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About survey.stackoverflow.co (Developer Tools)

This page provides details about survey.stackoverflow.co (Developer Tools) which was ranked #43 out of 200 in the list of sources (19 citations (0.5% share)) in answers from AI models (Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), X.AI Grok (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch. This source is referenced for brands: Visual Studio Code, Microsoft, GitHub, Postman, Docker +5 more.

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Pages from survey.stackoverflow.co (3 links)

URL Path Citations Position
survey.stackoverflow.co 0 N/A
/2023 1 9
/2025 18 28.3

Brands Referenced By This Website (10 brands)

Brand Voice Mentions
GitHub GitHub 100% 47
Stack Overflow Stack Overflow 48.8% 27
Microsoft Microsoft 45.8% 24
Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code 17% 7
Docker Docker 13% 11
GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot 9.4% 6
Postman Postman 9% 8
CircleCI CircleCI 3.1% 5
Tabnine Tabnine 0.1% 3
JavaScript Weekly JavaScript Weekly 0.1% 2

Citations from AI Responses

Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest) (5 citations)

What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.

[...] or 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/top-development)[20 Most Popular Developer Tools in 2025 - MojoAuth](https://mojoauth.com/blog/20-most-popular-developer-tools-in-2025)[2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/), and **Visual Studio** (dominant IDE for .NET/C++ on Windows, maintaining top spot in surveys)[32 Best Software Development Tools Reviewed for 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-com [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

[...] * (dominant IDE for .NET/C++ on Windows, maintaining top spot in surveys)[32 Best Software Development Tools Reviewed for 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/top-development)[2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/). Other leaders: **IntelliJ IDEA** and **JetBrains IDEs** (Java/Kotlin specialists with intelligent completion and VCS integration, from $14.90/user/month)[32 Best Software Development Tools Reviewed for 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

[...] or 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/top-development)[20 Most Popular Developer Tools in 2025 - MojoAuth](https://mojoauth.com/blog/20-most-popular-developer-tools-in-2025)[2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/); **GitHub** (version control/CI/CD with Actions)[Top 15 developer productivity tools for 2025 - Beagle Security](https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/top-15-developer-productivity-tools.html)[32 Best Software Development Tools Reviewed for 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-develo [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

[...] beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/top-15-developer-productivity-tools.html)[32 Best Software Development Tools Reviewed for 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/top-development)[2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/). Emerging AI standouts: **Greptile** (codebase analysis/review, greptile.com)[Top 15 developer productivity tools for 2025 - Beagle Security](https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/top-15-developer-productivity-tools.html)[14 Best AI Developer Productivity Tools in 2025 | Greptile](https://www.gr [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

[...] or 2025](https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-software-development-tools/)[Best Development Software Products for 2025 - G2](https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/top-development)[20 Most Popular Developer Tools in 2025 - MojoAuth](https://mojoauth.com/blog/20-most-popular-developer-tools-in-2025)[2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/) | | AI Coding | GitHub Copilot, Greptile, Tabnine | Autocomplete, codebase understanding | Free tier/$8.50/user/month (Copilot) [Top 15 developer productivity tools for 2025 - Beagle Security](https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/top-15-developer-productivity-tools.html)[14 Best AI Developer Pr [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

X.AI Grok (latest) (2 citations)

What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.

[...] **The New Stack**: Cloud-native tools. [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/) - **Newsletter**: [JavaScript Weekly](https://javascriptweekly.com/), [DevOps Weekly](https://devopsweekly.com/) This overview draws from 2023-2024 industry reports; "best" is subjective and evolves—check surveys like [Stack Overflow](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/) for latest rankings. For specifics (e.g., language-focused), refine by stack. [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2025 December 30, 2025

[...] .postman.com/) - **Jenkins**: Open-source automation server for CI/CD. [Jenkins](https://www.jenkins.io/) - **Terraform**: Infrastructure-as-code tool by HashiCorp. [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) **Comparisons and Reviews**: - Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023 (most loved/wanted tools): [Stack Overflow Survey](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/) - GitHub Octoverse 2023 (top languages/tools trends): [GitHub Octoverse](https://octoverse.github.com/) ### Top Companies and Service Providers These companies dominate the dev tools ecosystem, often providing integrated platforms: - **Microsoft**: Owners of GitHub, VS Code, Azure DevOps. [Micro [...]

survey.stackoverflow.co/2023 December 30, 2025