# GoLand vs Visual Studio Code Comparison

| | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.7 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 76 | 2,706 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (56.0% of reviews) | Small-Business (44.5% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $249.00 1 User Per Year | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### GoLand

**Not enough data**

### Visual Studio Code

Pros:
- Ease of Use (111 reviews)
- Extensions (88 reviews)

Cons:
- Extension Issues (62 reviews)
- Slow Performance (37 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.2 (64 reviews) | 9.3 (2191 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.6 (64 reviews) | 9.2 (2210 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 9.3 (12 reviews) | 9.3 (609 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 9.0 (227 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (51 reviews) | 8.7 (1808 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.0 (8 reviews) | 9.2 (198 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.4 (58 reviews) | 9.5 (2117 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### GoLand

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Businesses and Organizations

Price: $249.00 1 User Per Year

Description: $199 /2nd year and $ 149 /3rd year onwards

Key Features:
- Or pay monthly $24,90
- 50% discount for startups
- All Products Pack yearly subscription available from $ 779 per user, first year

[Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/goland/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Visual Studio Code

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Text Editor

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **GoLand** | N/A | N/A |
| **Visual Studio Code** | 9.1/10 | 1843 |

#### Coding

| Feature | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Syntax highlighting** | Not enough data | 9.5 (1623 reviews) | 
| **Autocompletion** | Not enough data | 9.0 (1629 reviews) | 
| **Find and replace** | Not enough data | 9.2 (1590 reviews) | 
| **Code folding** | Not enough data | 9.1 (1521 reviews) | 

#### Editing

| Feature | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Collaborative editing** | Not enough data | 8.6 (1248 reviews) | 
| **Language Support** | Not enough data | 9.3 (1570 reviews) | 
| **Selection Methods** | Not enough data | 9.0 (1466 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Extensibility** | Not enough data | 9.3 (1595 reviews) | 
| **Cross-platform support** | Not enough data | 9.2 (1482 reviews) | 
| **Plugins and integrations** | Not enough data | 9.3 (1654 reviews) | 
| **Security** | Not enough data | 8.9 (1230 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders

| Feature | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | 9.0 (148 reviews) | 

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## Categories

**Unique to GoLand (1):** [Other Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-integrated-development-environments-ide)

**Unique to Visual Studio Code (1):** [Text Editor Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | GoLand | Visual Studio Code | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 56.0% | 44.5% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 22.7% | 29.9% | 
| **Enterprise** | 21.3% | 25.5% | 

### By Industry

#### GoLand

- **Computer Software:** 50.7%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 16.0%
- **Retail:** 5.3%
- **Financial Services:** 2.7%
- **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.7%
- **Information Services:** 2.7%
- **Internet:** 2.7%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 1.3%
- **Media Production:** 1.3%
- **Medical Practice:** 1.3%
- **Other:** 13.3%

#### Visual Studio Code

- **Computer Software:** 34.5%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 25.1%
- **Program Development:** 3.2%
- **Financial Services:** 2.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 2.3%
- **Internet:** 2.2%
- **Higher Education:** 1.9%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 1.8%
- **Education Management:** 1.7%
- **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 1.5%
- **Other:** 23.1%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to GoLand

- [Studio 3T](https://www.g2.com/products/studio-3t/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (196 reviews)
- [Coder](https://www.g2.com/products/coder/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (198 reviews)
- [PopSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/popsql/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (81 reviews)
- [Delphi](https://www.g2.com/products/delphi/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (33 reviews)
- [Flashdevelop](https://www.g2.com/products/flashdevelop/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (24 reviews)
- [Basic4android (B4A)](https://www.g2.com/products/basic4android-b4a/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (11 reviews)
- [Google Cloud Code](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-code/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (20 reviews)
- [CodeSandbox](https://www.g2.com/products/codesandbox/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (19 reviews)
- [LabWindows/CVI](https://www.g2.com/products/labwindows-cvi/reviews) — 3.7/5 stars (12 reviews)
- [Omnis Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/omnis-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (14 reviews)

### Alternatives to Visual Studio Code

- [Notepad++](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (2473 reviews)
- [Sublime Text](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1782 reviews)
- [UltraEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (1123 reviews)
- [Brackets](https://www.g2.com/products/brackets/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (261 reviews)
- [TextPad](https://www.g2.com/products/textpad/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (142 reviews)
- [CodePen](https://www.g2.com/products/codepen/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (96 reviews)
- [GNU Emacs](https://www.g2.com/products/gnu-emacs/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (84 reviews)
- [BBEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/bbedit/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (64 reviews)
- [Bluefish](https://www.g2.com/products/bluefish/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (51 reviews)
- [Textmate](https://www.g2.com/products/textmate/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (27 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### GoLand

- Title: [What is GoLand used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-goland-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It's a golang ide, which make writing the go code easy."
- Title: [Is there any way I could generate a template project with the typical structure of Golang?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-there-any-way-i-could-generate-a-template-project-with-the-typical-structure-of-golang) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Yes but using the normal go tooling with go:generate"

### Visual Studio Code

- Title: [Is Visual Studio code an IDE?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-visual-studio-code-an-ide) — 13 comments, 2 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, it's an IDE"
- Title: [What is Visual Studio Code used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-visual-studio-code-used-for) — 8 comments, 3 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Visual Studio Code, often referred to as VS Code, is a popular source-code editor developed by Microsoft. It's used for a variety of programming languages..."
- Title: [Why is Visual Studio code so popular?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-is-visual-studio-code-so-popular) — 7 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Well, mostly because of its simplicity and friendly user interface and smooth performance. Any beginner who might have downloaded vsCode can easily navigate..."
- Title: [How do developers leverage the features of Visual Studio Code to enhance their programming efficiency?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-developers-leverage-the-features-of-visual-studio-code-to-enhance-their-programming-efficiency) — 6 comments, 6 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "We can use extension for more enhancement, we can use dedicated function for particular code."
- Title: [What is the use of Visual Studio code?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-use-of-visual-studio-code) — 4 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Visual studio code is an IDE , you can call it as editor which you can use use to write code . You can write code in html , css , javascript , angular etc ...."

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