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JetBrains IDEs vs Oracle SQL Developer comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

JetBrains IDEs
Ranking in IDE
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
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
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IDE category, the mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 7.5%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 4.1%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle SQL Developer4.1%
JetBrains IDEs7.5%
Other88.4%
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Featured Reviews

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.
Vikram_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Good support for refactoring."
"Having the complete development environment in Linux in the same way as in Windows is already the best."
"Ability to analyze performance, using Explain Plan statement."
"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."
"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."
"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"
"Using execution plan, I am able to do lots of query tuning."
"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."
"I have a lot of flexibility with it."
"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."
 

Cons

"One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory."
"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."
"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."
"There are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."
"The competing products have more features."
"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."
"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."
"I would like it to support background processes better."
"It's more stable sometimes and less stable other times. I have used it in Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's variable, it's not the same stability. I think that can be improved on."
"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."
 

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 no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It's a free tool."
"It is basically free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Insurance Company
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise19
 

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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...
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...
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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