IntelliJ IDEA vs. Oracle Java SE

IntelliJ IDEA

348 Reviews and Ratings

Oracle Java SE

256 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IntelliJ IDEA	Score9.4 out of 10	N/A	IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE that aims to give Java and Kotlin developers everything they need out of the box, including a smart code editor, built-in developer tools, framework support, database support, web development support, and much more.	$19.90 per month
Oracle Java SE	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Oracle Java SE is a programming language and gives customers enterprise features that minimize the costs of deployment and maintenance of their Java-based IT environment.	N/A

Pricing

IntelliJ IDEA

Oracle Java SE

For Individual Use (Monthly billing): $19.90
per month
For Organizations (Monthly billing): $71.90
per month
For Individual Use (Yearly billing): $199
per year
For Organizations (Yearly billing): $719
per year

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Pricing Offerings
IntelliJ IDEA	Oracle Java SE
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

All Products Pack (For Individual Use) – $299 /1st year, $ 239 /2nd year and $ 179 /3d year onwards All Products Pack (For Organizations) – $979 / year

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	IntelliJ IDEA	Oracle Java SE
Considered Both Products	JetBrains No answer on this topic	Oracle Balázs Kiss Software Developer in Engineering at Webvalto Ltd. (Banking, 51-200 employees) Chose Oracle Java SE I wanted to write Python, NodeJS, PHP... but it's hard to compare all the different fruits in the basket. Java is good for what it was made for, and much more nowadays. Java was and I suspect, will be a strong candidate for any backend project, and it's one of the most popular … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Kolling Professor at King's College London (Research, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Oracle Java SE Many other languages could be used for initial programming. However, simplicity of concepts, static type system and available tool support in combination made Java come out top for us. Especially Python has become very popular recently. I think this is a step backwards, due to … Incentivized Helpful? Xialin Zhu Engineering Manager in Engineering at LinkedIn (Internet, 10,001+ employees) Chose Oracle Java SE We are also using Zing, and it shows better performance in general. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	IntelliJ IDEA	Oracle Java SE
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (59 ratings)	9.0 (32 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (8 ratings)	7.4 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	8.9 (15 ratings)	8.0 (19 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)