Visual Studio IDE Pricing, Reviews and Features (February 2024)

About Visual Studio IDE

Microsoft’s Visual Studio is an integrated development environment and coding editor that helps your developers write and fix code. It’s made up of four elements: Visual Studio IDE, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, and Visual Studio App Center. Visual Studio IDE – which has apps for Windows, Mac, ioS, and Android –– can help you both write and debug code, test your code on a regular basis to check how it is working and if it is ready for release, and add extensions and customizations to extend your programming reach. Visual Studio Code is a dedicated code editor that is free and open source, and comes with built-in Git support, plus more than 4000 extensions to increase coding capabilities. Azure DevOps (which was formerly known as Visual Studio Team Services) enables your developers to carry out social coding with git and enables you to integrate and deliver code. Visual Studio App Center enables you to continuously build, test, and deploy applications.

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Pricing

Free Trial Available
Starts at $45.00. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
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93%
Reviews

90%
Momentum

64%
Popularity

96%

Platforms Supported

Browser Based (Cloud)
Mobile App (Android, iOS)
Desktop App (Windows, Mac)

Organization Types Supported

All (Small, Medium, Large)
Freelancers

API Support

NA

Modes of Support

Online

Visual Studio IDE Awards

# 1 Most Worthy Software Online IDE
Q4 2021

# 2 Fastest Growing Software Online IDE
Q4 2021

# 1 Most Popular Software Online IDE
Q4 2021

Visual Studio IDE Features

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Online IDE Features

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93%

Refactoring

Helps to restructure code without changing the external behavior of the application

Syntax Highlighting

Highlights code syntaxes to display the connection between the different syntaxes

Code Completion

Autocompletes the code syntaxes to facilitate an error-free and user-friendly coding

Real-time Collaboration

Helps more than one person to work on the same file simultaneously

Debugger

Helps in detection and correction of errors in an application

Source code editor

Enables writing and editing the source code of an application

Version Control

It gives the team the ability to recall specific versions of a document, code, content, file, or folder that records changes over time.

Chat (Messaging)

Allows users to collaborate better by exchanging views and collect information through chatting or texting

Drag and Drop

Makes designing easy by simple drag and drop of symbols and elements.

Visual Studio IDE Pricing

Free Trial

Available

No Credit Card Required, Get Started for Free

Pricing Options

Freemium ( Limited Features )

Premium Plans ( One-time license / Subscription / Quotation Based )

Pricing Plans

Visual Studio Community Free

Full-featured IDE to code, debug, test, and deploy to any platform.

Features

Lightweight and modular installation
Cloud-connected
Powerful coding tools
Advanced debugging
Device apps
Web tools
Version Control integration

Visual Studio Code Free

Free code editor for every programming language, with over 20,000 extensions.

Features

Meet IntelliSense
Print statement debugging
Git commands built-in
Extensible and customizable
Deploy with confidence and ease

Visual Studio Community for Mac Free

Develop apps and games for iOS, Android, and web using .NET.

Features

Languages
Advanced IntelliSense
Powerful Debugging
Intelligent Refactoring
Integrated Source Control
Comprehensive Testing
Collaborate more effectively

Visual Studio Professional (Monthly) $45.00 $45.00 per month

Features

Visual Studio Professional IDE
Azure DevOps (Basic plan)

Visual Studio Enterprise (Monthly) $250.00 $250.00 per month

Features

Visual Studio Enterprise IDE
Azure DevOps (Basic+ Test Plan)

Visual Studio Professional (Standard) $1,999.00 $1,999.00 per year

Renewal, per user : $799 per Year

Features

Visual Studio Professional IDE
Azure Credit $50 per month
Training and support
Azure DevOps (Basic plan)
Dev/test software

Visual Studio Enterprise (Standard) $5,999.00 $5,999.00 per year

Renewal, per user : $2569 per Year

Features

Visual Studio Enterprise IDE
Azure Credit $150 per month
Training and support
Azure DevOps (Basic+ Test Plan)
Dev/test software
Power BI Pro

Professional subscription + GitHub Enterprise Custom

Features

Visual Studio Professional IDE
GitHub Enterprise
Azure Credit $50 per month
Training and support
Azure DevOps (Basic+ Test Plan)
Dev/test software

Enterprise subscription + GitHub Enterprise Custom

Features

Visual Studio Enterprise IDE
GitHub Enterprise
Azure Credit $150 per month
Training and support
Azure DevOps (Basic+ Test Plan)
Dev/test software
Power BI Pro

Visual Studio Test Professional (Standard subscriptions for testers and IT Professionals) $2,169.00 $2,169.00 per year

Renewal, per user : $899 per Year

Features

Earlier versions for PC
Basic features
Test Plans
Artifacts
Server license
User client access license (CAL)
Self-hosted pipelines
Experiment and learn using Microsoft Azure : $50 credit per month
Azure dev/test pricing
Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Store developer account
Windows, Windows Server, Windows Embedded, Microsoft SQL Server, R Server
DataCamp : Full subscription for 3 months
Technical support : 2 incidents
Developer Community
Concierge Chat
Azure Community
Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft Tech Community

MSDN Platforms (Standard subscriptions for testers and IT Professionals) Custom

No Visual Studio IDE included in subscription, but subscribers can use Visual Studio Code (free for anyone) and Visual Studio Community (free for open source projects, classroom learning, and academic research, plus for any use by up to 5 people in small organizations)

Features

Basic features
Test Plans
Artifacts
Server license
User client access license (CAL)
Self-hosted pipelines
Experiment and learn using Microsoft Azure : $100 credit per month
Azure dev/test pricing
Windows Virtual Desktop
Power BI Pro
Windows, Windows Server, Windows Embedded, Microsoft SQL Server, R Server
Sharepoint, Exchange, Dynamics & other Microsoft server software
DataCamp : Full subscription for 3 months
Technical support : 2 incidents
Developer Community
Concierge Chat
Azure Community
Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft Tech Community

Visual Studio Professional 2019 standalone license $499.00 $499.00

Features

Newest version (2019) : PC only
Basic features : Not included (but every Azure DevOps organization includes 5 free users)

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Disclaimer: The pricing details were last updated on 13/09/2021 from the vendor website and may be different from actual. Please confirm with the vendor website before purchasing.

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