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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 most valuable feature of ASP.NET is its visual side, which makes building Windows forms applications visually efficient."
"This framework is very easy to use and tweak for our business needs."
"I started my career with ASP.NET and I like most of the things about it."
"While using ASP.net, we can create interactive websites."
"We choose Microsoft technologies most often because of their simplicity, as any developer can read, understand, support, and maintain the applications easily."
"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."
"Rapid Development Easy to learn Wide range third party controls availability"
"ASP.NET works well with Windows applications and more generally, the Windows platform."
"The system can efficiently manage the databases."
"I have found that it is scalable."
"It's a great product and it's very easy to understand and develop the application."
"The feature I find most valuable is the fact that it's broad-spectrum, so it can be used for a wide variety of technologies."
"The stability is fine."
"Using Microsoft Visual Studio has led to measurable improvements, as it helps us identify errors easily and preemptively due to the extensions and other integrations."
"Support for many languages and cross-platform development makes it highly versatile."
"My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is that if you're running a .NET project, it's the best IDE we've found so far, and it's a solid, stable product."
 

Cons

"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."
"Not best for SEO out of the box."
"They have introduced Blazor, which is their newer front-end development software framework, but unfortunately, Blazor is not well adopted in the market."
"It would be beneficial if Microsoft provided more support for certain technologies, such as Blazor, in the form of basic components. As it stands, some reliance on third-party tools may be necessary. Having more support from Microsoft for these technologies would make it easier for users to build and maintain applications. For example, the grids, date pickers, and dropdown lists would be components to add."
"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."
"The stability of the product does have its issues."
"The solution's initial setup is intermediate, and it could be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see more AI and machine learning technologies made available in libraries."
"I would like to have more integration with other platforms and technologies."
"You need a lot of RAM to run the applications with Visual Studio and Unity."
"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."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can be improved by integrating an agent that can support developers in the development process."
"Sometimes crashes happen and occasionally there might be hanging issues."
"I chose a rating of 9 instead of a 10 because there might be some improvements that can be made with the coming age of AI."
"For small to medium-sized organizations, the licensing for Visual Studio may be too expensive."
"I would only say the deployment outline can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."
"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the 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."
"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."
"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."
"The solution is free to use."
"The solution is open source and free."
"The price of Microsoft Visual Studio could be lowered. For a single developer, it is approximately $1,000."
"The cost of using Microsoft Visual Studio is approximately $1,700 per user."
"The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is approximately $400 annually."
"The introduction of the Community Version allows some people to use it free of charge."
"You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM."
"The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is reasonable but could be better."
"We purchased an expensive enterprise version of Microsoft Visual Studio."
"The solution is a free tool."
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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
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