🆚 Microsoft FrontPage vs. Visual Studio

The statistics are incomplete because modern versions of Visual Studio don't insert the <meta name="generator"> tag into the HTML by default, making its usage nearly impossible to detect.

Type

HTML editor
HTML editor

About

Microsoft FrontPage was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool that was part of Microsoft Office until it was discontinued in 2003.

It offered drag-and-drop page design, automatic hyperlink management, built-in templates, and integration with Microsoft technologies such as Active Server Pages (ASP) and FrontPage Server Extensions for publishing dynamic content.

Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows developed by Microsoft for building desktop, web, cloud, and mobile applications in multiple programming languages.

It includes a code editor with IntelliSense code completion, integrated debugging and profiling tools, Git-based source control support, workload-based installation for different development technologies, and AI-assisted coding features through IntelliCode and GitHub Copilot.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
$149
Free version ✔️Visual Studio Community
Professional$45/month
Enterprise$250/month

Categories

HTML Editors › Rank #2
HTML Editors › Rank #8
Legacy › Rank #23

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Total websites

Market share

HTML Editors

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Italy
Canada
Netherlands
Japan
Spain
France
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Business
Personal Pages
Travel
Online Shopping
Public Information
Internet Services
Recreation/Hobbies

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#36,260
#41,680
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Name
Rank
#2,695
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See also

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