# Page 9 | Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 9 - 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 9 - Reviews of Microsoft Visual Studio ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 201-225 of 3006 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use PC Patrick C. Pres CEO Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple Coding" December 15, 2022 5.0 Overall, my experience has been positive. At first, I found Visual Studio overwhelming, but I soon learned the ins and outs of the application and have since started to use more of the features. I have also used Visual Studio for quite some time and have seen the software mature. Pros I REALLY like the auto-complete and intuitive "Smart" coding features. While do you need to know something about the language you are using, a relative novice can write some fairly complex code. Visual Studio really helps when it comes to learning new programming languages which is a benefit in itself. The help system is a full featured web-based system is easy to access. If you are new to Visual Studio, you should take the time to go through the "Getting Started" section as it has a number of tutorials. Cons There really isn't much to dislike about Visual Studio. I guess if I had to pick something, I would say that is you are trying to code on older machines you might find it a little slow as it Visual Studio is designed to run on the more modern platforms. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best platform for develop the products ." July 14, 2022 5.0 Sharing my genuine experience .... -My profession is software engineer and using VS for 7+ years and I am really happy using this platform. - I have developed more org products through this tool and I use and will use VS for development. - It is recommended to all developer to use this software to develop product because it is MS product and is always stable and secure. Pros \- We can develop products in any programming language and any platform like web, desktop, game etc by this tool. - Easily use this tool and the debugging process is awesome. - All programming languages ​​are available in one tool. - Provided good intelligence so that we can write code faster and easier. - This most similar point is that Microsoft lunched open source platforms (such as the .NET Core programming language). Cons \-The installation package size needs to be reduced as the size is approximately 7GB. Reason for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio \- The major reason is that it has all the programming languages ​​available for development, is secure and stable too. Review Source Moaath A. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best software for developing cross-platform applications" April 1, 2022 5.0 With Visual Studio we were able to solve the following: 1- Developing apps on any platform fast. 2- You can create your custom extensions on Visual Studio which makes it easier to use according to your needs also there are many free and paid extensions for Visual Studio online. 3- It can be integrated with Azure DevOps allowing you to manage your projects according to DevOps with many other features. 4- The applications you develop on Visual Studio Are cross-platform. Pros Microsoft Visual Studio is very easy to use. You can start developing applications right from the start. You can create Desktop applications, web applications, and even mobile applications with ease. When errors occur Visual Studio will provide detailed errors that are understandable and easy to read. You can also integrate it with Azure DevOps and manage your projects across large teams saving time and money. The most awesome thing about it is that you can use the community version for free. Cons Nothing to dislike about Visual Studio. I have been developing applications for 7 years and never felt more comfortable than using Visual Studio. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Quality Analyst Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very effective customer service, GUI is very user friendly, Integration helps all different teams" March 17, 2022 5.0 Pros The GUI itself is very effective in understanding the flow and changes in the current requirements or newly introduced requirements. User support is great. Integration helps all the other team members in doing their tasks very effectively Cons I wish there were more graphic options to select from while doing data modeling to make the specifications document more user friendly and in turn it would make it easier for Devs Review Source AM Antonio M. Studente Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "L'ambiente migliore per sviluppare un software." December 15, 2022 5.0 L'ambiente di sviluppo è davvero perfetto. Lo utilizzo sempre in compagnia del fratello Visual Studio Code, anch'esso davvero niente male in ambito di programmazione. Quello che preferisco è la semplicità con cui ti permettono di programmare, l'ordine che viene mantenuto e l'organizzazione in sé delle impostazioni, che possono essere regolate dall'utente in base alle proprie preferenze Pros I vantaggi sono davvero molteplici; innanzitutto è semplice da utilizzare, anche per i meno esperti nell'ambito. Ci si abitua in fretta, e l'ambiente di sviluppo sembra l'ambiente di casa dalla comodità che offre. Ti permette di programmare in tranquillità perché pensa lui a tutte le tue preoccupazioni, errori, debug... Cons Lo svantaggio può essere l'approccio che si ha le prime volte, poco efficiente perchè non si conoscono tutte le funzionalità che questo ambiente di sviluppo offre. Perciò prima di utilizzarlo consiglio di vedere una breve guida o un tutorial sulle funzioni base da conoscere. Review Source YS Yash S. Software Engineer - 1 Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review for Visual Studio" August 26, 2022 5.0 Pros It is very useful for software development and for debugging and testing purposes. Cons Its somewhat complicated to Plugin the languages which includes Procedure oriented languages like c/c++ Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Solution Architecture & Provider