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Eclipse Luna vs JetBrains IDEs comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Eclipse Luna
Ranking in IDE
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JetBrains IDEs
Ranking in IDE
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IDE category, the mindshare of Eclipse Luna is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 4.4%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RahulJain7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good plugins and helpful templates with a useful auto-code suggestion feature
Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast. Thanks to Eclipse, we can deliver fast and well-compiled code as it compiles the code on every hit which stops developers from writing bad code instantly. On top of this, we can integrate other software like Tomcat, and MySQL in Eclipse very easily which makes development even faster. Now, we can deploy our Java app directly into Tomcat from Eclipse itself which saves a lot of time in development. The same thing is true in MySQL. we can see data in Eclipse itself using SQL queries. There's no need to install a query browser application.
Paco Velasco Reina - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows the development Microsoft products on Linux with good plugins and integrations
One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory. You also need a very powerful computer compared to Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Enterprise. An important improvement would be the case of having more than one instance open. It is common to have more than one instance because of developing linked microservices or frontend/backend at the same time. Memory usage in this case should be optimized. The debugging of objects and their manipulation is also not optimal. Sometimes it is difficult to observe variables or very complex objects. There are also memory overflows that sometimes cause debugging to stop.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast."
"It is very extensible and uses resources optimally."
"It works like a one-stop shop for all of our application development requirements."
"Having the complete development environment in Linux in the same way as in Windows is already the best."
"Good support for refactoring."
 

Cons

"The development of the product needs improvement."
"Eclipse can sometimes be a plugin nightmare. Various plugins require different versions of the same plugin running for different reasons."
"I would like to see it extend native support for functional languages like Scala."
"One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory."
"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Government
9%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JetBrains IDEs?
The licenses are quite expensive, especially considering that there is a free version of Visual Studio. However, the licenses come down in price as they are rolled out annually, which is a welcome ...
What needs improvement with JetBrains IDEs?
One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory. You also need a very powerful computer compared to Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Enterprise. An imp...
What is your primary use case for JetBrains IDEs?
Our main use case is to program APIs in Microsoft Net Core >= 2.2. The development of APIs under JetBrains Rider allows us to use the Microsoft framework under Linux natively as if we were doing...
 

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