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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Eclipse

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AEclipse is a free and open source integrated development environment (IDE).N/A

    GitHub

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AGitHub is a platform that hosts public and private code and provides software development and collaboration tools. Features include version control, issue tracking, code review, team management, syntax highlighting, etc. Personal plans ($0-50), Organizational plans ($0-200), and Enterprise plans are available.

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    Pricing
    EclipseGitHub
    Editions & Modules
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    Team
    $40
    per year per user
    Enterprise
    $210
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EclipseGitHub
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    EclipseGitHub
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    Chose Eclipse
    1. Eclipse is easy to use.
    2. when you are new to building something you can go for Eclipse as it provides a clean UI.
    3. Provide support to connect with other tools and technology.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    IntelliJ is a good IDE as well. Any motivated user can't go wrong focusing on one and then deeply learning it, and it will pay off in productivity. Note of course that one is free the other is not! I find Eclipse is stronger at managing very large projects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    Eclipse has features like debugging and integrated code repositories that Notepad++ doesn't have. VS Code wasn't around when we started using Eclipse, but now that I've started using it for a Drupal project, I would strongly consider switching from Eclipse to VS Code because …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    NetBeans is the closest competitor I've found to Eclipse for Java development. IntelliJ IDEA is good as well but it isn't free. NetBeans is a free competitor that has split the Java community, and a lot of it comes down to preference, like the famous vim vs. emacs wars. I would …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eclipse
    I selected Eclipse Luna largely due to years of experience working with earlier versions of Eclipse. While NetBeans is still a well-known IDE, my experience with it was that it had a lot of feature bloat, automating code generation around tasks that weren't well-suited to my …
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    GitHub
    Chose GitHub
    GitHub is the king in this department. If you need a place to share, store, manage, contribute and review code then GitHub is easy your choice. You can make a public or private project and the free version should cover most of your needs. I recommend it for your developers and …
    Incentivized
    Chose GitHub
    [We selected GitHub because] It can easily integrate with different IDEs like Eclipse, Intellij and many more. Can fork and commit without any disturbance in the team; code conflicts can be easily resolved. Can easily monitor the changes made and revert if any bugs were …
    Incentivized
    Chose GitHub
    It shows statistics of your Github commits and contribution. It also allows unlimited users on public as well as private repos.
    Incentivized
    Chose GitHub
    Local storage of your repository is not exactly the safest thing you should do, since if you lost your project, you lose your project. This is not really a great alternative when you are considering it over using some thing you can access from any computer at any time. GitHub …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    42 Answers
    Features
    EclipseGitHub
    Version Control Software Features
    Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Eclipse and GitHub
    Feature
    Eclipse
    -
    Ratings
    GitHub
    9.4
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Branching and Merging00 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Version History00 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Version Control Collaboration Tools00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Pull Requests00 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Code Review Tools00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Project Access Control00 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Automated Testing Integration00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Issue Tracking Integration00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Branch Protection00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    EclipseGitHub
    Small Businesses
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    Git
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Git
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce P4
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EclipseGitHub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (74 ratings)
    9.9
    (131 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.8
    (19 ratings)
    8.8
    (26 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EclipseGitHub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    I think that if someone asked me for an IDE for Java programming, I would definitely recommend Eclipse as is one of the most complete solutions for this language out there. If the main programming language of that person is not Java, I don't think Eclipse would suit his needs[.]
    Incentivized
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    GitHub
    GitHub is an easy to go tool when it comes to Version Controlling, CI/CD workflows, Integration with third party softwares. It's effective for any level of CI/CD implementation you would like to. Also the the cost of product is also very competitive and affordable. As of now GitHub lacks capabilities when it comes to detailed project management in comparison to tools like Jira, but overall its value for money.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Eclipse organizes imports well and does a good job presenting different programming languages.
    • Eclipse auto formats source code allowing customization and increased readability.
    • Eclipse reports errors automatically to users rather than logging it to the console.
    • Eclipse has coding shortcuts and auto-correction features allowing faster software development.
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    GitHub
