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

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 can integrate into VS2008. I found the Visual Studio Profiler but I do not know how to use it. I installed the Stand Alone version which depends on Visual Studio (not to stand alone I guess?) but nothing ever shows up in the Tools menu like their walk through says it will.

Answer 1

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 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

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