DevExpress Universal vs. Progress Kendo UI

DevExpress Universal

20 Reviews and Ratings

Progress Kendo UI

244 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
DevExpress Universal	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	DevExpress Universal is a suite of all DevExpress .NET products and controls.	N/A
Progress Kendo UI	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Kendo UI is a JavaScript UI toolkit that allows users to build responsive web-based apps integrated into their framework of choice (jQuery, Angular, React, or Vue). The vendor’s value proposition is that Kendo UI offers a large library of popular and configurable components ranging from sophisticated grids and charts to basic buttons, so users don’t have to waste development time building their UI. The vendor also says the large library of customizable themes means users can easily deploy a…	$999 per developer, royalty-free

Pricing

DevExpress Universal

Progress Kendo UI

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Kendo UI with Priority Support: $999
per developer, royalty-free
DevCraft UI: $1,299
per developer, royalty-free
DevCraft Complete: $1,499
per developer, royalty-free
DevCraft Ultimate: $2,199
per developer, royalty-free

Pricing Offerings
DevExpress Universal	Progress Kendo UI
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	DevExpress Universal	Progress Kendo UI
Considered Both Products	DevExpress Verified User Chose DevExpress Universal DevExpress Universal controls are much simpler to use, implement and customized as compared to Kendo. Learning curve for telerik is high, though level of customization that can be achieved with telerik exceeds that of DevExpress Universal. Found DevExpress Universal community … Incentivized Helpful?	Progress Software Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI Kendo UI and the Telerik suite covered more of the technologies and platforms that we were working in (i.e. WinForms, MVC). Incentivized Helpful? Muralidhar Sarabu Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology at Bentley Systems I Pvt Ltd (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI Kendo is more configurable. It has a great support base and community. It's well suited to integrate with ASP.NET MVC. It's well suited to integrate with AngularJS. You can create generic and dynamic controls which are configurable. With grids it provides higher … Incentivized Helpful? BIBEK SINGH Software Engineer in Research & Development at BENTLEY (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI Kendo has better and more friendly tools. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI We previously used DevExpress, and it was fine. We were embarking on a large project, and more people were familiar with Kendo than DevExpress, so we decided to standardize the platform with Kendo and move in that direction across all our work. It has been a fine … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI Kendo UI was selected for the price and easy implementation, so that was the priority in the moment. Again, it is a good product for small and mediums developments. But when an app is growing, Kendo UI will start to have performance problems, but we are grateful for this … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI It seems that Kendo UI is most complete tool of the market. Moreover, the documentation and examples seems to be better than other competitors. They always tries to bring the best in class UIs, even with new overcoming technologies. Rarely I see a bug in the system, that brings … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI Kendo UI and DevExpress are very similar controls libraries. They both have the same goal in mind and both get the job done. I believe Kendo UI is superior due to the extensive collection of code examples and available documentation. I would also say that Kendo UI beats out … Incentivized Helpful? Sergiu Pascutiu Senior Analyst, Business Data and Systems - Research and Innovation in Information Technology at University of Nevada, Reno (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI At the time of our product selection we identified better cross-browser compatibility and we estimated that turnaround for support was superior. At the time, the vendor had a higher positive feedback footprint among their user community. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Progress Kendo UI I'll be honest, we never really did a "bake off" when evaluating UI components. I think initially we had a need for a solution and at the time Kendo UI was a good fit. Once we got it in house it grew organically as projects were developed and delivered. So not sure if there … Incentivized Helpful? juan cerrillo CAA (Chief Applications Architect) in Information Technology at Addvance (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI Telerik ASP.NET controls have a significant advantage over DevExpress -- automated web tests, rich API for testing web pages containing Telerik controls. Telerik also has less strict license terms: - Telerik software is licensed on a per-seat basis - DevExpress software is … Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Melgar Project Manager in Information Technology at Izote Systems (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI The licensing is better in Kendo. Developer Express Universal prohibits developing Report Server competitors for example. Incentivized Helpful? Marcelo da Mota Lopes Director in Research & Development at Unlock Desenvolvimento e Integração de Sistemas de Informática Ltda. (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Progress Kendo UI The price/features available (development platforms available, controls available for ASP MVC development, etc.) seemed to be a better choice. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	DevExpress Universal	Progress Kendo UI
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (5 ratings)	8.2 (177 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (21 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (38 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (38 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.1 (9 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)