What are the main features and advantages of Jetbrains JetBrains AI Pro?
Context Assistance – Understands project code for more relevant AI help.
Smart Completion – Speeds routine coding with predictive suggestions.
Code Generation – Helps create functions, tests, and boilerplate faster.
AI Chat – Explains code and answers workflow questions directly.
IDE Integration – Works naturally inside familiar JetBrains development tools.
Development Agility – Supports long-term coding speed and workflow consistency.
AI Assistant – In-editor chat, refactoring, and documentation help.
Junie Agent – Autonomous multi-file coding tasks inside the IDE.
Multi-Model Access – Cloud models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google.
Smart Workflows – Generate unit tests, commits, and fixes.
Core Capacity – 10 AI Credits per 30-day cycle.
Important – The individual AI Pro plan does not cover employer-funded or organizational use; that requires the separate commercial AI Pro license.
JetBrains AI Pro is the mid-tier JetBrains AI subscription that runs the AI Assistant and the Junie coding agent directly inside JetBrains IDEs. It raises the monthly cloud quota above the free tier so chat, multi-file edits, and agent runs keep working through a normal coding day.
Native Integration – AI understands your whole project semantically.
One Subscription – Covers AI Assistant and Junie together.
Model Choice – Switch between cloud and local models.
Predictable Budget – One AI Credit equals one dollar.
Bundle Value – Included with the All Products Pack.
Data Control – .aiignore keeps sensitive files from processing.
JetBrains AI Pro activates the AI features built into JetBrains IDEs, covering in-editor chat, project-wide code completion, multi-file edits, test and commit-message generation, and the Junie autonomous agent under one plan. It sits between AI Free and AI Ultimate, and the tiers differ mainly in how much cloud quota they include. AI Pro provides 10 AI Credits per 30 days for individuals and 20 for organizations, where one credit equals one US dollar of model usage. That budget comfortably covers daily chat and refactoring with room for occasional Junie runs, though a few heavy agent tasks can consume it noticeably faster.
All three consumer tiers share the same AI Assistant and Junie features, but each ships a different monthly cloud quota: AI Free includes 3 AI Credits per 30 days, AI Pro includes 10, and AI Ultimate includes 35. AI Free keeps unlimited local code completion but cannot buy top-up credits, while AI Pro and AI Ultimate both can. For developers who use chat and refactoring throughout the day and run Junie occasionally, AI Pro's 10 credits are usually the practical entry point. Those who drive agents through large multi-file refactors every day tend to exhaust 10 credits and are better matched to AI Ultimate's larger pool.
| Feature | AI Free | AI Pro | AI Ultimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Credits / 30 days | 3 | 10 | 35 |
| Unlimited local completion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud chat & multi-file edits | Limited | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coding agents (Junie, Claude) | Limited | ✓ | ✓ |
| Top-up AI Credits | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Best for | Local + BYOK | Regular use | Heavy agents |
AI Pro works across the JetBrains IDE family, including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, GoLand, Rider, CLion, RubyMine, and DataGrip, and AI features also reach ReSharper and Android Studio, though not every feature is present in each one. For models, you can mix JetBrains' own models, third-party cloud models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and local models served through Ollama or LM Studio. One concrete limit: local code completion is not available in IntelliJ IDEA without an Ultimate subscription, in PyCharm without a Pro subscription, or in ReSharper and Android Studio. Junie and next-edit suggestions also require cloud models, so they do not run against a purely local setup.
The main constraint is quota: once AI Pro's 10 monthly AI Credits are spent, cloud-powered features pause until the 30-day reset unless you add top-up credits, which stay valid for 12 months. The individual AI Pro plan is intended for personal use, so employer-funded or organizational use needs the separate commercial AI Pro license rather than the personal one. Junie and next-edit suggestions depend on cloud models and will not work with local-only models. In Mainland China the assistant is offered only through AI Pro, runs on Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen models, and the Junie agent is not available there.
