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 #2 with an average rating of 8.8. JetBrains holds a 8.0% mindshare in IDE, compared to Oracle’s 5.7% 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

Oracle SQL Developer

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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.

Find out in this report how the two IDE solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

JetBrains IDEs

Ranking in IDE

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SQL Developer

Ranking in IDE

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 8.0%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 5.7%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IDE Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SQL Developer	5.7%
JetBrains IDEs	8.0%
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

"Good support for refactoring."

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

"I have a lot of flexibility with it."

"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."

"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."

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

"Using execution plan, I am able to do lots of query tuning."

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Cons

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

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

"The competing products have more features."

"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 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."

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

"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."

"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."

"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."

More Oracle SQL Developer cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available

"It is basically free."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Marketing Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JetBrains IDEs?

I have used solutions such as GitHub code scanning, WatchTower, and Dependabot, but I do not regularly use them. I have used Dependabot, but I do not regularly use it.

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What is your primary use case for JetBrains IDEs?

I use JetBrains IDEs and Visual Studio in tandem. Within JetBrains IDEs, I use IntelliJ. IntelliJ and Visual Studio are what I use primarily. Developing code and writing code is the key use case fo...

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What advice do you have for others considering JetBrains IDEs?

GitHub is what I am using for version control. Mostly with GitHub I am working for version control. One year back was the last time when I worked with Dependabot. I would absolutely use a plugin fo...

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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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