--- title: LINQPad Reviews meta_title: 'LINQPad Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 25 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how LINQPad works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 25 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-06-15' parent_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # LINQPad Reviews **Vendor:** LINQPad **Category:** [Software Testing Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/software-testing) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 25 ## About LINQPad Instantly test any C#/F#/VB snippet or program. Query databases in LINQ (or SQL) — SQL/CE/Azure, Oracle, SQLite & MySQL. Enjoy rich output formatting, optional autocompletion and integrated debugging. Script and automate in your favorite .NET language. Super lightweight — single 8MB executable! ## LINQPad Reviews ### 1. Lightweight Tool That Automates Setup and Makes Results Easy to See **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prashant P. | SDEII, Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2026 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** We don’t have to worry about creating a project; it handles the setup and dumps the output for us. It’s lightweight and makes it easy to see the results. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** The keyboard shortcut combinations aren’t supported for Windows-based keyboards on Mac. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Live showing output is useful when I need a fast, live preview of data in .NET. ### 2. Fantastic tool for C#/.NET developers!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ananthakrishna A. | Software Engineer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2023 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** * It is a lightweight editor that runs queries faster than Visual Studio. * It has a well-organized result view that saves hundreds of hours of debugging in Visual Studio. * It supports Entity Framework, LINQ, and traditional SQL scripts. You can run the same data sources from your web APIs without hassle. * It is free to download and use. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** * The UI looks outdated. The app may freeze on newer versions of the Windows operating system. * There is minimal scope for collaborative work and no options to export query files. * The editor does not indicate what is wrong with queries until they are run. However, the new AI Help option has somewhat addressed this problem. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** In the early stages of development, when APIs are not yet finalized and the repository has not been set up, developers can use Linqpad to begin working on table query-related operations and prepare LINQ queries. This can save time and help meet deliverable timelines. Additionally, for beginners, Linqpad makes it easy to visualize database queries without the need to run Visual Studio consoles for debugging. ### 3. Effortless Coding and Rapid Results **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2023 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** LINQPad allows me to experiment rapidly with my LINQ and SQL queries and I get instant feedback which allows me to alter and iterate my queries effortlessly, I can also connect to my data sources which allows me to test my queries on real-time data which has been invaluable to me. The code snippet library is fantastic with such great snippets provided by the community I have often found a snippet that does exaclty what I need to do, all of this and an interactive debugger so I can step through my queries makes LINQPad the ideal experimentation tool. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** If you want to write queries for models that aren't stored in a database it can be quite a hassle to get LINQPad set up to handle your model so often it is just easier to experiment in your IDE but this is a small edge case in my experience. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** LINQPad allows me to prototype my queries very rapidly and with it's extensive data exploration and analysis tools I can test my API's very efficicently, I have also found my C# skills improving whilst writing LINQ in LINQPad ### 4. Here is Effortless Iteration and Debugging **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan C. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2023 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** How simple it is to receive prompt feedback and present my outputs neatly is something I really like. The outstanding and extremely useful code snippet library deserves praise. The interactive debuggers ability to allow me to step by step work through my queries is another something I enjoy. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It can be a little challenging, in my experience, to configure LINQPad to handle models that are not saved in a database, but overall its a small issue. The app can not be handled and crashing on the window. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** My ability to prototype my searches quickly and test my APIs effectively using LINQPads broad data exploration and analysis tools has improved along with my ability to write LINQ in C#. ### 5. legacy software **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2023 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** lightweight package, no need to unstall to run, easy of use for non-skilled peoples. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** sometimes the app crashing on windows, cannot handle simultatious connections to local db **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am reading logs in local dbs. ### 6. Linq query editor **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2023 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Can run queries using LINQ queries on data sources such as SQL Server and Oracle **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It serves its purpose, I do not have a negative opinion **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was able to write and test complex linq queries before adding them to the code. ### 7. New user to Linqpad **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2022 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Linqpad has became a useful tool in troubleshooting the application that I support quickly and efficiently. It seems to be pretty user friendly and simple to learn. