--- title: ".NET Reviews" meta\_title: ".NET Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2" meta\_description: Filter 165 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how .NET works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 165 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Mobile Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development --- # .NET Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by .NET but has limited features. Are you part of the .NET team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! .NET is a free, open-source, cross-platform framework developed by Microsoft for building modern applications and powerful cloud services. It supports multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS, enabling developers to create a wide range of applications, from web and mobile to desktop and cloud-based solutions. With a unified platform, .NET allows for the use of a single codebase across various application types, enhancing productivity and reducing development time. Key Features and Functionality: - Cross-Platform Development: Develop applications that run seamlessly on Windows, Linux, and macOS. - Unified Codebase: Utilize a single codebase to build native applications for multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. - Cloud Integration: Create scalable and resilient cloud-native applications compatible with major cloud providers. - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Incorporate AI and ML capabilities into applications using C#, OpenAI, and Azure. - Open Source and Community-Driven: Benefit from a vibrant community with over 100,000 open-source contributions and support from more than 3,700 companies. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: .NET offers a comprehensive and versatile platform that simplifies the development process by allowing developers to use a consistent set of tools and languages across various application types. Its cross-platform nature ensures that applications can reach a broader audience without the need for multiple codebases. The integration with cloud services and support for AI and ML empowers developers to build intelligent, scalable, and high-performance applications. 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Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/19/2026 "Powerful framework for enterprise applications" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? Excellent performance and scalability for enterprise applications Powerful visual studio ide Supports mobile,desktop and cloud application development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? High memory usage for some apps Deployment and version compatibility may occur some time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .net is solving problems related to the application scalability, security and faster development.It provides reusable libraries ,strong integration capabilities and cross platform support which helps building reliable applications effeciently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/26/2026 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/21/2026 ".NET’s Unified Power: High Performance and One C# for Almost Anything" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? .NET evolve from a Windows-only framework into a high-performance, open-source powerhouse. What I like best about .NET in 2026 is its "Unified Power"—the ability to use one consistent logic, one set of libraries, and one language (C#) to build virtually anything while maintaining world-class performance. Here are the specific areas where .NET truly shines: 1. Incredible Performance (The "Speed" Factor) In recent years, .NET has consistently topped the charts in the TechEmpower benchmarks. Features like Native AOT (Ahead-Of-Time) compilation mean applications start up almost instantly and use significantly less memory. This is a game-changer for cloud-native apps where every megabyte of RAM costs money. 2. C# 14: A Modern Developer’s Dream The language itself is a joy to use. It manages to feel "expressive" like Python or TypeScript but keeps the "safety" of a strictly typed language. • The "Field" Keyword: Simplifies properties, making code cleaner. • Minimal APIs: You can build a fully functional web service in just a few lines of code, removing the "boilerplate" clutter that used to plague older versions. 3. The "Write Once, Run Anywhere" Reality With .NET MAUI and Blazor, the dream of sharing code across platforms is finally practical. • Cross-Platform: You can write your business logic once and use it for a Linux web server, a Windows desktop app, and an iOS/Android mobile app. • Blazor Hybrid: Allows you to take your web components and tuck them directly into mobile or desktop apps, which is a massive productivity boost for teams. 4. Enterprise-Grade "Out of the Box" Unlike many ecosystems where you have to "choose your own adventure" for basic things like logging or configuration (which often leads to a messy patchwork of libraries), .NET comes with First-Class Defaults. • Dependency Injection (DI): Built directly into the core. • Security: Features like Identity and Data Protection are robust and baked-in, meaning you don't have to be a security expert to build a secure app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? 1. The "Versions of Versions" Confusion Even though Microsoft has moved to a yearly release cycle (.NET 8, 9, 10), the legacy of the past 20 years creates a massive documentation "trap." • Search Engine Noise: When you search for a solution, you’ll often find high-ranking results for "ASP.NET MVC" (from 2012) or ".NET Framework 4.8." A beginner can easily waste hours trying to implement a solution that hasn't been best practice for a decade. • Release Fatigue: The jump from .NET 8 (LTS) to .NET 10 (LTS) is fast. For smaller teams, keeping up with the "Update Treadmill" just to stay on supported versions can feel like a full-time job. 2. .NET MAUI’s "Rough" Reality Microsoft’s flagship cross-platform UI framework, MAUI, still feels like it's in a state of perpetual "almost there." • Tooling Flakiness: Developers still report frequent issues with the Android SDK manager and iOS build chains within Visual Studio 2026. • The Mac Tax: In a move that frustrated many, recent tooling changes (like the removal of Hot Restart for iOS on Windows) mean that if you want to build for iPhone, owning a Mac is no longer optional—it’s mandatory. 