PhpStorm

PhpStorm

PhpStorm

98 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
PhpStorm	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	JetBrains supports PhpStorm, an integrated development environment (IDE).	$9.90 per month per user

Pricing

PhpStorm

Editions & Modules

For Individuals: $99
per year per user
For Organizations: $249
per year per user

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
PhpStorm
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	PhpStorm
Considered Both Products	PhpStorm Mark Davoli Director, Web Development Chose PhpStorm A few of my team members started on vs code but after switching to PhpStorm they never looked back. Many of vs code features require adding in add on after addon to get at or near the included feature set of PHP storm that includes it out of the box. Plus PhpStorm allows so … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose PhpStorm While these two are also code editors, they are far from as robust as the PhpStorm IDE. Although these editors also support plugins to perform functions similar to PhpStorm, by bringing it natively it is much more efficient and you get rid of compatibility worries, etc. and it … Incentivized Helpful? Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster Chief Engineer Chose PhpStorm PhpStorm is without compare for a shop that works entirely in PHP. We've evaluated some of the other text editors on the market and while they have their perks, specifically speed, they aren't nearly as easy to navigate within the codebase or make sweeping changes. Helpful? Verified User Director Chose PhpStorm Easier to use, more features, more reliable. Much more purpose built with specific integrations aimed directly at php code instead of the broad generic interfaces the other software have that are aiming to support many different languages. Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose PhpStorm I believe PhpStorm has a bit more functionality then VS Code, however VSCode is a free option for a casual user. Incentivized Helpful? Oleg Liski Web Artisan Chose PhpStorm When I have evalutated Eclipse and NetBeans (years ago), I have noticed that PHPstorm have more features already included, and overall, they are better in quality. For example code refactoring, code analysis, debugging - everything was easier in PHPStorm. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose PhpStorm Both Visual Studio Code an Sublime Text are excellent code editors, and even offer a better performance than PHPStorm. However they are not complete IDE's and do not perform half of the tasks that PHPStorm does. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose PhpStorm Glug glug glug Helpful? DP Diego Pacheco Diego Pacheco Chose PhpStorm Two things were decisive for choosing PhpStorm, and the first was the Education version since we were a university we were able to license for free, and the other was that we just had to use a single tool to develop our activities (coding, versioning), and operations in the … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Eaton Senior Digital Strategist Chose PhpStorm Before PHPStorm, most of us were using Komodo IDE. PHPStorm's performance is quite a bit peppier, though, and that makes a huge difference on large projects. PHPStorm's rolling feature releases also give a better window into the direction of the tool, and JetBrains has been … Incentivized Helpful? Ray Flores Software Engineer Chose PhpStorm Notepad++ is exactly that, notepad on steriods. However, PHPStorm was designed specifically for PHP ( my language of choice ) and thus, common settings that I would have to tailor within Notepad++ ( ever time an update comes out, which is very often ), do not have to get reset … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose PhpStorm Each one of the products I've listed are great in their own right, but non of them provide as complete a solution as PhpStorm in my opinion. Very few products offer all of the features that PhpStorm does and those that do don't have the greatest performance in my experience. … Incentivized Helpful? Shea Bunge WordPress Plugin Developer Chose PhpStorm In comparison to many other popular code editors, PhpStorm stands out in terms of its fantastic integration of so many high quality and extremely useful features. In particular, the code quality analysis and code navigation features are not available in many other development … Incentivized Helpful? Josh Stapp Lead Developer Chose PhpStorm I found phpstorm had either more features, or performed faster than all the other IDE's I've used in the past so I haven't even tried them lately. Incentivized Helpful? Benjamin Hale Digital Marketing Analyst Chose PhpStorm PhpStorm is the most complete IDE for PHP that I have used. It is stable and solid, and it works on all platforms. There are some editors that are quicker loading, Sublime Text, Notepad ++, but they don't have the depth and solid foundation that PhpStorm has. This is why we … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Lada Senior Web Developer Chose PhpStorm PhpStorm compares comparably to Visual Studio for a PHP development environment. It is the most powerful editing environment I have come across for PHP. Having a background in C#, it feels much closer to and similar in power to VS. Has many of the same built in functions … Incentivized Helpful? Miguel Useche Wordpress developer Chose PhpStorm It has support for almost any third party tools that you'll use for PHP development. You have a great support for employees and it's always being updated so it supports the latest technology. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose PhpStorm PhpStorm has a free trial. Visual Studio IDE does not. I believe that VSIDE is better suited for C+/.NET development and not PHP. Despite their PHP plugins & debugger, stepping through the code on PhpStorm always feels better and more intuitive than stepping through PHP with … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	PhpStorm
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (20 ratings)
Usability	9.2 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	PhpStorm
Likelihood to Recommend	JetBrains PhpStorm is well suited for any project that utilizes PHP. I have used it on Windows, Ubuntu, and Mac OS and it works great on all those platforms. Having a solution that keeps the developer from having to constantly switch tools to do their job is invaluable. Whether you're a junior developer, front end engineer or a senior developer, PhpStorm is a great product that will help you get your work done. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	JetBrains Database browsing, Remote host browsing, and all the deep seated customizations for both the UI and Technical feasability are the result of an amazing integrity and compatibility with most components and technologies. The built-in shell is insanely helpful for traversing code in order to debug scripts with ease, and the plug-in system makes this software quite extensible. Not to mention the variety of options and settings (divided into global settings and per-project settings) are both intuitive & easy to use, especially the fact that I can export and import them across my workstations while maintaining my spacing & indentation, highlighting, inspection patterns and syntax styling. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	JetBrains Some of the newest github copilot features lag behind what's being done in vs code and would be nice if more of the newer features were brought over though this has greatly improved recently Interface can be a little overwhelming for newcomers Some features like rainbow brackets should be native rather than addon Incentivized Mark Davoli Director, Web Development Read full review
Usability	JetBrains PhpStorm is very easy to use, once you get the hang of it. It can take a while to get the hang of it because there's so many options, some of which are buried in the imposing settings panel. It could use some help with multi-cursor, especially multi-file editing but that's a minor gripe. Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster Chief Engineer Read full review
Support Rating	JetBrains The JetBrains community is all about helping others succeed, even in the most obscure setups. I have never had a question go unanswered, or I have never been able to come up with empty results in searching for the answer. My questions or concerns are typically address from other users in the community, so timing is pretty quick for a response Incentivized Ray Flores Software Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	JetBrains Easier to use, more features, more reliable. Much more purpose built with specific integrations aimed directly at php code instead of the broad generic interfaces the other software have that are aiming to support many different languages. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	JetBrains PhpStorm decreased the time to market of new features - we are following the Agile SCRUM methodology with 2 weeks sprints. Using PhpStorm helped with releasing UI features even faster than 2 weeks. Considering the price of the license and the cost of the server where we run it, the ROI is still high due to less time spent by developers with writing code, debugging, refactoring etc. Especially when you have highly paid developers. Increased people's happiness - by using a modern tool with lots of features which has made their work easier. Incentivized Cristian Bodnarasec Senior Software Development Manager Read full review
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