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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Visual Studio Code? Visual Studio Code helps developers, programmers, software engineers, web developers, and students run, debug, and edit codes. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 1687 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Visual Studio Code is available for free. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Bug Tracking - Change Management - Code Review - Custom Development - Version Control ## Integrations (4 total) - Docker - Git - GitHub - GitLab ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Source Code Management Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31420/source-code-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Some extension can cause a bug or slow performance. > > Overall experience with Visual Studio Code is very positive. It is reliable and flexible for both beginners and experienced users. ----- ### "It's definitely a slimmed down version with lots of kinks that are done differently to the full blown Visual Studio" — 3.0/5 > **Dave** | *24 April 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like that it has a somewhat more simplified interface than the full blown Visual Studio > > **Cons**: It is lacking in a lot of features. IN some cases, I felt like they (Microsoft) are trying to change the way people do things between Visual Studio and VS Code. > > I had to install this to use and create SPFX solutions. SPFX was frustrating in itself, and then trying to figure out features and functionality of VS Code. I've been using VS for years that doing the switch to VS Code wasn't hard, but not straight forward either. ----- ### "Fantastic free software" — 5.0/5 > **Justin** | *23 July 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of use Great error feedback Great UX > > **Cons**: No obvious way to turn on word wrap Installing dependencies could be easier > > Easily the best SDK I have used. I even use it for JSON or reading logs due to the way it colour codes ----- ### "Highly customisable and well integrated coding tool" — 5.0/5 > **Norman** | *28 April 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Highly customisable, well integrated with git and simple to pickup and use. Lot's of extensions available as well. > > **Cons**: So many features it can be somewhat overwhelming to begin with, but it doesn't take long to get the hang of it. > > Overall it was easy enough to get started and with time my productivity has increased significantly. ----- ### "Best free coding platform. Wouldn't use anything else." — 5.0/5 > **Brenton** | *28 April 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Visual Studio Code is a great free tool for coding. I use it everyday in my work and find all the extensions very useful. > > **Cons**: Some of the extensions stop being supported and or become outdated and you need to manually remove them else they may cause issues in your code. > > Visual Studio Code is a great free coding tool that has an extensive add-ons library for just about any use case. I found it easy to use from the start and wouldn't be able to do my job without it. ----- Page: 1 / 69\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/186634/visual-studio-code?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/186634/visual-studio-code) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data