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 8.7, while Oracle is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8. JetBrains holds a 7.7% mindshare in IDE, compared to Oracle’s 6.0% 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 7.7%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 6.0%, 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	6.0%
JetBrains IDEs	7.7%
Other	86.3%

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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

"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."

"Fast, and I never had a crash."

"The UI is pretty good and very intuitive."

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

"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."

"Good support for refactoring."

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

"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."

"I would definitely advise others to look into this tool and its solution."

"Everybody should try it because you do not have to code things to create output from JSON or DDL."

"We used to use SQL *Plus, but we needed something with more of a GUI for users who are not technical users."

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

"I like it because it's very similar in output to SQL *Plus, and it has many convenience features that make it easier to read the data and use the basic reporting features it provides."

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

"When I measure the amount of time for the same query to run on three different tools, Oracle SQL Developer leads the charts, and on average, if it takes around ten minutes on SQL Server, it takes roughly five to six minutes on Oracle SQL Developer, saving us nearly half an hour to one hour a day."

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Cons

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

"I would like to see it support NoSQL database."

"If you're trying to return exceedingly large data sets into the tool for some reason to download, that could be a challenge, depending on the memory on your machine and the disk space you have to output it to."

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

"The stability depends on what version you're using. There are more successful versions and are less successful versions. For example, 17.3 is less successful. There were many bugs. Now, we are trying to pull all the developers to upgrade to 17.4."

"I would say the layout should be improved. I've also have used PL/SQL Developer, and I like the layout, the landscape, of that application better than SQL Dev."

"The competing products have more features."

"Versioning is there, check. But it sucks a lot, double check."

"My only complaint over the years has been memory usage, which seems to improve with each release."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It's a free tool."

"It is basically free."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Wholesaler/Distributor

10%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Marketing Services Firm

14%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

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?

I want to address performance issues with large amounts of data. When I run queries that return lakhs or millions of rows, Oracle SQL Developer sometimes freezes, takes time to load, or even crashe...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle SQL Developer?

In my current project at Cognizant, Oracle SQL Developer is one of the targets to load the data after extracting and transforming it, so this is our use case for my project. For example, I was at a...

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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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