# Page 7 | PyCharm Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 7 - Is PyCharm the right Integrated Development Environment (IDE) solution for you? Explore 370 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/reviews --- PyCharm 4.7 (370) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/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 7 - Reviews of PyCharm ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 151-175 of 370 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KŁ Konrad Ł. Machine Learning Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best IDE for Python developers" July 28, 2021 5.0 There are other editors, that can be used for quick code editing, but in terms of real apps development and managing the whole environment around, PyCharm is the best tool. Pros Full-featured Python support: syntax highlighting, navigation thorough the code, tips and tricks. There are multiple plugins that can take experience for another level. The support for docker, Kubernetes and databases is a huge plus and gives as one tool to manage & use all the developer's environment tools. Cons It is pretty "big" and memory consumable, but there is a reason for that. Sometimes takes some time to launch. Review Source tR tshilidzi R. operations clerk Logistics and Supply Chain Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Number one IDE for python development" November 9, 2022 5.0 Best IDE with complete neat features for python development. Pros I like how I can properly debug my code, install and uninstall my packages, the user interface is outstanding simple and user friendly. Cons It is the best IDE for me so I do not really dislike anything. Review Source Aleksandra S. Freelancer Arts and Crafts Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Quality IDE, some performance issues" December 8, 2019 4.0 After the initial learning curve of the program itself PyCharm sped up the rate at which I got through projects fairly significantly, time I would have to spend time poking through clunky menus or on Google trying to find answers specific to IDLE was now spent on the project itself. The more modern UI and small additions such as the project sidebar made things significantly easier and also more enjoyable to look at, as well as the darker theme making longer work periods much less tolling due to less eye strain. Pros The program is incredibly easy to get started with and use, on top of being quite feature rich. Coming from IDLE the difference was night and day, where it lacks useful features such as autocomplete suggestions, PyCharm provides those and many more. Performance is perfectly acceptable during coding and testing, with no significant issues or shortcomings to speak of. Cons Some things are hard to get a grasp on without prior knowledge of the program, such as setting up interpreters, mainly because of the setting being someone hard to find within the program's overall settings menu. On top of that the settings menu itself can sometimes feel sluggish in comparison to the rest of the program, however this is fairly minor and not a massive setback. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Scientist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent IDE for Python" January 31, 2020 5.0 I'm excited every time when I discover some new tool to use by working with PyCharm. Pros PyCharm allows to work on several projects in different virtual environments. Integration to GitHub makes easier to commit changes and see the changes in current project. It makes my work faster. Cons I've used as well community as professional versions. For me there was no such big difference between them, but after changing to professional version sometimes there were issues while opening the new repos. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software engineer Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good IDE but it it not always easy to use." April 8, 2022 4.0 Pros it offers a lot of features by default. the UI is amazing Cons it’s very confusing to customize it and you cannot keep track of all the shortcuts. Review Source Matthew B. Software Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Jetbrains did an excellent job" April 26, 2022 5.0 I needed to assist with scripting changes on our platform and python was the go to language. PyCharm allowed me to setup my environment and begin making changes within 30 mins. The setup is fast and it is has a sandbox using venv allowing testing straight from the built in terminal. Pros If you are a fan of Jetbrains products - this is the same look, feel and behaviour as all other products. This basically allows you to get up to speed quickly with python and dive right in. Cons I really don't like the IDE preferences tab. It is hard to find items and I keep resorting to using Google to lookup features I want to change/adjust. Review Source SR Smit R. student Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "python IDE killer pycharm" November 16, 2022 5.0 Pros The suggestion for code and features are the most heart-melting part of the pycharm. Cons we have to set it up for the latest version of python if we have downloaded any it does not shift automatically Review Source bhargavi P. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Pycharm is the best IDE i have seen." May 25, 2019 5.0 Being a Python developer I use PyCharm regularly to code. And we can integrate version control with it like GitLab. Pros It provides so many shortcuts to work. And we can install packages using PyCharm easily using settings. It has terminal so we no need to go for another terminal. Cons Nowadays Pycharm is taking more loading time. Review Source Jay M. