IntelliJ IDEA vs VirtualBox: What are the differences?
Developers describe IntelliJ IDEA as "Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM". Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages. On the other hand, VirtualBox is detailed as "Run nearly any operating system on a single machine and to freely switch between OS instances running simultaneously". VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
IntelliJ IDEA can be classified as a tool in the "Integrated Development Environment" category, while VirtualBox is grouped under "Virtualization Platform".
Some of the features offered by IntelliJ IDEA are:
- Smart Code Completion
- On-the-fly Code Analysis
- Advanced Refactorings
On the other hand, VirtualBox provides the following key features:
- Portability
- No hardware virtualization required
- Guest Additions: shared folders, seamless windows, 3D virtualization
"Fantastically intelligent", "Best-in-class ide" and "Many languages support" are the key factors why developers consider IntelliJ IDEA; whereas "Free", "Easy" and "Default for vagrant" are the primary reasons why VirtualBox is favored.
Lyft, Asana, and Square are some of the popular companies that use IntelliJ IDEA, whereas VirtualBox is used by Lyft, Coursera, and Typeform. IntelliJ IDEA has a broader approval, being mentioned in 815 company stacks & 1065 developers stacks; compared to VirtualBox, which is listed in 724 company stacks and 976 developer stacks.
