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claims to have the best Java development tool in the world IntelliJ IDEA, and JetBrains, a software developer that came from programmers to programmers, recently A major decision was made that affected thousands of developers.
On June 29, JetBrains announced that its family bucket tool will officially increase in price after October 1, 2022. Before the new price takes effect, prepaid subscriptions can be made at the current price.
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The way to survive is to "survive" first
"The price adjustment is really a helpless move. In the future of , we will do our best to avoid price increases , just like our original intention of implementing subscription prices." JetBrains on the official blog wrote in.
JetBrains has never increased the price of IDE, .NET tools or the All Products Pack since launching subscriptions seven years ago. At the same time, as new products are launched, all All Products Pack users will be able to use the new products added to it at no additional cost.
As a software company at the forefront of technology, JetBrains already has a mature internal operation plan. In the latest policy, JetBrains provides new and old customers with renewal discounts ranging from as low as 40% off. This is a rare model in the industry, and it is also a way for JetBrains to thank loyal users who have used its products for a long time. At the same time, through prepayment of , users can also renew for more than one year at the current price. However, it should be noted that individual renewal subscriptions are allowed up to three years, and enterprise renewal subscriptions are allowed up to two years. The price adjustment of
is as follows:
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate: ’s smartest Java and Kotlin IDE tools, including 1 tool and more than 5000 plug-ins. If you choose annual settlement, the current first-year price is US$149 (approximately RMB 997), the new price is US$169 (approximately RMB 1,131) in the first year, and the increase for and is approximately RMB 134. If you choose monthly settlement, the current price is US$14.9 (approximately RMB 100), and the new price will increase to US$16.9 (approximately RMB 113). The increase of is approximately RMB 13.
All Products Pack: gets 11 integrated development environments, 3 extensions, 2 analyzers, and 1 collaborative development service for a total of 17 tools in one subscription. If you choose to settle on an annual basis, the current first-year price is US$249 (approximately RMB 1,666), the new price is US$289 (approximately RMB 1,934) in the first year, and the increase for is approximately RMB 268 for . If you choose monthly settlement, the current price is US$24.9 (approximately RMB 167), and the new price will increase to US$28.9 (approximately RMB 193). The increase for is approximately RMB 26 for .
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Will developers buy into the price increase? After the news of
was released, it also aroused widespread heated discussion, and developers on all major platforms had heated discussions. Some developers may feel a little "heartbroken" about this, but considering the company's operating pressure and energy consumption costs, JetBrains also expresses their understanding and support.
At the same time, many developers said that JetBrains' products are quite conscientious, and the increased productivity value has already paid for itself, so there is "no need to worry" about this price increase!
Some people compared the price increase with the foreign inflation rate in May, saying that the price increase was lower than the inflation rate, so even if they say nothing, no one will blame JetBrains!
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On domestic platforms such as Zhihu , most users have also shown a willingness to renew, but some users pointed out that they hope JetBrains can launch better products.
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From this point of view, as long as the product is amazing enough, even announcing a price increase will not scare away their loyal fans, but on the contrary, they may suffer backlash.
JetBrains is becoming more and more mature
So how did JetBrains get to where it is today step by step?
In February 2000, three Russian Geeks who wrote code: Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipyatkov and Eugene Belyaev founded the predecessor of JetBrains. When the Internet bubble burst in 2000, many young technology companies collapsed, and investors stopped investing significantly at this time. They have never taken any external funds, but bucked the trend and entered the development ecosystem . They founded JetBrains in Prague, Czech Republic, and blazed their own path.
In 2001, JetBrains’ first product IntelliJ IDEA was officially born. IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment developed based on Java. Just like word workers need to use Word, IntelliJ IDEA can also greatly facilitate the work of programmers. After IntelliJ was first released, it quickly became popular and was later voted the best Java-based programming tool , excluding mature tools such as NetBeans, Eclipse and JDeveloper.
However, more than 20 years have passed, JetBrains is now becoming more and more prosperous, has the trust of 12.8 million developers, and 92 of the world's top 100 companies in " Fortune " are their loyal users . JetBrains creates tools that are critical to both software developers and software development teams. Last year, JetBrains added four new products to its product portfolio. There are now a total of 34 JetBrains tools and 7000+ Marketplace plug-ins for . The team size has expanded by 30%, and there are currently 1900+ team members distributed around the world.
believes that JetBrains will bring more surprises to developers in the future, let us wait and see.
Reference: https://blog.jetbrains.com/zh-hans/blog/2022/06/29/ide-net-all-products-pack/
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