WebStorm vs IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • via a plugin
    via a plugin
  • via a paid plugin
    via a paid plugin
  • available
    available
The JavaScript and TypeScript IDE
  • IDE
  • Free for non-commercial use
  • Windows/macOS/Linux
The IDE for Professional Development in Java and Kotlin
  • IDE
  • paid
  • Windows/macOS/Linux

All of the functionality in WebStorm is available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, either out of the box or via free plugins. There's no need to purchase licenses for both IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and WebStorm unless you like having a dedicated tool for each language. Then WebStorm may be the right choice for focused JavaScript development.

Languages

WebStorm

  • available
    JavaScript, TypeScript
  • available
    CSS, Sass, SCSS, Less
  • via a plugin
    Rust
  • via a plugin
    Dart
  • available
    SQL
  • available
    HTML
  • available
    XML, JSON, YAML
  • available
    XSLT, XPath
  • available
    Markdown
  • via a plugin
    Haml, Slim, Liquid

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • available
    Java
  • available
    Groovy
  • available
    Kotlin
  • via a plugin
    Scala
  • available
    JavaScript, TypeScript
  • available
    CSS, Sass, SCSS, Less
  • 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
  • via a plugin
    Haml, Slim, Liquid

Framework support

WebStorm

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Build tools

WebStorm

  • available
    npm
  • available
    Webpack
  • available
    Gulp, Grunt
  • available
    Vite

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

Integrated developer tools

WebStorm

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Version Control

WebStorm

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

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

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

Deployment

WebStorm

  • available
    Docker, Docker Compose
  • via a plugin
    Kubernetes

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

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

Collaboration and teamwork

WebStorm

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Appearance

WebStorm

  • via a plugin
    Custom themes

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

  • via a plugin
    Custom themes

License

WebStorm

Commercial

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Commercial

Pricing

WebStorm

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

WebStorm

Download

Free 30-day trial

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

Download

Free 30-day trial