# JetBrains All Products Pack

8 Hacker News commenters recommended JetBrains All Products Pack and 13 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 10 years (7 owners).

**Verdict:** Long-time subscribers value its refactoring tools and language IDEs, though many say quality, AI integration and value have slipped.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-term subscribers keep renewing (3 comments): "I've been using JetBrains All Products Pack and spent substantial amount in IDEs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48545786)) "one of the things that has me maintaining my toolbox subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512317)) "I've been subscribed to Jetbrains full product pack for years now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236282))

## What people warn about

- Subscribers cancelling or doubting value (5 comments): "I doubt I will remain a subscriber for the entirety of next year." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978052)) "I also cancelled my All Products subscription a while ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46208581)) "all my goodwill towards Jetbrains has been used up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805089))
- Weak AI integration and intrusive assistant (3 comments): "I have to remove the "AI assistant" from my sidebar every three days." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265009)) "They really didn't do well with AI integration the past few years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979405)) "Not because of AI but it also doesn’t help" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46140897))
- Declining quality in new releases (2 comments): "new releases usually decreased the amount of well-working features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220336)) "the quality of the tool has gone down the drain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49980931))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Where to get it

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

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JetBrains All Products Pack", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-all-products-pack/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).
