--- title: Rider Reviews meta_title: 'Rider Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 75 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Rider works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.4 review_count: 75 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-05' parent_category: name: Integrated Development Environments (IDE) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/integrated-development-environments-ide --- # Rider Reviews **Vendor:** JetBrains **Category:** [.NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/net-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 75 ## About Rider Rider helps you develop .NET, .NET Core,.NET Framework, ASP.NET, Xamarin, or Unity applications on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It provides outstanding editing support and code insight for languages used in .NET development including C#, F#, Razor/Blazor syntax, JavaScript, TypeScript, XAML, HTML, CSS, and SQL. Rider includes 2500+ live code inspections, hundreds of context actions and refactorings provided by ReSharper, all combined with IntelliJ Platform’s robust IDE feature set. Although it is heavily loaded with features, Rider is fast and responsive. ## Rider Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users praise Rider for its **intelligent code completion** and seamless Unity integration, enhancing their development experience. (2 reviews) - Users value the **seamless integrations** in Rider, appreciating its straightforward setup and efficiency with tools like Unity. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **intelligent IntelliSense** in Rider, enhancing code completion and supporting various coding languages effectively. (2 reviews) - Users value the **vast variety of coding languages support** in Rider, enhancing their development experience greatly. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **customization options** in Rider, enhancing their development experience with great support and usability. (1 reviews) - Users value the **excellent documentation** provided by Rider, which greatly enhances their coding experience. (1 reviews) - Ease of Use (1 reviews) - Easy Integrations (1 reviews) - Users appreciate Rider's **excellent IDE quality** , enjoying its toolkit, community support, and user-friendly experience. (1 reviews) - Implementation Ease (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users express concerns over the **high licensing costs** of Rider, which affects their ability to continue using it. (1 reviews) - Users experience **high memory usage** with Rider, leading to functional issues when multiple windows are open. (1 reviews) - Users find Rider to be a **high resource consumer** compared to other IDEs, affecting performance and experience. (1 reviews) - Users find **integration difficult** in Rider, facing issues with plugin support and cumbersome code application processes. (1 reviews) - Users find the **learning difficulty** steep when transitioning from other IDEs to Rider, affecting their productivity. (1 reviews) - Users find the **limited features** in the community version restrictive and unsatisfactory for their needs. (1 reviews) - Users experience **performance issues** with Rider, especially with GitHub Copilot and multiple open windows affecting usability. (1 reviews) - Poor Design (1 reviews) - Slow Loading (1 reviews) - Slow Speed (1 reviews) ## Rider Reviews ### 1. Review for Rider **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Cool design and IDE style. Smart syntax highlight and auto-correction Good usage or syntax suggestions. Similar environment with any other IDEA products like Intellij and PyCharm. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Large size of the IDE, consume more memory than other IDEs like Visual Studio Still using the same framework and structures of Visual Studio. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** Could use this and compare to Visual Studio. Choose Rider or Visual Studio for .net related C# development depending on personal habits. Both have strengths and weaknesses. Recommend beginners who didn't use Visual Studio for development before to use Rider directly first. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** C# .net development Implemented web development and azure functions implementation Code testing and debugging Azure function cloud deployment. ### 2. Rider: A flexible and powerful IDE **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** I develop websites and I think Ride is an elegant IDE that is very easy to install and configure, flexible, and highly customizable. You can download it directly from the official site without providing your personal information. I use macOS and was able to install it very easily. Ride allows you to integrate your project with version control systems such as GIT, Mercurial, among others. When you start Ride after installation, a wizard will guide you through the basic configuration, where you can choose the skin of the working environment, as well as the color scheme of the code. Ride is optimized for development in a .NET environment. It has a project and package manager that allows you to develop an excellent workflow. Ride is very fast, really amazing, when compared to other programs that do the same, like the Visual Studio Suite. **What do you dislike about Rider?** There are free alternative versions to Ride, like Visual Studio Code. In light of this, one might consider using a free tool, but Ride has a lot to offer, even though it may be difficult for many to afford. One of the things you will notice after installing Ride is that additional dependencies must be installed to manage or create new projects. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ride provides remarkable performance and can become a favorite development tool for many programmers. Its high performance guarantees an exceptional workflow, with multiple features and high customizability. In short, it's a development tool that can capture a significant portion of the market. ### 3. Not yet completely production ready **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Simon Thomsen C. | Software Developer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** All the good things from resharper but much faster to use. The build in git client is super easy to use. **What do you dislike about Rider?** The IDE does sometime seem to lose sync with the code on the disk. It also seem to have a problem with loading projects now and then. I haven't had any sync problems for the last couple of weeks, so It is getting better but there is still room for improvement before I can fully recommend it for use in production. Also there are not that many extensions yet unfortunately. One of the big ones that are missing is a dictionary. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** I would suggest you to try it out and see if you have the same problems as I have had with regard to syncing. As I wrote I haven't experienced any problems the last couple of weeks so it might be fixed. The only thing holding me back from a full endorsement is the amount of extensions. I am sure it will grow so I expect to be able to fully endorse Rider withing the next year. