--- title: ".NET 4.5 Reviews" meta\_title: ".NET 4.5 Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2" meta\_description: Filter 81 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how .NET 4.5 works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 81 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # .NET 4.5 Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by .NET 4.5 but has limited features. Are you part of the .NET 4.5 team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! .NET Framework 4.5 is a comprehensive and consistent programming model developed by Microsoft for building applications with visually stunning user experiences, seamless and secure communication, and the ability to model a range of business processes. This version introduces significant enhancements that improve developer productivity and application performance. Key Features and Functionality: - Asynchronous Programming: Incorporates the `async` and `await` keywords, simplifying asynchronous code and enhancing application responsiveness. - Networking Enhancements: Adds support for WebSockets, enabling real-time, bidirectional communication between client and server. - ASP.NET Improvements: Introduces model binding for Web Forms, allowing for cleaner and more maintainable code. - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Enhancements: Includes the new Ribbon control for rich user interfaces and improved performance when displaying large data sets. - Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Updates: Simplifies configuration and supports multiple authentication modes on a single endpoint. - Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Enhancements: Adds support for state machine workflows and improved designer features. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: .NET Framework 4.5 addresses the need for developers to create high-performance, scalable, and responsive applications across various platforms. By introducing asynchronous programming patterns, it allows applications to remain responsive under heavy workloads. The support for WebSockets and improved networking capabilities enable the development of modern web applications with real-time communication features. Enhancements in ASP.NET, WPF, WCF, and WF provide developers with powerful tools to build rich user interfaces, efficient communication systems, and complex workflows, thereby reducing development time and improving application maintainability. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [.NET 4.5 Community](https://www.g2.com/products/net-4-5/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Mayank Kaushik Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/net-4-5/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Essential Studio](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Essential Studio") Essential Studio 4.5/5(797) ](https://www.g2.com/products/essential-studio/reviews) [ ![Okta](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Okta") Okta 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/okta/reviews) [ ![Termius](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Termius") Termius 4.8/5(268) ](https://www.g2.com/products/termius/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/net-4-5/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 81 real user reviews. 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Senior Technology Manager / Lead .Net developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/22/2020 ".Net Review" 5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? Easy to use and flexible. helps to keeps up to date. one of the best option to develop easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? currently I do not have such experience but it seems .net is not completely open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering .NET 4.5: This is Object oriented Reliable and simple Cross platform Flexible and many more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? Such a perfect framework, I am creating entire application with this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/12/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite BG Bhawna G. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/29/2024 "A new Era of .NET - Get better with 4.5" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? Intellisense has considerably improved with 4.5. The compatibility is wider compared to Framework 4. It's a complete solution including code, UI and scalability. Caching has been upgraded and is more reliable in terms of performance and temporary storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? OOP entity Framework might be obsolete in near future and may not support the emerging Technologies. The cost of the Framework is increasing. The Framework stability isn't something we can totally rely on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? Using. NET Framework in tandem with C# gives the capability to design windows application for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Manufacturing") UM Verified User in Manufacturing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/5/2024 "Comprehensive Review of Enhancements and Functionality" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? I liked the introduction of Async/Await that made Asynchronous Programming petty straightforward. The portable libraries and the entity framework improvements are really helpful. Additionally the feature to generate and analyse memory dumps helps me to to diagnose memory related issues easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? There are many compatibility issues for the existing applications and there are various challenges faced while migrating to new entity framework. The cross platform support is also limited and can be further improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? The enhanced APIs and libraries having new functions and tools are really helpful. The websocket support for Native helped me solve the issue of real time communication between clients and servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Divyansh T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Divyansh T.") DT Divyansh T. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/19/2023 "One stop solution for web developments" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? The cross platform design is easy to deploy with various platforms support. It has scaling and dockerization which builds the base for modern micro native applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? The Vendor Lock-in feature can be reduced and user should get option to switch back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? It's providing support for new HTML 5 form types and model binders in Web Forms. It's helping in development of my web based solutions and deploy my applications easily with continuous support and maintenance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/2/2025 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Manikandan R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Manikandan R.") MR Manikandan R. Software Engineer II Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/12/2023 ".Net 4.5" 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? It's a Microsoft standard product It can be used for long term as it is a Microsoft product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? Not supported in Linux/IOS operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? .Net framework support latest MVC framework that used to segregate Model, View and Controller Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic VK Vikas K. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/18/2023 "best opensource framework." 4.5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? Opensource,Ease of use, easily available customer support, easily integration.easy implementation. It has multiple features. Frequently use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? Costly and performance issues.mobile support limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? Optimization of garbage collection so that increases of memory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Hemant M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hemant M.") HM Hemant M. Freelance Web Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/17/2024 ". Net 4.5 enhancements and new features" 3.5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? Asynchronous programming model, performance improvements, portable libraries, new apis and features, websockets and web api, enhancements in WPF Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? Compatibility issues, large deployment size, limited cross platform support, steep learning curve for asynchronous programming, upgrade dependency on visual Studio, perceived lack of innovation, entity framework concerns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? Entity framework improvements, websockets for real time communication Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PP Piyush P. Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/14/2023 "RAD WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT" 5/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? EASE OF USE WIDE RANG OF APPLICATION EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? STILL FOR FEW OF THE FEATURE WE HAVE TO USE P-INVOKE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? RAPID DEVELOPMENT, ROBUST SUPPORT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/16/2025 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![abhinav J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "abhinav J.") AJ abhinav J. Senior System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/2/2023 "Review .Net 4.5" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? 1. It will create a dynamic website. 2. Performance of website is also very when we create the website through .net 3. .net has wide variety of tools to create .net application or website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? 1. It is complicated language which needs months of trainig. 2. Sometimes it works very slow 3. Sometimes we can't able to figure the error so easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? Benefit is that we can create the website Bit sometimes we will face the problem to solve the error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ritik R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ritik R.") RR Ritik R. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/24/2024 "It is very fast" 4/5 What do you like best about .NET 4.5? It's easy to use and vey feasible. I like the product very much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about .NET 4.5? The availability and knowledge transfer of .net 4.5 is a challange which need to be solved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is .NET 4.5 solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm implementing the in-house tool for my team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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