# JetBrains AI

14 Hacker News commenters recommended JetBrains AI and 27 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its integration with Claude Code and other agent tools and for switching models inside JetBrains IDEs. Critics say suggestions and output are often inaccurate.

## Why people recommend it

- Good value for the money (3 comments): "I only pay for the $100 annual plan with jetbrains and that's plenty." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706245)) "how you can get the best bang for your buck" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713594)) "Do I still get value? Definitely. But it's not the easy life either." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885362))
- Accurate, useful suggestions and output (3 comments): "I repeatedly went “oh! Huh!”, so … in that form, it seems very good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48866375)) "it was consistently, surprisingly, very accurate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49118608)) "I've been fine with its output mostly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47677293))
- Works with Claude Code and other harnesses (2 comments): "JetBrains AI assistant supports ClaudeCode, Codex and any ACP harness including OpenCode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981685)) "despite the great integration it provides for claude code" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990807))

## What people warn about

- Output quality inconsistent or poor (3 comments): "too many silly suggestions that are simply syntax errors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696237)) "I tried Kilo Code and CoPilot and JetBrain's agent and others direct against Sonnet 4 and the output was ... not good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45791929)) "it was hot garbage. It guessed the right/acceptable completion about 30% of the time at best." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49119354))
- Separate, unclear pricing and credit limits (3 comments): "They also tried to push AI feature set as a separate subscription which is just insane in current tooling market." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978621)) "JetBrains was pushing their own service whose pricing wasn't transparent and just didn't hold up to SotA." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979405)) "I quickly run out of the JetBrains AI 35 monthly credits for $300/yr" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46906213))
- Deletes needed code or inserts bugs (2 comments): "they have deleted code that I definitely still needed, and I had to reject those changes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48139974)) "insert hard-to-spot bugs, like two nested for loops with i and j for loop index variables" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48045878))
- Cluttered, bolted-on AI features (3 comments): "AI Chat is a bolted-on afterthought that looks like a hackathon project and functions like one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978052)) "their AI tools are extremely in your face while also being underwhelming" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236237)) "They have multiple confusing overlapping products/modes going on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979110))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Copilot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot.md): 571 recommend
- [oh-my-pi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oh-my-pi.md): 104 recommend
- [Grok Build CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok-build.md): 66 recommend
- [DeepSeek Harness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-harness.md): 63 recommend
- [Claude Code VS Code extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-vs-code-extension.md): 31 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.jetbrains.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JetBrains AI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ai-assistant/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).