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[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 User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.6/5 - Total reviews: 3,013 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 1,974 reviews (66%) - 4 stars: 936 reviews (31%) - 3 stars: 90 reviews (3%) - 2 stars: 9 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 4 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned 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 use the free version cause in all reality the free version does almost everything the paid version is pretty much for teams free version is good for individuals. ### Most mentioned cons - Push working code frequently or you will waste hours trying to debug. - There is really not much cons about the software, it's pretty straightforward in terms of it's installation, where it gets kinda messy might be when you install compilers, or stuff like that sometimes those installations might mess up the function of the program. - 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. ## Microsoft Visual Studio customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 3,013 (page 1). ### Experience - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jatin B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In my own experience I'm very satisfied with the overall experience in the visual studio working very best #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Visual code now is much more better than the previous one always getting better better it's so satisfactory to see like this for me my personal experience Says it's Goin to be more fun in the future #### Cons Sometimes with the the minimum specs it's lag alot and sometimes it's crashes also should work on that by visual studio --- ### The best coding platform there is - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Laurentiu B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is a great experience overall, i wouldnt change it with another platform. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use, the interface is accessible and it comes packed with features that make development easier. Code navigation is also easy to do. I also love the fact that visual studio provides Integrated Git Support and also integrates with so many different programming languages. #### Cons Aside of the occasional bugs and crashes, one minus would be limited support for non-Microsoft languages. #### Reasons for switching to Microsoft Visual Studio It was the company's decision but i am very happy with it! --- ### Why Microsoft Visual Studio is the best IDE for developers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mulenga C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Program Development - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Its frameworks and variate of programming languages #### Cons constant update of the software and ram consumption --- ### Visual Studio is still the king - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Paul S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Good IDE for C# - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall good a lot of features are available for advanced programmers and very useful for C# programming. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Easy and helpful coding app - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Simon S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience with Visual Studio is good. It has guides and helps for learning code. Customer support helps if there is a problem. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like Visual Studio because it is easy to use. I can write code and build projects. It helps me learn programming. It has many tools and good features. The interface is easy to understand and use. #### Cons Sometimes it is slow when projects are big. Some advanced features need the paid version. It can be confusing for beginners. --- ### My review of Microsoft Visual Studio as a one-person bespoke software development provider - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Denver B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Great for beginners or pros - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jon J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Dairy - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered A modern and clean interface with excellent community built around it. There are few development environments that compare. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Visual Studio for the win. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Wesley W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Hardware - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Phenomenal experience. It's helped me and my team create many apps and fix numerous amounts of problems. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Stable and Productive IDE for Complex Projects - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mathieu R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Gambling & Casinos - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Fantastic IDE with Many Features - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Colter W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Visual Studio has been my favorite IDE for some time now, as I have used it for C++, C#, ASP.NET, and even some Python. Overall it is a great experience and vastly improves my efficacy in the workplace as well as at home for personal projects. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Visual Studio is excellent for debugging a wide variety of programming languages, C# in particular is supported very well with an assortment of useful tools. #### Cons I wish that some of the UI visual debugging tools were a bit more optimized, particularly for working with WPF. JavaScript can also a bit annoying to work with. #### Reasons for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio IntelliJ, or whichever other JetBrains product it is that supports C#, is great - but since MS created both C# and VS, I feel the tools available are more suited for my line of work. --- ### Review of VS Code - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christhian M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros One of the greatest ide in the market. It allows you to develop with different languages and mostly support plugins for software like docker. #### Cons The disadvantage about VS Code is that it is a software that cannot be deployed to a remote server like web based solution such as jupyter, .... #### Reasons for switching to Microsoft Visual Studio More functionnalities and mostly integrated useful plugins --- ### "Exploring Visual Studio Code: A User's Perspective" - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: karthik s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Visual Studio Code has been an indispensable tool in my development journey. Its versatility, with support for multiple languages, extensions, and a seamless user interface, has made it my go-to code editor. From coding and debugging to version control and project management, VS Code has simplified it all. It's not just a code editor; it's a productivity booster. Whether I'm working on personal projects or collaborating with teams, VS Code's ease of use and customization have been game-changers. It's become an integral part of my daily workflow, and I can't imagine coding without it #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Visual Studio Code's coolest feature, in my opinion, is that you can write code in lots of different programming languages. It's like having one tool that can do it all. Whether you're working on a website