# Visual Studio, Eclipse, .NET vs Firebase Comparison | | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 3,983 | 3,210 | 162 | 305 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (35.8% of reviews) | Enterprise (43.8% of reviews) | Small-Business (40.5% of reviews) | Small-Business (68.2% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | $999 per year | $0 | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Visual Studio Pros: - Ease of Use (194 reviews) - Features (173 reviews) Cons: - Slow Performance (141 reviews) - High Resource Consumption (84 reviews) ### Eclipse Pros: - Ease of Use (163 reviews) - Features (137 reviews) Cons: - Slow Performance (76 reviews) - Outdated Interface (68 reviews) ### .NET Pros: - App Development (19 reviews) - Functionality (18 reviews) Cons: - Learning Difficulty (17 reviews) - High Complexity (16 reviews) ### Firebase Pros: - Ease of Use (8 reviews) - Cloud Services (7 reviews) Cons: - Cost Issues (9 reviews) - Pricing Issues (8 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.1 (3201 reviews) | 8.7 (2640 reviews) | 8.7 (144 reviews) | 9.0 (242 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (3222 reviews) | 8.3 (2648 reviews) | 8.2 (148 reviews) | 9.0 (242 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (881 reviews) | 8.4 (642 reviews) | 8.2 (102 reviews) | 9.1 (102 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.5 (560 reviews) | 8.1 (391 reviews) | 8.4 (44 reviews) | 9.0 (76 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (2785 reviews) | 8.0 (2272 reviews) | 8.3 (141 reviews) | 8.5 (215 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.8 (524 reviews) | 8.5 (372 reviews) | 8.6 (43 reviews) | 8.7 (70 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.9 (3102 reviews) | 8.0 (2558 reviews) | 8.8 (139 reviews) | 9.0 (230 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Visual Studio #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Eclipse #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### .NET #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: BUSINESS Price: $999 per year Description: Includes everything that comes with Indie plus: Key Features: - Xamarin.Forms - Xamarin Test Cloud Access - Visual Studio Integration [Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/net-2023-06-12/pricing) #### Free Trial No ### Firebase #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: Free Price: $0 Key Features: - Connections 100 - Database Storage 1 GB - Database Transfer 10 GB [Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/firebase/pricing) #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### PHP Integrated Development Environments (IDE) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | N/A | N/A | | **Eclipse** | 8.5/10 | 263 | | **.NET** | N/A | N/A | | **Firebase** | N/A | N/A | #### Functionality | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | Not enough data | 8.9 (239 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **File Management** | Not enough data | 8.6 (234 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multi-Language Support** | Not enough data | 8.6 (221 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Customization** | Not enough data | 8.6 (225 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | Not enough data | 8.4 (223 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Help Guides** | Not enough data | 8.3 (221 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Patching & Updates** | Not enough data | 8.6 (223 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### .NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | 8.8/10 | 946 | | **Eclipse** | N/A | N/A | | **.NET** | N/A | N/A | | **Firebase** | N/A | N/A | #### Functionality | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | 9.1 (845 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **File Management** | 9.0 (817 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multi-Language Support** | 8.9 (731 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Customization** | 8.7 (807 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | 8.7 (794 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Help Guides** | 8.6 (784 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Patching & Updates** | 8.7 (792 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Python Integrated Development Environments (IDE) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | N/A | N/A | | **Eclipse** | 8.6/10 | 310 | | **.NET** | N/A | N/A | | **Firebase** | N/A | N/A | #### Functionality | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | Not enough data | 8.9 (281 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **File Management** | Not enough data | 8.7 (274 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multi-Language Support** | Not enough data | 8.6 (264 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Customization** | Not enough data | 8.5 (273 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | Not enough data | 8.4 (267 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Help Guides** | Not enough data | 8.5 (271 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Patching & Updates** | Not enough data | 8.7 (268 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | 8.8/10 | 575 | | **Eclipse** | 8.5/10 | 348 | | **.NET** | N/A | N/A | | **Firebase** | N/A | N/A | #### Functionality | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | 9.1 (514 reviews) | 8.8 (321 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **File Management** | 8.9 (508 reviews) | 8.6 (316 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multi-Language Support** | 8.9 (470 reviews) | 8.6 (305 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Customization** | 8.8 (496 reviews) | 8.6 (308 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | 8.8 (495 reviews) | 8.3 (307 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Help Guides** | 8.7 (497 reviews) | 8.5 (305 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Patching & Updates** | 8.7 (492 reviews) | 8.6 (304 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Application Development Platforms | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | 8.9/10 | 460 | | **Eclipse** | N/A | N/A | | **.NET** | 8.5/10 | 69 | | **Firebase** | 8.9/10 | 90 | #### Functionality | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | 9.1 (424 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.7 (58 reviews) | 9.2 (78 reviews) | | **File Management** | 9.1 (403 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.8 (39 reviews) | 9.0 (72 reviews) | | **Multi-Language Support** | 9.0 (379 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.5 (39 reviews) | 8.9 (61 reviews) | | **Customization** | 8.9 (403 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.7 (37 reviews) | 8.5 (72 reviews) | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | 8.7 (387 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.3 (32 reviews) | 8.9 (72 reviews) | | **Help Guides** | 8.7 (389 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.1 (34 reviews) | 8.9 (72 reviews) | | **Patching & Updates** | 8.9 (395 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.4 (38 reviews) | 8.9 (69 reviews) | ### Mobile Development Platforms | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Visual Studio** | 8.6/10 | 53 | | **Eclipse** | N/A | N/A | | **.NET** | 8.5/10 | 39 | | **Firebase** | 8.6/10 | 15 | #### Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms | Feature | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Adaptive Learning** | 8.7 (40 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.6 (29 reviews) | 8.8 (14 reviews) | | **Natural Language Interaction** | 8.5 (40 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.5 (24 reviews) | 8.2 (14 reviews) | | **Proactive Assistance** | 8.5 (41 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 8.8 (15 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Unique to Visual Studio (5):** [C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/c-c-integrated-development-environments-ide), [.NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/net-integrated-development-environments-ide), [Mobile Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development-platforms), [Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-integrated-development-environments-ide), [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms) **Unique to Eclipse (4):** [Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-integrated-development-environments-ide), [Python Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/python-integrated-development-environments-ide), [PHP Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/php-integrated-development-environments-ide), [C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/c-c-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Unique to .NET (2):** [Mobile Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development-platforms), [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms) **Unique to Firebase (2):** [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms), [Mobile Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development-platforms) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Visual Studio | Eclipse | .NET | Firebase | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 35.8% | 29.3% | 40.5% | 68.2% | | **Mid-Market** | 32.1% | 26.9% | 26.1% | 25.3% | | **Enterprise** | 32.0% | 43.8% | 33.3% | 6.6% | ### By Industry #### Visual Studio - **Computer Software:** 31.1% - **Information Technology and Services:** 22.5% - **Higher Education:** 2.9% - **Financial Services:** 2.6% - **Internet:** 2.2% - **Program Development:** 1.9% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 1.9% - **Education Management:** 1.8% - **Telecommunications:** 1.6% - **Computer & Network Security:** 1.5% - **Other:** 30.0% #### Eclipse - **Computer Software:** 32.7% - **Information Technology and Services:** 24.2% - **Higher Education:** 3.7% - **Internet:** 3.5% - **Financial Services:** 3.0% - **Banking:** 2.7% - **Program Development:** 2.2% - **Telecommunications:** 2.2% - **Education Management:** 1.8% - **Automotive:** 1.5% - **Other:** 22.4% #### .NET - **Computer Software:** 24.2% - **Information Technology and Services:** 23.5% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.9% - **Financial Services:** 3.9% - **Internet:** 3.3% - **Banking:** 3.3% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.3% - **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.6% - **Program Development:** 2.0% - **Consumer Services:** 2.0% - **Other:** 28.1% #### Firebase - **Computer Software:** 32.1% - **Information Technology and Services:** 25.8% - **Computer Games:** 3.8% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.8% - **Education Management:** 2.8% - **Internet:** 2.4% - **Program Development:** 2.4% - **Financial Services:** 2.1% - **Information Services:** 2.1% - **Entertainment:** 1.4% - **Other:** 21.3% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Visual Studio - [Xcode](https://www.g2.com/products/xcode/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (1034 reviews) - [NetBeans](https://www.g2.com/products/netbeans/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (673 reviews) - [Android Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/android-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (644 reviews) - [Qt](https://www.g2.com/products/qt/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (54 reviews) - [AWS Cloud9](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloud9/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (347 reviews) - [OutSystems](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1423 reviews) - [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.g2.com/products/intellij-idea/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (2368 reviews) - [C++Builder](https://www.g2.com/products/c-builder/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (18 reviews) - [Claris FileMaker](https://www.g2.com/products/claris-filemaker/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (578 reviews) - [Essential Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/essential-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (717 reviews) ### Alternatives to Eclipse - [AWS Cloud9](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloud9/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (347 reviews) - [NetBeans](https://www.g2.com/products/netbeans/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (673 reviews) - [Selenium IDE](https://www.g2.com/products/selenium-ide/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (131 reviews) - [Xcode](https://www.g2.com/products/xcode/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (1034 reviews) - [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.g2.com/products/intellij-idea/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (2368 reviews) - [PyCharm](https://www.g2.com/products/pycharm/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (779 reviews) - [PhpStorm](https://www.g2.com/products/phpstorm/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (494 reviews) - [Qt](https://www.g2.com/products/qt/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (54 reviews) - [Aptana Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/aptana-studio/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (40 reviews) - [The Jupyter Notebook](https://www.g2.com/products/the-jupyter-notebook/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (252 reviews) ### Alternatives to .NET - [Xcode](https://www.g2.com/products/xcode/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (1034 reviews) - [Android Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/android-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (644 reviews) - [Ionic: An OutSystems Company](https://www.g2.com/products/ionic-an-outsystems-company/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (153 reviews) - [Qt](https://www.g2.com/products/qt/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (54 reviews) - [Adobe AIR](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-air/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (44 