Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source code editor developed by Microsoft that provides debugging, version control integration, and extensions for building applications across multiple programming languages and platforms. It is used by software developers and teams to write, test, and manage code, and is distributed as a desktop application with an ecosystem of paid Microsoft cloud services and tools around it.
- Application & Code Security
- CI/CD & DevOps
- No-Code & Low-Code Platforms
- Revenue
- $20.0M
- Employees
- 200
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Redmond, United States of America
What 152 Arbolus experts think of Visual Studio Code
NPS distribution is highly positive, with most ratings ≥8 and several experts providing a perfect 10. Renewal intent, where measured, is strong among technical leaders and influencers driving team tool adoption. The majority of users are in the 'more than 1 year' implementation stage, reflecting deep integration into workflows. Key expert feedback emphasizes extensibility, performance, and integration with other dev tools as major positives, with some concerns for large-scale performance and memory consumption. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive
Who reviewed Visual Studio Code
- C-Suite 53% (81)
- Director 13% (20)
- Manager 34% (52)
Employer names and spend open in the full report, along with the other 149 customers.
Everything 152 customers told us about Visual Studio Code.
Employer names, spend, renewal intent and every written answer behind the numbers on this page.
Sentiment
68 Net Promoter Score, from 151 scored reviews- Promoters 108
- Passives 39
- Detractors 4
Cumulative NPS by month
+0 over 6 months- May 9
- Jun 9
- Jul 9
- Aug 9
- Sep 9
- Oct 9
Net Promoter Score across 4 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 56 across 4 companies.
Praised
- Unmatched Extension Ecosystem
- Critical Productivity Driver
- Flexibility and Fast Adoption
- AI-Native Workflows
Criticised
- Enterprise Compliance or Security Mandates
- Resource Overhead and Electron Architecture
- AI-Driven Competitive Threats
- Resource Consumption Scaling Issues
What customers say
Renewal intent
Plan to renew 74%Plan to renew, by seniority
- 82% 22 answers
- 71% 7 answers
- 60% 10 answers
- 67% 3 answers
- 9.4/10 Average score from customers who will renew
- 8.9/10 Average score from undecided customers
- 8/10 Average score from customers not renewing
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