Allegro CL vs CLion
Allegro CL
franz.com
CLion
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| Figure | Allegro CL | CLion |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $10.90/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Integrated Development Environments | 8.3 (#11) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Founded | 1984 | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Lafayette, California, USA | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Purpose | Allegro CL is a Common Lisp development system for developing and deploying neuro-symbolic applications that combine symbolic reasoning, large language models, and graphs. | CLion is a cross-platform IDE for C and C++ development. |
| Support | Franz provides product documentation, FAQs, and patches, and accepts bug reports and technical questions by email. | The non-commercial plan provides public forums and a bug tracker; the commercial plan also offers private tickets. |
Plans
Allegro CL
- Free Express EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
- Professional EditionPriced on request
CLion
- CLion Non-CommercialFree
- CLion Commercial$10.90 a month
- CLion Commercial — Individual$10.90 a month
- All Products Pack$29.90 a month
In their own words
CLion
CLion is a cross-platform IDE for C and C++ development, available for Linux, macOS and Windows. Its editor provides context-aware completion, code analysis, navigation and automated refactoring. Projects can use CMake, Makefile, Bazel, Meson or compilation databases. Debugging includes GDB and LLDB, variable inspection, memory and disassembly views, and core dump debugging. Remote workflows include a thin IDE client, full remote mode, Docker containers, WSL toolchains and remote debugging. For embedded development, CLion supports GCC ARM, IAR and custom toolchains, on-chip debugging, PlatformIO, STM32CubeMX, Zephyr and FreeRTOS. Testing support covers Google Test, Boost.Test, Doctest and Catch with a built-in runner. The IDE also integrates version control systems and supports CMake, Python, JavaScript, XML, HTML and Markdown, with other languages available through plugins. The non-commercial plan costs nothing and is for non-commercial use. Commercial development requires a subscription; CLion Commercial — Individual costs $10.90 a month and includes a free 30-day trial.