Pricing · 2026

Visual Studio pricing

13 plans on the record · a free plan · a free trial

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Every plan

Community

Priced on request

Fully featured IDE · For students, open-source, and individual developers

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Professional monthly

$45 a month

Month-to-month access

Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic plan

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Enterprise monthly

$250 a month

Month-to-month access

Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic plus Test Plans

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Professional standard

$99.99 a year

Paid annually

Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic plan · $50 Azure credit per month · Training and support

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Enterprise standard

$499.92 a year

Paid annually

Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic plus Test Plans · $150 Azure credit per month · Premium development and test software

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IDE standalone

$499 one-time

Perpetual licensing

Standalone Visual Studio Professional IDE · Perpetual licensing

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Visual Studio Community

Free

Windows IDE · free for students, open-source and individual developers

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Visual Studio Professional monthly

$45 a month

Monthly

Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic

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Visual Studio Professional standard

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One-time annual payment; renewal $66.59 user/mo after first year

Visual Studio Professional · Azure DevOps Basic · $50 Azure credit/month · basic dev/test software · training and support

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Visual Studio Enterprise monthly

$250 a month

Monthly

Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic + Test plan

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Visual Studio IDE standalone

$499 one-time

One-time purchase

Perpetual IDE license without subscription benefits

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Visual Studio Enterprise standard

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One-time annual payment; renewal $214.09 user/mo after first year

Visual Studio Enterprise · Azure DevOps Basic + Test plan · $150 Azure credit/month · premium dev/test software · extended training and support · Power BI Pro

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Visual Studio Professional IDE standalone

$499 one-time

$499

Perpetual license; excludes subscription benefits

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