PhpStorm
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Plans and prices
From PhpStorm's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PhpStorm — Individual | — | Individual subscription · annual billing · Billed annually; page shows $200.00 and $289.00, but does not expose which amount applies to this plan in the opened content |
| PhpStorm — Organizations | — | Organization subscription · annual billing · per user · Billed annually; page shows $200.00 and $289.00, but does not expose which amount applies to this plan in the opened content |
The facts
Each one read from PhpStorm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Code editing
- PhpStorm provides smart coding assistance, code navigation, and refactoring across a codebase.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Databases
- PhpStorm supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLite, and other database dialects out of the box.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Debugging
- PhpStorm includes a visual debugger for Xdebug with live debugging data, conditional breakpoints, and step-through execution.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- The product page lists built-in support for Laravel, Blade, Symfony, and WordPress.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Version control integrations include Git, GitHub, GitLab, Subversion, Mercurial, and Perforce.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License limits
- The product page says a perpetual fallback license is available after at least 365 consecutive days of uninterrupted subscription, allowing use of the version available at the start of the 12-month subscription indefinitely.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- PhpStorm is a JetBrains IDE for PHP development.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Remote development
- PhpStorm supports remote PHP interpreters through SSH, Docker, Docker Compose, Vagrant, or WSL and remote development through JetBrains Gateway.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- For remote development, communication between JetBrains Client and the IDE backend is end-to-end encrypted with TLS 1.3, including when it uses an SSH tunnel.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Testing
- PhpStorm has built-in support for PHPUnit and Pest, can generate unit tests, and provides code coverage views.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2000checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, The Netherlandschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Maker
- JetBrains is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and lists February 2000 as its founding date.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free eligibility
- JetBrains says students and teachers can use the All Products Pack, which includes PhpStorm, free of charge; qualifying noncommercial open-source projects may also be eligible for free licenses.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Trial
- PhpStorm offers a free 30-day trial without requiring a credit card.checked 7 Oct 2026
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