in HTML, a game in Python, or an app in JavaScript, VS Code has you covered. You don't have to switch between different programs, which can be a pain. It's like having a Swiss Army knife for coding – super handy and saves you time! Plus, you can add extra tools to VS Code to make it even better for each language you use. It's like having a personalized coding helper right at your fingertips. That's what makes VS Code so awesome! #### Cons Integrate built-in testing with analytics in VS Code for smarter development and data-driven marketing decisions. #### Reasons for switching to Microsoft Visual Studio because vs code have ability to run all the languages in it but is not same in other apps so i like vs cod so much --- ### Reliable and Powerful Once You Get the Hang of It - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alister W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. --- ### Fast and easy editor for daily use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Guntas G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. --- ### My opinion is in the application microsoft visual studio - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: hamza m. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Program Development - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It helped me to get to know the design, and I have instructed many friends to use it #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It helps us design great programs Which contributes to developing our business #### Cons A lot of complications and work on it is not easily as many people want it --- ### Genuine and honest review of Microsoft Visual Studio - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Preeti S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio has been very good and I have been using it extensively for personal project development specially. The debugging and error correction prompts make it very easy to keep a track of the errors and also to rectify them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The multiple features that the application provides for code development makes it stand out. I also really like the dark mode feature. Also,the ability to integrate AI copilot is a feature that I like a lot! #### Cons It tends to become somewhat slow at times and consumes a system resources significantly. This is one con which is mention worthy. --- ### Love Microsoft Visual Studios - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Stephen S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Chemicals - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered From start to finish it has been easy to use, easy to learn & the results have been amazing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like how easy and efficient the program is to use for every job you put it up against. #### Cons I absolutely love everything about it. I couldn't find one bad thing to say about Microsoft Visual Studio. --- ### Feature rich IDE with a lot of extensions - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Using VS daily I tried other IDEs but always went back to VS because of the features and extensions #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Feature rich IDE with a lot of extensions #### Cons Performance, especially with a lot of extensions --- ### Visual Studio: A Powerful Tool But Resource Heavy - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Wendy C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience has been great with Microsoft Visual Studio. It really helps me to do programming in multi languages effectively because it offers the option to work on different language. Also I can debug code easily because its simple. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like the most about Microsoft Visual Studio is its large size of community whenever I get into any trouble I can easily find different solution. It offers to add as much extensions as I want to work smoothly on my project. #### Cons I noticed it takes a while to get load which is not a pleasure thing in my view also it uses a large junk of my memory and CPU which cause slower down the rest of the computer. --- ### Somehow easy to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Luis R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I would say have been pretty positive, the bugs or issues have been to a minimum amount, I still have to encounter a bug that breaks the interface or the overall usage of the program, been pretty satisfied with it's features and the ease to use the program. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's simplicity and ease to use, also the interface is very friendly. As well is quite easy to install extensions and manage them, so you can really uninstall them, disable them for a while or pretty much unistall. #### Cons There is really not much cons about the software, it's pretty straightforward in terms of it's installation, where it gets kinda messy might be when you install compilers, or stuff like that sometimes those installations might mess up the function of the program. --- ### Microsoft Visual Studio - Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use, nice clear user interface and simple setup. #### Cons Largely nothing, integration with git is not the easiest. --- ### Discovering this tool. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Agata S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Human Resources - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a beginner user I am satisfied with this tool. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I am a beginner user and I see potential in this program. #### Cons I need time to discover more option and how to use the program. --- ### my review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tijuan A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Business Supplies and Equipment - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered In summary, projections in Visual Basic can be performed using a variety of tools and techniques, such as LINQ and the Select method. These tools provide a simple and intuitive way to transform data into a different format, making it easy to work with data in Visual Basic and providing a lot of flexibility when working with data in different contexts. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros a lot of flexibility when working with data in different contexts. #### Cons the ability to connect to various databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and many more. Developers can use the built-in tools to connect to the database, create tables, and perform basic data operation #### Reasons for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio linux --- ### Microsoft Visual Studio Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nishedh J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered One of the best IDE for software development as it is easy to use, it supports intelligence, supports coding, designing, debugging, testing and deployment. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of the best Integrated Development Environment as supports coding, designing, debugging, testing and deployment. It supports multi language such as C#, javascript, Typescript etc. #### Cons It might be complex for beginner's, need license to run as a professional. #### Reasons for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio It supports multi language, easy to integrate with Microsoft eco system, intelligence, quick community support etc. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/410128-microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/?page=2) --- Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice