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    The Syncfusion® difference

    Cross-platform app development

    The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI suite offers a comprehensive toolkit for building native apps across multiple platforms, simplifying development through a unified .NET framework.

    Single codebase

    Develop a single C# and XAML codebase to create apps that seamlessly integrate with the native look and feel of iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.

    10+ unique controls

    Our .NET MAUI suite has unique controls, such as the Backdrop, Carousel View, Parallax View, Picker, Polar Charts, PowerPoint Library, Pull to Refresh, Radial Menu, Radio Button, Range Selector, Rotator, Step Progress Bar, Sunburst Chart, and TreeMap. You won’t find these from other vendors.

    High performance

    Every control is fine-tuned to work with a high volume of data.

    Document processing libraries

    Read, write, and easily manipulate Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files in .NET MAUI applications without any external dependencies.

    200+ demos

    Explore the full capabilities of our .NET MAUI controls on all your devices by installing our sample browser applications for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows and view our sample code on GitHub.

    Stay current with frequent updates

    Receive weekly bug fixes, monthly minor improvements, and quarterly major updates. Custom patches are available as needed.

    Free Community License

    Get free, unlimited access to our 60+ .NET MAUI controls and all 1,800+ controls in Syncfusion® Essential Studio® through the Community License. No credit card required.

    Developer-approved

    More than 500 users have reviewed Syncfusion® components on the G2 user-review platform, with nearly 75% of all reviewers giving the suite a perfect 5 out of 5. Other vendors have much fewer reviews.

    Cross-platform app development

    The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI offers a comprehensive toolkit for building native apps across multiple platforms, simplifying development through a unified .NET framework.

    Single codebase

    Develop a single C# and XAML codebase to create apps that seamlessly integrate with the native look and feel of iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.

    10+ unique controls

    Our .NET MAUI suite has unique controls, such as the Backdrop, Carousel, Parallax View, Picker, Polar Charts, PowerPoint, Pull to Refresh, Radial Menu, Radio Button, Range Selector, Rotator, Step Progress Bar, Sunburst Chart, and TreeMap. You won’t find other vendors on the market.

    200+ demos

    Explore the full capabilities of our .NET MAUI controls on all your devices by installing our sample browser applications for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows and view our sample code on GitHub.

    High performance

    Every control is fine-tuned to work with a high volume of data.

    Document processing libraries

    Read, write, and easily manipulate Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files in .NET MAUI applications without any external dependencies.

    Stay current with frequent updates

    Receive weekly bug fixes, monthly minor improvements, and quarterly major updates. Custom patches are available as needed.

    Developer-approved

    More than 500 users have reviewed Syncfusion® components on the G2 user-review platform, with nearly 75% of all reviewers giving the suite a perfect 5 out of 5. Other vendors have much fewer reviews.

    Free Community License

    Get unlimited access to our 80+ .NET MAUI controls and you can also get free, unlimited access to over 1,800 controls in Syncfusion® Essential Studio® products through the Community License. No credit card required.

    The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI controls vs. other vendors

    Note: Other Vendors denotes Telerik, and DevExpress

    Yes

    No

    Some of them not having

    COMPONENTS

    The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI controls for building Mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML code.

    GRID

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Data Grid

    Yes

    Yes

    DATA VISUALIZATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Cartesian Charts

    Yes

    Yes

    Circular Charts

    Yes

    Yes

    Funnel Charts

    Yes

    Yes

    Pyramid Charts

    Yes

    Yes

    Polar Charts

    Yes

    Yes

    Sunburst Chart

    Yes

    No

    Radial Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Linear Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Digital Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Maps

    Yes

    Yes

    Barcode Generator

    Yes

    Yes

    TreeMap

    Yes

    No

    LAYOUT

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Backdrop

    Yes

    No

    ListView

    Yes

    Yes

    Popup

    Yes

    Yes

    Text Input Layout

    Yes

    Yes

    Expander

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Accordion

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Carousel

    Yes

    No

    Cards

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Parallax View

    Yes

    No

    NAVIGATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Navigation Drawer

    Yes

    Yes

    Radial Menu

    Yes

    No

    Rotator

    Yes

    No

    Tab View

    Yes

    Yes

    TreeView

    Yes

    Intermediate

    CALENDARS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Scheduler

    Yes

    Yes

    Calendar

    Yes

    Yes

    EDITORS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Autocomplete

    Yes

    Yes

    ComboBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Data Form

    Yes

    Yes

    DatePicker

    Yes

    Yes

    DateTime Picker

    Yes

    Yes

    Masked Entry

    Yes

    Yes

    Numeric Entry

    Yes

    Yes

    Picker

    Yes

    Yes

    Signature Pad

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Rating

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Image Editor

    Yes

    Yes

    Time Picker

    Yes

    Yes

    BUTTONS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Button

    Yes

    Yes

    CheckBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Chips

    Yes

    Yes

    Radio Button

    Yes

    No

    Segmented Control

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Switch

    Yes

    Yes

    SLIDERS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Slider

    Yes

    No

    Range Slider

    Yes

    No

    Range Selector

    Yes

    No

    NOTIFICATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Badge View

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Busy Indicator

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Progress Bar

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Step Progress Bar

    Yes

    Yes

    Pull to Refresh

    Yes

    Intermediate

    MISCELLANEOUS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Avatar View

    Yes

    No

    Effects View

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Shimmer

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Chat

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Chat

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Viewer

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    PDF Viewer

    Yes

    Yes

    DOCUMENT PROCESSING LIBRARIES

    Libraries

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Excel

    Yes

    Yes

    PDF

    Yes

    Yes

    Word

    Yes

    Yes

    PowerPoint

    Yes

    No

    EXCLUSIVE FEATURE SETS

    Compared to competitors, Syncfusion® .NET MAUI controls have many unique features that benefit users.

    Controls

    		Unique Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Funnel Chart

    Chart Type

    Yes

    No

    Pyramid Chart 

    Chart Type

    Yes

    No

    List View

    Empty View

    Yes

    No

    List View

    Swiping

    Yes

    No

    List View

    Drag and Drop

    Yes

    No

    Maps

    Tile Layer

    Yes

    No

    Maps

    Zooming and panning

    Yes

    No

    Maps

    Sublayer support for tile layer

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Rich Media annotation

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Create PDF digital signatures with LTV using a time-stamp URL

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Lock digital signature in PDF

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    3D annotations

    Yes

    No

    PDF Viewer

    Virtual scrolling

    Yes

    No

    PDF Viewer

    Page navigation

    Yes

    No

    PDF Viewer

    Cloud shape annotations

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Find and extract RTL text

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Compress PDF documents

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Compressing images

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Optimizing fonts and page content

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Redaction

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    TIFF-to-PDF conversion

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Find using regex

    Yes

    No

    PDF Library

    Duplicate page support

    Yes

    No

    Cartesian Charts

    Directional zoom

    Yes

    No

    Cartesian Charts

    Programmatic tooltip display and hide

    Yes

    No

    Cartesian Charts

    Exposed chart interaction override methods

    Yes

    No

    Cartesian Charts

    Value to Point & Point to Value

    Yes

    No

    Cartesian Charts

     Plot band

    Yes

    No

    Digital Gauge

    Display types

    Yes

    No

    Digital Gauge

    Custom character

    Yes

    No

    Digital Gauge

    Colors of character

    Yes

    No

    Digital Gauge

    Display special characters

    Yes

    No

    Word Library

    Renders the DotDotDashHeavy, DottedHeavy, and Thick underline styles as they are in the input Word document

    Yes

    No

    Word Library

    Renders PDF documents properly for landscape pages when mirror margins are applied.

    Yes

    No

    Word Library

    Word-to-Markdown conversion

    Yes

    No

    Word Library

    Mathematical equation to LaTeX

    Yes

    No

    Excel Library

    What-If Analysis with Scenario Manager

    Yes

    No

    Excel Library

    Threaded comments

    Yes

    No

    Excel Library

    Gradient fill

    Yes

    No

    Autocomplete

    Delimiter

    Yes

    No

    Autocomplete

    Load more support

    Yes

    No

    Autocomplete

    Dropdown placement

    Yes

    No

    ComboBox

    Delimiter

    Yes

    No

    ComboBox

    No results found

    Yes

    No

    Scheduler

    Event Reminder API

    Yes

    No

    Scheduler

    Vertical month view swiping

    Yes

    No

    SchedulerYear views interval support

    Yes

    No

    SchedulerEvents - when appointments clicked or managed by end users

    Yes

    No

    SchedulerGrouping Feature

    Yes

    No

    DEMOS

    .NET MAUI Sample Browser app available in Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows Devices and view samples code in GitHub.

    Features 

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    iOS samples through TestFlight

    Yes

    Intermediate

    macOS demos through App Center

    Yes

    No

    Android samples through Google Play

    Yes

    Yes

    Samples on GitHub

    Yes

    Yes

    Windows demos through Microsoft Store

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Real-world examples for each component

    Yes

    Yes

    Source code with preview

    Yes

    Yes

    DOCUMENTATION

    All the features of Syncfusion® .NET MAUI controls are explained thoroughly with C# and Xaml code examples, tutorial videos, demos, and screenshots in the documentation. 

    Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Installation and upgrade information

    Yes

    Yes

    System requirements

    Yes

    Yes

    Overview and deployment information for each control

    Yes

    Yes

    Every feature explained with well-crafted code examples

    Yes

    Yes

    Tutorial videos

    Yes

    Intermediate

    EASY DEVELOPMENT

    Easily integrate the tools to blend Syncfusion® .NET MAUI controls with your .NET MAUI apps.

    Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    UI with rich appearance

    Yes

    Yes

    Easily customizable themes

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Toolbox configuration

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Industry-proven controls

    Yes

    Yes

    Live chat support on all business days

    Yes

    Intermediate

    * The comparison data is taken from Syncfusion® 2024 Volume 2 release.

    ** If you have questions about the comparison tables, please contact us.

    Our Customers Love Us

    Having an excellent set of tools and a great support team, Syncfusion® reduces customers’ development time. Here are some of their experiences.

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    The complete component set
    It is the most complete component set available. Also very handy is the fact that there is a community edition, this gives me the opportunity to test thing at home without buying a separate license.
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    Using the MAUI Components to improve the quality of our software offerings
    The ease of use and documentation to get us going. Our customer have also given us good feedback on the components.
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    Operations Director, Small-Business
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    Migration Xamarin to MAUI
    Clarity with MAUI upgrade and completeness as related to Xamarin as the predecessor.
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    Edward J R,
    President, Small-Business
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    The complete component set
    It is the most complete component set available. Also very handy is the fact that there is a community edition, this gives me the opportunity to test thing at home without buying a separate license.
    customer-image
    Johan Visser,
    H and T Pawnbrokers
    rating-image

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    Using the MAUI Components to improve the quality of our software offerings
    The ease of use and documentation to get us going. Our customer have also given us good feedback on the components.
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    Philip D,
    Operations Director, Small-Business
    rating-image

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    Migration Xamarin to MAUI
    Clarity with MAUI upgrade and completeness as related to Xamarin as the predecessor.
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    Edward J R,
    President, Small-Business
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