Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

Eclipse IDE vs Visual Studio

Compare Eclipse IDE and Visual Studio side-by-side. See feature differences and pricing in the Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) category.

Eclipse IDE

by Eclipse Foundation

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Pricing: Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License 2.0; every package is a free download, with no paid edition or add-on.

Eclipse IDE is an open source desktop IDE for Java, C/C++ and plug-in developers, extended through Eclipse Marketplace and run by the Eclipse Foundation.

10 /18 features Full profile

Visual Studio

by Microsoft

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Pricing: Community is free. Professional $45 and Enterprise $250 a user a month, month to month; yearly subscriptions $99.99 and $499.92 a user a month paid annually; IDE standalone $499 once

Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment for .NET and C++ on Windows, sold as Community, Professional and Enterprise editions.

15 /18 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) features side-by-side

Feature	Eclipse IDE 10/18 features	Visual Studio 15/18 features
Semantic code completion Completions based on project-wide type and symbol analysis, not only text matching.	No	Yes
Automated refactorings across the project Rename, extract, move and inline with every reference updated across the project.	Yes	Yes
Built-in visual debugger Set breakpoints, step, inspect variables and evaluate expressions inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Integrated test runner Run and re-run unit tests from the editor with results and failures shown in a panel.	Yes	Yes
Built-in profiler Profile CPU and memory of a running program from inside the IDE.	No	Yes
Integrated version control client Commit, branch, diff and resolve merge conflicts without leaving the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Database browser and query console Connect to databases, browse schemas and run queries from a built-in tool window.	No	Yes
Remote and container-based development Run the IDE backend on a remote machine or container with the interface kept local.	No	No
Plugin marketplace Install third-party plugins from a vendor-hosted marketplace inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
AI coding assistant integration First-party or plugin AI completion and chat available inside the IDE.	Yes	Yes
Framework-aware code inspections Built-in inspections that understand frameworks such as Spring, Django or React.	No	No
Run and debug configurations Save named launch configurations with arguments, environment variables and working directory.	Yes	Yes
Go to definition and find usages Navigate to a symbol's definition and list every usage or caller across the project.	Yes	Yes
Multiple languages in one IDE One installation supports several programming languages rather than a single one.	Yes	Yes
Cross-platform desktop IDE The vendor ships native builds of the IDE for Windows, macOS and Linux.	Yes	No
Free community IDE edition A free edition exists alongside the paid one, with a published feature comparison.	No	Yes
Collaborative editing session sharing Share a live editing and debugging session with another developer.	No	Yes
Class and dependency diagrams Generate class, package or dependency diagrams from the code in the project.	No	Yes
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Eclipse IDE 10/18 features

Semantic code completion: No
Automated refactorings across the project: Yes
Built-in visual debugger: Yes
Integrated test runner: Yes
Built-in profiler: No
Integrated version control client: Yes
Database browser and query console: No
Remote and container-based development: No
Plugin marketplace: Yes
AI coding assistant integration: Yes
Framework-aware code inspections: No
Run and debug configurations: Yes
Go to definition and find usages: Yes
Multiple languages in one IDE: Yes
Cross-platform desktop IDE: Yes
Free community IDE edition: No
Collaborative editing session sharing: No
Class and dependency diagrams: No

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Visual Studio 15/18 features

Semantic code completion: Yes
Automated refactorings across the project: Yes
Built-in visual debugger: Yes
Integrated test runner: Yes
Built-in profiler: Yes
Integrated version control client: Yes
Database browser and query console: Yes
Remote and container-based development: No
Plugin marketplace: Yes
AI coding assistant integration: Yes
Framework-aware code inspections: No
Run and debug configurations: Yes
Go to definition and find usages: Yes
Multiple languages in one IDE: Yes
Cross-platform desktop IDE: No
Free community IDE edition: Yes
Collaborative editing session sharing: Yes
Class and dependency diagrams: Yes

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Pricing

Eclipse IDE

Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License 2.0; every package is a free download, with no paid edition or add-on.

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Visual Studio

Community is free. Professional $45 and Enterprise $250 a user a month, month to month; yearly subscriptions $99.99 and $499.92 a user a month paid annually; IDE standalone $499 once

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