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ASP.NET vs Microsoft Visual Studio comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET
Ranking in .NET Development Services
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Visual Studio
Ranking in .NET Development Services
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
103
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 12.4%, up from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Visual Studio is 17.4%, up from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
.NET Development Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Visual Studio17.4%
ASP.NET12.4%
Other70.2%
.NET Development Services
 

Featured Reviews

SasidharParupudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Principle Consultant at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Building reliable web APIs and sites has become faster and development stays well supported
I think Microsoft can make ASP.NET better by catching up with other frameworks by adopting features that are very popular in those frameworks, such as minimal APIs and other innovations. They have introduced Blazor, which is their newer front-end development software framework, but unfortunately, Blazor is not well adopted in the market. However, I feel that they will catch up in the future as Blazor has a lot of potential. In my opinion, there is not anything extra needed immediately for ASP.NET; the framework is self-sufficient and very mature at this stage. The problem lies with wider adoption, as some people are anti-Microsoft and prefer open-source alternatives such as React. Microsoft could potentially do a better job at marketing these solutions, but other than that, the tool has the potential to be used in any enterprise-level applications. I would say the setup process for ASP.NET is relatively simple, but with the latest generation of user management or integration with OpenID, the documentation is not comprehensive in terms of what you can do with the latest libraries. They support many things and have decoupled themselves from their own identity servers, but still need to improve documentation considerably.
Uchechi-Sylvanus - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at Cedric Masters Ltd
Long-term use has streamlined automation and cloud deployment for organizational workflows
Microsoft Visual Studio has done enough from my perspective. I am not a core developer, so I just use the basic tools that I need for basic things. A core developer would easily see additional things that could be done. I am satisfied with what is currently available. I am using the community version of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I would not be in the right position to tell whether it is very expensive. However, I feel the pricing can be lower for small to medium enterprises to afford it. Many smaller organizations still leverage the community version. The cost can be made more affordable for these businesses.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using this product increases our productivity."
"The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."
"Easy to use and develop pages."
"I have found the entity framework to be a valuable feature. The authentication layer is amazing as well. ASP.NET has a vibrant community, and as a result, we haven't had the need to contact technical support."
"I would say that we have seen a return on investment when it comes to this solution."
"We have been using ASP.NET framework from mobile development to web development, and it just works like a perfect solution to each possible project I've come across in life up till now."
"One of the most valuable features in ASP.NET is thread management with asynchronous processing. I've been implementing this for a few years and it has proven to be extremely helpful, especially when using a tool that wouldn't have worked without it. It's definitely a fundamental aspect of the platform."
"ASP.NET is stable, and I did not have to do any maintenance on it."
"Our organization has a partnership with Microsoft. I'd recommend the solution. It's a straightforward tool people can use to help develop solutions."
"Visual Studios is a business solution developed by Microsoft, and in general, I like it because it integrates many tools into one interface to provide a total solution."
"There are a lot of features that are very, very nice in Visual Studio, and we can publish directly to the premise's servers, and I was testing how to publish in a cloud using Azure and it was very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is its integration with Azure DevOps."
"Visual Studio is the best tool available for working on the Microsoft platform, with features that aren't available on any other development tool."
"I like the IDE or the integrated development environment. It's the best IDE."
"Microsoft Visual Studio's most valuable features are usability. It's an integrated development environment, they have a lot of built-in tools that will be helpful for a new developer to quickly develop their applications, such as mobile applications or web applications."
"My advice for anybody who is considering using Visual Studio is that it is a complete package that contains everything you need for .NET code development."
 

Cons

"It's important to focus on productivity. The more heavyweight the system becomes, the more we need to focus only on our core and repeated functionalities, making them easier for us."
"There is room for improvement with the interface. It is not very fast at times."
"ASP.NET is not the best solution for all companies looking to implement a solution like it."
"An area for improvement is the structure template."
"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."
"I'd like to be able to run any application from a specific point instead of compiling all the code. For example, if I want to test function A, I should be able to test it even if my other functions aren't working. Like in SQL, you provide parameters to the function, and it executes. I'd like to see something similar in ASP.NET."
"ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster."
"One last thing that needs to be improved is the Azure developer experience, the AZD commands, and how to deploy Aspire applications using different methods, especially on Kubernetes."
"There is room for improvement in the price of the solution overall."
"Sometimes crashes happen and occasionally there might be hanging issues."
"Could be improved with the ability to personalize the interface and development style and to edit extension requirements."
"This solution could be integrated with other open-source languages, such as Python and not only C#, .NET or Microsoft development languages."
"The product could be improved by including axle intelligence."
"Microsoft Visual Studio could benefit from a more centralized education system."
"The best advice I can give to others is to take training because it's so easy to use out of the box. However, you might tend to install it and maybe configure it improperly. You need to have some training."
"Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by making it faster. Every time they add a new feature or plugin it slows it down. They should allow the user to turn off features they do not use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."
"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."
"The solution is open source and free."
"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 pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."
"The price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"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."
"The development license for Microsoft Visual Studio is free. I don't know if there's a licensing cost to it."
"Our purchasing department pays a fair price for it."
"The cost of using Microsoft Visual Studio monthly is approximately $300."
"The price of Microsoft Visual Studio could be lowered. For a single developer, it is approximately $1,000."
"Microsoft Visual Studio is free. It's freeware, so you don't have to pay for its license."
"Licensing costs are reasonable."
"You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM."
"I use Microsoft Visual Studio's free version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Performing Arts
7%
Outsourcing Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise53
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ASP.NET?
Our solution is deployed in a hybrid setup; we have some on-site on a private cloud and some on Azure. Most of our costing comes from database licensing, as we use SQL Server, which has very costly...
What needs improvement with ASP.NET?
With the Aspire project, the community is working well on third-party tools for integration, but as a framework, it is solid for almost all normal use cases. For some advanced use cases, I do not s...
What is your primary use case for ASP.NET?
I am mainly developing backend solutions, microservices, and monolithic web backends with ASP.NET.I tried Angular and Blazor; I worked with Angular a long time ago, but I worked with a small projec...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Visual Studio?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that since we install it directly from downloads, the cost is minimal. If we have a Microsoft Visual Studio enterprise license, I'm not sure...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Visual Studio?
Microsoft Visual Studio has done enough from my perspective. I am not a core developer, so I just use the basic tools that I need for basic things. A core developer would easily see additional thin...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Visual Studio?
I use Microsoft Visual Studio to automate some processes within the establishment.
 

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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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