Review of Automated Code Review Tools
Pun intended 
Thanks Sapinder. Our verdict goes to StyleCop for striking the best balance between usability, customization and price!
Thanks Sapinder. Our verdict goes to StyleCop for striking the best balance between usability, customization and price!
| Tool | Integration with VS.net | Langauge Support | Support for Web/Windows | User customization | Commercial/Free | Source Code available | Framework supported |
| fxcop | Yes | Analyses managed assemblies(dlls and exes) | It provides us with default set of rules, however we can create additional custom rules by using the FxCop SDK | Free | Not available | Framework 2.0 or higher | |
| stylecop | Yes | It analyzes actual c# code | Applicable to any .cs source code file | It provides us with default set of rules, however developers can implement their own rules | Free | Available | Framework 2.0 or higher |
| ReSharper | Yes | C# 4.0,VB10,ASP.NET, MVC,XML,XAML, MSBuild and NAnt build scripts | Commercial | Not available | |||
| ndepend | Yes | Analyses managed assemblies(dlls and exes) | It has got hundreds of standard rules, custom rules can also be defined. | Commercial | Not available | framework 2.0/3.0/3.5 | |
| code.right | Yes | Analyses actual source code files(.vb/.cs) | Provides own SDK to define custom rules | Commercial | Not available | framework 2.0/3.0/3.5 |
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