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Compare GNU Emacs and IntelliJ IDEA 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (40.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$19.90 Per Month
GNU Emacs
Star Rating
(83)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about GNU EmacsIntelliJ IDEA
Star Rating
(2,249)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.90 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansGNU Emacs vs IntelliJ IDEA
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found IntelliJ IDEA easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with IntelliJ IDEA overall.
- Reviewers felt that IntelliJ IDEA meets the needs of their business better than GNU Emacs.
- 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 IntelliJ IDEA over GNU Emacs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
GNU Emacs
No pricing availableIntelliJ 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
GNU Emacs
No trial information availableIntelliJ IDEA
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
74
9.3
1,882
Ease of Use
6.1
75
8.7
1,895
Ease of Setup
5.5
17
8.8
296
Ease of Admin
6.8
16
8.5
185
Quality of Support
7.9
59
8.6
1,460
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
9
8.7
177
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
72
9.0
1,847
Features by Category
Coding
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Functionality
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
GNU Emacs and IntelliJ IDEA share no categories
Unique Categories
GNU Emacs is categorized as Text Editor
IntelliJ IDEA is categorized as Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
GNU Emacs
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
31.3%
Information Technology and Services
18.1%
Research
7.2%
Internet
6.0%
Higher Education
6.0%
Other
31.3%
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
GNU Emacs has no 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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