Visual Studio
Reviews
Star rating
Rank in .NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ease of Use
- Features
- IDE Quality
- Functionality
- Debugging
- Code Editing
Cons
- Slow Performance
- High Resource Consumption
- High Memory Usage
- Slow Startup
- Performance Issues
- Software Heaviness
Traffic & LLM citations
Source: G2 review data
Winning from
Losing to
Key stats
Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 35.8% |
| Mid-Market | 32.0% |
| Enterprise | 32.2% |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Reviews | Star rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 23 | 4.6 |
| 2025 Q1 | 22 | 4.6 |
| 2025 Q2 | 13 | 4.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 48 | 4.7 |
| 2025 Q4 | 108 | 4.6 |
| 2026 Q1 | 89 | 4.6 |
| 2026 Q2 | 97 | 4.6 |
| 2026 Q3 | 19 | 4.4 |
Satisfaction ratings
What reviewers say
Fast, Helpful Code Suggestions with a Great UI—And It’s Free
“I like the suggestions that VS gives. When I’m typing my code, it automatically generates the next part, which is very helpful. The UI is also good, and in terms of performance, it responds really quickly. Plus, it’s free to use.”
Great IDE That Streamlines Development and Deployment
“It's a great IDE for developing software purposes, it allows to do all the necessary steps to complete deploying applications.”
Powerful IDE with All the Tools We Need for Coding, Testing, and IIS Deployment
“Powerful IDE to provide all useful and required tool, we write code, test and deploy to IIS. it has feature to add extensions. It is great product, daily useful.”