# Arduino IDE Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Arduino IDE Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on December 14, 2025

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Arduino IDE

## What is Arduino IDE?

Arduino is an open source integrated development environment enabling users to write code and upload to the Arduino board.

## What is Arduino IDE used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 51 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

98%

Neutral

2%

Negative

0%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### Arduino IDE

4.6 (51)

VS.

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

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$19.9

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.5 (51)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (2,966)

Value For Money

4.8 (36)

Value For Money

4.5 (2,228)

Customer Service

4.2 (30)

Customer Service

4.3 (2,066)

## Arduino IDE alternatives

Highest Rated

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

Starting price

$249.00

Per User, Per Month

[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

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[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

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

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

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## Pricing

Value for money

4.8 (36)

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Value for money

4.8 (36)

4.8

Based on 36 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.2 (30)

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

4.2 (30)

4.2

Based on 30 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.6

Based on 51 reviews

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5(32)

4(18)

3(1)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

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GL

Griffin L.

Manager of All Operations

Computer Software

### "Arduino IDE"

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

9/10

February 23, 2025

Pretty good, I liked the UI for the newer V2

Pros

The ease of use with almost any official board, along with unofficial ones

Cons

It was a little rough to use until V2 came out

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DM

Dhaval M.

Associate Electrical Engineer

Defense & Space

### "Arduino is fun and easy to use"

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

February 21, 2025

Overall, I really enjoy using this program because it’s a really easy way to code and build circuits that actually work. I really like how the windows on the program are displayed.

Pros

I really like how simple it is to use this platform. The coding for this software is easy to learn and the hardware to implement is also fun to do.

Cons

I don’t like that sometimes I get an error in the program saying that the Arduino is not connected. It also freezes at times, and that’s when I need to restart the computer.

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ST

Se T.

Network Engineer

Computer & Network Security

### "A Great IDE for student's project"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

2.0

2.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

March 29, 2024

I use Arduino IDE and various type of Arduino Board type. I did many projects with Arduino. This is a suitable platform to create IoT projects in academic life.

Pros

The most I like about in Arduino IDE is we can write and upload to board easily from software interface. And we can find error easily and support to be fix easily.

Cons

Arduino IDE down in sometime without any reasons. This is the least I like about the IDE.

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kambouche s.

planning officer

Telecommunications

### "Arduino IDE critique"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 20, 2023

i used Arduino IDE in 2018 for my final study project to have master degree option networked and télécommunications My project was SMART FARMING (Internet of things) I used Arduino uno with GSM modules I have excellent note 18/20, and after that, I use Arduino for other projects for start-ups like MSART HOME and SMART PARKING this time I used Bluetooth and WIFI modules with lot of apps and platforms of IOTfinally I recommend for beginners in the embedded system and internet of thinks, it is good to use for prototype project and for startups

Pros

i like most about Adruino - easy to use you don't need to be an expert to use - open source - you can add libraries to minimise the code - you can relate to other apps like (App Inventors, Alexa...)- you can relate to other platforms like (google, remote xy...)- you can relate with other modules like (WIFI,BLUETOOTH, GSM, LORA...) -its good to begin in the world of (Internet of things)

Cons

\-The problem of Arduino IDE , it use the C++ so you can use in composites with small energy like microcontrollers I hope to use other languages like JAVA or python - when the code is too long you have some problems like it will be heavy to translate to the Arduino- sometimes it's difficult to define the error

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DM

Daniel M.

University Intern

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "If you can think about it, you can do it. Arduino IDE"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

August 4, 2023

I have been using this program for a year now, and it has always taken a long time to open or compile, maybe it is poorly optimized. I had many errors regarding the libraries, as it was very difficult to find the right one, or if it was not, to learn how the solution you find works. However, it is a very useful program for programming your Arduino, with which you can perform small control actions, it is incredible the number of programs that can be done and bring to the real world. Always taking into account the connections, so I also use it together with Proteus, to see how the program would work and also how it would be connected.

Pros

Its programming language is one of the easiest that exist, although it is written. So, it is not very complicated to make small programs. When compiling, it shows you programming errors in a direct way, which facilitates their correction. Being an arduino proprietary program, it contains all kinds of these mitrocontrollers.

Cons

The software, although it looks simply, consumes a lot of computer memory. Despite having a section to download libraries, many are hard to find, and if found, they work differently than expected.

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GD

Gijs D.

biomedical engineer

Hospital & Health Care

### "Super nice tool to build a prototype quickly"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

July 12, 2023

Verry nice tool to start quickly.

Pros

There is a great user community. Great support for ESP chips

Cons

The debugging functions ar quite basic. It takes some time for the software to start up.

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RE

Roger E.

Docente

Primary/Secondary Education

### "Mi experiencia con Arduino IDE"

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 3, 2023

Lo utilizo prácticamente a diario creando proyectos y durante las clases de robótica y programación, es una aplicación muy maleable cuando lo conoces bien.

Pros

Es un programa gratuito que te permite colaborar si lo deseas, existe mucha información de su uso, configuración e incorporación de otras tarjetas y librerías.

Cons

Se utiliza un lenguaje basado en texto, por lo tanto, para cualquier persona que inicie en la programación tendrá que practicar mucho para comprender el algoritmo de Arduino IDE.

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Bruno A.

Impact Measurement

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Coding in the Arduino IDE"

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

June 6, 2023

I use the Arduino IDE to code my Arduino board for personal projects. I have tried using VSC or sublime to code it, but at the end of the day, The IDE is the best since it was designed only to code Arduino in a friendly way. My experience with it is so good, specially with the new version of the IDE (2.0 and above), with its new features.

Pros

The IDE is easy to use, it has great features as colourful text and text predicting to make work easy. The 2.0 version of the IDE (The new one) has a really friendly and smart interface compared to the basic old version. It doesn't have many features, because it is just made to work with Arduino, but it meets all the requirements.

Cons

The IDE itself, doesn't have any cons in my opinion. The only point I'd like to make is that sometimes I struggle with the connection between the Arduino board, the computer, and the drivers. Sometimes you'll need to update or download a driver, or to set properly the ports of the computes, but once it is solved, it works wonderful.

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ES

Ernesto S.

Sócio-Proprietário

Automotive

### "Arduino por ES."

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

May 19, 2023

Pros

É fácil utilização, tranquilo, depuração OK, recomendo.

Cons

Não tem reclamações a serem feitas neste software.

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GK

Ghislain K.

Computer engineering

Computer & Network Security

### "Programmer une carte Arduino avec le meilleur outil "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 3, 2023

Avec ce logiciel, j'écris facilement mes programmes de simulation de carte Arduino. Donc ce logiciel est bénéfique dans la programmation de mes microcontrôleurs.

Pros

La programmation avec Arduino est très facile et l'option de compilation donne un résultat très clair sur le programme écrit. Ainsi , la détection des erreurs dans le programme est très facile.En gros, ce logiciel est l'idéal pour ceux voulant programmer en Arduino.

Cons

Mis à part la simplicité du logiciel avec la non modification du thème, le logiciel est très sensible à la casse .

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