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Compare Visual Studio Product Offerings | Visual Studio2026-02-10T13:30:22-08:00
A comparison of the three versions of Visual Studio
Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Supported Usage Scenarios
Individual Developers Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Classroom Learning Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Academic Research Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Contributing to Open Source Projects Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Non-enterprise organizations,
for up to 5 users 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Enterprise Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Development Platform Support
Windows Desktop, Universal Windows Apps, Web (ASP.NET), Office 365, Business Applications, Azure Stack, C++ Cross-Platform Library Development, Python, Node.js, .NET Core, Docker Tools Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Integrated Development Environment
Live Dependency Validation Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Architectural Layer Diagrams Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Architecture Validation Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Code Clone Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

CodeLens

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Peek Definition Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Refactoring

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

One-Click Web Deployment

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Model Resource Viewer Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps

 		Visual Studio CommunityCan open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode. Visual Studio ProfessionalCan open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode. Visual Studio Enterprise
Multi-Targeting Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics
IntelliTrace Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Code Map Debugger Integration

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

.NET Memory Dump Analysis

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Code Metrics Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Graphics Debugging Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Static Code Analysis Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Performance and Diagnostics Hub Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio EnterpriseIncludes Tier Interaction Profiling.

Snapshot Debugger

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Time Travel Debugging (Preview)

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Testing Tools

Live Unit Testing

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

IntelliTest

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Code Coverage

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Unit Testing

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Cross-platform Development

Embedded Assemblies

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Native iOS and Android UI Designers

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

.NET MAUI

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Collaboration Tools and Features

PowerPoint Storyboarding

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Code Review

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Task Suspend/Resume

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

Visual Studio Live Share

 		Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise

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