A paradise for web development!
February 18, 2020

A paradise for web development!

Hayk Baghdasaryan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliJ WebStorm

This product is the main IDE used by the entire organization on different projects. It is used in nearly every phase of our software development.
  • Rich features.
  • Reliability.
  • Resource heavy.
  • UX is a bit complicated.
  • It increased the revenue roughly by 20 percent.
  • More customers are using our services because our development is fast with this product.
The only reason we sometimes use Sublime is that it manages to cover basic development needs while being to be very fast and light. WebStorm is heavier on resources, but you can't compare it with Sublime, because WebStorm is an IDE, and therefore it provides more features and is more intelligent. We selected WebStorm because we can trust it in every situation that may arise in the cycle of software development. There's also VSCode, which we use more than Sublime, because it's also free and provides more features than Sublime, and it's very popular and is under active development, meaning the newest and most exciting features come to VSCode first. What it may lack, is the level of intelligence compared to WebStorm, and the level of reliability.
I gave this rating because I have never needed their customer support, which is the highest level of support I suppose. When a product works just fine out of the box and everything you may need is well documented, it's a paradise for the customer. But I've seen some questions asked on their portal, and I've seen thorough answers given to the questions and the willingness to support the customer with follow-ups and everything else.

Do you think WebStorm delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WebStorm's feature set?

Yes

Did WebStorm live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WebStorm go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WebStorm again?

Yes

It is well suited for any kind of web development and has very good integrated testing tools. It's very easy to perform code analysis and refactor using refactoring tools. Version Control GUI is another feature that is done very well in this product. The merging window comes in handy when merge conflicts happen. If you're a startup or a small company that can't afford a good hardware, or software license, it might be less appropriate to use WebStorm, because it is pricey and resource-heavy.