Visual Studio Community free tier includes Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft…). Not verified — our last read, on 2026-09-13, found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed.
Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-13.
Visual Studio Community's free tier offers Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft extensions available for…). When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed, so we cannot confirm these terms and are not rating this offer today.
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Free Tier Details
Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft extensions available for download for iOS and Android), desktop, web and cloud development, multi-language support (C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, PHP and more).
When You'll Outgrow Visual Studio Community's Free Tier
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade.
Pricing Change History (0 recorded)
No recorded pricing changes for Visual Studio Community — but when we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed, so we cannot tell you that nothing changed. Treat the empty history as a statement about our records, not about this vendor's pricing.
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We cannot confirm that today. When we last read the page we cite for Visual Studio Community, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed. Our stored record says Visual Studio Community offers a free tier: Free. Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft extensions available for download for iOS and Android), desktop, web and cloud development, multi-language su... We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
What is Visual Studio Community's free tier?
We cannot confirm that today. When we last read the page we cite for Visual Studio Community, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed. Our stored record calls Visual Studio Community's free tier "Free". Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft extensions available for download for iOS and Android), desktop, web and cloud development, multi-language support (C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, PHP and more). We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
Is Visual Studio Community's free tier reliable?
When we last read the page we cite for Visual Studio Community, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed.
Is Visual Studio Community's free tier good for production?
Visual Studio Community's free tier is usable for prototyping and development. When we last read the page we cite for Visual Studio Community, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed.
What changed in Visual Studio Community's pricing?
When we last read the page we cite for Visual Studio Community, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed. We publish no change we refused to record, so we cannot tell you that nothing changed.
When will I outgrow Visual Studio Community's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Visual Studio Community in?
Visual Studio Community is categorized under IDE & Code Editors on AgentDeals.
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