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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 November 2026, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 12.2%, up from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Visual Studio is 17.8%, up from 12.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
.NET Development Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Visual Studio17.8%
ASP.NET12.2%
Other70.0%
.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

"The solution is easy to learn, understand and develop."
"The ability to customize ASP.NET is valuable, with a great community and the way the framework is built around customizable components, configurations, dependency injection, security, and excellent documentation."
"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is its visual side, which makes building Windows forms applications visually efficient."
"Our experience has been very positive and we are satisfied with what we have."
"I started my career with ASP.NET and I like most of the things about it."
"My feedback about ASP.NET modular frameworks is that it is one of the fastest frameworks available in the market, which helps in optimizing resources and makes the APIs respond faster."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is the support of multiple platforms with ASP.NET Core. Additionally, Azure integrates well with ASP.NET and Visual Studio."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are debugging and IntelliSense."
"The installation of the solution is easy."
"It is convenient to have all the development tools in one interface."
"Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding."
"It's a very easy-to-use product."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI."
"Microsoft Visual Studio provides a positive return on investment."
"The valuable feature is that it provides a basic template for everything and built-in debugging tools. They definitely save me time."
 

Cons

"The capability related to Python needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement with the interface. It is not very fast at times."
"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."
"They have introduced Blazor, which is their newer front-end development software framework, but unfortunately, Blazor is not well adopted in the market."
"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."
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."
"There are frameworks such as Blazor that have been injected into it, or there are lots of new things such as cloud-enabled services or mobile app functionality which do not yet have enough documentation on how to implement them, though Microsoft provides good online documentation."
"Sometimes we have issues with instability and it crashes, which is something that should be made to work better."
"The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve. There are times it hangs or stops working and I have to restart the program."
"I would like to see more on-premise tips and tools along with development time so that I don't need to go to a third-party site."
"We'd like the solution to be more secure."
"File installations are heavy."
"Long installation or upgrade times are sometimes a problem."
"The solution must provide user-friendly features."
"Sometimes, the deprecation of packages can be a challenge."
"If you use a lot of data, it's not stable, but if you use it for business tasks, it's stable because they are simple tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
"ASP.NET is not an expensive 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."
"The solution is free to use."
"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 price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"The solution is open source and free."
"I am using the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio."
"Our purchasing department pays a fair price for it."
"We use the free version, and you don't need a license."
"Visual Studio Team System is expensive, but it is worth the money."
"The solution is expensive."
"You have to be a subscriber with a Visual Studio subscription to use the solution and the organization has to purchase a license that's linked to the account."
"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
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Outsourcing Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
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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