JetBrains IDEs vs Oracle SQL Developer comparison

JetBrains and Oracle are both solutions in the IDE category. JetBrains is ranked #5 with an average rating of 6.0, while Oracle is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8. JetBrains holds a 8.2% mindshare in IDE, compared to Oracle’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of JetBrains users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between JetBrains IDEs and Oracle SQL Developer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

JetBrains IDEs

Ranking in IDE

5th

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SQL Developer

Ranking in IDE

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 8.2%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 6.1%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IDE Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle SQL Developer	6.1%
JetBrains IDEs	8.2%
Other	85.7%

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Souhardyya Biswas

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Long-term coding has benefited from intuitive UI and tools but now needs lighter performance

I am using the code completion feature in IntelliJ, and it helps me with my development processes. I use advanced debugging tools. The advanced debugging tools are useful for resolving code issues. The integration with version controls is seamless. GitHub is what I use. For my professional role, I need to use GitHub Enterprise, and the way it is set up in my enterprise, it does not allow linking it with IntelliJ. That is where I am stuck using the CLI. GitHub itself has a very robust CLI, so I have no complaints there. For personal use, GitHub integrates really well with IntelliJ. The UI is pretty good and very intuitive. I actually use the new UI which IntelliJ provides, and that is very intuitive and good.

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Vikram_Kumar

Data Architect at Ontario Power Generation

Has improved development efficiency through reusable components and intuitive programming features

When errors occur while programming, they are very generic. Even when searching the internet, the errors remain generic and it takes considerable time to understand the fix. This was predominantly felt because we were mostly working on writing code and developing features. Error handling needs to be improved. The patches and upgrade process is very long. In the last year and a half, I haven't upgraded, so we don't know if latest features have arrived. Another issue is with sessions. If we were working on code and then switch off our laptop for two to three days, the session would keep running. This consumes many resources and flags to the team that a user has been continuously using Oracle SQL Developer. There should be a timeout period for inactive sessions.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"From the very beginning to the deepest thing I could possibly want to develop, I believe I could do it all using JetBrains IDEs."

"Having the complete development environment in Linux in the same way as in Windows is already the best."

"Fast, and I never had a crash."

"The UI is pretty good and very intuitive."

"It seems to me as one of the best IDEs in the market, they are always releasing new versions with positive improvements, and in my opinion, I recommend it in its entirety."

"Good support for refactoring."

"The best features offered by JetBrains IDEs include a super attractive set of language-specific tools including debuggers, symbol monitors, and the extensions that come with it, which helps me get a much more in-depth view of my code rather than relying on print or log statements."

"Very, very impressed with the development and product management team for this particular tool."

"It's free, it's very easy to use, and has a nice GUI."

"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."

"The main benefit of SQL Developer is that it is free."

"Technical support is great; they are extremely responsive and helpful with issues and questions."

"SQL Developer has reached a maturity level where it offers pretty much the same essential functionality (and much more) that you can find in other solutions, with the benefit of being free."

"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."

"Included Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler; no PL/SQL IDE has such modelling capabilities, as far as I know, and this is a killer feature for me."

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Cons

"One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory."

"I have noticed that when I switch to less powerful machines, IntelliJ seems to use up the RAM and the machine gets really slow and really hot quite quickly, which is not the case with Visual Studio."

"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."

"I see as a disadvantage the high prices of the license purchase that is almost $ 500 per year since this limits the use of IDE and especially for those developers who work on their own since it requires a large investment."

"One of the main issues with JetBrains IDEs is that it is very heavy, taking a lot of time to load and using a lot of memory."

"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."

"One thing I think could be improved in JetBrains IDEs is the integration with ChatGPT, which I feel could be deeper."

"The competing products have more features."

"There are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."

"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."

"Scalability has room for improvement. Often if you have to do a heavy load of queries or are getting large result sets you have to be careful not to overload the Java virtual machine that's running."

"The GUI ‘navigator’ screen uses different icons for partitioned, indexed organised tables, temporary and of course conventional tables, but this is not the case with indexes in the viewer - they all look the same so you can’t tell if it is a bitmap index, a unique index, a partitioned index or what."

"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."

"It's more stable sometimes and less stable other times. I have used it on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's variable, it's not the same stability. I think that can be improved on."

"The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."

"It's a free tool."

"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."

"It is basically free."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Wholesaler/Distributor

Financial Services Firm

16%

Marketing Services Firm

16%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Large Enterprise	1

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	20

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JetBrains IDEs?

I am aware of the pricing and licensing of JetBrains IDEs, which I believe is around ninety-nine dollars for a year. I find that to be a very reasonable rate.

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What needs improvement with JetBrains IDEs?

One thing I think could be improved in JetBrains IDEs is the integration with ChatGPT, which I feel could be deeper. Some of it is a bit sketchy; it would be great to be able to follow the same thr...

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What is your primary use case for JetBrains IDEs?

I use JetBrains IDEs for building applications with Python as the backend. I use JetBrains IDEs as my IDE for really everything, including for database management. I connect through my database the...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SQL Developer?

The pricing of Oracle SQL Developer depends on the size of the company and the project. I cannot use Oracle or other solutions if I am just starting. If I start with MySQL, it depends on the size o...

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What needs improvement with Oracle SQL Developer?

The downsides of Oracle SQL Developer include hard typing. It is not similar to another relational database such as MySQL. I need to define the object that I will receive even when I create a store...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle SQL Developer?

I have been using it for about five years, but it has not been continuous. Sometimes I have projects that are developed in SQL Server, MySQL, and even more relational databases such as MongoDB. It ...

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Overview

At JetBrains, code is our passion. For over 15 years we have strived to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover and create.

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Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle.

For more information on Oracle SQL Developer, visit Oracle.com

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