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Visual Studio pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Visual Studio. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the developer tools tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Visual Studio pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Visual Studio catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Visual Studio review carries the full feature record.
How that compares in Developer Tools
Too few developer tools tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Studio (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Deep Code | Free, then $5/month | freemium | - | vs Visual Studio |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs Visual Studio |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Visual Studio |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs Visual Studio |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs Visual Studio |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Visual Studio |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Visual Studio badges page.
Before you pay for Visual Studio
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Visual Studio runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Visual Studio review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
Visual Studio pricing questions
- How much does Visual Studio cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Visual Studio, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Visual Studio have a free plan?
- Yes, Visual Studio is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside Visual Studio have a free tier: Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod).
- What am I actually paying for with Visual Studio?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Visual Studio review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Visual Studio charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Visual Studio prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Visual Studio against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Visual Studio covering price, platforms and features.