IT Support Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Crashing is a feature" July 3, 2021 1.0 Pros I don’t have much of a positive experience. Cons It is horribly unstable. I’ve had projects that took forever simply because I was stuck with using netbeans. I hope you don’t mind frequent crashes Review Source Gihan N. IT Officer Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Do easy Coding use NetBeans" May 31, 2021 3.0 Overall this is a good tool for beginners and this will helps to do simple projects. Pros The interface is very easy to use and very simple, and also this is lightweight, Considering the capabilities of this tool this is a good option for beginners. Cons Had some errors while installing and support options are not good in this tool, tried several times for get help using forums and by sending emails to software support, but no one cares. Review Source ES Erik S. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "NetBeans Review" September 13, 2019 3.0 Pros The ability to have NetBeans insert and write code for you is very nice. I also appreciate the error notifications that it gives with suggestions to fix it and also sometimes fixing it for you. Really cuts down on the coding time. Cons It's not the easiest software to use at times. Some of the error outputs can get confusing with just the sheer number of messages it gives. The tab/autocomplete feature can also get a little out of control at times and insert the complete opposite of what I wanted. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Netbeans review by user" September 25, 2018 4.0 Pros Easy to install. Support larg number of Java applications. Easy to use. Good IDE Auto syntax checking. Cons Provides only one view. Slow searching. Larger in size and also sometimes get hanged. Review Source Mohit R. Program Analyst Trainee Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "NetBeans a decent tool" November 21, 2018 3.0 Overall is pretty decent for beginners and for core Java app development. Pros The easyness to write code in the tool is a really a good feel. It gives you constant suggestions so you can't just stuck in one place. The theme , look and feel is really good of the application. Cons The speed. It is really slow. It is cross platform software but is very slow in some systems with low or even general specifications. It's not feel comfortable to write Spring MVC code, one of the cons. Review Source FC Francesco C. Ottico Medical Devices Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "E' opensource e questo e' molto importante" December 23, 2023 5.0 Software necessario per migliorare l'app dell'azienda Pros Mi piace la sua facilita' d'uso in diversi modi Cons Poco e niente. E' un'open source quindi e' giusto che non sia perfetto Review Source BS Benjamin S. Senior Software Developer Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Better Java IDE's available" October 22, 2020 3.0 A functional editor - but paying for something like IntelliJ would be worth your while Pros It was functional and available for free Cons Early versions had limited plugin integrations with technologies we used Review Source Ramon D. Tecnico em desenvolvimento Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "the most classic code editor." July 22, 2019 5.0 I used it exclusively for creating swing applications, the other tools I found difficult, besides having no integration with git and slack. Pros the most classic editor of codes, standing out for java and C language; To create Screens in Swing (in Eclipse there is VEP, but netbeans is much better). Lighter and configurable compared to other IDE. Cons it lacks the varieties of plugins that currently other IDE have, integrations with git and other platforms such as slack. Review Source CB Chirag B. Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "great ide for developers" September 27, 2018 5.0 Pros Netbeans has been designed with extreme care. It has been designed keeping developers in mind so that they find it easy to code and debug their code. When we are coding then only compiler checks for errors and display them with red mark so that they can be corrected. Also a lot of features and libraries can be added easily with help of plugins. Cons it occupies memory and makes system hangs a lot. User interface is good but look and feel is outdated. Review Source MAG Marlon Andres G. Analista de soporte Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Netbeans" February 7, 2023 4.0 Pros Maneja muchos lenguajes de programación los cuales se pueden integrar entre si Cons La complejidad para compilar el mismo proyecto en máquinas diferentes , ya que cuando se exporta el proyecto a otro equipo , muchas veces las librerías fallan Alternatives considered [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) Review Source Jose Alejandro M. Programador Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Buen editor de codigo" May 27, 2023 4.0 Pros Su facilidad a la hora de programar en Java Cons Preferiria Visual Studio Code, por que Apache Neatbeans no es visualmente tan atractivo Review Source YB Yacine B. Studente Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IDE completo e versatile per la programmazione in JAVA" February 15, 2023 5.0 Pros NetBeans è altamente personalizzabile, con una vasta gamma di plugin e moduli aggiuntivi disponibili per estendere le sue funzionalità. Cons NetBeans, nel mio PC, è un po' lento ad avviarsi e ad eseguire determinate operazioni Review Source Vini A. Plant Head Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "NetBeans: The IDE" November 16, 2018 5.0 Pros Netbeans is one of the best development environments used for developing stand alone and web applications. It provides user friendly GUI that makes user easy to learn. It supports various development languages such as Java, Ruby, Python, etc. Cons User must be technically sound to use this software. Review Source AG Abhinav G. Senior Software Enginner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "good java software Development tool" September 16, 2018 4.0 Pros I have used this to code in java. It is great software and can easily detect required libraries and install them. It have good debugging compiler which detects the error and display them in a good manner so that they can be corrected. Also it have an option to create manual and uml diagrams from code which i loved the most. Cons The only thing that I dislike is the time to takes to setup. It is heavy software and makes my system slow by taking lot of memory space. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very good Application " March 7, 2019 5.0 Pros Multiple features of application and Ease of use Cons Users are confused on Application install time Review Source Aman J. Junior Assistant Government Relations Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Coding software " November 12, 2018 5.0 Best Pros It is an integrated development environment used to code Web and stand alone applications. It supports various languages such as Java, Ruby, PHD, python etc. Cons Nothing least liking for this software. Review Source Mirza S. Software Tester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "It's pretty decent IDE" April 5, 2022 4.0 All things considered, it's a useful free product if you don't have high demands and budget it's fine. Pros It's very easy to use, it gets the job done, and besides, it's free so that's a big plus. Cons Nothing major, it just seems to be lagging a bit behind its competition. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great experience writing java code with this IDE" December 28, 2018 5.0 Pros Setup and installation were easy. I was able to write code easily. Cons Importing one of the projects was difficult, and had a lot of difficulty deleting some projects. Review Source VM Vishal M. Software Development Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Rapid Development tool" December 10, 2020 4.0 Pros 1\. Quick development 2. Supports syntax Highlighting 3. Auto Imports Packages Cons 1\. Tad bit slow when heavy projects are loaded 2. Accessibility can be Improved 3. More Shortcuts can be added Review Source AD Asis D. Automation Engineer Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Robust IDE for several programming language" November 21, 2018 5.0 Pros 1\. user interface is flexible and provides various options 2. variety of programming language support 3. Debugging is good Cons 1\. Launch time is more 2. little bit heavy software (Checked with java support) Review Source Avi J. Exim manager Import and Export Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Is NetBeans good" March 28, 2019 4.0 Pros I liked the most is its ease of working on it. Cons Little bit difficult to learn codings, it takes time to become pro in it Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Estudiante Program Development Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Netbeans - Java " September 23, 2022 5.0 Pros La facilidad que nos da para codificar y su facilidad con la creación de interfaz gráfica Cons Al inicio de complica un poco el enlazar con otras apps como Mongo db Review Source NO Nishant O. Research Engineer Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Java IDE " December 16, 2018 4.0 Good for writing java code and working on projects. Pros I liked the code auto complete feature very good because it saves me time to write and remember all the code. More functionality can be added by adding plugins to the project repository. Cons It consumes very much system resources and memory. It is slow therefore. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool" May 25, 2019 4.0 Pros it is a good tool to develop in java SE, due to its Swing support. Cons he is not very fast. it consumes a lot of memory. Review Source Similar Products Featured