In this article, we will highlight what is the difference between Various versions of Visual Studio 2019 like Community Vs Professional, Professional Vs Enterprise & Community Vs Enterprise etc.
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Editions of Visual Studio 2019
Visual Studio 2019 is available in three different editions
- Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition
- Visual Studio 2019 Professional Edition
- Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise Edition
Visual Studio 2019 Community edition
Visual Studio 2019 Community edition is free under the following conditions
- It is free if you are an individual developer. You can use it to develop commercial applications and sell them.
- It is free, if you are an organization and satisfies all of the following conditions
- if you have less than 250 PC
- Your annual revenue is less one million U.S. dollars.
- You are allowed to install it in the maximum of 5 PCs.
In both, the above cases the You must register your copy using a Microsoft Account.
Visual Studio 2019 Professional Vs Community
The Only difference between Professional Edition and Community Edition is the CodeLens feature. Using the CodeLens you can Find code changes and other histories. It tells what last changes were made to the file with reference history and who changed it
Visual Studio 2019 Professional Vs Enterprise
The Enterprise Edition is packed with many features compared to the Professional edition. Here is the list of features available only in Enterprise Edition.
Integrated Development Environment
- Live Dependency Validation
- Architectural Layer Diagrams
- Architecture Validation
- Code Clone
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics
- IntelliTrace
- Code Map Debugger Integration
- .NET Memory Dump Analysis
Testing Tools
- Live Unit Testing
- IntelliTest
- Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
- Code Coverage
Cross-platform Development
- Embedded Assemblies
- Xamarin Inspector
- Xamarin Profiler
Compare the Editions
Here is the comparison chart of Community Vs Professional Vs Enterprise. The table lists all features of the Visual Studio 2019
| Supported Features | Community Edition | Professional Edition | Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supported Usage Scenarios | |||
| Individual Developers | Y | Y | Y |
| Classroom Learning | Y | Y | Y |
| Academic Research | Y | Y | Y |
| Contributing to Open Source Projects | Y | Y | Y |
| Non-enterprise organizations, for up to 5 users | Y | Y | Y |
| Enterprise [Enterprise organizations are defined as >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue.] | Y | Y | |
| 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] | Y | Y | Y |
| Integrated Development Environment | |||
| Live Dependency Validation | Y | ||
| Architectural Layer Diagrams | Y | ||
| Architecture Validation | Y | ||
| Code Clone | Y | ||
| CodeLens | Partial | Y | Y |
| Peek Definition | Y | Y | Y |
| Refactoring | Y | Y | Y |
| One-Click Web Deployment | Y | Y | Y |
| Model Resource Viewer | Y | Y | Y |
| Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps Can open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode. | Partial | Partial | Y |
| Multi-Targeting | Y | Y | Y |
| Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics | |||
| IntelliTrace | Y | ||
| Code Map Debugger Integration | Y | ||
| NET Memory Dump Analysis | Y | ||
| Code Metrics | Y | Y | Y |
| Graphics Debugging | Y | Y | Y |
| Static Code Analysis | Y | Y | Y |
| Performance and Diagnostics Hub | Y | Y | Y |
| Snapshot Debugger | Y | ||
| Time Travel Debugging (Preview) | Y | ||
| Testing Tools | |||
| Live Unit Testing | Y | ||
| IntelliTest | Y | ||
| Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) | Y | ||
| Code Coverage | Y | ||
| Unit Testing | Y | Y | Y |
| Cross-platform Development | |||
| Embedded Assemblies | Y | ||
| Xamarin Inspector | Y | ||
| Xamarin Profiler | Y | ||
| Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows | Y | Y | Y |
| Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin | Y | Y | Y |
| Native iOS and Android UI Designers | Y | Y | Y |
| Xamarin.Forms | Y | Y | Y |
| Collaboration Tools and Features | |||
| PowerPoint Storyboarding | Y | Y | Y |
| Code Review | Y | Y | Y |
| Task Suspend/Resume | Y | Y | Y |
| Team Explorer (third-party development tools support) | Y | Y | Y |
| Visual Studio Live Share | Y | Y | Y |
Thanks a bunch for the write up. This was very helpful.
Thanks a lot for the explanation’s. I am not sure I fully understand everything you provided, but I think I should download the community version.
Thanks again for the write up.