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ASP.NET vs Microsoft Visual Studio comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET
Ranking in .NET Development Services
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Visual Studio
Ranking in .NET Development Services
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 11.7%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Visual Studio is 21.5%, down from 24.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Brandon Smith - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 10, 2023
Beneficial thread management, and asynchronous processing, and template-driven setup
The initial setup of ASP.NET was complex in general, but compared to other cloud deployment projects I have done, it was relatively easy, particularly when it came to integrating with Microsoft Azure. Other projects involving Kubernetes, have been much more complicated in comparison. This project was less difficult than others. It took a few weeks to get the infrastructure set up from scratch and gather information. There were changing requirements, it's hard to compare, but it took two to three weeks to get an initial setup. Since then, we've been adding to it as we go. It's not difficult to set up and deploy new things as everything is template-driven and it's easy to work with Microsoft Azure to define and export templates.
Paco Velasco Reina - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 10, 2023
Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git
Efficiency is the main focus. Since Visual Studio's inception, it has been a race of constant improvements and attempts to improve the efficiency of the tool in every release. However, crashes and freezes are common when you work with the tool for a long time. The problems get worse when you have more than one project under development and then you need a very powerful computer to be able to perform complex developments. Even having a very powerful computer, as in my case, does not prevent you from having freezes from time to time. Long installation or upgrade times are sometimes a problem.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ASP.NET's best features are its application structure and API testing."
"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API. I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house"
"The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."
"The solution is easy to integrate and understand. It has a very good user interface and a lot of prebuilt tools, which require a lot less coding if we compare it to other solutions."
"While using ASP.net, we can create interactive websites."
"It is seamless compared to Java or any other technology stack."
"It's a pretty stable solution."
"This framework is very easy to use and tweak for our business needs."
"It is a stable solution."
"The code analysis tool is particularly valuable as it eliminates the need for manual code reviews."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI."
"It is convenient to have all the development tools in one interface."
"Visual Studio is a tool used for custom software development. It covers everything under this umbrella, including architecture for automation testing."
"Microsoft Visual Studio is a must-have tool if you work in Windows environments."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases."
"It's pretty prevalent."
 

Cons

"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."
"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."
"Sometimes it can be really difficult to debug using ASP.NET. When there's an issue, trying to find out the cause is not always easy, so debugging is the top area for improvement, in my opinion."
"In addition to the visual aspect, there is a need for ASP.NET to provide a robust visual front end like there was in the past."
"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."
"ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster."
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."
"The solution is out of date and should not be used."
"File installations are heavy."
"They could add new modules to the platform for enhanced functioning."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve integration with the Microsoft Office suite; this was only implemented in 2022."
"There's not much help to deal with issues on Microsoft's official websites."
"The solution is not really good at debugging JavaScript, jQuery, or SQL"
"Microsoft Visual Studio needs to improve integration."
"I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system."
"I'd like the product to become more secure. You could potentially, for example, download an extension that contains malware."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."
"I think ASP.NET, in deployment, is something that's quite costly when you're on a cloud provider such as Azure, and you have to pay the server cost. On average, it can cost approximately $1,000 per month to host a good site with a few databases."
"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."
"The solution is free to use."
"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."
"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."
"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."
"The solution is open source and free."
"The solution is expensive."
"Microsoft Visual Studio is a free product."
"You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM."
"The development license for Microsoft Visual Studio is free. I don't know if there's a licensing cost to it."
"I'm using the platform's open-source version."
"The license is taken care of by my company and the price could be less expensive."
"We use the free version, and you don't need a license."
"The price is good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
11%
University
8%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ASP.NET?
It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop.
What needs improvement with ASP.NET?
ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster.
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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MS Visual Studio
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kienzle Automotive GmbH, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Vengo Labs, Oneview Healthcare, BookedOut, Ministry of Rural Development, Grupo WRR
Knab, Hamburg Port Authority, Kecioren Municipality, National Instruments, Hamburg Port Authority, Government of Odisha, Kongsberg Maritime AS
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