JetBrains AI pricing comes down to two numbers: AI Pro at $10/mo for 10 credits and AI Ultimate at $30/mo for 35 credits, with annual billing at $100 and $300 respectively — about 17% off (source). One thing first: it is not a standalone editor, but an AI Credits service layered on JetBrains IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm and WebStorm, so you need an IDE license before pricing even matters. Below we walk through AI Pro vs AI Ultimate pricing, Junie Agent quotas, the latest models, top-ups, deals and whether it is worth it.
JetBrains AI Pricing Comparison: Understand What You Are Buying First
JetBrains AI is not a standalone editor but an AI Credits service layered on JetBrains IDEs, where 1 credit = $1 and an IDE license is required before you can compare prices. It bills in credits rather than tokens: AI Free / Pro / Ultimate grant a fixed quota every 30 days, refreshed from first activation, and you can top up at $1/credit anytime (source). Supported IDEs cover IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm Pro, WebStorm, GoLand, PhpStorm, Rider, RubyMine and RustRover, and Junie Agent runs inside these same IDEs.
That is a different logic from editor-native options like Cursor or GitHub Copilot: those are "editor + subscription," while JetBrains AI is "IDE license + AI add-on." Do not mix the two up before buying.
| Dimension | JetBrains AI | Cursor / GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Form | AI Credits add-on inside JetBrains IDEs | Standalone editor / plugin |
| Prerequisite | Requires a JetBrains IDE license | None |
| Billing | Credit quota, refreshed every 30 days | Subscription per month |
| Model choice | Multiple models + BYOK + local models | Tied to the vendor's own models |
AI Pro vs AI Ultimate: $10 vs $30, a 3.5x Credit Difference
AI Pro costs $10/mo or $100/yr for 10 credits, while AI Ultimate costs $30/mo or $300/yr for 35 credits; annual billing saves about 17% on both, and the credit gap is 3.5x (source). Here are the tiers with pricing and quotas:
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Per-month equivalent | Credits / 30 days | Positioning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Free | Free | – | – | 3 | Light trial (not available in mainland China) |
| AI Pro | $10 | $100 | $8.33 | 10 | Everyday driver (recommended) |
| AI Ultimate | $30 | $300 | $25 | 35 | Junie power users |
| Organization AI Pro | $20/user | – | – | 20 | Team everyday use |
| Organization AI Ultimate | $60/user | – | – | 70 | Team heavy agent use |
| AI Enterprise | – | $720/user | $60 | Maximum quota | 50-seat minimum, IDE Services |
AI Pro: The Value Tier for Everyday AI Assistance
10 credits/month cover code completion, AI chat, Next Edit Suggestions and common workflows (commit messages, inline docs, rename refactoring and more), which is enough for low-to-medium-frequency AI-assisted development. It includes basic access to the Junie coding agent; a typical complex agent task can cost 1–3 credits, so 10 credits roughly sustain 3–10 complex tasks. Annual billing at $100 compares with $10×12=$120 monthly, saving about 17%.
AI Ultimate: The Official Recommendation for Heavy Junie Use
35 credits/month is 3.5x the AI Pro quota, and JetBrains labels it "Best suited for frequent coding agent use / Recommended for Junie" — the tier that makes Junie a part of your daily workflow. It includes everything in AI Pro plus priority access to new AI features and higher-quota cloud model usage; annual billing at $300 compares with $30×12=$360 monthly, again about 17% off. If you mainly chat and autocomplete, AI Pro usually suffices; the reason to pick AI Ultimate is running multi-step agent tasks every day.
Organization Tiers and AI Enterprise
Teams and enterprises face a separate pricing track: organization AI Pro at $20/user/mo (20 credits), organization AI Ultimate at $60/user/mo (70 credits), and AI Enterprise as part of IDE Services at $60/user/mo billed annually with a 50-seat minimum. Enterprise adds organization-wide BYOK (Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI), SSO / SCIM, AI audit logs, content exclusion with .aiignore, and on-premises or hybrid deployment — for large teams with strict data security and compliance requirements.