Yes. JetBrains AI Pro supports Bring Your Own Key, letting you connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic API keys to drive AI chat and agents, and that BYOK path works for chat and agents even without a JetBrains AI subscription. You can also attach local models through Ollama, LM Studio, or other OpenAI-compatible servers for offline-friendly chat. The trade-off is that cloud code completion still requires signing in to JetBrains AI, so a fully self-hosted setup loses that specific feature. This matters for privacy-sensitive teams that want local inference for chat while keeping native completion where they sign in.
Yes. The All Products Pack and the dotUltimate bundle include AI Pro at no extra cost, with 10 AI Credits per 30 days for individuals and 20 for organizations. If you already hold one of those subscriptions, that AI Pro quota is already part of it.
Yes. Beyond Junie, JetBrains AI lets you use Claude Agent, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini CLI, and it supports the Agent Client Protocol so other ACP-compatible agents work under one subscription. Claude Agent reaches IDE capabilities through JetBrains' built-in Model Context Protocol server.
Data processed through JetBrains AI is not persisted on JetBrains' servers or those of its subcontractors, and the service is covered by SOC 2 certification. You can further restrict what the assistant sees by adding an .aiignore file to keep specific files or folders out of AI processing.
| Operating Systems |
Windows 11: Home / Pro / Education / Enterprise |
| Processor | CPU with x86_64 or arm64 architecture and 4 cores. |
| Memory RAM | 8 GB total RAM with 3 GB available for IDE processes. |
| Hard Disk | 171.58 MB free space for the current AI Assistant plugin package. |
| Display | Standard display compatible with the respective operating system. |
| Special Features | AI chat with project context. Code completion and next edit suggestions. In-editor code generation and apply changes workflow. Generate documentation. Generate unit tests. Generate commit messages and pull request summaries. Explain code, identify potential issues, and suggest fixes. Support for external AI providers, Bring Your Own Key, and local model connections through the host IDE. |
| Note | Requires a supported JetBrains IDE version 2023.3 or later. Community Edition requires version 2024.1.1 or later. PyCharm Unified Community requires version 2025.1 or later. Uses the system requirements of the host IDE or editor. Additional disk space for the host IDE is required. No separate .NET Framework, browser, or driver dependency required. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 are not listed as supported in current official AI Assistant and host IDE documentation. When using third party or local models, hardware requirements depend on the selected model and are not specified by JetBrains. In Visual Studio Code preview, local models are not yet available. In Visual Studio Code, language support features such as code highlighting, code analysis, and refactoring are not provided by AI Assistant. |
| Operating Systems | macOS Tahoe 26 macOS Sequoia 15 |
| Processor | CPU with x86_64 or arm64 architecture and 4 cores. |
| Memory RAM | 8 GB total RAM with 3 GB available for IDE processes. |
| Hard Disk | 171.58 MB free space for the current AI Assistant plugin package. |
| Display | Standard display compatible with the respective operating system. |
| Special Features | AI chat with project context. Code completion and next edit suggestions. In-editor code generation and apply changes workflow. Generate documentation. Generate unit tests. Generate commit messages and pull request summaries. Explain code, identify potential issues, and suggest fixes. Support for external AI providers, Bring Your Own Key, and local model connections through the host IDE. |
| Note | Requires a supported JetBrains IDE version 2023.3 or later. Community Edition requires version 2024.1.1 or later. PyCharm Unified Community requires version 2025.1 or later. Uses the system requirements of the host IDE or editor. Additional disk space for the host IDE is required. No separate .NET Framework, browser, or driver dependency required. Older macOS versions are not listed in current official AI Assistant and host IDE documentation. When using third party or local models, hardware requirements depend on the selected model and are not specified by JetBrains. In Visual Studio Code preview, local models are not yet available. In Visual Studio Code, language support features such as code highlighting, code analysis, and refactoring are not provided by AI Assistant. |
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