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IntelliJ IDEA vs PyCharm Comparison (2026)

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IntelliJ IDEA

PyCharm

Overview

IntelliJ IDEA is the JetBrains IDE for pro development in Java and Kotlin. Built for your comfort, it unlocks productivity, ensures quality code, supports cutting-edge tech, and protects your privacy.

PyCharm is an on-premise Python integrated development environment (IDE) designed to help professional developers write code, create a virtual environment, and maintain quality control using PEP8 checks, refactoring, and testing assistance. Its code editor supports Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and other languages.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

19.9

/user

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

1.2K

949

291

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

90%

would recommend this app

4.7

371

271

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

88%

would recommend this app

Pros

“IntelliJ IDEA significantly improves productivity with its intelligent code completion, powerful refactoring tools, excellent debugging capabilities, and seamless integration with build tools like Maven and Gradle.”

Adinath S.

Software Engineer

“The system includes both integrated debugger tools and Git handling capabilities which function at a high level of excellence.”

Enguerran M.

Fullstack Web Developer

“The biggest advantage is how smart the IDE is ,code completion, debugging tools, and refactoring features save a lot of time compared to basic editors.”

Keshav C.

Student

Pros

“The intelligent code completion, built-in debugging tools, and seamless virtual environment management save me a lot of time when building and troubleshooting scripts.”

Jerry L.

Owner

“It has helped me streamline my workflow when building custom Python solutions, whether it’s automation scripts or integrations for clients.”

Jerry L.

Owner

“The integration with Git and the refactoring tools make managing large projects much simpler than editing files in a text editor. Although PyCharm is resource-intensive, the time savings provided by its productivity-boosting features far outweigh any performance-related issues that arise from using it.”

Andrea C.

Software Engineer

Cons

“The system experiences performance issues during handling of extremely large microservices architectures.”

Enguerran M.

Fullstack Web Developer

“Indexing large projects upon startup can take some time, and it consumes a significant amount of RAM so my device cry.”

Abdelrahman A.

Associate software developer

“The IDE can be resource-intensive, especially on systems with limited RAM.”

Adinath S.

Software Engineer

Cons

“the user interface design is a bit outdated, the support for jupyter notebook feels a bit buggy, unable to add more jupyter nbextensions”

Terry M.

Senior Analyst

“For someone new to using an editor, it may seem a little bit less user-friendly than something like VS Code, which is considered a "light-weight" editor.”

Andrea C.

Software Engineer

“One major thing I miss in PyCharm is that the community edition doesn't include tools for Data Science (Jupyter-type experience).”

Hakob A.

Solutions Engineer