Apache NetBeans vs PaizaCloud Cloud IDE

Apache NetBeans is a development environment, tooling platform, and application framework for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its editor highlights code by syntax and meaning and supports refactoring. Editors, wizards, and templates cover Java, PHP, and other languages, with plugins and linked support for JavaFX and JavaScript. The NetBeans Platform is a modular framework for Swing applications, with state saving, menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, and window management. The IDE and Platform are free for commercial and non-commercial use under the Apache License; the listed plan is free. Apache NetBeans 31, dated August 10, 2026, supports running on JDK 26, 25, or 21, with initial support for JDK 27. Downloads include platform-independent binary and source ZIPs, plus linked installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Those installers are provided by committers for convenience, not as Apache Software Foundation releases. The release page provides SHA-512 hashes and PGP signatures. Windows/ARM is not fully supported, and older releases are no longer supported.

PaizaCloud Cloud IDE is a browser-based development environment with an editor, web server, database server and terminal in a cloud workspace. The maker says a new Linux development server starts in about three seconds. The browser interface includes file management, a file editor, terminal and an in-browser browser; users can install or create additional apps. Listed environments include LAMP, PHP, Ruby on Rails, JSP, Django, Node.js, Laravel, Go, Express, MEAN stack, Jupyter Notebook and Git. Users can share a server workspace and connect over SSH. The cloud environment runs Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), and recommended client systems include Windows 8.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.13 or later, iOS 12 or later and Android 8 or later. The free plan includes one server, up to 24 hours of server lifetime and up to four continuous running hours while the browser is open. Publishing public web applications is unavailable on FREE and LITE, but available on BASIC, which costs $19.80 a month. LITE costs $9.80 a month.