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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

13 months

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Users consistently praise Visual Studio for its powerful debugging and IntelliSense support, which significantly enhance coding efficiency and error detection. The seamless integration with tools like Git and Azure streamlines workflows, making it a comprehensive solution for developers. However, many note that it can be resource-intensive, leading to slower performance on lower-spec machines.

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skyler t.
ST
Application Developer, Architect, Manager
Education Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It does Everything and Nothing all at the same time!"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

Visual Studio is one of the best IDEs around, When it comes to debugging and exploring things like variables, stack traces, multiple threads, it is amazing! start up is a breeze, just hit f5 and you are off to the races. New projects and templates are also cool. Its integration into nuget & git are also really handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

How, How in the world has dotnet core been out this long and support for it still be this bad... Please bring the awesome to dotnet core users and you will continue to be amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CG
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect program for developers"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

It is the ideal program for developers, with a very simple and intuitive interface. It allows you to debug code very easily. Integrated with the .Net environment and Microsoft technologies, it makes it indispensable when programming in a web environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

In the new versions, the search sometimes, if it has a lot of volume, leaves the program blocked, requiring a restart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VI
Database Administrator
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Thats how to code everything"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

Visual Studio includes lots of developer tools, that could be used on different aspects of development process by developers and DevOps to build, deploy and maintain modern applications, designed to different platforms and browsers. Smart pricing policy allows customers to pick needed functional features without spending additional costs. Integration with other Microsoft solutions helps developers to keep their code up to date, without constant redeploying their applications. Experiences community of developers can help to find appropriate solution without re-inventing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

Desktop application is heavy, when you are using a lot of different tools in Visual Studio, you will probably not able to do anything else of your workstation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Restaurants
UR
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use, and helpful."
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

The intellisense really makes life easier. This IDE seems to “get it” in terms of making easy key combinations and peeking definitions. It really feels like developers opinions were asked when creating the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

in larger solutions building feels really slow. This can be kind of annoying when needing to test break/fix in your dev environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Administration
UG
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product, many features"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

This ide has every possible tool you could imagine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

hotkeys dont make sense, but this could be my fault transitioning from Atom Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
CC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great tool fo integrated development "
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

I like its ease of use and solution manager. It makes it easy to know where all the code is and send it off to someone else who will be able to understand it easier as it is more organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

Sometimes the performance can lag. It also could use some updates with usability with regards to github. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect for web developer "
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

I use visual studio code, is free, is fast, the store is very full and the software send me upgrade frequently! The UI is dark, I can use the terminal directly into the IDE and I have all important features for a web developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

For the moment nothing because I used this Ide every days and is the best solution for my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
AP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The only IDE you should need"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

Very user friendly and frequent updates make it the must have IDE. It also supports many different languages so you are not stuck with just one or two languages.There is a free community edition for non-enterprise users so it's free to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

It's a massive application and can be a resource hog on your machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Paper & Forest Products
UP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"VS 2018 Improvements"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

The GIT and DevOps intergration improves the development workflow and collaboration between developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

Microsoft's numerous and ever changing frameworks can be onerous to sort through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vitalii L.
VL
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the best IDE"
What do you like best about Visual Studio?

Everything is perfect for every developer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual Studio?

It's a little bit buggy cause impossible to use on old pcs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

13 months

Average Discount

14%

Perceived Cost

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