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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated January 15th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Oracle JDeveloper ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 78 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Project Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful, Robust and Versatile IDE" August 6, 2018 5.0 Pros I have to say this is one of my favorites IDE, it has database navigator, service testing tool, integration to develop soa composite, bpm process, java applications, name it JDeveloper has it Cons It is a little slow and it has a lot of CPU and memory consumption but you can live with that if you love it like i do Review Source Rafael R. Junior Developer Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Oracle Native apps can be developed and deployed in no time" March 13, 2018 4.0 We manage and debug our applications in order apply some custom code to them that fits more with our company. Pros The fact that I can do everything in a single screen makes me happy. You can navigate though the files and source codes, check complete UML diagrams and even simulate a whole process while debugging it and viewing dinamically and graphically. Cons Sometimes there are functionallities that you are not allowed to do or they dont event exist, you must constantly update the product and it is not free, not for every purpose. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Consultor Tecnico - JavaDeveloper Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "excellent" May 18, 2018 3.0 very good form of development Pros It is easy to use, the interface is appreciated and is a very useful tool for system software developers Cons It is somewhat complicated to install, requires a high level of hardware and is very heavy, despite being very easy to use Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Associate Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good software to develop web and desktop applications." April 10, 2019 4.0 By making softwares from this software and selling to the customers, we are getting business benefits. Pros JDeveloper helps you to develop applications in JAVA, JavaScript, PHP etc. It also offers drag and drop functionality. As it oracle based application so it integrates with oracle application development framework (ADF) which is very helpful in developing applications. The one who is already a oracle user will definitely like it to develop applications. Cons As it is bit difficult to understand so one who is new to this needs some training and guidance. It requires good hardware configuration to run smoothly. Review Source Emre A. IT Expert Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy development tool" July 16, 2019 5.0 Pros Easy to install and create projects for various scripting languages. Strong support from the huge worldwide owner company. Cons It is pretty hard to integrate with thirdparty services. Having too many features makes user to be confuses while choosing optimal way to develop. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Jefe de proyecto Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for developing almost anything." July 23, 2018 5.0 Pros I find it really interesting and helpful that you are able to develop java programs, create xml files, soa archives, osb projects and everything in a single place. Cons They could add the possibility to develop in different languages like Python, .NET, Ruby on Rails to make it more versatile. Review Source Maria F. Ingeniero de desarrollo de software Program Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great tool that we can not miss" September 18, 2018 5.0 Pros It has a good integrated UML editor. It works perfectly in different operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac). Cons It requires a computer with good resources. It's a bit heavy. Review Source Edward M. Programador Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very functional to develop in various environments" May 10, 2018 5.0 Pros It works very well in different operating systems: Linux and Mac and Windows. I really like the functionality of the visual interfaces and the UML editor is a very useful tool. Cons It is somewhat heavy, which in robust programs makes the execution slower. It is a point to consider when planning our projects Review Source LBKK Largaton Ben Kruif K. développeur Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "JDeveloper m’a offert une grande confiance en matière de développement d’applications commerciales. " March 29, 2023 4.0 Pros Je recommande fortement l’utilisation de , un excellent programme pour le développement dans l’environnement Oracle. Il propose plusieurs applications de développement, notamment HTML, ADF, BPM, SOA et PL/SQL. Même si j’ai utilisé la version 11g, je n’ai rencontré aucun problème avec le logiciel et j’ai bénéficié d’un excellent support. Si vous êtes un utilisateur Oracle. Cons Il peut être difficile de comprendre les avantages offerts par le système, car chaque entreprise a sa propre manière de gérer ses environs à mon avis, et des problème de mise à jour . Review Source GG GOBINATH G. Software engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jdeveloper IDE" August 21, 2018 4.0 It is used to create oracle Fusion middleware application. Pros It is a one IDE to develop any oracle Fusion application Cons It is integrated to multiple components. IDE Is slow in performance Review Source Carolina U. Especialista en Sistemas Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Jdeveloper has improved its features since oracle bought all java platform from sun microsystems" February 28, 2018 5.0 If you are working with oracle 12c is the recomemded IDE. You don't have to look for more Pros it help you to develop the soa componets like oracle service bus and bpel, which are the characteristic that I have used the most. Its much more intiutive than eclipse on these functionalities. Cons It's a very heavy tool to load, it is less intuitive than others IDE, Its performance is a little bit slow. Review Source Oscar M. Consultor Funcional Senior Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "It is an ideal tool to work integrated development environment" May 15, 2018 4.0 It helped