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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/app-development/eclipse-ide-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/app-development/eclipse-ide-profile/alternatives/) # Eclipse IDE User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.3/5 - Total reviews: 205 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.1/5 - Customer support: 3.8/5 - Value for money: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.3/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 95 reviews (46%) - 4 stars: 79 reviews (39%) - 3 stars: 27 reviews (13%) - 2 stars: 4 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - Eclipse IDE offers a highly customizable and extensible environment with strong support for Java development. - The flexibility and wide range of features make it a solid choice, especially when working in environments that require customization and extensibility. - It offers built-in tools for debugging, code refactoring, and version control integration, enhancing productivity. ### Most mentioned cons - Unfortunately the integrated featureset is too lean for my liking and while extending it works the performance is already a struggle with the base set. - Occasionally, it also runs into bugs or freezes, which can interrupt workflow and be frustrating during development. - It sometimes takes a while to start up or respond compared to lighter IDEs. ## Eclipse IDE customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 205 (page 1). ### Eclipse - Good IDE for Java - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mohammad Iqbal K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The overall experience with Eclipse IDE was good for Java but not for other programming languages comparatively. The absence of live server makes me dependent on other application for doing parallel job. It is slow and consumes lot of memory. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a powerful tool and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the developers / programmers using Java, C and Python. It has a good and modern user interface. It is available to download and use for multiple operating systems. It is open source and free to download and use. It support plugins. #### Cons It is memory eater and turns system slow. The absence of debugger for JavaScript is a lack. No plugin available for live server. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE I was looking for a cheaper specifically Java supporting IDE. --- ### Experience with Eclipse IDE - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Carlos Hugo Martin C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The IDE was used for the development of applications and extensions of monitoring tools. In addition to the implementation of devops flows. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is very easy to customize and extend it based on plugins, in addition to the debugging functions that allow the development of applications to be simpler, being able to condition the execution to the productive environment for which the application is intended. #### Cons The IDE has a lot of plugins and many of them are not compatible, and you can only tell when you are using the IDE, causing it to become unstable. #### Reasons for choosing Eclipse IDE The IDE is very customizable and its resource consumption is not high compared to other tools. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE The resource consumption of the other tool is very high for the activities for which they were used, and its integration with other tools is easier. --- ### High customizability but difficult to use and outdated interface - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Dan O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros There are a lot of ways to customize the layout of the IDE to suit your workflow and preferences. #### Cons It is very difficult to use. The icons are small and unintuitive. Overall the interface is confusing and it doesn't look sleek. --- ### Solves many problems, but it's not the first option - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rodrigo R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Despite the shortcomings, I can say that it's more pleasant to create for Android in Eclipse using the plugin than using Android Studio. That's because the development of the supporting part of Eclipse is phenomenal. He helps you with things that clearly someone needed to use and took the trouble to develop. For example, for Android the help to find errors or gaps in internationalization is much more efficient in Eclipse than in Android Studio. When I used it for Java and PHP some things were like that, but then you stumble across something someone else did too lazy or in a hurry, and you get stuck. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is a complete IDE, with many support tools, many plugins and support for many popular programming languages. It has "versions" with embedded items, making it easy to install for this or that purpose, such as IOT projects or embedded electronics, PHP or Java. If you don't have another tool, with Eclipse you can create your end-to-end product and deliver. #### Cons First off, Eclipse is free, but I put an average price. This is because despite not having a license cost, you have cost of use in productivity. If you take twice as much time on tool X it already costs you hours of production. I find Eclipse old-fashioned, heavy, huge and dated. It's not nice to use Eclipse, it's just functional. And he has many errors in obscure canvases that look like they were made twenty years ago. #### Reasons for choosing Eclipse IDE It's worth commenting because the decision he took a few years ago is still in effect, and we would make the same decision today: we tested Netbeans and InteliJ IDEA at the time. Netbeans was slow, heavy, did any task in the least intuitive way. JBuilder was expensive and therefore unaffordable for us. InteliJ IDEA was even more expensive, but it was great. Eclipse was mid-range between the three worlds and with no direct associated cost. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE That was a while ago. Today Eclipse is part of our toolbox but is only used for certain types of tasks. At the time we needed to get out of VB6 and JBuilder (Borland) was too expensive. The eclipse did, and while it's not a ferrari, sometimes it's the old 1113 truck that saves the day. We tried using Netbeans for a while, but it was SLOW and managed to make even the easiest task difficult. At the time it was Sun, but Netbeans under Apache doesn't look better. --- ### Review For Eclipse IDE - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ishaan K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience suggests that this is the perfect IDE for coding in JAVA, due to the fact that coding in this app is seamless and that the options available to the user while coding are not intimidating in comparison to some heavy-weight IDEs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The fact that the GUI is perfectly laid out for a JAVA developer makes this application highly accessible for people who are either beginners or advanced in coding in JAVA. #### Cons The fact that this app doesn't allow many customizations in terms of Graphical themes or icon themes makes this app less competitive in comparison to its competitors. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE As the above IDE was required by the course I am currently pursuing at University. --- ### A veteran Java IDE. It does the job but it feels too old. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Vasilis K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I was mostly using Eclipse during and right after my University studies which was almost 15 years ago. I remember loving it that the time but now I feel that there are more developer friendly IDEs out there. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I really like the workspace and window management of Eclipse. Plus it's free! #### Cons I really don't like the user interface of Eclipse. It's a very old IDE and it looks like it. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE Because Eclipse has a better plugin community. --- ### Best IDE for Web Development - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Biotechnology - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Its great to use and lot better than most of the IDE's which are used for similar purpose #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The IDE is small in size and provides a lot of features and only the extensions which we are using in the project, we can just add that in our project, thus making the final Jar smaller, which is a very good feature. I really like the IDE this way. #### Cons The collaboration with other tools is a bit of research that needs to be done in order to use it correctly #### Reasons for choosing Eclipse IDE Because its lightweight and best for Java Spring boot development #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE Eclipse is compact and easy to understand and compact and almost every company uses this. --- ### Eclipse IDE for Junior Programmer - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Frico S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall is very good, I love this app especially the plugin marketplace! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Eclipse has so many plugins that you can choose for free! It's one the best IDE that you can use for professional level. #### Cons Maybe junior programmers will find it hard for the first time when they try Eclipse IDE. Eclipse is good when you already had an experience with other similar software. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE Netbeans has lesser plugins option than Eclipse --- ### Excellent for Startups - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Matthew B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I really enjoyed the fact that I could even open netbeans based projects (with the exception of the GUI builder in Java swing). It made life a lot easier and on a budget it works very well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I loved the fact that most of the tools to do any Java-based or even pyton-based development are free in this IDE. It gives a good introduction to new developers especially in the startup context. #### Cons There are now much better IDE's that are capable of better memory management. Unfortunate eclipse has slowly been getting heavier and heavier and has become as overweight as netbeans. #### Reasons for choosing Eclipse IDE Better memory management, newer tools and Intellij has a LOT more plugins. --- ### Is Eclipse IDE a Good Software? - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Abraham b. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Eclipse ide is a full environment for creating, testing, and deploying software especially if you are a java developer. It can be extended through plugins. it allows you to test out your codes along every step of the way and gives you detailed analytics about errors and warnings in your codes. It basically helps you debug your codes #### Cons If you are a beginner, it is not easy to use and the documentation is not very understandable. It is a heavy software and can sometimes be slow to loading #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE eclipse ide suited my programming language more --- ### Eclipse is a great free dev environment - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jeffrey A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use it for a free dev environment for learning new languages. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Free and open source. Just about any language can have a development environment created for it. #### Cons Sometimes a bit slow due to the Java code-base. --- ### Eclipse IDE Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Quashawn H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Eclipse IDE is a powerful tool for software development, especially for Java and other languages. While it has its drawbacks, particularly regarding performance and complexity, the benefits often outweigh these challenges for those willing to invest the time to learn and configure it effectively. It remains a valuable choice for many developers looking for a robust and extensible IDE. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros A rich ecosystem of plugins, allowing you to customize and extend its functionality to suit your needs. It offers built-in tools for debugging, code refactoring, and version control integration, enhancing productivity. #### Cons Can be resource-intensive and may become slow, especially with large projects or many installed plugins. Initial setup and configuration can be tedious, particularly when dealing with project dependencies and workspace settings. --- ### Eclipse IDE Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mahipal Singh B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Eclipse IDE is good. It helps me to do the development in an efficient way. And also gives me suggestions to make my project efficient. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For Developers, it is one of the best IDE in the market for application development. It is easy to use and also memory efficient. It always gives you suggestions while developing the application. With the plugins feature, we can easily integrate with third-party software like the new Relic. #### Cons As of now, I don't have anything which I don't like about this software. --- ### Robust IDE for Software and web application developers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Abhuday T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Its a very versatile tools which can be customized to fit the need of all kind of developers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It supports all the modern features like debugging, source code generation, refactoring, deploying application on server. It is easy to use and supports integration with github and SVN. Its very powerful when comes to testing of project and support various types of plugins. #### Cons It can be difficult to maintain some time and developer need to depend a lot on the eclipse community support for solutions. #### Reasons for choosing Eclipse IDE It is less heavy on memory than Netbeans. --- ### Finest and premier tool for any development in the market - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Charan Raj Y. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall I am really impressed with this tool Can do everything Development, Automation of UI, Integration what not using this #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I can say everything is best in this tool right from GUI, easy of use, Integration/collaborations with other tools Worked for UI, API automation Code review Comparing Difference language supports #### Cons Least about this is nothing Only thing everyone say is, it is a open source so if any company/client wants to work on licensed then they will not look for this --- ### Eclipse IDE: The Traditional IDE for Professional Java Development - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Maha S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I was an Eclipse user for developing Java desktop and server-side applications. I migrated to Apache NetBeans for a better user experience. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros My main use of Eclipse is in the field of Java desktop and server-side development on Linux and MAC. Eclipse provides basic IDE services for Java developers which augments code auto-completion (not very responsive/intelligent), debugging, unit testing, and profiling services that supports rapid application development on the desktop. I used Eclipse for developing Servlet, JSP, and EJB server-side code as well. Eclipse can be linked to the Apache Tomcat Servlet container to support the automatic deployment of Java server-side components on application servers. Moreover, desktop applications requiring RDBMS access can be easily developed in Eclipse by loading pre-imported JDBC drivers for popular databases such as MySQL and Oracle. Eclipse is a rich Java IDE but faithfully many other IDEs such as Apache NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA are much more user-friendly and intelligent in terms of code autocompletion and debugging. #### Cons Eclipse is still lagging in terms of code autocompletion compared to other popular Java IDEs such as Apache NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA. Many developers are migrating from Eclipse to those IDE due to this reason. Eclipse will surely stay as the legacy Java IDE especially that the Eclipse project is adding support for other programming environments other than Java, but the user base is definitely not as large as it was in the previous 10 years or so. --- ### Widely Used IDEs For Automation And Development - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Pratham S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It offers a variety of editors, and the night mode in more recent versions makes coding easier for developers. The community support there is outstanding for learners. Additionally, it offers a private code repository and a unified workspace. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It has the greatest code-writing recommendations and an easy-to-create framework. A very large community is available for any needed assistance. It contains many significant features, including automatic syntax validation and assistance with code reworking. I find that Eclipse plugins work best for me because they make it easier to integrate different supporting plugins into the IDE. #### Cons The time it takes to open and run the code can be extremely long. It crashes when I run numerous workspaces or projects. If Eclipse offered connectivity to a database server and the ability to create basic queries, that would be useful. --- ### "One of the best IDE for project development specially for java." - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mohammad A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #Great compatibility.#Free to use Eclipse IDE.#Highlight in syntax when while writing code.#Inbuilt terminal to see the output of the code, which saves time. We don't need to go to CMD every time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros #Eclipse is a most used open source IDE (integrated development environment) for java development. #It provides best platform on which we software engineers develops apps specially in java and websites code. #It helps us by providing no of features related to development like importing libraries, sharing files, file management, better UI and many more.