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It was hard to get the application set up, especially when I had to change computers twice. It would be nice to be able to save all files and settings from one PC to another. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps to troubleshoot issues and do validation for the product I support. ### 8. Automated Azure Firewall Updation with Multi-Factor Authentication Script Testing - LINQPad Platform **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mounika C. | Cloud Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** LINQPad is best when it comes to testing our automated scripts for our Azure deployments. Its NuGet package manager executes all our saved queries and also restores any package that is missing for referencing our custom assemblies. It's incredible for handling our natural query language as it pluralizes child-associated properties for quick and effective executions and keeps parent-associated properties as singular entities for our convenience. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** LINQPad is case-sensitive for our C# scripts. Although it's manageable, we need to ensure to reference correct attributes in our code for getting the script appropriately tested. I didn't find anything to be posed as a dislike while using LINQPad for our Azure deliverables. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** We implement our Azure Firewall testing in LINQPad IDE with our C# script. We make sure to specify the variable names and key-value pairs accurately in the script so that it doesn't shoot reference errors during the testing phase. LINQPad follows automatic path installations, which are RSA-signed so, we don't have to worry about security and authentication concerns while using its platform. Also, it offers attractive cordless presenter features in which I can display my script execution to my peers with appealing visual customizations. ### 9. Lightweight handy tools for multiple database **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2021 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Linqpad supports all databases and their operations. Linqpad built in the c-sharp language, with extensive use of language integrated query. Linqpad give IntelliSense/auto-completion features for databases operation **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** Intellisense features the only available for the premium version **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Accessing multiple databases and doing various operations and also database clients is a time-consuming process. Linqpad gives handy databases drivers for connecting to various databases and even supports code completion for database queries ### 10. It turns out to be an excellent option to test our code in a quite simple way. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vajirn D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 22, 2020 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** It turns out to be an excellent option to test our code in a fairly simple, easy, and fast way. The fact that it supports many programming languages is quite useful, especially since we have been using it to test the proper functioning of our databases by making queries in SQL that have been executed perfectly, without any inconvenience. In terms of performance, the application is quite fast and efficient, largely due to its low weight, which allows our team not to consume large amounts of resources running the application, enabling us to use other programs without any problem. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** The code editor is not at all intelligent, since it does not identify syntax errors immediately, so it is only possible to realize that there is a syntax error when you see that the code does not execute immediately. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has been very helpful for us to verify that our code is working perfectly, allowing us to create test and analysis cases to ensure that everything is functioning perfectly and without any problems or inconveniences, in such a way that all our code is 100% functional and optimized. ### 11. Great as a .Net/MS SQL Scratchpad! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffrey L. | Integration Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2019 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Linqpad allows you to write little snippets of code and immediately see the results. I use it often to test out regular expression patterns and to test out features of C#/.Net that I haven't used previously to see how they work. Intellisense (paid version) is a life saver too. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** The only thing that I dislike is not having the ability to add nuget packages for the free version. I don't think that should be only offered to paying users. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** The free version comes with a lot of functionality. However, you won't have intellisense with free version. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Nothing specifically business related. It helps me be a better developer and have more command over one of the languages that I write code with. ### 12. Quick tool to test your code **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dave O. | Web Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2019 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** I really like to use this nice little tool to quickly test my code before using it in my project. This tool help me to quickly develop and adjust my code. You can also execute a whole complete project using this tool **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** The is no IntelliSense in the current editor so it easy to misspell some syntax without noticing. