# Page 2 | Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Microsoft Visual Studio the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 3006 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews --- Microsoft Visual Studio 4.6 (3006) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 15th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Microsoft Visual Studio ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 3006 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Nino Z. \- Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Professionelle IDE mit kleinen Schwächen" May 15, 2026 4.0 Insgesammt ein starkes Tool für professionelle Entwicklung. Wer .NET oder C++ entwickelt, kommt kaum daran vorbei. Für kleine Projekte ist es aber übertrieben, da ist VS Code besser geignet. Pros Visual Studio ist eine sehr mächtige IDE, vorallem für große .NET Projekte. Der Debugger ist einfach outstanding und ich würde kein anderes Tool nutzen für komplexe Enterprise-Entwicklung. Die Code-Vervollständigung ist auch sehr gut. Cons Der Start dauert manchmal sehr lanzam, besonders bei großen Solutions. Außerdem verbraucht es extrem viel RAM, das kann auf älteren Rechnern ein Problem sein. Der Preis für die Enterprise-Version ist auch recht hoch. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer App Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful IDE, But Resource-Heavy" February 8, 2026 3.0 My overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio has been very productive due to its robust development tools, strong debugging capabilities, and deep integration with Microsoft ecosystems. However, it can feel slow and resource-heavy, and some features may be overwhelming for beginners. Pros I liked Visual Studio’s powerful IDE features, including advanced debugging, IntelliSense, integrated testing, and seamless integration with Microsoft tools, which significantly boost developer productivity. Cons I find Visual Studio heavy and resource-intensive, with slow startup times. Some features can feel bloated, and licensing costs may be high for smaller teams. Review Source PS Paul S. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio is still the king" February 26, 2026 4.0 Visual Studio gets more powerful with each new version. What it can do is almost endless. Working on enterprise level Windows OS solutions, it is still the tool to use. Sometimes it can take a while to implement a feature, but you never fear that with Visual Studio it cannot be done. It is still the most powerful development environment for our needs. Pros With Visual Studio you can develop the most complex enterprise level applications, especially for Windows operating systems. It provides comprehensive features and third party plugins, great debugging, vast documentation and support, and of course, integration to the Microsoft ecosystem. Cons Visual Studio is resource intensive and requires a decent machine. There is a steep learning curve, even for experienced users, for each new version, as the feature set is so vast. Works great for Windows (obviously) - support for other platforms is limited. Other than the free community edition, the paid versions can be expensive for individuals. Review Source AD Antony D. web developer Program Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amore e Odio di uno Sviluppatore" March 30, 2025 5.0 Nonostante tutto, il mio rapporto con Visual Studio è come un matrimonio di lunga data: alti e bassi, ma non posso vivere senza! È diventato parte di me, del mio DNA professionale. Ricordo ancora l'emozione quando ho finito il mio primo progetto importante e tutto ha funzionato alla perfezione... che soddisfazione! Certo, a volte litighiamo, soprattutto quando si aggiorna e qualcosa smette di funzionare. Ma poi facciamo sempre pace. Ho provato altre alternative, ma torno sempre a Visual Studio, come si torna a casa dopo un lungo viaggio. Insomma, nonostante le sue imperfezioni, è il mio fedele compagno di avventure nel mondo del codice. E non lo cambierei per nulla al mondo! Pros Devo dire, ragazzi, che con Visual Studio è stato amore a prima vista! Cioè, è come avere un amico fidato che ti capisce al volo. L'IntelliSense? Una vera e propria manna dal cielo! Quante volte mi ha salvato il sedere da errori stupidi... tipo, stavo scrivendo una funzione e lui mi ha suggerito il metodo giusto prima ancora che finissi di digitare. Roba da non crederci! E poi, il debugger integrato... mamma mia! La prima volta che ho messo un breakpoint e ho visto cosa succedeva davvero nelle mie variabili, è stato un momento "eureka"! Finalmente ho capito perché il mio codice si comportava in modo così strano. Ho passato notti intere a programmare, senza accorgermi del tempo che passava, perché tutto era così fluido e intuitivo. Cons Però, diciamocelo, non è tutto rose e fiori. Ci sono giorni in cui vorrei lanciare il computer dalla finestra! L'avvio è una tortura... ho il tempo di farmi un caffè, rispondere a qualche email e fare una passeggiata prima che si apra! E quando apro un progetto grande, la ventola del computer inizia a urlare come se stesse per decollare. E poi, la configurazione dei progetti con librerie