Consultant Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Coding Software - One Stop Software IDE" February 17, 2018 5.0 Pros The thing that I like best about Visual Studio is that it is very easy to use and if you are not used to it yet, it takes very quick to learn Visual Studio. It can support pretty much any code that you are working on. This also has syntax highlighting for every language. Visual Studio is probably something that small businesses would use since it is so cheap and easy to use. I 100% recommend Visual studio to other people. Visual Studio is easy to use and if people are not understanding the software, I encourage them to keep trying. Visual Studio is a very good product for developing code as it provides syntax highlighting and supports a couple of languages. People that want to switch to Visual Studio as well I fully recommend it because it's something that will help them in the future as it will be in my opinion, and good program to code software. Some business problems I'm solving with Visual Studio is that it's much easier for colleagues and employees to use. Visual Studio is also very cost efficient which means that it will be one of the best options for businesses who don't have a big budget. Cons Something that I dislike about Visual Studio is that it doesn't technically support every single language. Other languages besides JSON, CSS, HTML, Node.js, and a couple more only have syntax highlighting. Other than that issue, I love Visual Studio. Review Source CHMC Carlos Hugo Martin C. Consultor Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio" January 3, 2022 5.0 We have used them to generate components that consume Microsoft (Cloud) or Windows Server services. Pros The help it gives you in each of the stages of software development, in addition to its ease of integrating with different tools. Cons It requires many resources and dependencies. In addition, the tool for creating installers is very generic. Alternatives considered [PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio Because of the ease it offers to generate programs capable of consuming Windows Server services as well as Microsoft's Cloud services. Switched from [PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/) The .Net libraries are better equipped to consume Windows Server services as well as Microsoft's Cloud services. Review Source Anuj S. Business Intelligence Analyst Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Saves developers time for "real" development work!" September 5, 2018 5.0 Love this IDE. Developers favorite. Saves developers time for "real" development work! Good thing that Microsoft has now introduced free version and have introduced to open source developers as well :) Pros Another great tool by Microsoft! • One of the Best IDEs available for Developers. Visual Studio's IDE is so much loved and appreciated by developers that Microsoft used it for SSIS and SSRS too. • One IDE for all sort of developments, you can use pretty much any programming language to do your development in Visual Studio • Almost all or Perhaps All the industry standard IDE features. It is literally an overwhelming IDE, with far too many features. • Makes your life even easier with Nuget packages and Entity framework • Debugging made easy with watchers, quick watch, auto variables etc • Very helpful Intellisense • Hit the ground running and work only on the things you should spend your time on. Drag-drop design your windows/web forms and focus on writing the quality code only! Eclipse and any other IDE is no where close to Visual Studio! Cons • Refactoring tools are relatively better in Eclipse than Visual Studio. • Too many versions to choose from (Code, Community, Express, Professional, Enterprise, Ulitmate etc) • While I always loved Visual Studio for C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, and other development; For some reason, I found the free version horribly slow for Python Development. Review Source MS Mohammed S. Systems Developer Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best IDE on the planet!" April 1, 2020 5.0 Absolutely fantastic experience ever since I started using Visual Studio. It has been a tool that I have relied upon to create projects such as websites, desktop applications, APIs as well as mobile applications. The latest iteration has the biggest range of features and premade project templates so far. All in all, highly recommended! Pros \-The vast amount of features and facilities is really amazing. Visual Studio lets us build all types of apps and software, right from APIs to even embedded software. The amount of pre-created templates really does help as it creates a lot of the boilerplate code needed for applications and systems. -The dark mode theme is brilliant! -It doesn't take too much configuration to get it running, as long as the necessary software packages and libraries have been installed -Visual Studio is available both for Mac and Windows -It integrates really well with other applications both Microsoft and non-Microsoft. There are thousands of plugins available within the Visual Studio marketplace and you are sure to find anything that works with all types of systems. Developers are always creating new plugins and extensions and if there are any issues, it is easy to contact them to improve their plugins. Cons \-Due to its powerful nature, Visual Studio is quite resource-heavy and does take a toll on power and laptop battery performance (unless of course you have a really powerful machine). It does use up a lot of RAM and hardware resources. -Another thing is that due to its complex nature, there are many features that may take time to learn and understand. There are just so many features that it can be fairly awkward to navigate and use at times. -Sometimes, Visual Studio does get glitchy and it is definitely common to see weird behavior at the most random of times. Review Source MH Moustapha H. Enseignant Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Visual Studio: Outils pour la gestion de projet " March 24, 2023 4.0 Microsoft Visual Studio peut être utilisé pour la gestion de projet