4D vs Visual Studio
4D
us.4d.com
Visual Studio
visualstudio.microsoft.comSide by side
| Figure | 4D | Visual Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 18 |
| Spec score · Integrated Development Environments | 8.8 (#6) | 8.3 (#18) |
| Development features | 4D Developer Professional includes Qodly Studio for web interface development, a component builder, and development and testing servers for web services and SQL. | Official feature categories include code development, debugging, testing, collaboration, extension development and profiling. |
| Headquarters | Le Pecq, France | Microsoft's global headquarters are in Redmond, Washington. |
| Product | 4D is a development platform for creating and deploying custom business applications. | Visual Studio is a fully featured IDE for building web, cloud, desktop, mobile apps, services, and games. |
| Support | 4D directs end users first to the developer who created their solution and provides developer support options and direct contact information. | Visual Studio provides a product-specific support page for help with issues related to Visual Studio. |
Plans
Visual Studio
- CommunityPrice not published
- Professional monthly$45 a month
- Enterprise monthly$250 a month
- Professional standard$99.99 a year
- Enterprise standard$499.92 a year
- IDE standalone$499, paid once
- Visual Studio CommunityFree
- Visual Studio CommunityFree
- Visual Studio Professional monthly$45 a month
- Visual Studio Professional monthly$45 a month
In their own words
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a Windows IDE for building web, cloud, desktop, and mobile apps, as well as services and games. It combines code editing, graphical designers, compilers, code completion, source control, and extensions. Listed development support covers Windows desktop, ASP.NET web work, Python, Node.js,.NET Core, Docker tools, and cross-platform C++ libraries. Debugging and testing tools include IntelliTrace, memory dump analysis, static code analysis, unit testing, code coverage, and IntelliTest. GitHub support lets users authenticate, create repositories, and push commits within the IDE. Visual Studio can create and manage Azure resources and deploy applications, and it supports Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation. GitHub Copilot provides code completion, chat, multi-file editing, debugging assistance, and test generation. Community is free, subject to limits for enterprise organizations. Professional monthly access costs $45 a month, and Enterprise monthly access costs $250 a month. A free trial is listed.