--- title: Delphi Reviews meta\_title: 'Delphi Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 33 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Delphi works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 33 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Integrated Development Environments (IDE) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/integrated-development-environments-ide --- # Delphi Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Delphi but has limited features. Are you part of the Delphi team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Delphi® is the world's most advanced IDE for rapid development with powerful features and visual design tools. Create high-performance native applications for billions of users on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux. Benefit from best-in-class Windows platform integration to build visually and technologically impressive apps ready for Windows 11. Single source code, any platform. Target Windows 11, iOS 15, macOS 12, Android 12 and Linux. Compile for Android API 30. Compile Delphi apps for macOS. M-series (Apple Silicon) processors. Design on high-DPI 4k+ screens. View VCL Styles in design time. New & modernized VCL components. Use enhanced remote desktop support to collaborate remotely. * * * Seller [Embarcadero Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/embarcadero-technologies) Discussions [Delphi Community](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Japanese Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Emiliano Trozzi Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Basic4android (B4A)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Basic4android (B4A)") Basic4android (B4A) 4.5/5(11) ](https://www.g2.com/products/basic4android-b4a/reviews) [ ![WebStorm](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WebStorm") WebStorm 4.5/5(508) ](https://www.g2.com/products/webstorm/reviews) [ ![Coder](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Coder") Coder 4.3/5(218) ](https://www.g2.com/products/coder/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 33 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Peter T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Peter T.") PT Peter T. software Engineer Program Development Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/20/2023 "The best RAD for fast Development" 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? I nearly used Delphi for over a decade; I started with Pascal and then transitioned to Delphi 2. In all my years on Delphi, I loved the fast way to develop powerful applications with the most advanced interface. I used the Oracle database to make complex security software. A few years later, I created several applications to develop and manage Oracle, Mysql and PostgreSQL. In our company, we made the DreamCoder for Mysql, DreamCoder for Oracle and DreamCoder for PostgreSQL, all in Delphi. Then we made the Alchemist code Generator that was multi-database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? I found two downsides to using delphi; the most important was the price; this application was costly without any kind of partner program. The second downside was how this application was growing, I think it was very big and heavy on the last version that I used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? To quickly develop powerful applications with a rich interface using a small development team. With Delphi, we could create concept applications on a couple of hours of work and develop a complete application in less than a month. This is pure RAD Software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Gordon M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gordon M.") GM Gordon M. Chief Technology Officer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/6/2023 "Delphi is the language for developers that want to be proficient in providing a quality product." 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? Delphi is an object implementation that is clean compared to C++, Java, or Python. Makes for easy clear reading and new development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? Delphi is about as close to perfect in a current-day IDE as can be found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? Delphi is object-oriented without the complexity of C++, Java, or the- horrible formatting like Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Hüseyin A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hüseyin A.") HA Hüseyin A. Existing Application Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/17/2021 "Do you want to tell the world about yourself with a single code? Then let's use delphi." 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? Delphi is perfect in one sentence. It is a great feature that you can compile a code block that you have written on both the web, desktop and mobile. It is really a blessing offered to a software developer in terms of being able to add components that you can buy as a feature or components that you can write on the application. I have been developing software with Delphi language and application for about 2 years. Although I have difficulties in finding source code and documents, it is the simplest, most convenient and user-friendly application I have ever used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? There are no documents in Turkish and no accessible online content. In addition, very high fees are charged for purchases. Other than that, delphi is awesome :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: Do you want to tell Delphi is a user-friendly application and language for a software developer as it is an adequate language in every field? In addition, the fact that it is developing all the time and sharing them instantly with its users shows that it is sufficient and successful in terms of the product. If you want to build software, you should try Delphi. The world about yourself with a single code? Then let's use Delphi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? Since the companies we serve are in the foreign trade world, we develop software for them. We enjoy using Delphi in many features such as integrations, reports, and services. In addition, as it develops more and more every day, new features are perfect for both the quality of the product and the technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/6/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Алексей .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Алексей .") А Алексей . Chief Technology Officer Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/24/2022 "An ideal solution for fast creating business applications" 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? Using Delphi is an impressive way to create your business applications quickly, in all ways, including creating system architecture, internal logic, UI design, testing and collaborative work. Database access is simpler than anywhere else. The rapid Active Development (RAD) approach is very effective for creating prototypes or Minimal Viable Products in the shortest time possible. If the time of getting to the production stage of development is critical, you should consider using Delphi for your business-oriented application. Also, modern versions of Delphi support cross-compilation of your projects which means that you can do multi-platform applications which run not only on Windows but also on macOS, Android and iOS. The most recent version also supports the compilation of Linux Server applications, but this function is not fully tested yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? There is no centralized marketplace with components or plugins - and they are mostly not open-source, so you have to write components by yourself if you want to build your application without any closed-source proprietary components. Sometimes, system lint, which automatically checks your code for stylistic and programmatic errors, is not doing things well, so you should avoid fully relying on this instrument. There are some strange compiler errors in bigger projects (likely sized as hundreds of thousands of lines of code) older versions of Delphi, which you have to use if not all of your components fully support modern versions. These are such errors as random access violation errors during the compilation, if you have not fully rebuilt your project recently. Localization tools are not as impressive as they are in modern Java IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: If you are looking to have the capability of building Linux Server applications, you should consider Enterprise or Architect editions of Delphi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using Delphi as our main application development tool. It helps us to develop A-grade applications for desktop operating systems as quickly as it is possible. Delphi helps us to create feature-rich applications and turn them into stable products which we can sell on the market and get the most valuable income for our organization. I think that using Delphi is one of the keys to our success in the market of creating program solutions for businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Fabian B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Fabian B.") FB Fabian B. CTO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/25/2021 "Delphi , the reliable old friend" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? I have been a Delphi user since version 1, starting as a natural evolution of Pascal; I like the fast development; you can start and finish a project in Delphi in a quarter of the time than other languages. The IDE is excellent and very intuitive, also. In the last versions, the multiplatform is very appreciated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? I Dislike the price schema and the license methods.The price is so high compared with other languages,looks like Embarcadero try to substitute quantity for price , somethimes its no so easy to put in a budget Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: I Strongly recommend Delphi, I know it's not the most famous today but still doing the work in a fabulous way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? Well, in so many years, we have solved tons of problems with Delphi; I think the more important is the speed of development, you can develop in a very fast way with Delphi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/26/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![David I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "David I.") DI David I. Software Engineer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/15/2020 "21st Century Delphi, Object Pascal reborn!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? Delphi is still the fastest way to build native applications for Windows, now with the possibility of multi-platform, targeting macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. After being considered dead and losing many developers migrating to C# and .NET, the Delphi ecosystem is again growing with many commercial and open-source projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? The biggest hurdle for anyone switching or keeping Delphi is the high cost of its licenses. Embarcadero (or IDERA) is trying to compensate for the small number of customers with higher prices. That, in turn, stops many potential customers from embracing the language. Another obstacle to adopting Delphi is the fact that there is no standard technology for developing web applications. The language provides essential tools, and there are several 3rd-party options. Still, it isn't easy to commit to the language without knowing that the chosen technology will be alive for some time in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: Currently, Embarcadero provides a free Community version of Delphi, which has one significant limitation; it lacks FireDAC, its universal data access technology. It is enough for learning the language and become proficient in using the IDE, but it forces the user to choose their InterBase database. The obvious alternative is to use the free version of UniDAC from Devart, which is as powerful as FireDAC itself (when using the Enterprise version). Consider that Delphi (Object Pascal) is a powerful but rich language, and the learning curve is steep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? I have been using Delphi for database-based client/server and n-tier applications, hardware-related applications (like Electronic Security, Video Surveillance, Access Control), huge Enterprise applications, small utilities, and several web applications. As Delphi is usually complemented with highly polished tools (not just for the user interface, but also for interfacing all kind of hardware or services), I created powerful and easy-to-use applications in almost no time. Most of the time, paying for some good components saves so much development time that the final application is cheaper and faster to market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SB Sven B. CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/19/2021 "Perfect Development Environment when you need a GUI" 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? It's a fast and easy way to write GUI products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? License Model with too high prices for a single developer. I liked the old Borland license models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? We solve all the problems using Delphi here in GSA. Having a look at my girlfriend's workplace with their Java environment and problems creating GUIs, I am very happy with how things are done with Delphi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Joe S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Joe S.") JS Joe S. Senior Delphi Developer Telecommunications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/27/2016 "Best Overall Software Development Environment" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? Modern OO language with an extensive library of classes and components for server, desktop, mobile, cloud, web and IoT products. Cross platform - supports Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and soon Linux too. NOTE: I currently use Delphi 10.4 (Sydney). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? It would be nice if more employers use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: Try out Delphi 10.4 - the community edition is free. Check out the many YouTube "How to" videos. You'll be surprised at the depth and scope of the product. It's my preferred IDE tool by far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? I've launched several businesses and have used Delphi to create internal software products and also to create software sold to clients. Currently working on a mobile app, cloud Voice/SMS engine and other software tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/24/2020 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic KD Kevin D. Software Developer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/19/2019 "Easy app development" 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? You can make applications for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android utilizing one improvement environment. It's so quick to make applications , you can make your application from prepared blocks of code called parts, for instance drawing alters, marks, catches on windows, increasingly complex ones. Modify your application with a single tick and send to new stage, perhaps it will require some stage subordinate code. You have a ton of parts for instance for working with FTP, Databases, and so forth. You can even have segments that can work with 3D models on your windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? Here and there parts are restricted and extending it's not all that simple errand and the configuration could be possibly somewhat more easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: It is a great apparatus on the off chance that you like to move to virtualization and increasingly secure. The procedure is extremely simple . indeed, even it is all around exorbitant yet we can get increasingly worth features from it. In case you're searching for an improvement device that can be utilized to make applications for different stages (gadgets and working frameworks) without making and keeping up numerous forms of a similar application, give Delphi a preliminary run. A solitary venture with a solitary arrangement of source code can be worked for five distinct stages (Win32, Win64, OSX, iOS, and Android). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? Create applications with back end databases like SQL Server and Oracle, and Cloud Databases like mySQL in a heterogeneous domain. It encourages me take a gander at the tasks and gives me bits of knowledge whether any issues need revising. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MD Mike D. Java Software Engineer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/15/2019 "Answer for fast and essential application enhancement" 5/5 What do you like best about Delphi? The versatility of creating applications. Delphi XE8 administrator licenses allow you to create applications in less time with extraordinary application performance. It offers an extensive number of controls that can help you create the most powerful applications, such as applying themes to any application, which is a straightforward task with XE8. I strongly recommend creating small applications in less time. It is easy to create graphical applications if you choose the right control. You can develop cross-platform applications. Very effective WYSIWYG RAD IDE tool for Windows. Modern OO language with explicit variables. Easy to understand and use, it can help you make decent applications in a short time, even for several platforms: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Delphi? There are genuine upgrades twice a year, and each time one needs to uninstall everything related to Delphi and reinstall everything. This includes a day or two of work every six months. Very little and low-quality documentation is provided to the designer. It uses only a single CPU, which makes long-running administrative tasks very tedious. Some module settings are preventing you from starting work. One has to wait for 5-10 minutes. You should sometimes save the application, as you don't know when it might crash. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Delphi: It's a staggering response for creating fundamental stage-free applications if you are skilled with a fragment approach. If you want to create complex cross-platform applications, you should write platform-dependent code and only after this, try the free starter version. So consider the expert and C/S option for the enhancement since it is a complete IDE and easy to use for focusing on Windows, with flexible development options for various platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Delphi solving and how is that benefiting you? In switch likeness, application arrangement, focus limit control. You can make, test, and deploy software quickly. Similarly, you don't need to completely rewrite your application for a new platform; simply write some platform-dependent code, work for the new platform, and you are good to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Delphi? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Delphi ](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Delphi used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-delphi-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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