ANTS Performance Profiler lets you profile the code of applications written in any of the .NET Framework languages, including Visual Basic .NET, C#, and Managed C++. It can help identify inefficient parts of your application, by recording the time spent in each line of your code as you run your application.

You can use ANTS Performance Profiler to profile Windows Store apps, .NET desktop applications, ASP.NET web applications hosted in Internet Information Services (IIS) or the ASP.NET Development Server, .NET Windows services, COM+ server applications, Silverlight 4 or later applications, and XBAPs. You can also profile applications that host the .NET Runtime, for example Visual Studio .NET plug-ins.

What's new in version 8.5?

Version 8.5 includes improved support for async generic methods.

For more information, see ANTS Performance Profiler 8.5 release notes.

Quick start guide

1. Set up a new profiling session, and start profiling.
2. Optionally, select a region on the timeline to restrict the profiling results to a specific period.
3. Review the profiling results.

Worked examples

Learn more about performance profiling by following these examples:

• Worked example: Profiling performance of an algorithm
• Worked example: Profiling network overheads
• Worked example: Profiling an ASP.NET application
• Worked example: Profiling from the command line