2024 THE 30TH EDITION

Visual Studio Magazine readers have once again shared their opinions on the best third-party tools, components and services to use with Microsoft’s flagship IDE in the .NET-centric software development space. With 43 categories, the 30th edition of the Visual Studio Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards program continues to improve.

Winners at a Glance 3 Stars Premiere Vendor

CATEGORY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Component Suite: Desktop (WinForms, WPF)
DevExpress Universal Subscription
Telerik UI for WinForms
MindFusion WinForms Pack
Component Suite: Web (ASP.NET, HTML5, JavaScript, XAML)
DevExpess DXperience Subscription
Kendo UI
Pro Studio .NETHTML5 + Mobile
Component Suite: Cross-Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
DevExpress DevExtreme Subscription
Telerik UI for MAUI
Gizmox Pro Studio .NETHTML5 + Mobile
Component: Grid and Spreadsheet
DevExpress Grid Control
Syncfusion Essential Grid
MindFusion WinForms Pack
Component: Chart, Gauge, Graph and Flow
DevExpress Chart Control
combit List & Label
Telerik KendoReact Charts
Component: Imaging, Image Processing and Drawing
LEADTOOLS Imaging
Aspose.Imaging
(TIE) Syncfusion Image Editor

Telerik UI for WPF ImageEditor
Component: Mapping/GIS
DevExpress Map Control
ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET (formerly known as ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET)
Syncfusion Maps Control
Component: Text, OCR, Scanning & Barcode
DevExpress Rich Text Editor
(TIE) ABBYY FineReader Engine

LEADTOOLS Barcode
LEADTOOLS Document Suite
Component: UI, Toolbar, Menu, Ribbon
DevExpress Ribbon, Toolbars and Menus
Telerik UI for WinForms RibbonBar
SurveyJS Dashboard
Component: Multi-Document Processing
DevExpress Office File API for .NET
Aspose.Total
Syncfusion File-Format libraries
Blazor Components and Tools
DevExpress Blazor UI
Syncfusion Essential Studio for Blazor
Nevron Open Vision for .NET
Software Design, Frameworks, and Modeling Tools
DevExpress XAF
PostSharp Ultimate
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
Performance, Profiling, and Debugging Tools
JetBrains dotTrace
SQL Diagnostic Manager
Redgate .NET Developer Bundle
General Development Tools (includes IDEs)
JetBrains ReSharper
Postman
Visual WebGui DevTools
Collaboration, Project Management and Agile Solutions
Atlassian Bitbucket
VisualSVN
JetBrains TeamCity
ALM, SCM and Requirements Management
VisualSVN Server
Micro Focus StarTeam
CollabNet TeamForge
BI, Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) & BI Development Studio
DevExpress BI Dashboard
MindFusion WinForms Pack
SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio
Bug, Defect and Feature Tracking
Atlassian JIRA
BugZilla
Redgate .NET Developer Bundle
Software Architecture
(TIE) Lucid

Visual Paradigm
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
NDepend
Software Testing and Quality Assurance
(TIE) DevExpress TestCafe Studio

Telerik Test Studio
Postman
Ranorex Studio
FTP, Email and Network Connectivity
SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server
Aspose.Email
Catalyst Development SocketTools .NET Edition
Reporting, Analysis and Visualization
combit List & Label
DevExpress Reporting
SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio
Databases, Data Development and Modeling
SQL Toolbelt Essentials
DevExpress XPO
Redgate Flyway
SharePoint Components and Tooling
ArcGIS for SharePoint
Bamboo Project Management Suite
Nevron SharePoint Vision
PDF and Print/Preview Components and Tools
DevExpress PDF Viewer
Aspose.PDF
(TIE) MESCIUS (formerly GrapeCity) Document Solutions for PDF

Syncfusion Essential PDF library
Mobile Development Tools and Frameworks
DevExpress MAUI & Xamarin UI
Gizmox Express Studio .NETHTML5 + Mobile
(TIE) Syncfusion Essential Studio for .NET MAUI

Telerik UI for .NET MAUI
Middleware, SOA and Server-Based Tools
JSON Essentials for COM/ActiveX
MESCIUS (formerly GrapeCity) Document Solutions
CData ADO.NET Providers
Internet of Things
GHI Electronics SITCore - .NET C# on a Chip
TinyCLR
/n software IPWorks
Web Design & Development Tools and Frameworks
DevExpress React Components
NGINX Plus
Infragistics Ultimate
Productivity Tools
DevExpress CodeRush for Visual Studio
LINQPad
SmartBear ReadyAPI
Content Management Systems
Optimizely CMS
Progress Sitefinit
Xperience by Kentico
Cloud Development Tools
VMware vCloud Suite
CloudMonix
(TIE) Ampere One

OpenText Developer Cloud
Security & Copy Protection
DevExpress .NET App Security Library & Web API Service
Atlassian Compass
CrypKey Instant
Installation, Setup & Deployment Tools
(TIE) InstallAware for Windows Installer

Octopus Deploy
Redgate Flyway
Chef
Parallel and Multicore Development Tools
Intel Parallel Studio XE
PostSharp Threading
Imperas M*SDK Advanced Multicore SDK
Web Hosting
GoDaddy
Bluehost
DiscountASP.NET
Help Authoring
Adobe RoboHelp
HelpScribble
BoldDesk by Syncfusion
DevOps
Dynatrace
Postman
Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for VIsual Studio on Azure
Developer Training Resources
Pluralsight
LinkedIn Learning
Learning Tree
Specialized Search Engines
Elasticsearch
dtSearch Engine
Open Semantic Search
Containers & Docker
Docker Development Tools
Google Kubernetes Engine
Amazon Elastic Container Service
AI/Cognitive Services/Machine Learning
TensorFlow
Distributed Machine Learning Toolkit
Keras
Software Development Service Providers
Telerik App Development Services
iThink 365
jQWidgets Smart UI