en milieu universitaire, en particulier pour des projets de développement de logiciels. Ils nous arrive que dans le cadre des étudesl es groupe d'étudiants en informatique réaliseant un projet de développement de logiciel pour leur cours de programmation. Ils utilisent Microsoft Visual Studio pour la gestion de leur projet: Ils créent un projet dans Visual Studio et ajoutent toutes les fonctionnalités requises. Ils utilisent les outils de suivi de code source de Visual Studio pour s'assurer que tous les membres du groupe travaillaient sur la même version du code.Pour la gestion des tâches et du calendrier, ils utilisent la fonctionnalité de planification de projet de Visual Studio. Ils créent une liste de tâches à accomplir pour chaque étape du projet, définir les dates de début et de fin, et attribuer chaque tâche à un membre de l'équipe. Pros Intégration des outils : Microsoft Visual Studio intègre des outils pour la gestion des projets tels que les tableaux de bord de suivi des tâches, la gestion des versions de code, les tests unitaires et l'intégration continue. Cela permet aux équipes de développement de gérer efficacement. Cons Dépendance vis-à-vis de Microsoft : Visual Studio est un produit Microsoft, ce qui signifie que les équipes qui l'utilisent dépendent de Microsoft pour les mises à jour, les correctifs et le support technique. Cela peut être un inconvénient si une équipe a besoin d'une solution de gestion de projet plus flexible ou plus personnalisable. Review Source Akumu E. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Best Cross Platform IDE" September 20, 2022 4.0 Working with Microsoft Visual Studio gave me an amazing experience connecting with experienced developers. The software has a great community ready to render assistances to new and first time users. Pros I like this software because it is multipurpose, it supports a lot of programming languages and easy to test an application on the command line console. Cons The software requires internet connection during installation and requires higher system specifications. Review Source Diego R. Analista de Sistemas Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Comentarios Microsoft visual studio" June 21, 2024 4.0 Pros Admite varios lenguajes de programación, como C#, C++, Visual Basic.NET, F#, Python, JavaScript y otros Cons Visual Studio puede usar muchos recursos del sistema, especialmente en proyectos grandes o complicados. Esto puede afectar el rendimiento de otras aplicaciones y hacer que la máquina se ralentice. Review Source KKJ Krishna Kant J. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Elegant and efficient IDE" September 20, 2021 5.0 I am using Visual Studio Code as a Web Developer and solving DSA problems. It's the best out of any other software out there. Pros Code suggestions and key shortcuts help to write clean code with less typing effort very easily. Effective and efficient to integrate with other apps as a developer. Cons Sometimes the software takes too long to start but rest everything is wonderful. Switched from [ECLIPSE](https://www.capterra.com/p/27349/ECLIPSE/)[IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/)[BlueJ](https://www.capterra.com/p/228466/BlueJ/) The real simple yet elegant software with wide variety of language support and optimized code editor. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best IDE every java developer " September 24, 2022 4.0 With time and constant learning, I am able to do my work with MS visual studio without finding references on other applications. Except that one has to read official docs for sure. Please take some time and you will be used to work on MS visual studio IDE Pros As if I have to code in Java intensively, I need maven or gradle packages which is only available or easy to find with only Microsoft Visual Studio. Cons It's not a con but should be considered as developers who are coming from languages\[scripting languages in old days :( \] like javaScript are bit used to code on latest GUI and MS visual studio quite lags behind in terms on GUI and suggestions Reason for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio visual studio is cheap to use and yes I agree that there is a pricing model on software for get better features which i only get to work officially :) Switched from [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) They had there pricing shooting and I had to make a switch as I'm an Indian user Review Source Amen E. Frontend Developer Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best coding editor" June 1, 2023 5.0 It is developing terribly and its best feature is the addition of some artificial intelligence tools in the editor Pros Artificial intelligence to help write the code and avoid many errors in the codeExplain the rules for writing code Cons Writing and display colors and the background of the editor itself Reason for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio Because it is flexible in writing and reading speed and has no problems like some other editors Review Source Mahmoud A. PROJECT MANAGER – Manufacturing Engineer & Production Supervisor Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The ease of language" January 8, 2022 5.0 It supports several programming languages ​​so it is convenient for my needs, since I do not have to look for anything else. Being custom editors with colors allows me to quickly identify the one I need. I can customize keyboard method abbreviations. I can create Windows applications in record time. Pros it's free, it has extensions if you want more functionality. Multi-language, in 2005 it released the express editions free of charge, which are basic versions and are separated by programming languages. This improvement was aimed at students and amateur programmers, due to its simplicity and easy access. Cons It works on mac and Windows, one of the biggest disadvantages is that it takes up a lot of hard disk space, it only supports .net projects. Editions released to students, although similar to others, lack advanced integration features. Review Source SM Salil M. Project Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awesome IDE for application development" April 6, 2022 4.0 It is a very editor for all sorts of application development. Pros VS code is tool which provides the core functionality of application development from web development to other type of application development. It has a nice debugger which supports all sorts of configuration including various languages. Cons There are places where VS code enhance is incorporating other web development frameworks. Review Source José R. Junior Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio by Microsoft is a suite that combines all the .NET tools in an agile and versatile way" March 31, 2018 5.0 Visual Studio by Microsoft has allowed me to develop software solutions for a wide variety of clients, using different software tools. These solutions respond to different business logic. To mention some applications, I have developed systems of billing, payroll, personnel management, online sales, accounting, inventory, administration of a shipping company, restaurant management, among others. Pros Visual Studio by Microsoft is a very used tool in the field of work linked to software development. In the work environment, I can work, at the same time, on different projects and frameworks for the same solution. Furthermore, this suite allows me to run multiple projects and debug them simultaneously. In addition, it is compatible with old and current technologies. That is, I can work from framework 2.0 to 6.0. For the specialists on the theme of software development, it is considered a quickly understand and learning work tool. Cons Visual Studio by Microsoft is a very good work tool. However, it requires much of hardware resources for its installation and operation. The software developer who wants to use this suite must have a computer with sufficient features (CPU, memory, hard disk, graphics card) so that the application can be installed completly and used to its full potential. If the software developer do not have a good machine it takes a long time to install and load Visual Studio. Review Source innocent U. Software developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Ide I know" December 15, 2022 5.0 Great development ide for everyone Pros It's very easy to useSettings are superExtension are availableVery powerful command line Cons Honestly I have nothing to say about cons.Because its a great ide Review Source WI Wassim I. Associate Professor Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio: the time-tested IDE" March 3, 2022 4.0 Pros 1\. Integration of several languages and platforms 2. Cloud ready with seamless Azure integration 3. Code Autocompletion features 4. Low memory and processing requirements Cons 1\. Animation support is minimal 2. Unity integration is not well developed Review Source Spencer S. Programmer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Best IDE, But I Wish There Was More" April 12, 2022 5.0 Overall, I use it all the time for my code editing needs. It offers the most functionality and overall best responsiveness of IDEs and I don't think there are any other viable alternatives to it. Pros I most love how easy it is to install plugins, the layout of the IDE, and the overall responsiveness for large files and large chunks of code. Cons I really don't like how it can be pretty clunky-looking at times. The GUI overall is pretty good, but it sometimes feels like there is too much to take in, and it isn't streamlined enough. Review Source JG Jaideep G. owner Program Development Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio" March 4, 2022 5.0 Pros The extensions which visual studio provides are very helpful and useful. I like the overall user interface and we can test the code live . Cons If python were a bit easier to command on this software would be a great success . Overall all the bug are fixed in the new version. Reason for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio Due to overall user experience and usability and tools. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Frontend Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review for Microsoft Visual Studio" July 21, 2023 5.0 My overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio is outstanding. VS Code's debugging and formatting feature is better than all other code editors. Pros It is the best code editor I have ever used. It provides extensions so that we can use it for all the languages and for development also. The integrated feature of vs code with git is amazing to pull or push the repository. Cons There is nothing that I don't like about Microsoft Visual Studio. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Animation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Microsoft visual studio Helped us stand out in App or web development sector" September 23, 2021 5.0 I started using Microsoft visual studio since i was graduating and in these years i have completed various projects and Microsoft visual studio was very helpful in terms its integrations and addons, I was free to code in any programming language I want. You can take out your laptop and start working On your new project with Microsoft visual studio even offline. so i will definitely recommend using Microsoft visual studio to young developers. Pros The advantages of using Microsoft visual studio is coding is easy and you can add on multiple plugin support and you are free to work on programming language of your choice. the debugging process in very easy in microsoft visual studio. The interface of visual studio is very well structured and easy so that a user can work for longer duration. the end results from visual studio is industry standard. Cons There is nothing to add as an disadvantage of using Microsoft visual studio, but some time when you try to load a project it will take longer durations to open it properly so i will recommend to have a better specs pc or laptop to properly work with visual studio and also for beginner it will take some guided study material to begin working with visual studio, so apart from that it works amazing and get the job done. Review Source Similar Products Featured