JetBrains AI Assistant

  • JetBrains AI Assistant

    JetBrains s.r.o., Prague, AI Assistant launched 2023, major revamp 2025.1 (free tier + Junie bundled). No acquisition, no sunset. Category ai-productivity-data, pipeline_stage=none. File under Dev.Official site: https://www.jetbrains.com/ai-assistant/​Pricing: https://www.jetbrains.com/ai/ (credit-based, region-variable)
    JetBrains AI Assistant — Native AI Coding Companion for the JetBrains IDE Family (with Junie Agent)

    Snapshot

    Field Value
    Status Active
    Origin JetBrains s.r.o., Prague (AI Assistant 2023, Junie 2025)
    Lane In-IDE AI assistant + autonomous agent (Junie), not standalone editor
    Models Claude 4.5 Sonnet/Haiku, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Qwen, Mellum (JetBrains local), Ollama/LM Studio BYO
    Category ai-productivity-data / Dev

    Features (table)

    Layer Capability Notes
    Completion Inline single-line/multiline, context-aware (type inference, symbol graph), unlimited local (Mellum) Free tier = unlimited local
    Chat @file @symbol context, explain code/SQL/regex/cron, generate tests, doc strings, commit msgs RAG-based file discovery for multi-file edits
    Edit mode Multi-file diffs from one prompt, Apply snippet to optimal location Beta-grade, reviewable
    Agent (Junie) Autonomous plan→code→test loop, shares credit pool Bundled in all paid tiers since 2025.1
    MCP Connect external tools/FS/APIs via Model Context Protocol /command in chat
    Local/offline Ollama/LM Studio, .aiignore exclusions, zero-retention on cloud text Privacy differentiator
    Surface IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm (not Community for free cloud), WebStorm, GoLand, CLion, PhpStorm, Rider, RubyMine, DataGrip, Android Studio, VS Code (preview) Locked to JB ecosystem
    Enterprise BYOK, SSO/SCIM, audit logs, company MCP policy, on-prem/cloud/hybrid, connect corporate LLM IDE Services required
    No No standalone editor, no free cloud quota on Community Editions, no zero-markup BYOK on consumer tiers Credit meter always on cloud

    Pricing (2026-08, USD, credit-based; 1 credit ≈ $1, quotas reset 30d, top-ups valid 12mo)

    Tier Individual Org/Commercial Cloud credits Gates
    AI Free​ $0 — 3 credits / 30d Unlimited local Mellum, limited cloud chat, no Junie, no frontier models, needs paid IDE license (not Community)
    AI Pro​ **8.33/mo annual) $20/user/mo ~10 / 30d Full cloud chat, multi-file edit, Junie partial, frontier models; bundled free in All Products Pack + dotUltimate​
    AI Ultimate​ **20/mo annual) $60/user/mo ~35 (+$5 bonus) / 30d Full Junie, Claude Agent SDK, GPT-5/Claude 4.5/Gemini 2.5 Pro, priority
    AI Enterprise​ — Custom (IDE Services) ≥Ultimate, negotiable BYOK, SSO, SCIM, audit, on-prem, corporate data sources as context
    Trial​ 30-day AI Pro — Pro quota New users with paid JB IDE license

    starting_price=$0; first paid 299/yr indiv) includes AI Pro at no extra cost → effective $0 add-on for existing JB subscribers.

    Reviews (2026)

    Source Score Signal
    G2 4.4/5 (58+) IDE integration, Java/Kotlin context praise
    ProductHunt 4.9/5 (68+) Launch hype
    Trustpilot (JetBrains company page) 2.3/5 (76+) Billing/credit-burn/support complaints drag
    Aggregate ~3.8/5 (202 rev) Polarized: power users love, casual users resent credit meter

    Praised: deepest IDE semantic grounding (Java/Kotlin best-in-class), Junie agent in-flow, local model privacy, All Products Pack bundle math.

    Complained: credit burn unpredictable (Junie eats fast), $10 tax on top of IDE sub, Community Edition gated, Trustpilot billing friction, less agentic than Cursor/Claude Code.

    Access / Integration (table)

    Method Supported
    In-IDE IntelliJ/PyCharm/WebStorm/GoLand/CLion/PhpStorm/Rider/RubyMine/DataGrip/Android Studio
    VS Code Public preview extension (JetBrains AI Assistant for VS Code)
    Local models Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp via offline mode
    MCP Configurable MCP servers, / commands in chat
    Auth JetBrains Account, IDE Services for Enterprise
    No No web app standalone, no REST “generate code” public API, no Linux-only outside JB IDE

    Best For / Not For

    Best For Not For
    Daily JetBrains users (esp. Java/Kotlin/Spring) VS Code-primary developers (→ Cursor/Copilot)
    Teams on All Products Pack (AI Pro free) Credit-averse heavy agent users (Junie burns fast)
    Regulated orgs needing on-prem + SSO (Enterprise) Solo devs unwilling to pay IDE sub + AI sub
    Refactoring large typed codebases Autonomy-first workflows (→ Devin/Claude Code)
    DataGrip SQL explain + DB chat Non-JVM languages where JB index advantage thins (Python ok, Rust thinner)

    Competitors (lane map)

    Lane Tool JB AI edge / gap
    AI coding assistant GitHub Copilot​ Copilot $10 flat, VS Code-native; JB deeper JVM grounding, credit meter vs flat
    AI-first editor Cursor​ Cursor $20 agentic Composer; JB not standalone editor
    Agentic CLI Claude Code, OpenAI Codex​ Terminal agents; JB Junie in-IDE only
    Autocomplete priv Tabnine​ Tabnine privacy-first, weaker chat
    Enterprise code-graph Sourcegraph Cody​ Cody cross-repo SCIP; JB single-workspace RAG
    AWS-native Amazon Q Developer​ (sunsetting) Q Java-modernize; JB no AWS Console Q
    Free autocomplete Codeium/Windsurf​ Cheaper entry, no JB IDE depth
    In-list overlap Exa, Cody Dev lane, no audio/video overlap

     

     

     

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