Where can I find a profiler for C# applications to be used in Visual Studio 2008?

Question

I\'m looking for a profiler for my C# application being developed in Visual Studio 2008. I am looking for something that is inexpensive (open sourced is preferred) and that it c

Answer 1

Check out the EQATEC profiler, free and works pretty well. Also works for ASP.NET and .NET CF.

Answer 2

The Visual Studio Profiler is part of Team System only. It is not included in Visual Studio Professional.

There is a free .NET profiler called nprof, but it's not released yet and it can be rather volatile. Also, there are some excellent commercial profiler's such as ANTS Profiler from Red Gate; however, these are not low cost.

Answer 3

My recommendation is dotTrace. Isn't free, price is 170 EUR for Personal License.

http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/index.html

Answer 4

I have used AQtime with great success.

As already mentioned ANTS is also a good option.

Answer 5

Here's a list of open source .Net profilers.

I have used and like the Ants-Profiler from Red Gate, but it does cost money (highly worth it, IMHO).

Answer 6

If you just want to do memory profiling, the .NET Memory Profiler is excellent. It's got a trial period and small cost after that -- well worth it. If you want to spend some money, DevPartner Studio is very good.