    • Version control: GitHub provides a powerful and flexible Git-based version control system that allows teams to track changes to their code over time, collaborate on code with others, and maintain a history of their work.
    • Code review: GitHub's pull request system enables teams to review code changes, discuss suggestions and merge changes in a central location. This makes it easier to catch bugs and ensure that code quality remains high.
    • Collaboration: GitHub provides a variety of collaboration tools to help teams work together effectively, including issue tracking, project management, and wikis.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • While the DB integration is broad (many connectors) it isn't particularly deep. So if you need to do serious DB work on (for example) SQL Server, it is sometimes necessary to go directly to the SQL Server Studio. But for general access and manipulation, it is ok.
    • The syntax formatting is sometimes painful to set up and doesn't always support things well. For example, it doesn't effectively support SCSS.
    • Using it for remote debugging in a VM works pretty well, but it is difficult to set up and there is no documentation I could find to really explain how to do it. When remote debugging, the editor does not necessarily integrate the remote context. So, for example, things like Pylint don't always find the libraries in the VM and display spurious errors.
    • The debugging console is not the default, and my choice is never remembered, so every time I restart my program, it's a dialog and several clicks to get it back. The debugging console has the same contextual problems with remote debugging that the editor does.
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    GitHub
    • Not an easy tool for beginners. Prior command-line experience is expected to get started with GitHub efficiently.
    • Unlike other source control platforms GitHub is a little confusing. With no proper GUI tool its hard to understand the source code version/history.
    • Working with larger files can be tricky. For file sizes above 100MB, GitHub expects the developer to use different commands (lfs).
    • While using the web version of GitHub, it has some restrictions on the number of files that can be uploaded at once. Recommended action is to use the command-line utility to add and push files into the repository.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    I love this product, what makes it one of the best tool out in the market is its ability to function with a wide range of languages. The online community support is superb, so you are never stuck on an issue. The customization is endless, you can keep adding plugins or jars for more functionalities as per your requirements. It's Free !!!
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    GitHub
    GitHub's ease of use and continued investment into the Developer Experience have made it the de facto tool for our engineers to manage software changes. With new features that continue to come out, we have been able to consolidate several other SaaS solutions and reduce the number of tools required for each engineer to perform their job responsibilities.
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    Usability
    Open Source
    It has everything that the developer needs to do the job. Few things that I have used in my day-to-day development 1. Console output. 2. Software flash functionality supporting multiple JTAG vendors like J-LINK. 3. Debugging capabilities like having a breakpoint, looking at the assembly, looking at the memory etc. this also applies to Embedded boards. 4. Plug-in like CMake, Doxygen and PlantUML are available.
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    GitHub
    GitHub is a clean and modern interface. The underlying integrations make it smooth to couple tasks, projects, pull requests and other business functions together. The insights and reporting is really strong and is getting better with every release. GitHub's PR tooling is strong for being web based, i do believe a better code editor would rival having to pull merge conflicts into local IDE.
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    I gave this rating because Eclipse is an open-source free IDE therefore no support system is available as far as I know. I have to go through other sources to solve my problem which is very tough and annoying. So if you are using Eclipse then you are on your own, as a student, it is not a big issue for me but for developers it is a need.
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    GitHub
    There are a ton of resources and tutorials for GitHub online. The sheer number of people who use GitHub ensures that someone has the exact answer you are looking for. The docs on GitHub itself are very thorough as well. You will often find an official doc along with the hundreds of independent tutorials that answers your question, which is unusual for most online services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    The installation, adaptability, and ease of usage for Eclipse are pretty high and simple compared to some of the other products. Also, the fact that it is almost a plug and play once the connections are established and once a new user gets the hang of the system comes pretty handy.
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    GitHub
    While I don't have very much experience with these 2 solutions, they're two of the most popular alternatives to GitHub. Bitbucket is from Atlassian, which may make sense for a team that is already using other Atlassian tools like Jira, Confluence, and Trello, as their integration will likely be much tighter. Gitlab on the other hand has a reputation as a very capable GitHub replacement with some features that are not available on GitHub like firewall tools.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • This development environment offers the possibility of improving the productivity time of work teams by supporting the integration of large architectures.
    • It drives constant change and evolution in work teams thanks to its constant versioning.
    • It works well enough to develop continuous server client integrations, based on solid or any other programming principle.
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    GitHub
    • Team collaboration significantly improved as everything is clearly logged and maintained.
    • Maintaining a good overview of items will be delivered wrt the roadmap for example.
    • Knowledge management and tracking. Over time a lot of tickets, issues and comments are logged. GitHub is a great asset to go back and review why x was y.
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