reviews) - [Corona SDK](https://www.g2.com/products/corona-sdk/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (12 reviews) - [OutSystems](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1423 reviews) - [Android NDK](https://www.g2.com/products/android-ndk/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (24 reviews) - [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4002 reviews) - [Claris FileMaker](https://www.g2.com/products/claris-filemaker/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (578 reviews) ### Alternatives to Firebase - [Ionic: An OutSystems Company](https://www.g2.com/products/ionic-an-outsystems-company/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (153 reviews) - [Fabric](https://www.g2.com/products/fabric/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (26 reviews) - [OutSystems](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1423 reviews) - [Xcode](https://www.g2.com/products/xcode/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (1034 reviews) - [Buildfire](https://www.g2.com/products/buildfire/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (197 reviews) - [Zoho Creator](https://www.g2.com/products/zoho-creator/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (164 reviews) - [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4002 reviews) - [Qt](https://www.g2.com/products/qt/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (54 reviews) - [Quickbase](https://www.g2.com/products/quickbase/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1540 reviews) - [Claris FileMaker](https://www.g2.com/products/claris-filemaker/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (578 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Visual Studio - Title: [What is Visual Studio used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-visual-studio-used-for) — 10 comments, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "PC program development mainly, but with add ins it can be used for some embedded projects too." - Title: [What are the most impactful features of Visual Studio for developers in building modern applications?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-most-impactful-features-of-visual-studio-for-developers-in-building-modern-applications) — 6 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Most impactful would be IntelliSense which offers auto code completion, easy navigation and parameters info. Git Integration where developers can..." - Title: [What is the use of Visual Studio?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-use-of-visual-studio) — 6 comments > **Top comment:** "Visual Studio is user friendly IDE tool used for developing code with lots of plugins available." - Title: [can i use visual studio with mysql database? is it the best compatibility](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-use-visual-studio-with-mysql-database-is-it-the-best-compatibility) — 5 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "you can ! it's compatibility" - Title: [How is Visual Studio being used to enhance operational efficiency and user experience in its specific field?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-is-visual-studio-being-used-to-enhance-operational-efficiency-and-user-experience-in-its-specific-field) — 3 comments > **Top comment:** "Visual Studio offers a complete development environment that simplifies the coding, debugging, and deployment processes, improving operational efficiency and..." ### Eclipse - Title: [Which version of Eclipse is best?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-version-of-eclipse-is-best) — 7 comments, 3 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Oxygen" - Title: [Can I use eclipse for other language apart from jaba](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-i-use-eclipse-for-other-language-apart-from-jaba) — 4 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Yes! There are a bunch of libraries it supports out of the box, or if not there are also plugins." - Title: [What is Eclipse software used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-eclipse-software-used-for) — 3 comments > **Top comment:** "Software development" - Title: [What are the advantages of Eclipse IDE?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/eclipse-what-are-the-advantages-of-eclipse-ide) — 2 comments, 4 upvotes > **Top comment:** "1. Robust and Extensible: Eclipse is a mature and well-established IDE with a large ecosystem of plugins and extensions that provide additional..." - Title: [when will be support for HTML ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-will-be-support-for-html) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "There is already support for HTML in Eclipse. In JSP pages we are using HTML." ### .NET - Title: [Is xamarin form good?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-xamarin-form-good) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Yes, Absolutely I prefere to develop Xamarin Form instead of all other hybrid and native application development tool" - Title: [Which is best MVVM framework for Xamarin.Forms and What is future of Xamarin?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-is-best-mvvm-framework-for-xamarin-forms-and-what-is-future-of-xamarin) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "The best MVVM Frame work is FreshMVVM, sure the Xamarin have a great future in cross-platform development, in this lead the next step is MAUI, which will..." ### Firebase - Title: [How can i make relation between two tables?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-can-i-make-relation-between-two-tables) — 3 comments, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Firebase in not relational database. Its a NoSQL DB like MongoDB. So theoretically you can't make relation between tables. What you can do is keep id..." - Title: [What are the prominent features of Firebase?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-prominent-features-of-firebase) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Ease of use." - Title: [What is Firebase used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-firebase-used-for) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Firebase is a mobile and Web Development platform which gives multiple tools and services to develop and scale applications more efficiently. " - Title: [What are the features of Firebase?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-features-of-firebase) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Firebase brings together a lot of interesting functions. In my case, the greatest use has been made with Realtime database and Cloud functions. For our use..." - Title: [whats is the best approach to make a better database model?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/30637-whats-is-the-best-approach-to-make-a-better-database-model) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Use nested document structure. Dont make large documents and collections" --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/visual-studio-vs-eclipse-vs-net-2023-06-12-vs-firebase)