IntelliJ IDEA vs Microsoft Visual Studio

RATING:

4.7

(1210)

IntelliJ IDEA has 1210 reviews and a rating of 4.74 / 5 stars vs Microsoft Visual Studio which has 2914 reviews and a rating of 4.62 / 5 stars. Compare the similarities and differences between software options with real user reviews focused on features, ease of use, customer service, and value for money.

Overall Rating
4.7 (1210)
4.6 (2914)
Ease-of-Use
4.5 / 5
4.5 / 5
Value for Money
4.5 / 5
4.5 / 5
Customer Support
4.5 / 5
4 / 5
Functionality
4.5 / 5
4.5 / 5
Last Review Written
April 14, 2024
April 18, 2024
Pros/Cons
  • Pros

  • As a Java developer this IDE is my all-time favorite. I highly suggest the paid version which adds many cool features, but even the community edition is so powerful and pleasing to the eye.
  • It integrates perfectly with Android and supports Kotlin out of the box.
  • Cons

  • I dislike importing from the git. It is very hard to find space as all your projects can easily get mixed into one another.
  • Periodically need to reinstall it due to failure of plugins. The software just fails to start and then need to remove plugin directory, install everything again etc.
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  • Pros

  • The greatest advantage I get from Visual Studio is the ease of starting and running a fresh project.
  • Having the ability to do things like code analysis to see what things need to be done better has helped us improved our software quality.
  • Cons

  • The only con to Visual studio is its User interface as it becomes very boring to code on an interface which has no plugins and drag and drops options.
  • Sometimes, Visual Studio lags and you need to restart the software to solve this problem, also sometimes when you run the software it can be slow and not as fast as you think.
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