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Android Studio vs. The Welkin Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Android Studio
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Android Studio is an official Android development integrated development environment (IDE) for mobile application development in the Android operating system developed by Google. Android Studio is based on Jetbrains'N/A
The Welkin Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The Welkin Suite offers an integrated development environment with 105 features (and growing). The vendor aims to help you automate the chores of development, and therefore enhance your coding velocity and increase the quality of your deliverable code.
$12.50
per month billed annually
Pricing
Android StudioThe Welkin Suite
Editions & Modules
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Professional
$12.50
per month billed annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Android StudioThe Welkin Suite
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Android StudioThe Welkin Suite
Considered Both Products
Android Studio
Jose Perri | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jose Perri
Director of Engineering and Product Development
Chose Android Studio
Although there are alternatives on the market that propose creating ANDROID and IOS APPs in a single interface at the same time, in our case the experience was not positive since we had to access very specific functionalities. There was no other solution than to develop the …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Android Studio
I initially did code in Eclipse to develop an android app that is generally used for web apps and then I moved into Android Studio. That's the biggest thing I ever did I think. Android Studio has lots more functionalities and plugins than any other product. Now I am completely …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Android Studio
I am primarily a Java developer so many of the IDEs I have used are specifically made for Java development. I have used IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, and Netbeans for Java development but Android Studio is far better for Android development specifically and it also has support for …
PC
Peter Chapman
Senior System Architect
Chose Android Studio
Android Studio is as good for Android development, as Visual Studio has been for Windows development. It is my first choice for Android development because it includes an excellent suite of tools and support for Android. Its built in refactoring and code fixes are much more …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Android Studio
Android Studio is the best possible offering to make android based apps. It's a product by Google and the official integrated development environment for android app development. That's why it is able to offer the easiest to learn and simplest coding environment to developers. …
Chose Android Studio
We personally did not try too many others because the staff who we hired to take on mobile development were already familiar with it and were able to get going quickly with it. They and all their peers had already worked through others and we were content to trust their …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Android Studio
We use Android Studio for Android app development because it is the most efficient and official Integrated development environment for Android.
KV
Kunal Verma
Software Engineer Intern
Chose Android Studio
Android application development can also be done using the IntelliJ IDE. It is a very good IDE but it is paid for professional and commercial product development. However, IntelliJ IDE is available with a student license for limited application development features. Thus …
TW
Tharanga Wickramsinghe
Software Engineer
Chose Android Studio
  • Debugging and testing are easy in Android Studio.
  • The errors of the codes can be found easily in Android Studio.
  • It has superior community support.
BB
Barry Burd
Professor
Chose Android Studio
Eclipse used to be the official IDE for Android. Since Android Studio is now the official IDE, and since Eclipse is no longer supported for Android, I have no choice but to use Android Studio. Of course, Android Studio has more features than Eclipse had because (1) Android is …
Chiyars Malhotra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chiyars Malhotra
Android Developer
Chose Android Studio
Basically Eclipse is a tool where you have to do all on your own from start to end.

Android Studio is using its Artificial Intelligence techniques to enhance our coding experience and offer better , suggestions to create methods, variables, classes, etc.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Android Studio
Microsoft VSC is a great product that can be adapted for Android development, but it requires significantly more effort than using Android Studio.
The Welkin Suite
Chose The Welkin Suite
I have tried using the Developer Console, Microsoft's Visual Studio Code with the Salesforce plugins and also Mavens Mate along with Sublime. The latter is deprecated. The rest are either options that are not as fully featured as The Welkin Suite or their setup time is much …
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User Ratings
Android StudioThe Welkin Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Android StudioThe Welkin Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Android Studio is the only platform you should consider for Android development. I have found that nothing else comes close in terms of documentation or support. There is always the temptation to develop for Android using a cross platform toolkit, such as Xamarin, but unless your app is incredibly simple, you will find your self wrestling with the toolkit more than actually creating your product. If you have any Android projects still in Eclipse, you should upgrade these to Android Studio - the backwards compatibility for older versions of Android is very good, with issues only occurring with debugging on older (Lollipop or below) devices. The only scenario Android Studio is not suitable for is cross-platform development. There is no way to share code between iOS, macOS, or Windows projects with Android Studio, unless you are developing a game in C++. If you wish to develop cross platform mobile apps, I suggest Microsoft Visual Studio.
PC
Peter Chapman
Senior System Architect
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It is well suited to development-oriented projects. I find it faster to use the native Salesforce UI for more configuration projects. There are a number of tools in the suite that I have not used and probably could get more value out of it, but it has served well as my primary IDE for the last few months.
Matthew Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Matthew Robinson
Principal Solution Architect
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Pros
  • It is very lightweight and resource management is done pretty well in this IDE.
  • It boots up very fast as compared to other development IDEs.
  • It is not a memory hungry IDE.
  • Even novices can work with this IDE very easily.
KV
Kunal Verma
Software Engineer Intern
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  • Local History - Without having to setup GitHub this has been a time saver!
  • AutoComplete
  • Saves the entire project at once
Matthew Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Matthew Robinson
Principal Solution Architect
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Cons
  • Debugging is not that great, it can show some specific details for a better understanding of the issue.
  • It is a RAM eater tool, its hard to do multitask along with the android studio.
  • Sometimes after updating the android studio, we have to face so many random issues with the SDK or codes.
LS
Lokesh Singh
Jr. App Developer
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  • It would be nice if IDE feature releases were timed to coincide with Salesforce releases (i.e. make Lightning Web Components available on the day they become available in Salesforce instances).
  • The IDE can be a bit buggy especially when you have several windows of the IDE open to different Salesforce instances at the same time on one machine.
  • Sometimes, when you click to retrieve your data too soon, before the program has a chance to ask you to connect to the instance, it can cause the IDE to freeze.
JU
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Usability
It has improved over the versions, and it continues to do so. I have no problems using Android Studio and I think that it's quite a user-friendly software.
Verified User
Anonymous
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No answers on this topic
Support Rating
The support of the community is very good. You can find many solutions on sites like StackOverflow and Brazilian sites like GUJ, for example. Google documentation about Android Studio is very good too. I have some Android developer friends, so they have the knowledge to support me when I need it.
Marcelo Araujo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Marcelo Araujo
Desenvolvedor de software
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In general, when you need support there is someone there to give you an answer. I think there could be an improvement in this area, but it's hard to provide a substantial amount of support for a product that is charging roughly $15 a month. Do I feel I get more than $15 worth of support value when I need to request it? Yes.
JU
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Alternatives Considered
I am primarily a Java developer so many of the IDEs I have used are specifically made for Java development. I have used IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, and NetBeans for Java development but Android Studio is far better for Android development specifically and it also has support for things like Flutter development. VS Code is quickly becoming popular across languages but Android Studio is still at the top in my opinion.
Verified User
Anonymous
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I have tried using the Developer Console, Microsoft's Visual Studio Code with the Salesforce plugins and also Mavens Mate along with Sublime. The latter is deprecated. The rest are either options that are not as fully featured as The Welkin Suite or their setup time is much greater.
JU
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Return on Investment
  • Due to Android Studio's day by day improvement, our company is making Android applications in more and more effective and efficient ways.
  • 24x7 support from Google and JetBrains is making our work running 24x7 smoother, and making our clients happier and happier day by day.
  • Due to the awesome animation and transition tricks, we are providing our clients more than they expected.
Chiyars Malhotra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chiyars Malhotra
Android Developer
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  • I have probably saved about three hours, on larger projects.
  • It has definitely saved me the overhead of having to work with other IDEs that have heavier setup requirements.
JU
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