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a more effective way of writing code and feels less bloated than visual studio ### 4. A great way to write .NET code on the Mac **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Very convenient .NET IDE with a lot of great plug-ins and a high level of customization. By far the most powerful solution for writing .NET Core Apps for the Mac. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Workspace can become a bit messy using a lot of the built-in features or plug-ins. Also getting the initial set-up of the App and Frameworks done can be a bit of a hassle. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've been looking for a good Mac .NET IDE that can compete with the experience of Visual Studio on Windows. Rider has been a perfect alternative for that. ### 5. Solid solution, but not the best for me **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** I was using it for .NET core application. The best thing that I experienced was debugging. Surprisingly I would say they have the best debugger I've used so far. It has intelligent suggestions while debugging. **What do you dislike about Rider?** The most significant thing for me that editor or ide must have is performance. Although Rider is pretty quick in comparison with other IDEs like Visual Studio or even web storm, it still had to "think" too long sometimes. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** If you're used to IDEs performance overall, I would definitely recommend give Rider a try. If you're more Sublime/VS code or even VIM user, you wouldn't be as much excited. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Development is my job. As mentioned earlier, debugging was really great! ### 6. Rider Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zach C. | Account Executive, Publishing, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** The git build is really nice, really well done. Makes my job much easier. Makes me work faster and eliminates mistakes. Being able to work across platforms is really nice too! Just the different functionalities across the board are much appreciated. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Can't do too much externally with plugins and the like. A lot of project management tools aren't supported either. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding solutions on the market, debugging problematic issues that arise in the day-to-day ### 7. This is heavy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Rider brings you a wide range of different functionalities that are really useful in Unity, ASP .NET and other Microsoft frameworks. **What do you dislike about Rider?** When starting the program, sometimes, it takes too much to start. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** Try it **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** C# IDE ### 8. Great complete IDE with lots of framework and tool integrations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** The interface is very clear and easy to navigate and it integrates a lot of frameworks and everyday tools that make your life as a programmer easier. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Very heavy on the CPU. It can be a problem when working on an old or budget computer. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Software development. It saves a lot of time to have frameworks, tools and code inspection integrated. ### 9. Rider **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lacy H. | Public Relatins, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** It was an inexpensive and efficient program for the company to use. I also like you can preview pre-release builds. **What do you dislike about Rider?** I think the program can expand into more than what it is now. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** The automatic routine checks help speed up production, allowing the developing team to use their time more efficiently. ### 10. Good **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** I like the UI and flexibility of the features. I also like training mode of the software. This lets me develop a wide array of applications specially ASP.NET Core web applications. As a web developer, I can conveniently use.NET libraries. **What do you dislike about Rider?** I would suggest more UX features and quality. I also suggest for multiple programming language options. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** Yes, I would like to recommend to get business efficiency and development convenience. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Efficiency ### 11. Rider is good for C# productivity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dexter H. | Senior Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Quick refactoring of code blocks by smart hint. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Some learning curve if you come from Visual Studio **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** Better than Visual Studio's support for Mac **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Can be installed and used on Mac ### 12. Very good alternative to VS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Besides from the user interface, another great thing about Rider is its db integration which is incredible easy to use. **What do you dislike about Rider?** No major flaws, however the VS debugger is slightly better than Rider's so there is something that can be improvement. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Without a doubt the main business problem solved was being to use a C# IDE in our company ### 13. Cool cross-platform .Net IDE **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dave O. | Web Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** The best part about this .NET IDE is the cross-platform availability Windows, Mac, Linux. This IDE really help me to keep on my projects on any OS. Also, this IDE is extremely fast compared to other products you can find on the market. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Since this is a new IDE, there is a couple of things they need to fix. You will surely come across a couple of errors. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** With this product, we are now able to develop on any OS we want. ### 14. Great alternative to Visual Studio **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Asides from the UI, the best thing about Rider is its database integration which is very straight forward to use. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Not really a flaw, but when you compare it to the debugger of VS there is room for improvement. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main problem Rider has solved is being to use a C# IDE in Linux in our organisation. ### 15. Great visual studio alternative **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Solution load performance. I use both visual studio (w/ reSharper ultimate) and Rider, performance is vastly better on rider when it comes to large scale refactoring and other activities that would fill me with dread on visual studio. (Namespace changed, removing unused usings) **What do you dislike about Rider?