When comparing Dev C++ vs CLion, the Slant community recommends CLion for most people. In the question“What are the best IDEs for C++ on Windows?” CLion is ranked 3rd while Dev C++ is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose CLion is:
CLion has an intelligent autocompletion engine that tries to predict the symbol you are typing based on your previous history and the context in which it's being typed.
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Pros
Pro It's free and open source
You can download and use the IDE completely for free.
Pro It's simple and easy to use
Doesn't require much storage.
Pro Intelligent code completion
CLion has an intelligent autocompletion engine that tries to predict the symbol you are typing based on your previous history and the context in which it's being typed.
Pro Cross platform
Clion works on Windows, Linux and OSX.
Cons
Con Not in active development
The latest release is from 2015.
Con Proprietary
Clion is proprietary software which costs $199/1st year for a business license or $89/1st year for an individual license.
Con Build Tool Integration is messy/over complicated
I have a Jetbrains annual subscription so I can use this tool for free and I've used the Java IDE for years so I really want to like CLion. But it's just over complex to add 3rd party libraries etc. Netbeans/Eclipse etc are much better integrated with the build tools