Compare ActiveState Komodo and Microsoft Visual Studio - Apr 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Apr 26, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - ActiveState Komodo or Microsoft Visual Studio?

Microsoft Visual Studio is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ActiveState Komodo, and Microsoft Visual Studio is rated higher (75/100) than ActiveState Komodo (70/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Development Tools Platform solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

ActiveState Software Inc. Vs. Microsoft

ActiveState Software Inc.: ActiveState empowers innovation from code to cloud smarter, safer, and faster. ActiveState’s cutting-edge solutions give developers and enterprises the power and flexibility to develop in Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, Node.js, PHP, Tcl, and more. Stackato is ActiveState’s groundbreaking cloud platform for creating a private platform as a service (PaaS)...

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Who is more expensive? ActiveState Komodo or Microsoft Visual Studio?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Development Tools Platform software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for ActiveState Komodo and Microsoft Visual Studio.

ActiveState Komodo price starts at $99 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 ActiveState Komodo is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Development Tools Platform software. Microsoft Visual Studio price starts at $45 per month , When comparing Microsoft Visual Studio to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Development Tools Platform software cost.

Bottom line: ActiveState Komodo cost is around the same cost of Microsoft Visual Studio.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared ActiveState Komodo Vs. Microsoft Visual Studio based on some of the most important and required Development Tools Platform features.

ActiveState Komodo: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Microsoft Visual Studio: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

ActiveState Komodo's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Microsoft Visual Studio is perfect for companies that are operating and developing highly scalable Windows software services and applications.

ActiveState Komodo

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $99 per license

ActiveState Komodo is a trending cloud-based Development Tools Platforms software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. ActiveState Komodo received a rating of 4.1 from ITQlick team...

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Microsoft Visual Studio

ITQlick rating
(5/5)

starts at $45 per month

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment that comes with a collection of services and tools to help users develop applications for the desktop, devices, web and the cloud. The software c...

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ActiveState Komodo: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Microsoft Visual Studio: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
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4.1/5
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70/100
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4.2/10
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Score
75/100
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ITQlick rating
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15

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