--- description: Review of Eclipse IDE Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Eclipse IDE | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [App Development Software](/directory/4499/app-development/software) > [Eclipse IDE](/software/207988/eclipse-ide) # Eclipse IDE Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/207988/eclipse-ide Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/207988/eclipse-ide?page=2) > Eclipse is a free open-source integrated development environment that allows users to create Java-based applications. Eclipse IDE is composed of plug-ins and be customized using third-party plug-ins. With its extensible plug-in framework, Eclipse can support other programming languages such as Fortran, Haskell, C, C++, JavaScript, Lua, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Scala, and more. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 202 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 202 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Eclipse Foundation ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: CA$0.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Eclipse IDE is free and open source. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Belgium, Canada ## Features - API - Code Development - Code Editing - Collaboration Tools - Data Modeling - Debugging - Deployment Management - For Developers - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Multiple Programming Languages Supported - Software Development - Version Control - Web App Development - Web/Mobile App Development ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4499/app-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4499/app-development/software) - [Integrated Development Environment Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4413/ide/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The plugins we developed helped a lot our dev teams community (about +1000 developers), bringing more efficiency and fun to the coding / testing / debugging activities. > > **Cons**: If your application is too big, building it can cause the interface to hang, so, better to take coffee, a walk, to give time to Eclipse finish the process. > > Consolidating the development environment using Eclipse for huge teams, spread all around the globe, helped to avoid loosing time to support more than on IDE and to maintain specific configurations which may be needed. We exported Eclipse configurations and even had a small team to certificate and manage internal plugins distributions, ensuring that the development work machinery was not stopped due to environment issues. ----- ### "Review For Eclipse IDE" — 4.0/5 > **Ishaan** | *20 November 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The fact that the GUI is perfectly laid out for a JAVA developer makes this application highly accessible for people who are either beginners or advanced in coding in JAVA. > > **Cons**: The fact that this app doesn't allow many customizations in terms of Graphical themes or icon themes makes this app less competitive in comparison to its competitors. > > My overall experience suggests that this is the perfect IDE for coding in JAVA, due to the fact that coding in this app is seamless and that the options available to the user while coding are not intimidating in comparison to some heavy-weight IDEs. ----- ### "Eclipse IDE review" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *10 January 2025* | Program Development | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like all the integration that this IDE has for Java EE applications > > **Cons**: Indexación does not work as good as other IDE > > I've been working with this IDE since 2014 ----- ### "Best IDE for Web Development" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *19 May 2022* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The IDE is small in size and provides a lot of features and only the extensions which we are using in the project, we can just add that in our project, thus making the final Jar smaller, which is a very good feature. I really like the IDE this way. > > **Cons**: The collaboration with other tools is a bit of research that needs to be done in order to use it correctly > > Its great to use and lot better than most of the IDE's which are used for similar purpose ----- ### "Eclipse - Good IDE for Java" — 5.0/5 > **Mohammad Iqbal** | *2 February 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is a powerful tool and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the developers / programmers using Java, C and Python. It has a good and modern user interface. It is available to download and use for multiple operating systems. It is open source and free to download and use. It support plugins. > > **Cons**: It is memory eater and turns system slow. The absence of debugger for JavaScript is a lack. No plugin available for live server. > > The overall experience with Eclipse IDE was good for Java but not for other programming languages comparatively. The absence of live server makes me dependent on other application for doing parallel job. It is slow and consumes lot of memory. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/207988/eclipse-ide?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/207988/eclipse-ide) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data