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** Simple tool to quickly test your code **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quick way to develop and produce code ### 13. Review your LINQ queries with ease **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Essential for any .NET developer working with LINQ technology for data extraction and query generation against SQL Server databases in my case. It is a query simulator that is very easy and simple to use; you just need to configure the connection or connections to the databases you need and choose the language in which the statements are written. Once that's done, you just need to write or paste the query if you already have it created and want to test it, and execute to see the results. The results can be easily exported. It should also be noted that the free version is somewhat limited. I say this because the paid version includes a query generator with LINQ code from SQL queries, which means that it is not necessary to have an in-depth knowledge of this technology to work with it as long as you have this tool at hand and can pay for the license. Version by version, new features are added that make it even more attractive. I could add more things, but basically, it serves the purposes already mentioned. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** As a less strong point, which is not negative unless you don't know this language, is that the free version does not include the SQL to Linq query converter. If it included this, it would be a perfect tool at least for my daily work and would save me many headaches. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** Ideal for testing queries and developing them safely, and being able to test them immediately. Download and try the free version, I'm sure it will convince and help you. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can't add much to what has already been mentioned before, it is very useful and I use it almost daily to develop and test all the LINQ queries I perform before incorporating them into the database connection classes or linking them to the code. ### 14. A robust and (after trying it once) absolutely must-have application for software developers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alejandro V. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** LinqPad, even in its free version, allows you to quickly and easily create small programs in C# or VB.net without the added bulk of utilizing Visual Studio as full IDE. That doesn't really imply that its lacking in anything just because its small - after registered, you get a lot of really great additions like Intellisense. Not only that, but it can also be connected to most major databases (and there are even some third party plugins to utilize other data sources, like SOAP services for example) - which allows you to quickly create an Entity Framework - esque type query and do C# actions in it. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** There is absolutely nothing that I dislike about LinqPad. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** Register and get the full version! I tis most definitely worth it. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** From time to time, we have come up with some production issues that require a quick fix - something as small as running a database query and picking up files from a location that match certain criteria, to everyday "patch jobs" that need to be run - preparing files for proper processing, building wrappers around legacy applications that cannot be updated at this time, etc. ### 15. Quick & Easy Prototyping **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Donald H. | Multiple (Engineer, Architect, VP), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** I love how fast I can prototype code using LinqPad. Want to test an idea for a small function? Fire up LinqPad and see how that function could work. It is also great how you can import nuget packages or even dll's from libraries you may already use. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It can be annoying when I'm wanting to import packages using NuGet but also look at my code. I can't have both windows up at the same time. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** After using LinqPad myself, I then purchased a team license and shared it with my entire team. It is totally worth the money as it has made trying out new ideas quick & easy. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mainly the ability to prototype quickly. There is a lot less bloat vs. creating a visual studio project. On my team we have also used it to create little utilities and then share those linqpad scripts with everyone else on the team. ### 16. linq easy and simple **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Incredible tool for converting SQL Server queries to LINQ. The free version does not include this feature. It also allows executing queries on a database through direct connection to it, and is capable of detecting available servers to facilitate the connection. It is very simple and intuitive and makes generating LINQ queries easy and almost without needing to know it. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** a shame that the free version doesn't include the query generator, it would be a great feature. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** nothing to add to this tool, it is perfect and I recommend it to all developers who work with linq to entities **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has allowed us to streamline developments with Visual Studio ASP.NET and SQL Server databases. Being able to test queries without needing to run the project with each change greatly speeds up the process. ### 17. Easy to use and learn **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** The interface is similar to other software that is used for .NET development. This makes it easy to figure out and find what I'm looking for when I'm developing. There is a large community of users so plenty of forums and outside resource. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It isn't as robust as other software in terms of features. There are plenty of plug-ins you can install to get those features. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** linqpad is used to write code that can interact with sql database. Without this software, all of our code we be in many separate locations. This tool has helped us bring all of this code into the same location. ### 18. Linqpad user **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** How easy it was to convert SQL statements to LINQ expressions. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** I wish the software was free. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Writing LINQ statements for SQL Queries. Writing LINQ statements for file and directory listings. Writing LINQ statements for looping and grouping. Write parallel LINQ statements or PLINQ statements for faster traversing of file or directory listings. E-discovery and web scripting, simple admin scripting and learning LINQ. ### 19. Testing and learning LINQ queries **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thimo B. | Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2017 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** You can easily connect to any of the supported database systems and start querying your database using LINQ. It's super easy and very helpful to design and test complex queries. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** In the beginning the User Interface is a bit confusing and you have to read the documentation to understand the basics of the tool. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** If you want to learn about querying databases or simply want to learn about the most recent language features give it a try **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use LinqPad to create and test complex queries as well as teaching interns ### 20. Linqpad - easy way to script simple tasks, test assemblies and a great reporting tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hreinn A. | CTO, Photography, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2017 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Quick output, auto update of assemblies, simple to use, powerful, c#7 support, command line automation. Preview pictures, html and graphs in the result panel. Open tables directly in Excel Edit data in mssql server Connection possibilities with myssql + web services. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** Sometimes crashes when assemblies are updated and new properties on objects in ext. assemblies sometime require a restart. Minor issues. Config could be clearer **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** Buy the licence, the autocomplete feature is the most important feature. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automating simple data tasks, testing software ### 21. LinqPad Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2018 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** Simple application to execute code of .Net developement in LINQPAD **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** Features of Visual Studio not present in LINQPad **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** The .net or C# related project is done using LinqPad. ### 22. Great for LINQ queries and more! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** I like how simple Linqpad is! Plus, it is super lightweight which makes it easy and quickly to use on anytime you need it. As the software vendor say it: "LINQPad is not just for LINQ queries, but any C#/F#/VB expression, statement block or program" which make it quite useful. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** When your first open it, it can be confusing. Thinks could be clearer. Some minors issues sometimes happens when compiling. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** It just does it! You definitely should try it for free ! **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Linqpad to create and manage mailing list. Simple, but useful! ### 23. A great app for querying sql or nosql databases. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Craig S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2017 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** It allows me to query databases without building an entire solution. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** It's not offered for the Mac. :-( ...... **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** faster development ### 24. Fantastic C# and Database management tool is a must have! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James M. | Software Engineer, Defense & Space, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2016 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** The convenience of being able to test code and queries on the fly is now a must have in my toolbox. **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** The preference options are a little lacking and I would like to be able to customize my editor a little more than currently available. **Recommendations to others considering LINQPad:** If you develop in C# then you need this. Being able to write and test snippets of code is fantastic as well as using this for scripting and managing databases... I consider this a must have. **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Working with large datasets, LinqPad allows me to test and refine bits of code and queries in a significantly faster and more lightweight editor than say Visual Studio. ### 25. Linqpad review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2016 **What do you like best about LINQPad?** I like the ability to integrate a dataset and be able to write Linq queries against it easily **What do you dislike about LINQPad?** I dislike that it doesn't support every way I would write a linq statement **What problems is LINQPad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Use linqpad to integrate linq queries into our application ## LINQPad Discussions - [Does LINQPad have IntelliSense?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/does-linqpad-have-intellisense) - [Is LINQPad useful?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-linqpad-useful) - [Is LINQPad an IDE?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-linqpad-an-ide) - [What can I do with LINQPad?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-can-i-do-with-linqpad) - [View LINQPad pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/linqpad/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-03+04%3A24%3A24+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=3cb80c7f-e591-4a3f-868a-04b9b34b11a6&secure%5Btoken%5D=a82b63833ca8c89aa81bd0cab21c034c5d99133fe793ea67a50e1b46f99194d6&format=llm_user) ## LINQPad Integrations - [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) ## LINQPad Features **Agentic AI - Software Testing** - Autonomous Task Execution - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance ## Top LINQPad Alternatives - [Postman](https://www.g2.com/products/postman/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (1,745 reviews) - [TestRail](https://www.g2.com/products/testrail/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (592 reviews) - [Panaya Smart Testing and Change Intelligence](https://www.g2.com/products/panaya-smart-testing-and-change-intelligence/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (534 reviews)