PyCharm Professional vs IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
via a plugin 
via a paid plugin 
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The Python IDE for data science and web development
The IDE for Professional Development in Java and Kotlin
PyCharm Professional Edition and the Python plugin for IntelliJ IDEA offer equivalent functionality. The main difference is that PyCharm Professional Edition is designed specifically for Python developers focusing on data science and web development, offering a better UX for working with Python and its technologies.
Languages
PyCharm Professional
Python Cython Rust Dart SQL HTML XML, JSON, YAML XSLT, XPath Markdown JavaScript, TypeScript CSS, Sass, SCSS, Less Haml, Slim, Liquid
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Java Groovy Kotlin Scala Python Cython Ruby and JRuby Rust PHP Go Dart SQL HTML XML, JSON, YAML XSLT, XPath Markdown JavaScript, TypeScript CSS, Sass, SCSS, Less Haml, Slim, Liquid
Framework support
PyCharm Professional
React, React Native Angular Node.js Next.js Vue.js Django Flask FastAPI PyQT Jupyter Notebook Selenium / Selenide Playwright Cypress
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Spring (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Spring Security and more) Spring Cloud Java EE (JSF, JAX-RS, CDI, JPA, etc) Jakarta EE (JSF, JAX-RS, CDI, JPA, etc) Micronaut, Quarkus, Helidon Hibernate, JPA Ktor JavaFX Swing (incl. UI Designer) Android (includes the Android Studio's functionality) GWT Thymeleaf, Freemarker, Velocity Liquid, Go Template, Mustache, Qute AspectJ, OSGI Akka, SSP, Play2 React, React Native Angular Node.js Next.js Vue.js Apache Flex, Adobe AIR Ruby on Rails Django Flask FastAPI PyQT Drupal, WordPress Laravel Symfony Twig, Blade Selenium / Selenide Playwright Cypress
Build tools
PyCharm Professional
npm Webpack Gulp, Grunt Virtualenv Pipenv Poetry Vite
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Maven Gradle Ant sbt, Bloop, Mill npm Webpack Gulp, Grunt Virtualenv Pipenv Poetry Phing Vite
Integrated developer tools
PyCharm Professional
Embedded Terminal Database Tools HTTP Client
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Embedded Terminal Database Tools HTTP Client
Version Control
PyCharm Professional
Git, GitHub, GitLab Subversion Mercurial Perforce
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Git, GitHub, GitLab Subversion Mercurial Perforce Local History
Deployment
PyCharm Professional
Docker, Docker Compose Kubernetes
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Docker, Docker Compose Kubernetes Java applications servers Remote Development Dev Containers
Collaboration and teamwork
PyCharm Professional
Collaborative development Settings synchronization via JetBrains Account Issue tracker integration
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Collaborative development Settings synchronization via JetBrains Account Issue tracker integration
Appearance
PyCharm Professional
Custom themes
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Custom themes
Remote Interpreters
PyCharm Professional
SSH Docker, Docker Compose WSL Vagrant
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
SSH Docker, Docker Compose WSL Vagrant
License
PyCharm Professional
Commercial
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate
Commercial