Compare Visual Studio 2022 Editions

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community Free download	Visual Studio Professional Buy	Visual Studio Enterprise Buy
Supported Usage Scenarios
Individual Developers
Classroom Learning
Academic Research
Contributing to Open Source Projects
Non-enterprise organizations ¹, for up to 5 users		Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Enterprise	Feature not supported
Development Platform Support ²

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community	Visual Studio Professional
Integrated Development Environment
Live Dependency Validation	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Architectural Layer Diagrams	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Architecture Validation	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Code Clone	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
CodeLens
Peek Definition
Refactoring
One-Click Web Deployment
Model Resource Viewer
Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps	³	³
Multi-Targeting

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community	Visual Studio Professional	Visual Studio Enterprise
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics
IntelliTrace	Feature not supported
Code Map Debugger Integration	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
.NET Memory Dump Analysis	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Performance and Diagnostics Hub			⁴
Snapshot Debugger	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Time Travel Debugging (Preview)	Feature not supported	Feature not supported

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community	Visual Studio Professional
Testing Tools
Live Unit Testing	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
IntelliTest	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Code Coverage	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Unit Testing

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community	Visual Studio Professional
Cross-platform Development
Embedded Assemblies	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Xamarin Inspector	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Xamarin Profiler	Feature not supported	Feature not supported
Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows
Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin
Native iOS and Android UI Designers
Xamarin.Forms

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community	Visual Studio Professional	Visual Studio Enterprise
Collaboration Tools and Features
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)
Visual Studio Live Share

Supported Features	Visual Studio Community Free download	Visual Studio Professional Buy	Visual Studio Enterprise Buy
Supported Usage Scenarios +
Individual Developers
Classroom Learning
Academic Research
Contributing to Open Source Projects
Non-enterprise organizations ¹, for up to 5 users
Enterprise
Development Platform Support ²
Integrated Development Environment +
Live Dependency Validation
Architectural Layer Diagrams
Architecture Validation
Code Clone
CodeLens
Peek Definition
Refactoring
One-Click Web Deployment
Model Resource Viewer
Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps	³	³
Multi-Targeting
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics +
IntelliTrace
Code Map Debugger Integration
.NET Memory Dump Analysis
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Performance and Diagnostics Hub			⁴
Testing Tools +
Live Unit Testing
Test Case Management
Web Load & Performance Testing
IntelliTest
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
Code Coverage
Lab Management
Coded UI Testing
Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Fast-forward for Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Unit Testing
Cross PLatform Development +
Embedded Assemblies
Xamarin Inspector
Xamarin Profiler
Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows
Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin
Native iOS and Android UI Designers
Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin Instant Player
Collaboration Tools and Features +
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)
Visual Studio Live Share

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Footnotes:

Enterprise organizations are defined as >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue.
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
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Includes Tier Interaction Profiling.