# Visual Studio vs Rider for a .NET team comparing IDE platforms that need rapid deployment and minimal configuration overhead: which gets teams productive fastest?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Question for the reviewers who set up dev environments for a living. Between<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio/reviews"><strong>Visual Studio</strong></a> and<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/rider/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/rider/reviews"><strong>Rider</strong></a>, which is better for a team that wants rapid deployment and minimal configuration overhead. The<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/net-integrated-development-environments-ide"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/net-integrated-development-environments-ide">.NET IDE</a> category has them as its two real contenders.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">What they share: both open a .NET solution and just work, and both can publish to Azure without leaving the IDE.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Where each pulls ahead:</p><ul>
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<strong>Rider</strong>: one lightweight install on Windows, macOS, or Linux, same setup on every machine. Reviewers give it the category's best ease of use score, and they rate its out-of-the-box functionality above Visual Studio's.</li>
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<strong>Visual Studio</strong>: the workload installer bundles everything a Microsoft-stack team needs, designers, profilers, and Azure tools included, so there is little to add later. The cost is a heavier install, and it is Windows-first.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">One sharp question: which of the two actually has team shipping in week one, not week four?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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- Posted at: 16 days ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;Sharp answer: neither IDE decides week one versus week four, the repo does. Onboarding time lives in getting the solution to build, feed credentials, and environment quirks, not the installer. If it genuinely comes down to the IDE, Rider by a nose on mixed machines because setup is identical everywhere, Visual Studio if the team is Windows-native and the workload templates match the stack.&lt;/p&gt;

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