3. The "Microsoft-First" Tunnel Vision While .NET is open-source, the ecosystem is still very much a "walled garden" in spirit. • IDE Lock-in: While you can use VS Code or JetBrains Rider, the best experience is still tied to the heavy, Windows-only Visual Studio 2022/2026. • Azure Bias: Many of the new features (like .NET Aspire) are clearly optimized for Azure. If you’re deploying to AWS or GCP, you often feel like a second-class citizen when it comes to "click-to-deploy" ease. 4. Heavyweight Complexity Microsoft loves "magic" abstractions. • Boilerplate vs. Magic: To make .NET "simple," they introduced Minimal APIs and Top-Level Statements. While this looks great in demos, it hides a lot of the underlying logic. When something goes wrong in the middleware pipeline, debugging it requires a deep understanding of what's happening "under the hood." • Memory Overhead: Despite improvements in Native AOT, a "Hello World" .NET microservice still has a larger memory footprint than the equivalent in Go or Rust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? The "structural integrity" that allows us to focus on your big ideas rather than fighting the plumbing. Here is a breakdown of the core problems .NET solves and how that specifically benefits you. 1. The "Cloud-Native Chaos" Problem Building distributed systems (microservices) used to be a nightmare of manual configuration. You had to manually set up service discovery, logging, and health checks for every single piece. • How .NET solves it: .NET Aspire. This is an "opinionated" stack that automates the orchestration of distributed apps. It handles things like service discovery and OpenTelemetry (metrics/logs) out of the box.  • The Benefit to You: Faster "Day 1" Productivity. We can spin up a complex, multi-service architecture in minutes rather than weeks. You save money on DevOps labor because the framework handles the "boring" wiring. 2. The "Performance vs. Productivity" Trade-off Traditionally, you had to choose: either a "fast" language that is hard to write (like C++) or a "productive" language that is slow (like Python). • How .NET solves it: Through Native AOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation and the Kestrel web server. .NET 10 now produces tiny, lightning-fast binaries that rival Go and Rust in startup speed while keeping the high-level ease of C#. • The Benefit to You: Lower Cloud Bills. Because your apps start faster and use less RAM, you can run them on smaller, cheaper cloud instances (like AWS Lambda or Azure Container Apps) and scale them down to zero when not in use. 3. The "Fragmented Ecosystem" Headache In other ecosystems (like JavaScript), you often have to stitch together 50 different third-party libraries just to get a basic app running, which leads to "dependency hell." • How .NET solves it: Standardized First-Party Libraries. Microsoft provides "blessed" ways to do almost everything—Entity Framework for databases, Identity for security, and Maui for UI. • The Benefit to You: Long-Term Maintainability. When you hire a new developer in two years, they won’t have to learn a custom "house-made" stack. They will already know how the .NET database and security layers work, reducing onboarding time from months to days. 4. The "AI Integration" Barrier Many companies want to add AI features but don't want to hire a dedicated team of Python data scientists or manage complex GPU infrastructure. • How .NET solves it: Semantic Kernel and ML.NET. These allow C# developers to integrate Large Language Models (like me!) and local machine learning models directly into their existing business logic using the same tools they already use. • The Benefit to You: Rapid Innovation. We can add a "smart" feature (like an AI chatbot or predictive analytics) to your existing app as a feature update, rather than building an entirely new AI subsystem from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Abhishek B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abhishek B.") AB Abhishek B. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/20/2026 ".NET: Consistent, Reliable, and Well-Documented for Secure, Scalable Apps" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET? The best thing I like about .NET is its consistency and reliability for building real - word applications. The framework looks handy, well documented and backed by excellent tools. It helps me to build secure and scalable solutions faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? .NET can feel haevay for small applications. The ecosystem is huge so selecting the right labraries and patterns will take more time . Debugging accross the different versions can be more complicated than expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .NET solves the ultimate problem of cross-platform development, scalability, security along with integration with database, cloud and APIs. It helps me majorly in faster, reliable and maintenbale development by reducing repetitive work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/27/2026 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mujeebu R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mujeebu R.") MR Mujeebu R. Technical Test Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/14/2025 ".Net: Powerful and Versatile for Cross-Platform Development" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? .Net is a comprehensive programming model that supports a variety of environments, including web, desktop, mobile, and cloud applications. It is also quite powerful for cross-platform development, working well on both Windows, Linux and Mac. It has a very rich eco system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? Migrating from a legacy .NET Framework to the latest version can be somewhat tedious because of compatibility issues. Maintaining the environment also presents its own set of challenges. Additionally, support for certain Windows native APIs remains limited across different platforms. The Microsoft ecosystem will be little expensive to setup initially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .Net uses single language and runtime for various omni channels such as Web, Mobile, Desktop etc. Code reusability and consistency makes .Net more robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sudharsan P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sudharsan P.") SP Sudharsan P. Service Delivery Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/18/2025 "Reliable Framework for Cross-Platform Apps" 5/5 What do you like best about .NET? I used to develop mobile apps with Xamarin, and overall it was a solid experience . What I appreciated the most was being able to share most of my C# code between Android and IOS - it made maintaining apps much easier. The integration with Visual Studio was smooth, and performance felt close to native once everything was properly configured. For developers familiar with C#, Xamarin is a reliable option for building native apps without switching to Swift or Kotlin. However, for new projects, .NET MAUI is now the recommended path as it's more modern and future proof. .NET has excellent support and also has extensive documentation, tutorials, and official libraries, which makes troubleshooting and learning much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? Setting up the environment, especially for IOS builds could be a bit of a headache at first, and Xamarin.Forms sometimes needed extra tuning to get the UI consistent across platforms. Once I got used to its workflow, development was fairly efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .NET solves a lot of common pain points. First, it let me write cross-platform apps using a single language, C#, so I don't have to maintain separate codebases for Windows, Linux, or mobile platforms. Its rich libraries and built-in APIs handle everything from databases access to networking, which saves me from reinventing the wheel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ekansh S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ekansh S.") ES Ekansh S. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/21/2026 "Fast, Scalable Cross-Platform App Development Made Easy" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? I personally like the fact that it helps me build cross platform applications which are not only fast but scalable as well, it's a good sort of ecosystem with helpful tools, libraries and strong microsoft support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? I don't really like the vendor lock in problem and ocassional memory management issues compared to some other frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me in building secure, scalable cross platform applications with ease by providing a unified kind of framework that is not only feature rich but also has runtime support which accelerates development and helps in improving code quality which ultimately helps in speeding up time to market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Deepak K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Deepak K.") DK Deepak K. Co-Founder Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/16/2025 "I just love a powerful and reliable framework for building scalable applications." 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? The text is already in English. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? The main downside of .NET is its relatively steep learning curve for beginners compared to lightweight frameworks. Also, the build size for .NET applications can be quite large, and performance tuning sometimes requires deep configuration. Licensing and version compatibility between older .NET Framework and newer .NET versions can occasionally cause integration headaches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .NET helps streamline application development by providing a unified framework for building web, desktop, mobile, and cloud-based solutions. It eliminates the need to use multiple programming languages or frameworks, which improves productivity and reduces complexity. With its strong integration with Azure, it simplifies cloud deployment and scaling. The built-in security features and performance optimization tools also help ensure reliability for enterprise-grade applications. Overall, it allows our team to build, test, and deploy applications faster with consistent performance across platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Venkatesh B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Venkatesh B.") VB Venkatesh B. Software engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/23/2026 ".NET The simple coding language" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET? .net is easy to learn and implement code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? It's not of legacy frequent upgrades are not happening. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .net helps in encrypting and decrypting of the request to prevent it from theft of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/20/2026 ".NET: Reliable, High-Performance Framework with Great Visual Studio Integration" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET? I have used .NET previously for learning and project-based development. I found it to be a stable and well-structured framework with strong support for C# and good tooling through Visual Studio. It is well suited for enterprise-style application development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? For beginners, the framework can feel complex at first, especially when working with advanced architecture concepts. Also, managing dependencies and framework versions requires careful handling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET solving and how is that benefiting you? .NET helps developers build structured, scalable, and secure applications. Even though I am not currently using it in my role, my past experience helped me understand backend development concepts, application architecture, and integration patterns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/21/2026 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite VA Vijayraghava A. Technical Lead Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/28/2026 "Exceptional Tooling and Pragmatic Interoperability" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET? Interoperability, pragmatism, and exceptional tooling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET? Still feels Windows-centric in some areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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