** Very limited external plugins. Compared to visual studio. It would really benefit from an AWS toolkit.(This is really my main gripe as an avid AWS User, if this was available, I wouldn't shut up about how great Rider is) Up until 2017.3 it didn't have great support for .net core / .net standard projects. **Recommendations to others considering Rider:** I'd whole heatedly recommend switching to rider. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increased productivity when carrying out refactors. Much better load performance with larger solutions ### 16. Rider rocks! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Rider is an impeccable piece of software that has helped with numerous business deals and with efficiency. **What do you dislike about Rider?** Rider still has some glitches that need to be worked out, such as slow loading and processing, and sometimes a lack of algorithmic reading. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** My business and I are solving money issues and heightening profit using rider. ### 17. Overally pretty great **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Version control integration with an IDE! Awesome! **What do you dislike about Rider?** At some point, the software decides to favor the C# solution over my Javascript files, when I really need to view both of these at the same time. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's great to have an IDE that integrates with both Unity and version control. ### 18. Rider Software **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Rider software makes it fairly simple to create projects. I enjoy using the software for content. I always go back to Rider, I’d highly recommend **What do you dislike about Rider?** I don’t have a dislike about rider. Sometimes it runs slow but that could likely be my computer so I don’t put that on the software! **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Content creation ### 19. Unsure of longterm, improvements needed **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** It is fairly straightforward and easy to use. It brings a lot of similar pros from resharper but on a better platform. **What do you dislike about Rider?** I've had some issues loading programs but only occasionally. Overall not bad. **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Far more efficient ways to write code and faster turnaround than other software. ### 20. Nice but should improve **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** All the integration as all jetbrains' ides **What do you dislike about Rider?** I wasn't enable to preview a xaml view, and I can't stand doing autocompletes with tab key instead of enter key **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Little projects. Benefits: I haven't to learn to work with another ide, it's just like another jetbrains' one ### 21. Simple, efficient **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** I like that it’s easy to understand how to use and you can use it efficiently! **What do you dislike about Rider?** There hasn’t been anything that I’ve discovered as a dislike quite yet **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’m able to use it to see a consistency in my work ### 22. JetBrains creates great tools, I hope some day Rider would replace Visual Studio **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Viacheslav S. | Software Developer, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2017 **What do you like best about Rider?** * The price is much lower than Visual Studio * It has same refactorings as the ReSharper * It's extremely lightweight * It's first good IDE with C# support on Mac and Linux **What do you dislike about Rider?** * Many project types are not supported * .NET Core support is not so good as .NET Standard * Some features work only after Visual Studio install and thus Rider cannot be used completely independently * Build and Debug on Mac can produce different results as on Windows * Project have a lot of opened bug reports (See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/RIDER) **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** * Use as a fast and lightweight IDE for some projects * Investigate solutions available on the market ### 23. 4eal ID **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** The debugging options and multiplaform are two big things I look for **What do you dislike about Rider?** Having to provide a license. I think state I'd should be an option **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to have everyone involved on the platform ### 24. Smoothest C# multiplatform experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Rider makes renaming, refactoring and navigating your projects super fast and painless **What do you dislike about Rider?** Lack of nuget console is the biggest drawback that keeps me having visual studio still installed **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Game development as well as web MVC .net ### 25. Best cross platform IDE **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Rider?** Best cross platform IDE Very powerful and fast **What do you dislike about Rider?** Sometimes it is difficult to compare versions of code **What problems is Rider solving and how is that benefiting you?** Development of SOA based services Reduce dependency on legacy code ## Rider Discussions - [How do you use Jetbrain rider?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-you-use-jetbrain-rider) - 2 comments - [View Rider pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/rider/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-05+12%3A18%3A10+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fddd6f62-203c-468a-b293-1c9343d0fe84&secure%5Btoken%5D=5e1b7e58c2e25086413ddc4ce5f4dff6d0ce46818f37a6dd44152eeca6bcb1b3&format=llm_user) ## Rider Integrations - [AWS Lambda](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) - [Git](https://www.g2.com/products/git/reviews) - [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) - [NuGet](https://www.g2.com/products/nuget/reviews) - [Unity](https://www.g2.com/products/unity/reviews) ## Rider Features **Functionality** - Ease of Use - File Management - Multi-Language Support - Customization - Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality - Help Guides - Patching & Updates - Deployment Management **** - Code Development - Debugging - AI Copilot - Generative AI - Game Development - Web/Mobile App Development - Data Modeling - For Developers - Code Editing - Website Development - Graphical User Interface ## Top Rider Alternatives - [Visual Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (3,832 reviews) - [Monodevelop](https://www.g2.com/products/monodevelop/reviews) - 3.8/5.0 (53 reviews) - [DevExpress](https://www.g2.com/products/devexpress/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (112 reviews)