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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Posit
Star Rating
(562)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about PositVisual Studio
Star Rating
(3,797)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Visual StudioPosit vs Visual Studio
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Visual Studio easier to use, administer, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Posit.
- Posit and Visual Studio both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Visual Studio is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Visual Studio over Posit.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Posit
No pricing availableVisual Studio
No pricing availableFree Trial
Posit
Free Trial is available
Visual Studio
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
496
9.1
3,079
Ease of Use
8.3
496
8.7
3,098
Ease of Setup
8.8
106
8.6
752
Ease of Admin
8.3
90
8.5
545
Quality of Support
8.1
403
8.3
2,669
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
81
8.8
510
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
488
8.9
2,987
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
815
Not enough data
9.0
805
Not enough data
8.9
715
Not enough data
8.7
793
Not enough data
8.7
778
Not enough data
8.6
780
Not enough data
8.7
787
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
509
Not enough data
8.9
507
Not enough data
8.9
466
Not enough data
8.8
498
Not enough data
8.8
496
Not enough data
8.7
498
Not enough data
8.7
494
Administration
8.7
76
Not enough data
9.2
82
Not enough data
8.2
76
Not enough data
Capabilities
9.0
89
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
8.9
55
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
Methodology
9.1
77
Not enough data
9.5
85
Not enough data
9.3
82
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
9.1
25
Not enough data
Model Development
8.8
19
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
Model Development
9.0
20
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.5
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.6
17
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
Deployment
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.9
18
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
396
Not enough data
9.1
391
Not enough data
9.0
370
Not enough data
8.9
391
Not enough data
8.7
380
Not enough data
8.7
386
Not enough data
9.0
384
Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Database
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Platform
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Processing
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Posit and Visual Studio share no categories
Unique Categories
Posit is categorized as Statistical Analysis, Big Data Processing and Distribution, and Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Posit
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Visual Studio
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Higher Education
19.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.6%
Research
11.2%
Computer Software
8.7%
Education Management
5.6%
Other
42.8%
Computer Software
31.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.6%
Higher Education
2.9%
Financial Services
2.5%
Internet
2.3%
Other
38.7%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can we save our process if we don't save a project?
2 Comments
SL
There are many ways to save results as an R script runs, take a look at the R saveRDS function as one example.
For questions like this about R a great...Read more
What is the best way to run R code within a VBA routine?
1 Comment
PB
I ran into same kind of problems. Then I discovered PowerBI.
With PowerBI, and the help of PowerQuery, I'm getting rid of all VbA engines to process...Read more
Which software is used for R programming?
1 Comment
SH
RStudio is the most popular IDE for running R programs and has a free license. The official R software environment is an open-source free software...Read more
What is the use of Visual Studio?
6 Comments
KS
Visual Studio is user friendly IDE tool used for developing code with lots of plugins available.Read more
can i use visual studio with mysql database? is it the best compatibility
5 Comments
JU
Yes, you can go ahead, MS Visual Studio is efficiently compatible with both MSSql and Mysql.Read more
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