me with the development of parts of my duties at work Pros It seems a complete and easy tool to learn and use, with it you can integrate all your processes under BPM methodology (soa bpl, flow bpm) Cons It consumes many resources of the machine, and the behavior of the tabs can be improved when the stages of the processes to be developed are created Review Source Marco R. Coordinatore Area Business Intelligence Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The "All in one" developer tool for Java" September 11, 2018 5.0 Pros A very complete tool. It excels when you need to interface with Oracle databases Cons It requires a fairly extensive learning period. Fully open source alternatives are sometimes more versatile with non-Oracle databases Review Source Josmar J. Desarrollador de java Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Nice IDE for oracle deveploment" May 15, 2018 3.0 Pros If you are going to develop services with Enterprise services bus, Web Logic, or other product of oracle you need this tool to make your life easier Cons It is extremely slow, they have a lot of bugs, the tool is very friendly but not very flexible, the memory consumption is excessive. Review Source Vinay G. Associate Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Integrated development environment" December 31, 2019 4.0 It is a good tool for starting learning programming and creating small projects. Pros I recommend jdeveloper for development of java projects as it's intellisense feature works best for Java projects. Cons Although jdeveloper is a good ide, but it does not go well for .net code as other ofe available in market. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Co-Founder & Infrastrucure Manager Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "JDeveloper is a really god solution for fast development" June 27, 2018 5.0 \- Fast development and deployment - Has a interoperability with version control (you have to configure it) Pros The development framework, it really make easier fast development, compared with other development products Cons The IDE uses in most case oracle library and does not provide extensibility in a full manner. Does not exist many documentation about how to configure IDE to development with 3rd party technologies (open source) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jdeveloper" January 15, 2019 5.0 Pros Very user friendly for Non Java developer Cons Webservice stops when u exit the jdeveloper tool Review Source NM Nathan M. Reports Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "There are better IDE options out there" October 3, 2018 3.0 I wouldn't recommend this product to other Java developers when products like Eclipse, Netbeans, and IntelliJ are readily available and come with fantastic feature sets. I've been forced to use the IDE on several projects, and really didn't find any aspect other than convenient data browsing to be enjoyable. Pros It had very solid data browsing support built in, likely due to it being an oracle product. Cons It just doesn't have the functionality of other widely used IDE's available, and I find it confusing that Oracle continues to support it. Review Source CA Christopher A. Artist Arts and Crafts Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Oracle JDeveloper" July 10, 2021 5.0 My overall experience it's rarely used because I'm only helped with choose the app Pros This software has pros because is a free and affordable app to java development also softwares developers.. Cons This software has cons like the other softwares but I think one of the cons is the difficulty with the language encryption.. Reason for choosing Oracle JDeveloper Is an app to get free and is generally used by some businesses Review Source KD Kent D. Configuration Management / Document Control Defense & Space Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SQL Developer" March 9, 2019 4.0 I am pleased with the software and the ability to do what I need it to do. Pros This has the ability to compile SQL databases and create custom reports. For the beginner user this is a very user friendly application to begin learning how to develop SQL code and accessing databases. Cons Difficult to load and access all of the databases. Review Source BA Beena A. Business intelligence consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very good IDE if oracle stack is used" May 18, 2018 4.0 Integrated ibm cognos using jdeveloper. Pros Easy to install, easy to come up with the skeleton architecture and team can develop the project from it. Easy to learn. Uml editor is very useful. I have Implemeted cognos sdk using jdeveloper. Cons Slow to start the applications. Doesn't support the plugins like eclipse. I wish if the ui looks better. Review Source aM alcides M. developer junior Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent tool to work with databases created with oracle" April 25, 2018 5.0 ease when developing projects and linking them with ORACLE database Pros \-It works in the following operating systems: Windows, Linux and Mac. - Generates code semi-automatically. - It has an UML editor. Cons \- It is very heavy, which slows down the execution of the programs. - Requires a computer with good resources Review Source NZ Nestor Z. Integration Engineer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "JDeveloper is undoubtedly the best tool for SOA" June 14, 2018 4.0 Pros The IDE provides a wide range of tools to develop our projects in SOA. It has several types of templates to develop WEBSERVICES, AD, MAF. Which makes an important part of the start of our developments. Cons Even though the IDE has many templates. Only something very basic is configured and configuring these templates to our liking is very difficult. The learning curve is very, very hard. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Really helpful for OAF" March 19, 2019 4.0 It has been good so far. Pros It is really a very nice tool to work with Oracle Application Framework Cons The shortcuts are not that easy to learn. Review Source HS Hans S. Used the software for: ### "Useful tool" April 5, 2017 3.0 Great product for the money. Support is not as good a needed when developing programs. Navigation is not intuitive as it should be. Very powerful software Review Source Similar Products Featured