# Spyder Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Spyder Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Spyder

## What is Spyder?

Integrated development environment that assists scientists, engineers and data analysts with Python development.

## What is Spyder used for?

[Integrated Development Environment (IDE)](https://www.capterra.com/ide-software/)

Top alternative

Featured

Overall rating

Based on 42 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

95%

Neutral

5%

Negative

0%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Spyder

4.4 (42)

VS.

[4.7 (1,256)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$19.9

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (42)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (2,966)

Value For Money

4.7 (24)

Value For Money

4.5 (2,228)

Customer Service

4.3 (21)

Customer Service

4.3 (2,066)

## Spyder alternatives

Highest Rated

[4.8 (157)](https://www.capterra.com/p/186624/PhpStorm/reviews/)

Starting price

$249.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

[4.6 (3,004)](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/)

Starting price

$499.92

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

[PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)

[4.7 (368)](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/reviews/)

Starting price

$249.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

98%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

[4.3 (202)](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

86%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

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## Pricing

Value for money

4.7 (24)

### Starting price

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for pricing

Free trial  
not available

Value for money

4.7 (24)

4.7

Based on 24 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.3 (21)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.3 (21)

4.3

Based on 21 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.4

Based on 42 reviews

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5(20)

4(20)

3(2)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

TM

Terry M.

Senior Analyst

Mining & Metals

### "complement of jupyter notebook"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

May 12, 2025

Pros

integrated with anaconda, the user interface is very similar to R studio which makes transition smoother

Cons

the user interface is a bit outdated, spyder version 6 broke the python kernel a lot, had a rough time to start python

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AG

Armin G.

Postdoc

Higher Education

### "Very user friendly interface "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

July 24, 2024

Pros

It has the variable window, a feature similar to Matlab, that many other coding environments don't have. It is easy to use for debugging.

Cons

The variable window in Ubuntu OS sometimes after cleaning the variables still show some of them(This happened in remote access to working station in Ubuntu 20.04)

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Engr. John Paulo D.

Developer

Computer Software

### "Spyder IDE Review"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 21, 2024

This tool is a good IDE to quickly edit and run my python codes. Highly recommended to my friends/colleagues.

Pros

this IDE has critical features I need for development and data analysis.

Cons

I don't see any ;ike least on this tool and its overall good

Review source

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LS

Leila S.

Research scientist

Higher Education

### "Good help for beginners "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

July 15, 2024

Pros

Its easy to learn how to program and anyone with a little background in programming can learn it. Also its an open source which is a great option.

Cons

It's not very easy to use it for debugging.

Review source

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MA

Mitchell A.

Engineering Student

E-Learning

### "Great beginner software, but not my go-to anymore."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

June 14, 2024

Overall I enjoyed Spyder when first learning to code, but as I progressed and ended up doing more statistical analysis, Least Squares, HTML, and in general combining more tools - I found PyCharm or Visual Studio more effective.

Pros

It has a simple interface with handy features like a variable explorer to easily see your data. The variable explorer was likely my favourite part.

Cons

It has fewer features for general programming and doesn't offer much customization.

Switched from

[PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)

I actually switched from Spyder to Pycharm. I found PyCharm great for web development and general programming with advanced tools for code fixing, version control, and debugging. In general I just liked having more customization and liked the interface better.

Review source

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CB

Christhian Brian M.

Data Scientist

Information Technology and Services

### "Review of Spyder (IDE)"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

December 22, 2023

Pros

Spyder give you a friendly developper interface with a lot of functionality that help developpers to reach theirn goals in a everyday basis.

Cons

The main con is that for beginner the interface sometimes is not easy to apprehend like other IDE such as VS Code

Review source

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RL

Roland L.

ingenieur de recherche

Research

### "Très bien pour le Python"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

December 8, 2023

Pros

Environnement simple pour développer en Python

Cons

Spyder ne considère que le Python et la plupart des projets regroupent plusieurs langages

Switched from

[Apache NetBeans](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/)

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Student

Higher Education

### "A student's view on Spyder"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 6, 2023

Pros

Spyder is an easy in use application to write for example python code. It has all the function that I needed as a newbie in programming.

Cons

I have no negative aspects found yet so overall I like using Spyder.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

EM

Edmund M.

IT / ICT Admin

Computer & Network Security

### "Switch to spyder now"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 12, 2023

Its has been very wonderful and excellent using this software. Ensuring a real-time technical analysis of my stock and transactions

Pros

It helps in managing my portfolio efficiently and generate profits

Cons

Am ok with Spyder. I can't think of anything that I don't like about the application up to date.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Souleymane D.

Training assistant

Mining & Metals

### "A powerful and user-friendly development environment for your data analysis and calculations. "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

August 21, 2023

However, Spyder still offers an interactive console that integrates IPython, allowing you to execute Python code. However, I don't find the software to be as advanced as I expected.

Pros

What I like is the advanced code editor feature designed for auto-completion, advanced search and replace, and project management.

Cons

What I like the least is the data exploration feature, even though it offers built-in tools to explore your data, I don't find this functionality very captivating.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/235569/Spyder/reviews/)

Popular comparisons

[Microsoft Visual Studio vs Spyder](https://www.capterra.com/compare/80230-235569/microsoft-visual-studio-vs-Spyder)[IntelliJ IDEA vs Spyder](https://www.capterra.com/compare/136010-235569/IntelliJ-IDEA-vs-Spyder)

[PyCharm vs Spyder](https://www.capterra.com/compare/186625-235569/PyCharm-vs-Spyder) 

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