Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

Apache NetBeans vs Visual Studio Code

Compare Apache NetBeans and Visual Studio Code side-by-side. See feature differences and pricing in the Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) category.

Apache NetBeans

by The Apache Software Foundation

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Pricing: Free and open source under the Apache License 2.0, for commercial and non-commercial use. There is no paid edition.

Apache NetBeans is an open source IDE for Java, PHP and C/C++ developers, run as a top-level project of The Apache Software Foundation with no paid edition.

11 /18 features Full profile

Visual Studio Code

by Microsoft

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Pricing: Free for private or commercial use; AI chat and agents need a GitHub Copilot plan, sold by GitHub, or your own model keys.

Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's code editor for developers on Windows, macOS, Linux and the web, with a debugger, Git and an extension marketplace.

14 /18 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) features side-by-side

Feature	Apache NetBeans 11/18 features	Visual Studio Code 14/18 features
Semantic code completion Completions based on project-wide type and symbol analysis, not only text matching.	Yes	Yes
Automated refactorings across the project Rename, extract, move and inline with every reference updated across the project.	No	Yes
Built-in visual debugger Set breakpoints, step, inspect variables and evaluate expressions inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Integrated test runner Run and re-run unit tests from the editor with results and failures shown in a panel.	Yes	Yes
Built-in profiler Profile CPU and memory of a running program from inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Integrated version control client Commit, branch, diff and resolve merge conflicts without leaving the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Database browser and query console Connect to databases, browse schemas and run queries from a built-in tool window.	Yes	No
Remote and container-based development Run the IDE backend on a remote machine or container with the interface kept local.	No	Yes
Plugin marketplace Install third-party plugins from a vendor-hosted marketplace inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
AI coding assistant integration First-party or plugin AI completion and chat available inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Framework-aware code inspections Built-in inspections that understand frameworks such as Spring, Django or React.	No	No
Run and debug configurations Save named launch configurations with arguments, environment variables and working directory.	No	Yes
Go to definition and find usages Navigate to a symbol's definition and list every usage or caller across the project.	Yes	Yes
Multiple languages in one IDE One installation supports several programming languages rather than a single one.	Yes	Yes
Cross-platform desktop IDE The vendor ships native builds of the IDE for Windows, macOS and Linux.	Yes	Yes
Free community IDE edition A free edition exists alongside the paid one, with a published feature comparison.	No	No
Collaborative editing session sharing Share a live editing and debugging session with another developer.	No	Yes
Class and dependency diagrams Generate class, package or dependency diagrams from the code in the project.	No	No
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