esterne... un vero incubo! Ho perso un intero weekend a cercare di capire perché non funzionava, tra errori criptici e documentazione che sembrava scritta in klingon! Review Source AS Adel S. freelancer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My review Microsoft Visual Studio" June 21, 2025 4.0 I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for 2 years and I say "Visual Studio is a powerhouse for professional development, especially in the Microsoft ecosystem—but you pay for that power with complexity and performance trade-offs." Pros Microsoft Visual Studio stands as one of the most capable IDEs available—offering unmatched debugging, IntelliSense, and extensibility. But its resource intensity, occasional instability, and steep learning curve mean it's best suited for serious development on powerful machines. For simpler or cross-platform work, Visual Studio Code Cons High RAM and CPU usage, even in idle mode, especially with large applications. Known to slow down or crash under memory pressure. Updates are frequent and can disrupt work, occasionally breaking things. Recent versions, especially with newer tech (e.g. Blazor, MAUI, .NET 8+) are prone to: Debugger bugs,IntelliSense crashes and IDE fre. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good IDE for C#" March 12, 2026 4.0 Overall good a lot of features are available for advanced programmers and very useful for C# programming. Pros Microsoft Visual Studio has been a great IDE for implementing our web app in an ASP.NET MVC pattern framework. This IDE is very helpful with complete features for C# programming. Cons Microsoft Visual Studio features are complex which have a high learning curve that is not typical for beginners. It is also consumes higher system resources than other IDE's. Review Source Mudit M. Quality Automation Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It is widely used AI tool" November 27, 2025 5.0 It has been great using VS code and Microsoft visual studio. Looking forward to future updates that should have more AI features Pros VS code is easy to use , it offers a great platform for the devs to build,write code . It has 2 color modes to interact with giving it a good ux Cons The AI plugins are not built in . One needs to install external plugins to enable AI intellisense. Most plugins have AI now Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Automation Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ultimate coding toolkit" August 20, 2025 4.0 Pros What I like most is how Visual Studio gives you almost everything you need in one place—debugging, version control, testing, extensions, and support for tons of languages. Cons It can feel really heavy on your system, especially on older machines. Sometimes it takes forever to load projects, and the amount of settings can be overwhelming for beginners. Review Source DB Denver B. Director Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My review of Microsoft Visual Studio as a one-person bespoke software development provider" August 29, 2025 5.0 My overall experience with the latest version of Visual Studio is fantastic, but that comes from many years of using this same product and seeing it's growth into the powerhouse it is today. Anybody looking for an IDE for dev work should really start off here. Pros The familiarity and ease of use of this product is fantastic. The fact that I can leverage untold numbers of other technologies in one IDE with the ease of use of the good ol' reliable Visual Studio is great. Cons I have nothing that I specifically dislike about Visual Studio. If I had to choose one item it would be the fact that a user could feel "forced" to start using MS Copilot by virtue of it being so integrated into the latest versions of VS. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technical Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I love Visual Studio!" May 8, 2025 5.0 Overall, Microsoft Visual Studio is an exceptional IDE that delivers a comprehensive development experience. Its powerful features, user-friendly interface, and extensive support for various programming languages make it an invaluable tool for developers. Whether you are building small applications or large enterprise solutions, Visual Studio is undoubtedly a top choice that can help you achieve your development goals efficiently. Highly recommended! Pros I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for 10 plus years now and I love it. It constantly changes and evolves with what is needed for software development Cons Users may experience slower performance, increased load times, and higher memory usage, especially on machines with limited hardware specifications. This can be frustrating for developers who need a responsive and efficient environment, particularly those working on less powerful computers. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Visual Studio helps me to be more productive" August 16, 2025 4.0 Overall, my experience with Microsoft Visual Studio is very good. I have been very productive using this IDE. Pros Microsoft Visual Studio is easy to use for me to develop software to run in Microsoft Windows platform. It's prompts and suggestions are very helpful. Cons If I have to have something to dislike Microsoft Visual Studio, I would say that sometimes I have to remove the .vs folder to fix the referencing problems in VS. Review Source RFC Remo Fernando C. Ingegnere Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Strumento semplice intuitivo con tanti istrumenti disponibili. Ottima libreria di risorse e funzioni integrati. Compatibilità al 100%, " April 10, 2026 5.0 Sviluppo software con questo strumento da sempre da suoi inizi, ottimo strumento con una libreria completa sempre aggiornata e e in sviluppo, ricco di sopporto web. Di uso molto avanzato a semplice se riesce a fare senza problemi grandi e professionali progetti. integrabile con tante altre situazioni esterne Pros Software ricco di opzioni con tanti istrumenti utili per ogni richiesta di sviluppo. La interfaccia migliora ogni volta sempre più intuitiva semplice ma conservando tutta la sua professionalità e complessità Cons A volte si rallenta o devo riavviarsibil tutto, ma se si mantiene aggiornato alla ultima versione di solito questi problemi sono molto poco frequenti Review Source JJ Jon J. HR Coordinator Dairy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great for beginners or pros" January 15, 2026 5.0 A modern and clean interface with excellent community built around it. There are few development environments that compare. Pros MS Visual Studio is easy to use, and flexible for use across a wide range of development environments. With support for various code bases, as well as HTML, the programme provides all you need for building and developing websites, email, applications and widgets. A clear and clean interface, with great community support, documentation and plugins. Cons Nothing to dislike really. With plenty of online tuition, forums and community support; you can do whatever you want - guided by the system. Review Source DL Dave L. Senior Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio is my "go to" IDE for software development" April 28, 2025 5.0 Overall it's my "go to" platform for developing. I prefer it over VS Code and other IDE's. This is one product Microsoft definitely got right when catering to developers from newbies all the way up to advanced users. Pros Everything works as intended. It's straight forward to use, with advanced features for those power users who need it. I personally use and prefer the "Community" edition as that doesn't require any licenses or upgrades, and gives users and casual developers most of what they need to utilize all the features of the product. Cons Some items are a bit complicated and not as easy to figure out if you haven't used anything like it before. LIke connecting to GitHub for a source code repository -- forking, branching, and merging development pipelines isn't the easiest and if you don't know what you're doing, you could wipe out important code changes you made. Review Source AG Ahmed G. Technicien informatique Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My great experience with Microsoft visual studio " December 14, 2024 5.0 My experience after using it for several years is that it is truly a program that deserves a lot of appreciation and I consider it to be in the first place in its field, and I will recommend it to everyone for what it features in creating and implementing your ideas. Pros Microsoft Visual Studio helped me a lot in my learning of programming languages in terms of the ease of creating my projects on it. Cons What I didn't like about Microsoft Visual Studio is that before I used it, it sent you signals that it was difficult to use and deal with. Review Source AL Agustin L. Ingeniero en desarrollo de software Program Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Resolver el problema de las ventanas emergentes" April 17, 2025 5.0 Tengo buena opinion de el, llevo años trabajando con el desde la primera version a principio de la decada del 90 Pros Es un ide muy completo, con muchas herramientas Cons Estoy desarrollando con la versio 2022 pre, y las ventanas emergentes son un estorbo, a veces hay un error y se hace imposible arreglarlo porque la ventana emergente se posiciona encima de el, esto esta pasando en el ambiente blazor web server, lo otro es las sugerencias a veces se imponen en el codigo por ejemplo en una lambda escribes ...Where(item y item te lo cambia por una sugerencia insistentemente mas que hacer productivo ralentiza la programacion Review Source WW Wesley W. Owner Computer Hardware Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Visual Studio for the win. " January 21, 2026 4.0 Phenomenal experience. It's helped me and my team create many apps and fix numerous amounts of problems. Pros The amount of options available that cover all aspects of app development is extremely useful and makes it very easy to build and develope. Cons The layout can be a bit much at first but after using it for a while it grows on you and becomes easier. Review Source SB Suraj B. software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "VS code review " September 12, 2025 4.0 Pros great UI user friendly git integration great features of expenteion help to code development