Syncfusion Essential Studio® Pros and Cons

We’ve been using Syncfusion Essential Studio for over 4 years, and it’s been a game-changer for our team. The components are incredibly versatile and cover almost every use case we’ve needed, from basic UI elements to complex data grids and charts. The ease of integration with our existing projects saved us countless hours during implementation. The documentation is straightforward, and even if we get stuck, their customer support team is super responsive—whether through live chat or tickets. We’ve raised nearly 50 tickets so far, and every single one was resolved quickly with clear solutions. The frequent updates with new features and improvements keep the library fresh and aligned with modern needs. It’s rare to find a tool that’s both powerful and easy to use, but Syncfusion nails it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, there’s very little to complain about. If we had to pick something, a few advanced components initially felt overwhelming due to their depth of customization. While the documentation is good, adding more real-world, scenario-based examples for complex components could reduce the learning curve. That said, their support team always bridges this gap quickly, so it’s never been a major roadblock. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've been particularly impressed by its flexibility across different development environments, including Blazor. The seamless integration with Visual Studio enhances my workflow, making it easier to design and implement features without switching tools. Additionally, the comprehensive demos that come with the installation package are invaluable as they provide clear examples and serve as a helpful jumping-off point for my projects. These features collectively make Syncfusion a powerful and user-friendly tool that significantly boosts my productivity. I use syncfusion daily, and it's greatly helped increase my productivity and helped me modernize my application look and feel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Syncfusion offers many strengths, there are a couple of areas where it falls short. Occasionally, Visual Studio flags the Syncfusion plugin as a cause for slow startup times, prompting me to disable it to enhance performance. Additionally, managing licenses for applications that use Syncfusion can be somewhat cumbersome. Each time you update the Syncfusion version in your application, you need to generate a new license key, adding an extra layer of complexity to the licensing process. These issues can hinder the overall user experience and workflow efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- One of the most complete document editors on the market

- Flexible and easy to integrate with any tool or platform

- Fast and efficient support

- Possibility of controlling requests to the server being almost completely serveless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Due to our need to be very complex and exclusive not finding some features such as:

- Rulers

- Paragraph marks

But we are eagerly awaiting the implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Essential Studio ties right in with Visual Studio. Plenty of examples and tutorials, not to mention a support team that is amazing.

Some of the doc for my install was out of date and they stood right up and helped me work through it.

Now, it's just drag and drop to use the components like any other tool.

I'm using it most everyday while in development of tools to help me with my wok. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

not much. Some times the number of options for a component can be overwhelming, but the doc and the support team make it all come togther. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Using the Syncfusion suite means I can spend less time building e.g. "yet another grid/list view" for some admin operation, and more time on the exciting parts of the product I'm building. Generally the controls are easy to use and implement quickly, with ability to customise for specific use cases. I often find myself reading community posts and finding the answers to whatever questions I have, particularly when it's customising something.

I am using this most days now.

I had one difficulty with the PDF generator and reached out to the support team, they worked hard to understand my specific implementation (hostign environment) and they were able to un-stick me. Amazing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I find the seperation of documentation for all platforms a little tricky, because ultimately the base solution and archictecture is the same, but the implementations vary by chosen platform language. Sometimes I have found the answer to a problem from reading docs for one platform and then implementing in e.g. EJ2.

Perhaps a Syncfusion architecture first approach to documentation would work, with tabbed displays showing code examples for your chosen platform.

This would help with the pain of Google searching and appending e.g. "EJ2" or "dot net MVC" to your search query.

This is just one developer's opinion though and I can see how the platform has evolved to what it is today! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Syncfusion Essential Studio has been super helpful for our development work at MDisrupt. It offers a huge range of UI components, which saved us a ton of time we would’ve spent building things from scratch. I especially like the data visualization tools—they’ve made it much easier to present complex data in a way that our clients in the healthtech space can actually understand. Integration with frameworks like Angular has been straightforward, which made the onboarding process smoother than expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the components take more effort to customize than I’d like, and the setup process isn’t as intuitive as it could be. While the documentation is detailed, finding the exact information I need for more complex features can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our company's application development skills and efficiency have greatly improved as a result of our strategic decision to use Syncfusion. The tools and extensive library of UI controls it provides work well with a wide range of frameworks and platforms, including Angular, React, JavaScript and .NET. Thanks to its adaptability, we've been able to build applications faster and with more features, which has improved the experience for our customers. We have been able to produce code that is easy to read and understand thanks to its streamlined user interface, making it an excellent tool to deploy and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The steep learning curve might be a problem for some people, especially those without much experience, but other than that I really appreciate Syncfusion. It is easy to make mistakes that affect its performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This library is simply great.

I use it for Winforms. The options for grouping the data are great.

As is the filtering. I usually use the SfDataGridView.

The data transfer as Excel or PDF is also great.

I also use the other controls in Winform, but mainly the functions of the SfdataGridView.

And this one is just great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The help functions are only for experts.

that is certainly how it is intended. I was unable to find some functions with this help, but only with the help of ChatGPT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use the aforementioned in building our web apps i.e. JS. We find the documentations are very detailed and when we got concerns, we would contact SyncFusion support and they are responsive. We are able to easily integrate SyncFusion modules easily into our web apps. This helps in expediting our progress and the experience is rather easy for us without needing to defined customized JS to meet our requirements. Kudos to the SyncFusion team as they proactively take feedbacks in further enhancing the existing modules on feedback provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We don't have any concerns till now as SyncFusion team are very responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows me to have a huge set of components, homogeneous in their aesthetics and functionality, that can be adapted to any application you can imagine. Once you understand the basics, its use is relatively easy and if a problem arises that you cannot solve, it has excellent support that advises you until you find the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although the documentation is good, the search can still be improved and more examples can be added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.