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Compare CLion and IntelliJ IDEA 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (40.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$229.00 1 User Per Year
$19.90 Per Month
CLion
Star Rating
(55)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$229.00 1 User Per Year
Browse all 3 pricing plansIntelliJ IDEA
Star Rating
(2,252)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.90 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansCLion vs IntelliJ IDEA
- Reviewers felt that IntelliJ IDEA meets the needs of their business better than CLion.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that IntelliJ IDEA is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of CLion over IntelliJ IDEA.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
CLion
FOR BUSINESS & ORGANIZATIONS
$229.00
1 User Per Year
$183 /2nd year and $ 137 /3rd year onwards
- Or pay monthly $22,90
- 50% discount for startups
- All Products Pack yearly subscription available from $ 779 per user, first year
IntelliJ IDEA
For Individual Developers
$19.90
Per Month
Yearly subscription: $199 /year
- All Products Pack available from $ 299 /year (or $29.90 /month)
Free Trial
CLion
Free Trial is available
IntelliJ IDEA
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
51
9.3
1,884
Ease of Use
8.4
51
8.7
1,898
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.8
299
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.5
185
Quality of Support
7.9
29
8.6
1,462
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.7
177
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
49
9.0
1,850
Features by Category
Functionality
8.8
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
7.7
22
Not enough data
8.6
26
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
CLion and IntelliJ IDEA share no categories
Unique Categories
CLion is categorized as C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
IntelliJ IDEA is categorized as Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
CLion
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IntelliJ IDEA
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
32.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Higher Education
9.4%
Research
5.7%
Internet
5.7%
Other
37.7%
Computer Software
37.5%
Information Technology and Services
18.3%
Internet
5.6%
Financial Services
4.2%
Higher Education
2.9%
Other
31.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is CLion a good IDE?
1 Comment
DG
CLION is an integrated development environment for C/C++ that is loosely based on the public domain IDE Eclipse. It is a member of a growing family of...Read more
CLion has no more discussions with answers
What is IntelliJ IDEA used for?
3 Comments
RP
Intellij is an IDE or we can say a platform where we can write , build, test and even deploy code in any language. It’s also help to find the bugs in...Read more
what is the best way to make it veyr fast ?
2 Comments
XK
if you want to make it fast, first is update your system's configuration. Atleast use it on a 4gb system. Also check if your system is healthy. And also you...Read more
Can i use thing for dart only
2 Comments
CS
Of course you can use it for dart. dart web and command line application can be developed with IntelliJ IDEA. It also comes with dart analysis server.Read more
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