Notepad++ vs Visual Studio: who evaluates each
Updated
In our data, 80 companies have people who reviewed both Notepad++ and Visual Studio: 19% of the 431 companies whose people reviewed Notepad++, and 12% of the 662 that reviewed Visual Studio.
Notepad++
- Companies
- 431
- Contacts
- 510
- Countries
- 49
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Visual Studio
- Companies
- 662
- Contacts
- 760
- Countries
- 69
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How many companies evaluated both
- Notepad++ only
- 351
- companies
- Both
- 80
- companies
- Visual Studio only
- 582
- companies
Only 80 companies evaluated both Notepad++ and Visual Studio, suggesting limited direct comparison between them despite their overlap in the development tools category. Most buyers reviewed one product or the other in isolation: 351 companies looked at Notepad++ alone, while 582 companies evaluated only Visual Studio.
Who reviews each, by team
| Notepad++ | Visual Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 61% | 51% |
| Marketing | 194% | 213% |
| Engineering & IT | 31061% | 50566% |
| Operations & Finance | 326% | 223% |
| Consulting & Analysis | 6914% | 10113% |
| Leadership | 255% | 263% |
| Other | 4910% | 8011% |
Engineering & IT dominates reviews for both products—310 reviewers at Notepad++ versus 505 at Visual Studio. Consulting & Analysis teams show more interest in Visual Studio (101 reviewers) than Notepad++ (69 reviewers), while leadership representation is similar across both.
What else they compared
Companies that reviewed Notepad++ also reviewed
Companies that reviewed Visual Studio also reviewed
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Frequently asked questions
- What share of Notepad++ reviewers also looked at Visual Studio?
- 19% of companies that reviewed Notepad++ also reviewed Visual Studio, indicating that most Notepad++ evaluations occur independently.
- How many companies reviewed Visual Studio but not Notepad++?
- 582 companies reviewed Visual Studio without evaluating Notepad++, compared to 351 companies that reviewed Notepad++ but skipped Visual Studio.
- Which teams drive the difference in review volume between these products?
- Visual Studio attracted more total reviewers across most teams, particularly in Consulting & Analysis with 101 versus 69, and in Other roles with 80 versus 49.