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We performed a comparison between ASP.NET 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.
To learn more, read our detailed ASP.NET vs. Microsoft Visual Studio Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"We find the solution to be scalable.""The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET.""The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place.""The solution is easy to learn, understand and develop.""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.""The solution is very easy to maintain because UI management is simple and many libraries are available.""The developer support for ASP.NET is a big positive. It's actually very good, and since there are so many people who use ASP.NET, it's easy to get responses to questions about ASP.NET in the broader community.""It is seamless compared to Java or any other technology stack."

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"The solution is stable, and it has no issues.""Microsoft Visual Studio is a must-have tool if you work in Windows environments.""The system can efficiently manage the databases.""Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful.""Visual Studio's best feature is debugging, which isn't available with any other Microsoft development tool.""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.""What we like about Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's a comprehensive tool. It has features that work for different plans and it has a wide variety of use cases. It's also a powerful tool and it's quite efficient.""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
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit.""Performance is an area that can always be improved.""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.""It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed.""In the future, I would like to see more AI and machine learning technologies made available in libraries.""The solution's initial setup is intermediate, and it could be improved.""The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development.""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."

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"Technical support can be slow to respond at times.""The tool's interface should be more user-friendly.""The pricing for licenses could be reduced to make this solution more competitive.""The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve. There are times it hangs or stops working and I have to restart the program.""I have faced configuration issues with Microsoft Visual Studio.""The migration could improve in Microsoft Visual Studio. When I upgraded from 2017 and up to 2022 it was not smooth. There was a lot of manual hand-picking. Microsoft should put a higher budget for the database developers' section in Visual Studio.""It would be great if they added some extra support for other languages that are available in the market and prepared it for the, let's say, crypto developers as we are going in the age of cryptocurrency.""Microsoft Visual Studio could benefit from a more centralized education system."

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  • "The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
  • "ASP.NET is an open-source solution."
  • "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."
  • "The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."
  • "The solution is open source and free."
  • "ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."
  • "This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, with one being cost efficient and 10 being the most expensive, I would rate ASP.NET's pricing at six. There used to be IAF, which you could spin on a Windows machine. However, that sort of setup does not exist for Linux machines. Because customers still prefer a Windows underlying infrastructure, it can get expensive."
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  • "The price is good."
  • "There's a community edition that is absolutely free to use. It's pretty good."
  • "The introduction of the Community Version allows some people to use it free of charge."
  • "Our purchasing department pays a fair price for it."
  • "The solution is a free tool."
  • "The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is reasonable but could be better."
  • "You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM."
  • "The license is taken care of by my company and the price could be less expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop.
    Top Answer:ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster.
    Top Answer: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 to… more »
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    Overview
    ASP.NET is a free web framework for building web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
    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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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company50%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Government14%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Manufacturing Company23%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    University9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider18%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    ASP.NET vs. Microsoft Visual Studio
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about ASP.NET vs. Microsoft Visual Studio and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    ASP.NET is ranked 3rd in .NET Development Services with 30 reviews while Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews. ASP.NET is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ASP.NET writes "Beneficial thread management, and asynchronous processing, and template-driven setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". ASP.NET is most compared with SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with SharePoint Designer, Genero and Microsoft Silverlight. See our ASP.NET vs. Microsoft Visual Studio report.

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