help to build and development for software Cons consumes more memory slow startup time with large project customization took longer long installation process Review Source MR Mathieu R. Programmeur Jouabilité Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Stable and Productive IDE for Complex Projects" December 7, 2025 5.0 Pros I really appreciate how smooth the debugger is and how well everything integrates, especially when I’m working on gameplay prototypes or testing behaviors in real time. Built-in tools like IntelliSense save a lot of time, and the overall stability of the IDE is a big advantage for complex projects. Cons Once everything is set up the way you like, Microsoft Visual Studio becomes much easier and more pleasant to work with, so there isn’t much to complain about. Review Source OeM Osama eslam M. Data Computer Hardware Used the software for: I used a free trial ### " Microsoft Visual Studio good" June 20, 2025 5.0 I really like Visual Studio's very clean GUI and it's easy to understand, it gives you the possibility to have different custom themes , I can develop on different programming languages ​​and it is very easy for me to use it also thanks to the plugins that it makes available to you, to get suggestions or more information Pros The most thing I loved about Visual Studio is its highly customizable interface. It helps very much for personalized and efficient work. The real time intelli sense helps me to increase my coding speed and accuracy and its integrated debugging tools just makes my life easier to find bugs in shorter time as compared to others. Also if I say other things is I loved its integration with git which makes code management effortless. Mostly this works with my low gm ram computer. Cons It is very hard to find anything that I liked least in this software. Everything is so seamlessly good. Review Source DM Dhaval M. Associate Electrical Engineer Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio is an easy to use learning platform to understand coding languages!" March 10, 2025 5.0 Overall, this program is great in being a learning resource. I was able to practice coding in C++ and I like playing around with the software to give some cool outputs. It's a fun platform to understand the coding language. Pros I like to use Visual Studio to practice my coding for school assignments. I also like to code for fun, just to see if the program can work or not with my script. I used it a lot while in my undergraduate, and I still use it now for fun practice. Cons I don't like that the debugging is not always helpful due to the complicated code at times, however, I am eventually about to correct the script with other resources. Review Source AW Alister W. Developer Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable and Powerful Once You Get the Hang of It" May 11, 2025 5.0 Overall, it’s been really reliable. I’ve used it for a bunch of different projects and it’s handled everything pretty well. There’s a bit of a learning curve at first, but once you get into it, it’s a great tool to work with day to day. Pros It’s just solid. The debugger is probably my favourite feature. I also like that it handles big projects without falling over, and the Git integration is actually decent. Overall, it just does what I need without getting in the way. Cons It can feel a bit heavy at times, especially on startup. Some updates are also a bit disruptive or take longer than you’d expect. And occasionally, it tries to be too clever with suggestions which gets in the way more than it helps. Review Source CC Chet C. Computer and Information Technologies Program Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great to Use and to Learn From" July 11, 2025 4.0 I have used Microsoft Visual Studio as a developer and have taught students software development on this platform. It is a great platform to use and also to learn from. Pros Microsoft Visual Studio is a robust development environment that is a great tool for the beginner and experienced software developers. Cons While I understand that software has to be upgraded, it is not a fun experience dealing with the many versions of Visual Studio. It is a necessary evil but I wish there was a better way. Review Source GG Guntas G. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fast and easy editor for daily use" June 19, 2025 5.0 Pros Lightweight and responsive, works well out of the box whit most language. Extension market make it powerful fast. Cons Lot of update notification and settings menu can be confusing at first, and git integration sometimes feel not super intuitive. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Feature rich IDE with a lot of extensions" January 10, 2025 5.0 Using VS daily I tried other IDEs but always went back to VS because of the features and extensions Pros Feature rich IDE with a lot of extensions Cons Performance, especially with a lot of extensions Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Integrated Development Environment (IDE)](https://www.capterra.com/ide-software/)[Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/)[Game Development](https://www.capterra.com/game-development-software/)