G2 Vendor Directory

KDevelop vs. Visual Studio

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricKDevelop

by KDE

Visual Studio

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.64.5
Review count104,010
Ease of use9.18.9
Ease of setup10.08.9
Quality of support8.38.6
Meets requirements9.39.2
NPS7069.090435
Small Business50.0%35.8%
Mid-Market20.0%32.0%
Enterprise30.0%32.2%
Total page views233,404
Total LLM citations445,992

KDevelop

KDevelop is a free, open source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix flavors. It is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages. It is based on KDevPlatform, and the KDE and Qt libraries and is under development since 1998.

Pros

    Visual Studio

    Visual Studio is a comprehensive integrated development environment (IDE) designed to empower developers in building applications across various platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, web, and cloud. It supports multiple programming languages, such as .NET, C++, Python, and JavaScript, providing a versatile environment for software development. Key Features and Functionality: - IntelliSense: Offers context-aware code suggestions to enhance coding efficiency. - GitHub Copilot Integration: Provides AI-assisted coding to streamline complex tasks.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Features
    • IDE Quality
    • Functionality
    • Debugging
    • Code Editing