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I think the fairer comparison is with Visual Studio 2019, not Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code is free, making it highly attractive for a larger audience. The pricing for IntelliJ is not accessible: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/buy/#personal?billing=yearly

I've also used IDEs that are highly optimized for Java and .NET. I agree it's great for the use case I had.

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What do you mean not accessible? $150/yr isn't insane for a piece of software you might spend 6 hours a day in.

If you are building software in a paid capacity then yes it's a small price to pay. But if you aren't getting paid or getting paid somewhat decently (e.g. study, hobby, open-source) then it's a lot.

It's great they have various editions, to address the above, so if those editions are good, then it makes my point moot.

edited: Recognizing different free subscriptions exists

Personally I never have used the features of Ultimate and just use the Community Edition and CE is free.

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