#We can also Push and Pull the code on Git-hub directly.#It also helps in writing bug free code by assisting while writing code i.e. auto suggestion. This IDE is famous for java development. #### Cons #It need large memory footprint in computer memory.#As it is heavy tool so it takes time to launch and sometimes slows down the system.#We don't get so much features for other language other than JAVA.# Web development is also not supported. --- ### One of the best IDE for Java Developers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Shubham K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Capital Markets - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Satisfied. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros 1) The best part for me is how simple and sleek the design of this product is. It is amicable to use, and the navigations and other options are easy to track and learn2) So many shortcuts to use, especially from a developers point of view, and they can also be customized easily 3) Debugger is one of the best. I have mainly used Eclipse IDE to develop Java Applications and Spring Boot Applications and the Debugger is the most valuable part of the tool.4) We can also add Extensions to the tool, such as SonarCube and SonarLint that is also a developer-friendly feature5) Search functionality is lightning-fast and is helpful most of the time. #### Cons 1) The Version Control System and repository Link feature can be improved somewhat.2) Though the design is simple and easy to use, we can see some improvements in the UX to keep it up with the new market trends! --- ### One of the Best IDE to create applications!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall experience is Best while developing JAVA Apps. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to work with Frameworks like Spring & Hibernate using eclipse. #### Cons The themes for studio can be sometimes glitchy as they don't support some options in IDE --- ### Best IDE for Java Developers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Saad I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We use Eclipse IDE in the bank for development of Java interfaces and APIs for consuming third party application data. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Eclipse has been in the market for a long time now and hence the IDE has now matured to a great extent. For Java Developers, this is the best bet. Excellent integrated environment for development and exposing APIs as a war file. It has an excellent debugging tool. Also there are a lot of plugins available which makes implementing business logic more convenient as compared to Net Beans. #### Cons Its sad to know that Eclipse is not as prepared for other high level programming languages like in case of Java. So if you are coding in a language other than Java SE or EE, Eclipse might not be your best bet. --- ### One of the best IDE for java - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Giovanni P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is a very complete IDE, with great documentation and you can find complete forums with solutions to almost any type of problem that you can find with the IDE, it also has a large library by the community in which you can any type of library that you They could be useful in your projects, whether personal or work. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of the things I like about this IDE is its wide range of documentation and community support, one can always find some help in a forum about the IDE. A very complete IDE that allows you to carry out your projects easily and quickly, allowing you to export projects easily. Its installation and configuration is really simple, it does not require a great effort to configure it and in a matter of minutes you will have a tool ready to work. #### Cons As well as giving you a wide range of options and configurations, it gives you a certain complexity, since when looking for some necessary option for IDE configurations it can take a while. --- ### Average editor for development - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Jacob M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Relations - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: June 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros JavaEclipse has long been popular among Java developers. It offers powerful features for Java development, such as a Java compiler, project management tools, and code analysis capabilities. The IDE supports various frameworks and libraries commonly used in Java development. #### Cons Despite its powerful features, Eclipse has occasionally been criticized for performance issues, particularly when working with larger projects or complex codebases. Users have reported slow startup times, occasional freezes, or delays in tasks like indexing or code analysis. --- ### Review on Eclipse IDEA - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kameliya K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One feature that I find particularly appealing about Eclipse is its user-friendly interface, which makes it effortless to locate the definition of a class function and navigate to the relevant file. Additionally, the shortcut keys are highly convenient for quickly searching for specific file and method names. Eclipse also impresses with its fast code compilation, straightforward IDE setup, and project creation process, all while delivering reliable performance. #### Cons The graphical user interface (GUI) in Eclipse appears to be lacking in visual appeal. Moreover, the build process occasionally exhibits slow performance, which can impede productivity. --- ### Eclipse IDE for Java Development - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros A useful IDE for developing in JAVA. I used it to code Java with Spring framework and it was easy to use. #### Cons Using Eclipse IDE the projects take time to run. #### Reasons for switching to Eclipse IDE Because it is faster than Eclipse IDE ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/app-development/eclipse-ide-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Eclipse IDE Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice