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    Why choose Syncfusion® WinForms UI over Other Vendors?

    100+ controls

    The Syncfusion® WinForms suite has more than 100 essential® controls such as grids, charts, diagrams, and document processing libraries for quickly developing sophisticated line-of-business applications.

    Unparalleled performance

    Performance is crucial for providing a positive user experience. We ensure that all our controls are designed and developed to provide the best performance possible.

    Stunning built-in themes

    All WinForms controls ship with several beautiful, built-in themes, and altering their appearance is simple.

    Test automation frameworks supported

    Popular test automation frameworks such as HP QTP/UFT and coded-UI are supported. All controls enable you to build strong, scalable, and tested apps. They are also fully compliant with popular accessibility standards such as Section 508 and VPAT.

    Localization simplified

    All WinForms controls can be easily customized to use different resources depending on the set location.

    Weekly NuGet updates

    Syncfusion® provides individual NuGet packages by control and weekly NuGet releases for easy development.

    Stay current

    You'll get the most up-to-date functionality and new controls, as well as monthly service packs and bug fixes, with a promise of at least four major updates per year. Custom patches can be ordered as needed.

    Seamless integration with Visual Studio

    Toolbox integration, a better designer experience, NuGet support, and IntelliSense comments are all part of the complete Visual Studio integration.

    Document processing libraries

    Read, write, and easily manipulate Excel, Word, and PDF files in WinForms applications with Syncfusion® document-processing libraries.

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    Free Community License

    Get unlimited access to our 100+ WinForms controls and you can also get our free unlimited access to over 1,900 controls for Syncfusion® Essential Studio® products through the Community License. No credit card required.

    The Syncfusion® WinForms suite versus other vendors’ components

    Note: Other Vendors denotes Telerik[R2, 2023], DevExpress[V23.1], and MESCIUS[V2, 2023]

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Intermediate

    Some of them not having

    COMPONENTS

    The Syncfusion® native WinForms control library offers 100+ UI and data visualization web controls that are responsive and lightweight for building modern web apps.

    GRID

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    DataGrid

    Yes

    Yes

    Grid Control

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Pivot Grid

    Yes

    Yes

    DATA VISUALIZATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Diagram

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Barcode

    Yes

    Yes

    Bullet Graph

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Digital Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Linear Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Map

    Yes

    Yes

    Pivot Chart

    Yes

    No

    Radial Gauge

    Yes

    Yes

    Smith Chart

    Yes

    No

    Sparkline

    Yes

    Yes

    TreeMap

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Skins

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Theme Studio

    Yes

    Intermediate

    INPUT CONTROLS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Numeric TextBox

    Yes

    Intermediate

    AutoComplete

    Yes

    Intermediate

    CheckBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Color Picker DropDown

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Color Picker

    Yes

    Yes

    Folder Browser

    Yes

    Intermediate

    MaskedTextBox

    Yes

    Yes

    NumericUpdown

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Radial Slider

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Radio Button

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Range Slider

    Yes

    Yes

    Rating Control

    Yes

    Intermediate

    TextBox

    Yes

    Yes

    TrackBar

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Watermark Text Provider

    Yes

    No

    Spell Checker

    Yes

    Yes

    NAVIGATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Ribbon

    Yes

    Yes

    TabControl

    Yes

    Yes

    Menu

    Yes

    Yes

    Breadcrumb

    Yes

    Intermediate

    ContextMenuStrip

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Excel-like Tabbar Splitter

    Yes

    No

    Navigation Pane

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Multicolumn TreeView

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Navigation Drawer

    Yes

    Yes

    Radial Menu

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Record Navigation Control

    Yes

    No

    Scroll Frame

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Tab Splitter Container

    Yes

    Intermediate

    ToolBar

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Tree Navigator

    Yes

    Intermediate

    TreeView

    Yes

    Yes

    Wizard Control

    Yes

    Intermediate

    DIALOGS & NOTIFICATION

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Form

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Tabbed Form

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Hub Tile

    Yes

    No

    Image Streamer

    Yes

    Intermediate

    MessageBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Metro Form

    Yes

    No

    Office 2007 Form

    Yes

    Yes

    Progress Bar

    Yes

    Yes

    Splash Screen

    Yes

    Yes

    Status Bar

    Yes

    Intermediate

    StatusStrip

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Tooltip

    Yes

    Yes

    LAYOUT

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Docking Manager

    Yes

    Yes

    Border Layout

    Yes

    No

    Card Layout

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Carousel

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Flow Layout

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Gradient Panel

    Yes

    No

    Grid Bag Layout

    Yes

    No

    Grid Layout

    Yes

    No

    Popup

    Yes

    Intermediate

    SplitContainer

    Yes

    Yes

    Tile Layout

    Yes

    Yes

    Gradient Label

    Yes

    Yes

    LISTS & DROPDOWN

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    ComboBox

    Yes

    Yes

    ListView

    Yes

    Yes

    Editable ListBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Multicolumn ComboBox

    Yes

    Yes

    Multicolumn ListBox

    Yes

    Yes

    CALENDARS

    Controls

    		SyncfusionOther Vendors
    Calendar

    Yes

    Yes

    DateTimePicker

    Yes

    Yes

    Scheduler

    Yes

    Yes

    MISCELLANEOUS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Calculation Engine

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Calculator

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Clock

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Grouping

    Yes

    Intermediate

    QTP Addon

    Yes

    No

    Chart Types

    Chart Types

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Area Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Bar Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Box And Whisker Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Bubble Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Candle Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Column Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Column Range Chart

    Yes

    No

    Combination Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Funnel Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Gantt Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Hi Lo Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Hi Lo Open Close Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Histogram Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Kagi Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Line Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Pie Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Point And Figure Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Polar Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Pyramid Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Radar Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Renko Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Rotated Spline Chart

    Yes

    No

    Scatter Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Spline Area Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Spline Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Stacking Area Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Stacking Bar Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Stacking Column Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Step Area Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Step Line Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Three Line Break Chart

    Yes

    No

    Tornado Chart

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Funnel Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    Gantt Chart

    Yes

    Yes

    FILE VIEWERS & EDITORS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    PDF Viewer

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Spreadsheet

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Syntax Editor

    Yes

    Yes

    HTML Viewer

    Yes

    Intermediate

    BUTTONS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Button

    Yes

    Yes

    ButtonEdit

    Yes

    Yes

    Split Button

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Toggle Button

    Yes

    Intermediate

    DATA SCIENCE

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Predictive Analytics

    Yes

    No

    FILE FORMAT FRAMEWORKS

    Controls

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Excel

    Yes

    Intermediate

    PDF

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Word

    Yes

    Intermediate

    PowerPoint

    Yes

    No

    HIGHLIGHTS

    The Syncfusion® WinForms suite is a complete control set for building rich user interfaces. Our controls are fast, easy to use, and their documentation contains lots of examples.

    Highlights

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors

    Essential® controls: Grids, Charts, Diagrams, document processing libraries, and Tools and more

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Individual component NuGet packages

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Controls have been designed and developed to provide the highest performance

    Yes

    Yes

    Components with several beautiful built-in themes

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Automation frameworks: HP QTP/UFT and coded-UI are supported

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Section 508 and VPAT accessibility standards

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Seamless integration with Visual Studio

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Document Processing Libraries that allow for easy manipulation

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Custom patches are available

    Yes

    No

    EXCLUSIVE FEATURE SETS

    Compared to competitors, Syncfusion® WinForms controls have many unique features that benefit users.c

    ControlUnique Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Data GridCustom Layouts

    Yes

    No

    Data GridMicrosoft® Excel Operations

    Yes

    No

    Data GridVirtual Data

    Yes

    No

    Data GridItem Selection

    Yes

    No

    Data GridBusiness Intelligence

    Yes

    No

    Data GridFiltering & Analysis

    Yes

    No

    Data GridCell Drop Down

    Yes

    No

    Data GridView Style

    Yes

    No

    DiagramGrid spacing support to ruler

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryOutline layout

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryImport HTML tables into Excel worksheet

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryExport Excel data to JSON files

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryConvert Excel charts with images and shapes to a PDF or image

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryConvert data bars and color scales of conditional formats to PDF

    Yes

    No

    Excel LibraryEnhancements in XlsIO

    Yes

    No

    Excel reporting Excel table with parameter query

    Yes

    No

    Excel reporting Excel chart enhancements

    Yes

    No

    Excel reporting Excel-to-PDF conversion enhancements

    Yes

    No

    MulticolumnTreeViewFiltering

    Yes

    No

    Navigation DrawerImage support

    Yes

    No

    Navigation PackageTreeNavigator

    Yes

    No

    Navigation PackageNavigation Drawer

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryRead and edit JavaScript PDF actions

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryDeferred signing

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryElliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA)

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryArabic text drawing enhancement

    Yes

    No

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

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryPDF digital signature enhancements

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryExternal OCR engine

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryHTML-to-PDF conversion enhancement

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryLock digital signature in PDF

    Yes

    No

    PDF LibraryAnimation support in 3D annotations

    Yes

    No

    PDF ReportingAdd comments and reviews to the PDF annotation

    Yes

    No

    PDF ViewerARM64 support

    Yes

    No

    Radial gaugeNew Frame Types

    Yes

    No

    RADIAL MENUImage Size

    Yes

    No

    RibbonRearranging ToolStrip using designer

    Yes

    No

    RibbonAutomatically reset images based on DPI

    Yes

    No

    SpreadsheetText rotation

    Yes

    No

    Syntax EditorCustomize the end-of-line character

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryFirstColumn and LastColumn in bookmarks

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryMathematical equations in Word-to-PDF conversion

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryPaper source settings

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryJustify the text in a paragraph, like in Microsoft Word 2013

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryAutomatically detect font names from themes for East Asian text

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryRemove style

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryWord-to-PDF enhancements

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryLocale identifier for bidirectional language text

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryParent comment

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryPreserves all comments when converting a Word document to PDF or image formats.

    Yes

    No

    Word LibraryWord-to-Markdown conversion

    Yes

    No

    DEMOS

    850+ Interactive WinForms demos with problem-solving ideas that will reduce your development time. 

    Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Eye catching UI with easy interaction

    Yes

    Yes

    Real world examples for each components

    Yes

    Yes

    View source code samples in GitHub

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Explore the locally installed demos

    Yes

    Intermediate

    DOCUMENTATION

    All the features of our WinForms controls are explained thoroughly with C# code examples, demos, and screenshots in the documentation.

    Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    Installation and Upgrade Information

    Yes

    Yes

    System Requirements

    Yes

    Yes

    Individual NuGet Packages

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Section 508 Compliance

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Visual Studio Integration

    Yes

    Yes

    Explained all features of the control

    Yes

    Yes

    Every features explained with well-crafted code examples

    Yes

    Intermediate

    .NET Framework and .NET Core Compatibility

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Documentation Archives

    Yes

    Intermediate

    EASY DEVELOPMENT

    Easily integrate the tools to blend Syncfusion® WinForms components with your WinForms apps. 

    Features

    Syncfusion®

    		Other Vendors
    UI with rich appearance

    Yes

    Yes

    Visual Studio Project Templates

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Easily customizable theme studio

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Toolbox Configuration

    Yes

    Intermediate

    Industry-proven components

    Yes

    Yes

    Live chat support on all business days

    Yes

    Intermediate

    * This comparison data was sourced from the Syncfusion Essential Studio® 2023 Volume 3 release, and the information was last updated on Sep 15, 2023.

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

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