Compare Microsoft Visual Studio and ModelSim - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 26, 2022

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

Microsoft Visual Studio is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ModelSim, and ModelSim is rated higher (90/100) than Microsoft Visual Studio (75/100). 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:

Microsoft Vs. Altera Corporation

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.

Altera Corporation: Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the pioneer of programmable logic solutions, enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Altera offers FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, and ASICs in combination with software tools, intellectual property, embedded processors and customer suppo...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft Visual Studio or ModelSim?

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 Microsoft Visual Studio and ModelSim.

Microsoft Visual Studio price starts at $45 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Development Tools Platform software. ModelSim price starts at $945 per license , When comparing ModelSim to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Development Tools Platform software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft Visual Studio is more expensive than ModelSim.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

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

Target customer size

Microsoft Visual Studio is perfect for companies that are operating and developing highly scalable Windows software services and applications. and ModelSim's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.



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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ModelSim

ITQlick rating
(5/5)

starts at $945 per license

ModelSim software is a cloud-based multi-language HDL simulation and debugging platform that helps in the recreation of the hardware description languages like SystemC, VHDL, and Verilog.

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Microsoft Visual Studio: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

ModelSim: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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ITQlick rating
5/5
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75/100
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ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
90/100
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3.4/10
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$945 per license
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4
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