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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (81.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Play
Star Rating
(13)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(647)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (81.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Syncfusion Essential Studio® easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Syncfusion Essential Studio® overall.
- Reviewers felt that Syncfusion Essential Studio® meets the needs of their business better than Play.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Syncfusion Essential Studio® is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Syncfusion Essential Studio® over Play.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Play
No pricing availableSyncfusion Essential Studio®
Syncfusion Essential Studio Community License - Complimentary for qualifying developers and organizations!
Free
A complimentary Essential Studio® license available to organizations and individuals with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.
Note: An entity or organization may not have ever received more than $3,000,000 USD in capital from an outside source, such as private equity or venture capital, in order to be eligible for the Community License.
Value of $12,475 USD. No credit card required.
- Unlimited access to 1,600+ components and libraries, as well as all other products included with Essential Studio® .
- Wide range of product demos and training, including video tutorials, documentation, and KB articles.
- Does not expire. Licenses will continue to receive support and updates for new versions.
Free Trial
Play
No trial information availableSyncfusion Essential Studio®
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.8
13
8.8
542
Ease of Use
7.4
13
8.4
549
Ease of Setup
8.3
6
8.8
320
Ease of Admin
6.7
6
8.7
217
Quality of Support
7.4
9
9.1
522
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
5
8.9
215
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
13
8.4
531
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
8.4
180
Not enough data
8.3
162
Not enough data
8.2
193
Not enough data
8.7
202
Not enough data
8.2
206
Not enough data
8.7
198
JavaScript Frameworks
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
8.1
98
Not enough data
8.9
90
Not enough data
9.2
101
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.2
82
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
175
Not enough data
9.0
212
Not enough data
8.7
192
Management
Not enough data
8.8
201
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
210
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
83
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
8.9
86
Performance
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.1
91
Support
Not enough data
8.3
92
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.2
84
Data Sources
Not enough data
8.3
52
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.5
60
Generation
Not enough data
7.8
46
Not enough data
7.8
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Delivery
Not enough data
7.5
42
Not enough data
7.6
44
Not enough data
7.2
39
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
25
Not enough data
6.0
24
Not enough data
6.0
21
Not enough data
5.9
22
Agentic AI - Document Generation
Not enough data
3.3
6
Charts
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.9
56
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.7
55
Documentation
Not enough data
8.1
56
Mobile
Not enough data
8.4
49
Web Frameworks
Not enough data
9.0
52
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Play and Syncfusion Essential Studio® share no categories
Unique Categories
Play is categorized as Java Web Frameworks
Syncfusion Essential Studio® is categorized as Data Visualization Libraries, Component Libraries, JavaScript Web Frameworks, .NET Integrated Development Environments (IDE), Document Generation, and Mobile Development Frameworks
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Play
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Syncfusion Essential Studio®
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Internet
38.5%
Program Development
15.4%
Computer Software
15.4%
Think Tanks
7.7%
Newspapers
7.7%
Other
15.4%
Computer Software
29.8%
Information Technology and Services
12.6%
Financial Services
3.8%
Accounting
2.4%
Program Development
2.2%
Other
49.3%
Discussions
Play has no discussions with answers
this free community version of syncfusion will stay free ?
2 Comments
SS
Hi Muhammad,
I'm not sure if my reply to your other inquiry didn't come through or if there was a system hiccup and your question was mistakenly posted...Read more
When do you release Syncfusion for UNO?
1 Comment
SS
Hello Ute,
Thank you very much for your interest in the work we're doing with controls for the Uno platform! It sounds like you may have already seen our...Read more
Will you sell document creator again as control or it will stay only part of Bold BI.
1 Comment
SS
Hi Igor,
Thank you very much for your question!
Within Essential Studio Enterprise Edition we do offer a dashboard layout control - please see...Read more
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