All of the functionality of our lightweight IDEs can be found within IntelliJ IDEA (you need to install the corresponding plug-ins from the repository).
It includes support for all technologies developed for our more specific products such as Web/PhpStorm, RubyMine and PyCharm.
The specific feature missing from IntelliJ IDEA is simplified project creation (“Open Directory”) used in lighter products as it is not applicable to the IDE that support such a wide range of languages and technologies. It also means that you can’t create projects directly from the remote hosts in IDEA.
If you are missing any other feature that is available in lighter products, but is not available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, you are welcome to report it and we’ll consider adding it.
While PHP, Python and Ruby IDEA plug-ins are built from the same source code as used in PhpStorm, PyCharm and RubyMine, product release cycles are not synchronized. It means that some features may be already available in the lighter products, but not available in IDEA plug-ins at certain periods, they are added with the plug-in and IDEA updates later.