Junie Agent and the Latest Models: A Credit-Based All-in-One
JetBrains AI bundles frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI with the Junie autonomous coding agent inside the IDE, letting you switch models freely against one credit pool, plus BYOK and zero-cost local models. The current lineup: GPT-5.6 (OpenAI), Claude's Sonnet 5 / Fable 5 / Opus 4.8, Gemini's 3.1 Pro / 3.6 Flash, Grok's 4.5, and local models via Ollama / LM Studio.
| Model | Provider | Positioning |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 | OpenAI | Flagship, chat and code generation |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | One of Junie's default primary models, multi-step planning |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | Lightweight and fast, high-frequency completion and docs |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | Top reasoning, 1M context |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Flagship multimodal, long-context analysis | |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Fast multimodal, low latency, high throughput | |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | Strong real-time awareness |
| Local models | Ollama / LM Studio | Runs locally, zero credits |
Junie is JetBrains' autonomous coding agent that plans and executes multi-step tasks inside the IDE, and JetBrains positions it as the core selling point of AI Ultimate. A typical complex agent task can cost 1–3 credits, so 35 credits on AI Ultimate sustain daily high-frequency agent work, while AI Pro's 10 credits suit occasional use. There is a way to save credits: bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key, or connect local Ollama / LM Studio models — both consume zero credits and are configurable from the AI Free tier.
Top-ups, Deals and Official Access: Annual Saves 17%, Top Up When You Run Low
Deals mostly come from annual billing and bundles: AI Pro at $100/yr and AI Ultimate at $300/yr both save about 17% versus a year of monthly billing, and the All Products Pack already bundles AI Pro; when credits run low you can top up at $1/credit with 12-month validity (source). The math: AI Pro is $120 for a monthly-billed year versus $100 annual; AI Ultimate is $360 versus $300 — about 17% each. The All Products Pack (first year $299) includes 10 IDEs / .NET tools plus AI Pro (10 credits per 30 days), effectively covering the AI Pro cost for full-stack users. The official entry is the JetBrains buy page (source).
There is also a change on the organization side worth tracking: in July 2026 JetBrains announced that organization / team AI licenses will gradually migrate to credit-based billing ("from AI licenses to AI credits") to unify enterprise AI usage (source). Individual AI Free / Pro / Ultimate plan prices and quotas remain unchanged for now.
Is It Worth It: How to Choose for Your Situation
Bottom line: AI Pro is enough for daily completion and AI chat; go straight to AI Ultimate if you run multi-step Junie Agent tasks every day; and the All Products Pack is the better deal for heavy JetBrains all-stack users. Match your situation:
| Your situation | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Light trial, evaluating first | AI Free (not available in mainland China) |
| Daily AI assistance, occasional Junie | AI Pro, $10/mo or $100/yr |
| Daily high-frequency Junie Agent tasks | AI Ultimate, $30/mo or $300/yr |
| JetBrains all-stack user | All Products Pack (includes AI Pro) |
| 50+ seats, needs private deployment | AI Enterprise (IDE Services) |
Compared with competitors: if you are already productive in Cursor or GitHub Copilot, you may not need to switch — JetBrains AI's strengths are native IDE integration, free model switching and unified credit management, at the cost of holding a JetBrains IDE license. Whether it is worth it comes down to two things: whether you are staying in the JetBrains ecosystem, and how often you run agents.
Caveats and Limitations
JetBrains AI has a few obvious gotchas — check them against your situation before ordering. The specific limits:
- Mainland China availability: only AI Pro or AI Enterprise can currently be purchased; AI Free and AI Ultimate are not available, and some models may be subject to access restrictions.
- Top-up restrictions: topping up credits is unavailable in mainland China, so you cannot add credits on demand once the quota is exhausted.
- IDE license prerequisite: the subscription does not include the IDE itself; IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate starts at $249/year for individuals and decreases each year, and Community editions do not include AI Free.
- Organization billing migration: since July 2026, organization / team AI licenses are gradually migrating to credit-based billing — confirm the migration timeline and quota model before enterprise purchase.
- Price validity: prices and quotas follow the official pages; this article reflects data as of 2026-08-18.