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JetBrains IDEs vs Oracle SQL Developer comparison

 

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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
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the IDE category, the mindshare of JetBrains IDEs is 5.8%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 4.2%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle SQL Developer4.2%
JetBrains IDEs5.8%
Other90.0%
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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.
Sankhadeep Sengupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Improved efficiency and access control enhance data management while room for improvement exists in query debugging and user interface
Oracle SQL Developer has disadvantages, such as the inability to execute or debug a query in a stored procedure, which is something we had in TOAD, a licensed tool with a richer feature set. So, we're dealing with the limitations of Oracle SQL Developer. Other than the debugging feature, I wish Oracle SQL Developer had better connectivity similar to TOAD, where we could simply input the DNS name without repeatedly entering passwords. Although there is a save option in Oracle SQL Developer, TOAD had a more developer-friendly interface, which I miss. The debugging functionality was much more convenient and smooth in TOAD compared to Oracle SQL Developer. I find Oracle SQL Developer less interactive and less developer-friendly, particularly when it comes to debugging, which was easier in TOAD.

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."
"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use 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."
"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."
"It's easy to deploy, I can copy it onto the system and run it without having to install it and this makes it a very good solution for quick use."
"Ability to analyze performance, using Explain Plan statement."
"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"
"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."
"I have a lot of flexibility with it."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, plugins (from third parties) are not updated."
"One of the most important things to improve is the consumption of resources, mainly memory."
"The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK."
"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."
"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."
"The competing products have more features."
"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."
"There are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."
"I think it would be great to have an overview over the sessions it opens so that we could easily see and control which connections to the database we want to keep open, which ones are hanging; and it would be great to make them independent from each other."
"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is basically free."
"It's a free tool."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
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 Enterprise15
 

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What needs improvement with Oracle SQL Developer?
Oracle SQL Developer has disadvantages, such as the inability to execute or debug a query in a stored procedure, which is something we had in TOAD, a licensed tool with a richer feature set. So, we...
What is your primary use case for Oracle SQL Developer?
I have been working with Oracle SQL Developer for different database entities, such as scheduling jobs that run on data and send mail notifications using an SMTP server. Additionally, we handle var...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle SQL Developer?
I recommend users looking to implement Oracle SQL Developer to consider using cloud solutions instead of relying solely on Oracle DB, as the cloud offers better scalability and reduces maintenance ...
 

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