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Adobe Flash vs Microsoft Visual Studio comparison

Adobe and Microsoft are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. Adobe is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5. Adobe holds a 17.4% mindshare in NDS, compared to Microsoft’s 15.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
Adobe Flash
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100% willing to recommend
Microsoft Visual Studio
Read 79 Microsoft Visual Studio reviews
  • 663 Views
  • 196 Comparison Views
95% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Adobe Flash and Microsoft Visual Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two .NET Development Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Flash
Ranking in .NET Development Services
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Visual Studio
Ranking in .NET Development Services
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of Adobe Flash is 17.4%, up from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Visual Studio is 15.9%, down from 23.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Arpit Raj Senapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up with good functionality and adaptability.
I'm not sure how it could be better. It has everything I need for my work. It would be ideal if there was more research on the product available. We'd like it to have solutions within the product that can help us complete tasks a bit faster. It would be nice if the solution had some sort of bot or assistant within the solution to help us with work within the product. If we could deploy queries and get an answer faster, within 30 minutes, instead of within a day or two.
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LorenzoMoore - PeerSpot reviewer
Beneficial user interface, flexible, and good support
Microsoft Visual Studio is scalable. We have an assistant director and software development using Microsoft Visual Studio in my department. In the whole company, there could be hundreds using Microsoft Visual Studio. In my department, they do not like Microsoft Visual Studio, but across the departments, we will increase the usage of Microsoft Visual Studio.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I am impressed with the tool’s documentation."
"The UI is really good."
"With the alliance with Microsoft, the product is perfectly integrated."
"Without Adobe Flash player, I wouldn't be able to do my day-to-day functions."
"Adobe Flash is simple and easy-to-use software. It is very familiar and compatible with other Adobe software, making it easier to use."
"One of the most valuable features is its support. It's easy for me to get support even though I never use it. If there's a bug or a performance issue, Microsoft also provides quick updates, and this is another valuable feature of the program."
"It is easy to integrate with GitHub. We integrate with GitHub, and we deploy our solution on our local system. We need this integration for pushing our code. When we were working with Eclipse, we had to write everything in the command prompt, which is a little bit tricky, whereas Visual Studio is very much UI-based and simple. So, it's very easy to integrate GitHub with Visual Studio. It is much easier than Eclipse."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is how easy it is to access all the basic templates for development. There are so many features you get with Visual Studio that it's really helpful for the deployment, the development, and the intelligence behind it."
"I like that it works fine and that it performs better than competing products. I'm very happy with Microsoft Visual Studio."
"While you're coding, it's really nice to be able to print stuff out and make sure that all the data is being organized the way you want it to be."
"The solution is stable, and it has no issues."
"It is pretty simple to set up."
"The valuable feature is that it provides a basic template for everything and built-in debugging tools. They definitely save me time."
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Cons

"It would be ideal if there was more research on the product available."
"At times it can be slow, but other than that it is a great and helpful product."
"It would be nice to have more integration and faster integration."
"Adobe can focus on the gaming side mode."
"It would be nice to see Adobe Flash as a separate application instead of embedding it with other apps. I want the product to be a simple app. The product’s scalability is also one of its weak points."
"It is simple to use for most developers and nearly impossible to use for non-developers."
"Could be improved with the ability to personalize the interface and development style and to edit extension requirements."
"They could add new modules to the platform for enhanced functioning."
"Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft."
"IntelliSense could be better."
"The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve. There are times it hangs or stops working and I have to restart the program."
"There is room for improvement in the price of the solution overall."
"Since it is a heavy product, it is somewhat slow in building and executing the code in a localhost environment and it consumes a lot of resources."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is okay so far."
"The tool’s pricing is fair."
"Our purchasing department pays a fair price for it."
"The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is approximately $400 annually."
"I use Microsoft Visual Studio's free version."
"You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM."
"We have an enterprise-level license. The cost is expensive for small to medium-sized organizations."
"The introduction of the Community Version allows some people to use it free of charge."
"The solution is expensive."
"We are using the solution's free version."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Flash?
Adobe Flash is simple and easy-to-use software. It is very familiar and compatible with other Adobe software, making it easier to use.
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What needs improvement with Adobe Flash?
Adobe can focus on the gaming side mode. They can customize the product because gaming is booming nowadays, and people can use it more for gaming by including programmers and designers to manipulat...
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What is your primary use case for Adobe Flash?
We use the solution for training and making small animations on Animate CC.
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What do you like most about Microsoft Visual Studio?
We can use different .NET features.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Visual Studio?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a free product.
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What needs improvement with Microsoft Visual Studio?
We have different platforms available for web development. The solution must provide user-friendly features. We get updates frequently. Multiple versions are released within a short period. We need...
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Also Known As

Flash
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Overview

The Adobe Flash Platform is the leading web design and development platform for creating expressive applications, content, and video that run consistently across operating systems and devices and reach over 98% of Internet-connected desktop users. The Flash Platform consists of an integrated set of technologies - including client runtimes, tools, frameworks, services, and servers - that provide everything you need to deliver applications, content, and high-definition video to the widest possible audience.
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Visual Studio.NET is the umbrella that represents the key pieces of the .NET platform delivered from Microsoft, including the .NET Framework, the recently announced .NET Core, and a shared common layer of packages, compilers and runtime. Read this .NET blog post about the evolution of the platform and the different pieces that make .NET 2015.
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