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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and cross-platform compatibility of NetBeans, highlighting its intuitive interface and robust support for multiple programming languages. Many appreciate its effective debugging tools and plugin integration, which enhance productivity. However, a common limitation noted is its slow loading time, which can affect performance, especially on larger projects.

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Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Free Open Source IDE"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

Easy to use, Simple interface, Gives drag and drop functionality for UI to be developed. Easy to develop the java applications when required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

Nothing as of now. It is an open source IDE for developing java apps and gives simple click and drop tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arshad A.
AA
Software Design Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"CODER HELPER"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

Being a software engineer I always love to use this IDE as An Integrated Development Environment because it provides all the tools which I use while developing and it is user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

One thing I would like to mention here is that sometimes its performance is decreased as the code length increase. But even I would love to use this IDE because it is very user-friendly and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek J.
AJ
Jr. Full Stack Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"NetBeans is great to start"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

Apache NetBeans is very good integrated development environment.

Easy to use, simple and easy User Interface.

Default colour and font size are also looks great to work on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

I found slow response while working on heavy and big projects.

Also it take more time to load dependency from pom.xml file as compare to other IDEs present in market.

Also it is less use in the IT companies by professionals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PL
Release Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A great starter IDE"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

NetBeans is a versatile IDE available for most platforms. It is easy to use and install. Have some preset for Java, C++ and PHP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

We really dislike the interface of NetBeans. It is old and seems to have been stuck in time. A good refresh would help. The integrated PHP framework are very old. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SHIVA P.
SP
Sap SECURITY and GRC Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Web development tool"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

We can create web pages or web sights using this application, this application supports HTML, PHP, java script and more it provides more technologies for designing and implement web pages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

I dint find any disadvantages in this application but some time I face some lag in the application wen i connect this application to bitbucket or any other tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best IDE for Java programming."
What do you like best about NetBeans?

The best part of NetBeans is its java compatibility. It especially supports java in that it is easy to code in java using Netbeans. we can create c++, PHP, Maven projects using Netbeans, which makes it easy for us even to create java web projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

Netbeans is the best IDE, the way it organizes our projects, the UI, or the frontend of Netbeans should be improved for a better user experience. Apart from this, everything is just excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tambia E.
TE
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Netbeans: Best auto-complete Java IDE"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

Its JAVA auto-complete functions are marvelous.

Its facility to integerate application servers.

The facility to compile your work without having to type any premitive commands on the command terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

Netbeans plugins demand tremendous amounts of resources, both CPU and RAM resources.

The time for updates to be released is lengthy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development
UP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great IDE to develop Java Applications"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

* It is a good and easy to learn IDA to make faster and efficient development especially if you are java developer

* It has good plugins to make your development easier.

* Shortcuts are provided and makes your development easier.

* By the plugins that Netbeans provides, you can use frameworks and make your development easier.

* You can use APIs with Netbeans easily therefore you can connect to Rest Services or Database easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

* It is good if you have small applications but I do not advice if you have big applications. Netbeans is not good if you have a large application. I would advice other IDEs if you have a large applications as sometimes it is frozen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vishal T.
VT
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"IDE that can be used for many languages as editor and debugging"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

The best thing about Netbeans is UI which is very clean, simple to use and a full-featured IDE. It has the capability for debugging the application and providing a complete runtime environment for the software development using various languages like Java, PHP, etc. It has a cool feature of custom theming of IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

There is only one thing that I don't like about Netbeans; It is a bit heavy on RAM usage and takes some time to load entirely with all of its modules. The remaining things are fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose Luis G.
JG
Architect of solutions
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"NetBeans for fast programing"
What do you like best about NetBeans?

I like Netbeans for quick projects where I need to generate a generic project structure as quickly as possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about NetBeans?

What I don't like is that it may be difficult for me to change the configuration once the project has been generated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

Average Discount

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