Adobe Commerce vs. Microsoft Visual Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Commerce
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Commerce delivers personalized shopping at scale. Delivered as Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service (ACCS), it boosts conversion with an AI-powered storefront, built-in merchandising, and GenAI-driven content. ACCS supports rapid expansion through multi-site, multi-language, and multi-brand capabilities, handling millions of SKUs, complex catalogs, and custom pricing. Always-on SaaS innovation lowers total cost of ownership by removing upgrade overhead and minimizing…N/A
Visual Studio
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Visual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.
$45
per month
Pricing
Adobe CommerceMicrosoft Visual Studio
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Professional
$45.00
per month
Enterprise
$250.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe CommerceVisual Studio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Adobe CommerceMicrosoft Visual Studio
Features
Adobe CommerceMicrosoft Visual Studio
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce
7.0
54 Ratings
10% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.353 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management7.853 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload6.543 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding6.849 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront6.451 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations6.545 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration7.145 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization7.053 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS6.451 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce
7.0
51 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery7.244 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience6.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce
7.8
51 Ratings
6% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
-
Ratings
eCommerce security7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce
6.9
50 Ratings
11% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts7.250 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations6.639 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO7.144 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce
7.6
53 Ratings
5% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
-
Ratings
Multi-site management7.745 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing7.952 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management7.751 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping7.450 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality7.552 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe CommerceMicrosoft Visual Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(54 ratings)
9.0
(105 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(14 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(15 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe CommerceMicrosoft Visual Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
Primarily B2C focused, I think that the B2B features are increasing but the core focus of the platform (and Magento) is really consumer-based. That said, if you are looking for the fastest time to market with minimal investment option then Adobe Commerce is likely not the option that 9 out of 10 people would opt for nowadays.
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Microsoft
When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
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Pros
Adobe
  • The ease of use with page builder requiring no developer skills to maintain most of our pages.
  • The catalog is straightforward and easy to use and having the ability to update pricing and other key pieces based on customer group is very helpful.
  • Many of the extensions Adobe Commerce has help us to do what we need to do more quickly without a great deal of development efforts and cost.
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Microsoft
  • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
  • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
  • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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Cons
Adobe
  • Magento Commerce Cloud can be complicated to develop for. In our field, it has been a struggle at times to find qualified developers.
  • Our merchandising team sees performance issues from time to time. Updating a product and waiting for the change to clear the queue can take up to an hour in some situations.
  • Because of the incredible amount of features that Magento Commerce Cloud offers, training new employees to use Magento takes a long time.
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Microsoft
  • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
  • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
  • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
It has the best overall price point. It is super cheap and the connection between our ERP system is unmatched by any other Ecommerce sites we have talked with. We honestly can't get this level of complex customization without having to spend a fortune somewhere else. It is able to do everything we need it to do for the right price.
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Microsoft
VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
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Usability
Adobe
Being unable to store quotes for later was annoying. People called up expecting to pay there and then, and having to place them on hold whilst you added items to the basket and input all their customer information in was annoying for them and us, making us look unprofessional.
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Microsoft
I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
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Support Rating
Adobe
The technical service was impeccable. They were on point and were very knowledgeable.
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Microsoft
There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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In-Person Training
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
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Online Training
Adobe
Great value for an flexible, open source platform.
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Microsoft
If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Magento Commerce was previously put into place and used right when I came onboard. We used it for quite some time, but ultimately the need for our company's specific customizations became too difficult to manage during core updates. We specifically needed a more specialized way of calculating shipping, connecting with our 3PL's inventory API, managing specialized discounts and codes, and even the way we showcased information on the product pages.
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Microsoft
I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Great for SEO. We have been able to build out a huge number of highly targeted pages on the site that have propelled our SEO to the next level
  • Magento plugs in with many third party tools including ERP's, CRM's, shipping tools. It is a core part of our tech stacks and has allowed us to improve our capabilities as a business.
  • Has enabled us to provide a best in class web experience for our customers. We are constantly expanding the capabilities of Magento and to improve sales and grow our business.
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Microsoft
  • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
  • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
  • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
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