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At a Glance
Delphi
Delphi
Star Rating
(33)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Star Rating
(3,640)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Visual Studio

Delphi vs Visual Studio

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Delphi easier to use and administer. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up, and doing business with Visual Studio overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Visual Studio meets the needs of their business better than Delphi.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Visual Studio is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Visual Studio over Delphi.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Delphi
No pricing available
Visual Studio
No pricing available
Free Trial
Delphi
No trial information available
Visual Studio
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
27
9.1
2,953
Ease of Use
8.8
27
8.7
2,966
Ease of Setup
8.3
10
8.5
611
Ease of Admin
8.9
9
8.5
524
Quality of Support
7.2
26
8.3
2,553
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.4
9
8.8
489
Product Direction (% positive)
6.9
26
8.8
2,859
Features by Category
.NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
8.8
5,009
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
747
Not enough data
8.9
737
Not enough data
9.0
650
Not enough data
8.7
727
Not enough data
8.7
712
Not enough data
8.6
715
Not enough data
8.7
721
C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
8.9
3,213
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
472
Not enough data
8.9
469
Not enough data
8.9
429
Not enough data
8.9
463
Not enough data
8.8
460
Not enough data
8.7
462
Not enough data
8.7
458
Application Development PlatformsHide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
9.0
2,198
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
324
Not enough data
9.1
320
Not enough data
9.1
297
Not enough data
9.0
319
Not enough data
8.8
308
Not enough data
8.8
315
Not enough data
9.0
315
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Delphi
Delphi
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Delphi and Visual Studio share no categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Delphi
Delphi
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.8%
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
35.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
32.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Delphi
Delphi
Computer Software
34.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Hospitality
12.5%
Higher Education
6.3%
Manufacturing
3.1%
Other
31.3%
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Computer Software
30.7%
Information Technology and Services
22.7%
Higher Education
3.0%
Internet
2.4%
Financial Services
2.3%
Other
38.9%
Most Helpful Reviews
Delphi
Delphi
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jon R.
JR
Jon R.
Verified User in Computer Software

Very powerful development tool that can be used to create applications that run on a variety of platforms. Generates code that uses the device's native instruction set rather than requiring a run-time VM interpreter or converter (to convert byte code to...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
GN
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

That it didn’t seem flexible as a web based program

Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Most Helpful Favorable Review
RK
Rohit K.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Visual Studio provides a major library of various programming languages to run code in your system with an ease of implementation for daily usage. If you are a coder and you are using this, you can understand how important it is for coding and make things...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Higher Education
GH
Verified User in Higher Education

One of the most annoying thing is that you need to register to use the software, and that you must be connected all the time, otherwise it starts complaining. It is easy to find support for all-Microsoft solutions, but if you want to create something not...

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Discussions
Delphi
Delphi Discussions
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Delphi has no discussions with answers
Visual Studio
Visual Studio Discussions
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8 comments
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What is the use of Visual Studio?
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Visual Studio is user friendly IDE tool used for developing code with lots of plugins available.Read more
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