IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate vs IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • via a plugin
    via a plugin
  • via a paid plugin
    via a paid plugin
  • limited support
    limited support
  • available
    available
The IDE for Professional Development in Java and Kotlin
  • IDE
  • paid
  • Windows/macOS/Linux
The IDE for Java and Kotlin enthusiasts
  • IDE
  • free
  • Windows/macOS/Linux

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate – a full-featured Java and Kotlin IDE that provides everything you need out of the box, including built-in developer tools such as database tools and profilers, web and enterprise frameworks, remote development, and much more.
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition – a free IDE built on open-source code that provides essential features for Java and Kotlin enthusiasts.

Languages

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • available
    Java
  • available
    Groovy
  • available
    Kotlin
  • via a plugin
    Scala
  • via a plugin
    Python
  • via a plugin
    Cython
  • via a plugin
    Ruby and JRuby
  • via a plugin
    Rust
  • via a plugin
    PHP
  • via a plugin
    Go
  • via a plugin
    Dart
  • available
    SQL
  • available
    HTML
  • available
    XML, JSON, YAML
  • available
    XSLT, XPath
  • available
    Markdown
  • available
    JavaScript, TypeScript
  • available
    CSS, Sass, SCSS, Less
  • via a plugin
    Haml, Slim, Liquid

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • available
    Java
  • available
    Groovy
  • available
    Kotlin
  • via a plugin
    Scala
  • via a plugin
    Python
  • via a plugin
    Rust
  • via a plugin
    Dart
  • available
    XML, JSON, YAML
  • available
    XSLT, XPath
  • available
    Markdown

Framework support

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Build tools

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • available
    Maven
  • available
    Gradle
  • available
    Ant
  • via a plugin
    sbt, Bloop, Mill
  • available
    npm
  • available
    Webpack
  • available
    Gulp, Grunt
  • via a plugin
    Virtualenv
  • via a plugin
    Pipenv
  • via a plugin
    Poetry
  • via a plugin
    Phing
  • available
    Vite

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • available
    Maven
  • available
    Gradle
  • available
    Ant
  • via a plugin
    sbt, Bloop, Mill
  • via a plugin
    Virtualenv
  • via a plugin
    Pipenv
  • via a plugin
    Poetry

Integrated JVM developer tools

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Integrated developer tools

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Version Control

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • available
    Git, GitHub, GitLab
  • available
    Subversion
  • available
    Mercurial
  • available
    Perforce
  • available
    Local History

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • available
    Git, GitHub, GitLab
  • available
    Subversion
  • available
    Mercurial
  • available
    Perforce
  • available
    Local History

Deployment

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • available
    Docker, Docker Compose
  • via a plugin
    Kubernetes
  • available
    Java applications servers
  • available
    Remote Development
  • available
    Dev Containers

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • via a plugin
    Docker, Docker Compose

Collaboration and teamwork

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Appearance

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • via a plugin
    Custom themes

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

  • via a plugin
    Custom themes

License

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Commercial

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Built on open source 

Pricing

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Free

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Download

Free 30-day trial

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

Download

Free, built on open-source code