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "All\_in\_one\_package.py " January 16, 2020 5.0 I learnt Python and created several applications through PyCharm. If you need to make really small projects you can use Spyder or Jupyter but for big ones, PyCharm is preferred. Pros This software has everything, I repeat, everything to make a small python project to a big commercially acceptable projects. I consider PyCharm as a apex level software for creating applications. You could also make various other stuff relating to bash scripts et cetera. It's engine is really powerful with a dedicated terminal console. "Do not forget to add environment path variables for the console to work" Cons You need decent enough laptop configuration for it to work since is a kind of heavy software. Normally I use it via 2GB Nvidia graphic card. But, 8GB RAM or 4 GB graphic card is advisable for smooth functioning. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer in Test Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My favorite python IDE" June 16, 2020 5.0 I love using pycharm, have been using for 3 years and still love it. Pros Refactoring feature, local history features. I really love the tool integration in PyCharm. (e.g. git, aws) Multiwindow, project management. I love the themes in it. Cons Sometimes I feel there are a lot of features I do not know about. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Application Consultant Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Just works, makes you a better coder" April 6, 2021 5.0 Awesome. It makes coding a lot easier than any other IDE I've used. Whenever I've found myself thinking "I wish I could just do X.." after poking around in the IDE a bit I find the feature I was hoping for already exists there. Pros It's free, feature packed, and pretty intuitive. It gives feedback on formatting on common mistakes to result in clean, sane, code. Cons It has a lot of complex features that can take a while to learn, but it was not far off the mark from any other IDE I've used. Review Source WT Waqas T. Data Scientist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great one for python users with very few limitations" June 20, 2021 4.0 Pros When it comes to python programming and a little knowledge about Pycharm, it formats python code and provides an ease to debug line by line be setting up breakpoints. The biggest advantage I see that the intermediate output variable values are stored and can be retrieved after the first run, it updates on every run which means an annoying print statement is not required while debugging code. I think its great for debugging than many of the other IDEs in the market. Cons Slightly complicated to use and It takes alot of disk space and if there is need to program in any other language (which is not python) then there are usually compiling issues. For java i.e, PyCharm includes JetBrains runtime which needs more disk usage as I see and it does support java but in the end at the cost of disk space, still there could be many compiling problems. Handling of any other language than python, Pycharm is not the best choice. There are also so many warnings (different levels) which makes debugging hard for a new user, who is not known to these levels. Sometimes it also happens that even python code is not formatted which requires saving file with the right extension. There are also themes available which shouldn't be included in the main package. It also covers disk space. They should be optional in my opinion. Review Source ramon D. programmer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "the best option for python codes" August 23, 2019 5.0 Where I work we maintain a python bot to check prices and warn on instant messaging applications, and we use the IDE to code and test locally, and it makes it a lot easier. Pros The program works very well with Virtualenvs, has a complete interface, which initially may scare you, but soon you get familiar and thank you for having so many buttons. In addition to the classic brand integrations with git, where you can pull, commit, push and resolve conflicts in the IDE itself. Cons No doubt the main problem is the cost, it has a high cost, Another thing that can be a problem, but not so serious is the delay to open the first time. Review Source AUK Aamir Ullah K. Researcher Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One platform to perform everything " August 31, 2022 4.0 Pros One of the pros for me is the availability of different tools such as Anaconda, Kite, and IPhyton. Moreover, debugging, auto-completion suggestions, and database tools are also features that distinguish PyCharm from other tools. It is much easier to create virtual environments with PyCharm. Cons PyCharm takes up more storage space as compared to other tools. Sometimes the launch of the application takes some time. The addition of a basic database in the community edition would be a good step. Review Source Dr Shafi S. Assistant Professor Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "About Pycharm" July 24, 2022 4.0 I am very much satisfied with this tool. Especially, at the initial stage, it is very good. Moreover, it is also compatible with anaconda and other software. Pros This product is very helpful for python development. I have been using it for machine learning projects. So, I'll surely recommend beginners to use this tool for Machine learning Cons It is very complicated and slow. There are many options, which sometimes make it difficult to locate the required options. Review Source Vincent H. Test Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pycharm for Developers" August 5, 2019 5.0 When I build test cases in python this is the tool I go to first. There are plenty of other options out there but this does everything I need it to do and once setup a lot of the mundane tasks are automated. Pros It is a comprehensive set of tools to build an IDE that looks the way you want it. There is a lot of help in pin pointing any errors in your coding. The amount of available extensions is large The jetbrains Edu plugin is available for this product for those just starting out, with excellent tutorials. Cons If you just need to test a few lines of code I found this too cumbersome and reverted to using IDLE. Review Source Andrei C. iOS Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Greatest Python IDE" September 26, 2019 5.0 Using it to develop and test the backend for our iOS application. PyCharm is a time saver! Pros Intuitive and packed with a lot of features. Remote debugging, Python environment managing, support for Anaconda, Flask, Django and many more! Cons It’s not much that I don’t like in using PyCharm, but if I’d really need to find something it’s that it’s a bit slow at some points (indexing, package skeleton parsing), but nothing too disturbing. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/) Review Source Balveer S. Django Web Developer Intern Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best IDE for writing & debugging Python Scripts" June 2, 2022 4.0 PyCharm increased my productivity & helped me a lot in understanding the code. Pros When I started learning Python for the first time, I started using this IDE & it helped me a lot in understanding the code much better due to its amazing debugging feature. I also liked the GUI interface for installing libraries & packages. Cons when it come to work on Web Development projects VS code provide much more features & functionalities. Review Source Lloyd R. programer Computer Games Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Pycharm" October 18, 2019 5.0 Pycharm helps me write code faster and smarter Pros Pycharm i very easy to learn and get started, it speed up your time writing code. There is a very nice free version of the software. The debugger is easy to use. adding new packages is easy Cons This is a very good product for coding and hard to say anything that i don't like besides the price if you want the pro version of the software. Alternatives considered [Wing Python IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/182470/Wing-Python-IDE/) Reason for choosing PyCharm price, had a free version Review Source DM Debarpan M. Associate Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent python development environment" April 17, 2022 5.0 We used PyCharm for a python development project for migrating data to a newer environment and performing statistical analysis on it. The data source was Microsoft D35, and the data was moved to the Azure cloud environment. PyCharm was very efficient in handling the codes, it was flexible for integrating changes regularly, scaling up was possible as well. The overall development work was carried on smoothly owing to the huge number of features and potential of PyCharm. We carried on statistical analysis and graphing in PyCharm to extract insights from the data. Pros Intuitive and intelligent navigation Develop large projects with ease with all features and functionalities available Simple debugging, integration with third-party applications Supports scientific libraries like Matplotlib, Scipy for machine learning work Supports App engine for web development (professional version) Supports a wide range of programming languages Allows connecting with professional python frameworks like flask, django for development work Cons Improving optimal memory allocation PyCharm can take up more space than other similar applications which could slow down the development work Getting started needs time since a lot of features are packed together Review Source FL Federico L. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Python IDE" February 12, 2023 5.0 Very positive, PyCharm has helped me organize my projects, test them and be very efficient writing code. Pros The software works very well, and has a lot of integrations that allow things like querying a database, setting a Django project and others a very simple and efficient task. Cons Sadly, now and then, new updates will come that include bugs that will render the software useless, forcing you to downgrade. Review Source VS Vijay S. Student Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PyCharm is a wonderful IDE for the python programming language" June 23, 2023 5.0 Pros PyCharm facilitates all the crucial assets needed from an IDE to successfully write, execute and debug Python code. Cons PyCharm's user interface is not so easy to understand. Review Source Altun B. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Pythonist's friend" July 23, 2019 4.0 Pros Pycharm is really for Python developers who wants to manage really easily the development process. Cons The git stuff is not really manageable for the new users, you can easily mess up. Review Source WJ William J. Business Administrator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Top IDE for Python Development" September 5, 2019 5.0 Using PyCharm has significantly improved my production when it comes to writing code. It is so much easier to see mistakes before I even test things. If you are still coding in a text editor, now is the time to give PyCharm a try! Pros Syntax highlighting is a huge blessing. I love that there is a built in dev environment for testing. It handle remote repositories (e.g. GitHub) well. The refactor option is also incredibly handy when you need to rename something! Cons There is a small learning curve, but it's worthwhile. I think the only other complaint I have is that when there is a conflict in repositories, you have to hunt to find/fix the differences. It would be nice if PyCharm could identify them for you and then give you an option on which one you want to overwrite. Review Source MH Mor H. Owner Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great IDE - The Community version is wonderful" August 13, 2023 5.0 Pros community version is free and easy to use. Python programming is especially comfortable. Cons It sometimes feels a bit overly simplistic, but for most users this is probably the best IDE available. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Integrated Development Environment (IDE)](https://www.capterra.com/ide-software/)[DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/devops-software/)