Visual Studio

Visual Studio is ranked #33 of 101 in ai coding assistants on The Geeks Club. It runs on Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $8.33/mo.

Visual Studio plans and pricing

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Community Not published Fully featured IDE · For students, open-source, and individual developers visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

Professional monthly $45/mo Month-to-month access Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic plan visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

Enterprise monthly $250/mo Month-to-month access Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic plus Test Plans visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

Professional standard $99.99/yr Paid annually Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic plan · $50 Azure credit per month · Training and support visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

Enterprise standard $499.92/yr Paid annually Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic plus Test Plans · $150 Azure credit per month · Premium development and test software visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

IDE standalone $499/mo Perpetual licensing Standalone Visual Studio Professional IDE · Perpetual licensing visualstudio.microsoft.com · 20 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Paid from: 45 /user/mo

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Visual Studio

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: 45
Product: Visual Studio is a fully featured IDE for building web, cloud, desktop, mobile apps, services, and games.
AI assistance: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio provides code completion, chat, multi-file editing, debugging assistance, and test generation.
Development tools: The IDE brings together code editing, graphical designers, compilers, code completion, source control, and extensions.
Supported development: The edition comparison lists support for Windows desktop, web with ASP.NET, Python, Node.js, .NET Core, Docker tools, and cross-platform C++ libraries.
Debugging and testing: The comparison lists debugging and diagnostic capabilities including IntelliTrace, memory dump analysis, static code analysis, unit testing, code coverage, and IntelliTest.
GitHub integration: Visual Studio includes GitHub support for authenticating, creating repositories, and pushing commits from within the IDE.
Azure integration: Visual Studio can create and manage Azure resources, deploy applications, and use Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
Security: Visual Studio Enterprise is described as including enterprise security, and Visual Studio can integrate with Azure security tools.
Professional audience: Visual Studio Professional is described as an IDE best suited to small teams.
Enterprise capabilities: Visual Studio Enterprise is described as offering advanced debugging, AI-assisted development, Azure credits, and cloud Dev/Test pricing.
Support: Visual Studio provides a product-specific support page for help with issues related to Visual Studio.
Company founded: Microsoft was founded in 1975.
Price from: $8.33/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best AI Coding Assistants in 2026#33 of 101
Best AI Code Generators in 2026#23 of 54
Best Integrated Development Environments in 2026#2 of 44
Best IDE Software in 2026#1 of 42
Best Web Development IDEs in 2026#8 of 41
Best Mobile Development IDEs in 2026#9 of 37
Best Pair Programming Software in 2026#5 of 26
Best C++ IDEs in 2026#3 of 20

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