The pricing for Microsoft Visual Studio is favorable. While many open-source solutions are available, none offer the robustness of Visual Studio, which includes a Marketplace for creating different add-ons and integration solutions for quality assurance.
The pricing for Microsoft Visual Studio is expensive. The charges are $499 per user per month for the 2022 version, and the professional version costs $29. This is particularly costly in the South Asia region due to currency differences. Microsoft should consider regional pricing adjustments to make it more affordable.
Executive Director at Precise Financial Systems Limited
Real User
Top 10
Apr 11, 2025
We have subscriptions with Microsoft, and although it would be ideal to have it for free, we understand the need for fair pricing, which I rate as five or six.
The pricing varies depending on the version, and with three options available (Community, Professional, and Enterprise), you can choose based on your needs. While the enterprise version can be relatively expensive due to its comprehensive features, I find the license I currently possess to be reasonable, considering it includes the full suite without additional activations or charges.
For setup costs, I suggest making Microsoft Visual Code the main tool for final testing before releasing it to the public. Subscribing to Microsoft Visual Studio will be quite expensive for a small company. Therefore, other teams can use open-source coding tools.
Business Application Solutions at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 20, 2022
Regarding the licensing, I don't manage that. The license is updated each time that it's required to be as the company where I am working, requires that. I don't know if the license is updated monthly or annually, however. It may be annually.
R&D Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 27, 2020
The company buys and pays for the product. I think our purchasing department gets a fair price for it. But the actual price is something I do not have any idea of.
I am not the right person to advise on the pricing and the cost aspect as I just develop solutions using the tool. Although I am not directly involved in pricing, I have heard positive comments about the licensing fees. When our subscription expires, the finance department takes care of it. The most basic edition of Visual Studio, the Community edition, is available free of charge which is oriented towards students, individual developers and small teams.
Senior Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jun 21, 2020
The solution has a community version, which is free. It also has a paid version, with a few more premium features, but the free version is still really useful.
Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Sep 2, 2019
The solution comes at a good price and, even though there are free versions out there on the market, I still prefer this product because I like its interface.
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The setup cost rates about eight out of ten.
The pricing for Microsoft Visual Studio is favorable. While many open-source solutions are available, none offer the robustness of Visual Studio, which includes a Marketplace for creating different add-ons and integration solutions for quality assurance.
The pricing for Microsoft Visual Studio is expensive. The charges are $499 per user per month for the 2022 version, and the professional version costs $29. This is particularly costly in the South Asia region due to currency differences. Microsoft should consider regional pricing adjustments to make it more affordable.
The pricing is part of a big acquisition. I do not know how much a single license costs.
We have subscriptions with Microsoft, and although it would be ideal to have it for free, we understand the need for fair pricing, which I rate as five or six.
The pricing of Microsoft Visual Studio is competitive from an organizational perspective, both for smaller and larger organizations.
Microsoft Visual Studio is a free product.
I would rate the solution a seven on a scale from one to ten, with one being the most affordable and ten being the most expensive.
The pricing varies depending on the version, and with three options available (Community, Professional, and Enterprise), you can choose based on your needs. While the enterprise version can be relatively expensive due to its comprehensive features, I find the license I currently possess to be reasonable, considering it includes the full suite without additional activations or charges.
Visual Studio Team System is expensive, but it is worth the money.
I'm using the platform's open-source version.
I use the open-source version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
For setup costs, I suggest making Microsoft Visual Code the main tool for final testing before releasing it to the public. Subscribing to Microsoft Visual Studio will be quite expensive for a small company. Therefore, other teams can use open-source coding tools.
The solution is expensive. I rate the price of Microsoft Visual Studio a two out of five.
There is no cost involved. You simply download the solution.
I'm not aware of the exact cost of the product.
The price of Microsoft Visual Studio could be lowered. For a single developer, it is approximately $1,000.
The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is approximately $400 annually.
Licensing costs are reasonable.
I am using the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
The development license for Microsoft Visual Studio is free. I don't know if there's a licensing cost to it.
I am working with the open-source community version, which is free.
The license is taken care of by my company and the price could be less expensive.
The price of Microsoft Visual Studio is reasonable but could be better.
The pricing for licenses could be reduced to make this solution more competitive.
Regarding the licensing, I don't manage that. The license is updated each time that it's required to be as the company where I am working, requires that. I don't know if the license is updated monthly or annually, however. It may be annually.
The solution is a free tool.
The company buys and pays for the product. I think our purchasing department gets a fair price for it. But the actual price is something I do not have any idea of.
I am not the right person to advise on the pricing and the cost aspect as I just develop solutions using the tool. Although I am not directly involved in pricing, I have heard positive comments about the licensing fees. When our subscription expires, the finance department takes care of it. The most basic edition of Visual Studio, the Community edition, is available free of charge which is oriented towards students, individual developers and small teams.
The solution has a community version, which is free. It also has a paid version, with a few more premium features, but the free version is still really useful.
The solution comes at a good price and, even though there are free versions out there on the market, I still prefer this product because I like its interface.