# icon

> Reviews of Microsoft Visual Studio. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Microsoft Visual Studio is a good fit for you!

Source: https://www.softwareadvice.com/app-development/visual-studio-profile/reviews

---

[Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/)

/

[Application Development Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/app-development/)

/

[Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/410128-microsoft-visual-studio/)

/

Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee.

[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/410128-microsoft-visual-studio/)

Reviews

[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/410128-microsoft-visual-studio/alternatives/)

# Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

## Reviews Summary

## Overall Rating

4.6

* * *

## Ratings Breakdown

5

(1,969)

4

(935)

3

(89)

2

(9)

1

(4)

## Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.3

Customer Support

4.2

Value for money

4.4

Functionality

4.6

* * *

### 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."

"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."

"I have used the free version for my own personal use, and made many programs, including a chess engine, a Mandelbrot fractal explorer, a 3D Rubik's cube simulator, and several beginnings of my own 3D computer games. "

### 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."

"Lot of update notification and settings menu can be confusing at first, and git integration sometimes feel not super intuitive."

"I find Visual Studio heavy and resource-intensive, with slow startup times."

Filters

Filter Reviews

[](#product-catalog)

Company Size

-   Self-Employed
    
-   2-10
    
-   11-50
    
-   51-200
    
-   201-500
    
-   501-1,000
    
-   1,001-5,000
    
-   5,001-10,000
    
-   10,000+
    

Time Used

-   Free Trial
    
-   Less than 6 months
    
-   Less than 12 months
    
-   Less than 2 years
    
-   More than 2 years
    

User Rating

-   1 star
    
-   2 stars
    
-   3 stars
    
-   4 stars
    
-   5 stars
    

[Clear](#product-catalog)[Show Results](#)

3006 results

Sort by

Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice