AI coding assistant natively integrated into IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, and all JetBrains IDEs
JetBrains AI Assistant is the AI coding feature integrated natively into all JetBrains IDEs — IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, Rider, CLion, DataGrip, and others. It leverages the IDEs' deep semantic understanding of code (existing refactoring, inspections, and code model) combined with LLM generation to produce suggestions that respect language idioms, project structure, and JetBrains' existing static analysis context.
JetBrains AI Assistant is a strong fit if its core strengths match your workflow, budget, and support needs. Use the quick signals below before opening the full review.
JetBrains AI Assistant's design advantage is its access to the IDE's existing semantic understanding of code — the same code model that powers IntelliJ's type-safe refactoring, PyCharm's type inference, and WebStorm's module resolution. Where other AI assistants treat code as text, JetBrains AI operates within an environment that already understands what the code means structurally.
JetBrains IDEs maintain a live code model: symbol definitions, type hierarchies, call graphs, and import resolution. JetBrains AI Assistant can query this model directly — asking the AI to refactor a method can use type-safe rename operations rather than text substitution, ensuring correctness across all call sites. AI chat can reference actual symbols by name because the IDE knows where they are defined.
AI-suggested refactors apply JetBrains' existing refactoring infrastructure rather than generating new text — a 'rename class' suggestion uses the IDE's rename refactoring, which is already proven safe across all references. This integration produces AI-assisted changes that are more reliably correct for typed languages than free-text generation in editors without this infrastructure.
JetBrains AI generates commit messages from the staged diff — creating descriptive, contextually relevant messages that summarise the actual changes. For developers who commit frequently and find commit message writing a minor but constant friction, this automation compounds into meaningful time savings over a development year.
Score: 8.3/10 — Best AI assistant for JetBrains IDE users leveraging existing semantic analysis; no value outside the JetBrains ecosystem.
$10/mo
$100/mo billed annually
JetBrains AI Assistant is best for JetBrains IDE users (Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, C# developers) who want AI assistance natively in their existing environment without switching tools, Java and Kotlin developers who want AI-assisted refactoring that understands IntelliJ's semantic code model, Teams already subscribed to JetBrains All Products Pack who want to add AI at incremental cost rather than adopting a separate tool.
No. JetBrains AI Assistant does not currently list a permanent free plan in ToolRankr data.
Paid plans start at $10/mo.
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