--- title: Datatables Reviews meta\_title: 'Datatables Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 20 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Datatables works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 20 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # Datatables Reviews & Product Details Datatables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a tool, build upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, that adds all of these advanced features to any HTML table. It helps for adding sorting and paging and filtering abilities. * * * Seller [DataTables](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datatables) Discussions [Datatables Community](https://www.g2.com/products/datatables/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/datatables/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![handlebars](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "handlebars") handlebars 3.9/5(13) ](https://www.g2.com/products/handlebars/reviews) [ ![Material Design for Bootstrap](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Material Design for Bootstrap") Material Design for Bootstrap 4.6/5(25) ](https://www.g2.com/products/material-design-for-bootstrap/reviews) [ ![IHP](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IHP") IHP 4.5/5(210) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ihp/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/datatables/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 20 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Abdullah R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abdullah R.") AR Abdullah R. Application Developer Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/13/2018 "Bloated and Complicated" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Datatables? Datatable would be very nice for project with simple usages, like small tables with very common needs. Like most solutions, it allows people to quickly setup nice look tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Datatables? There are several problems with datatable. When you try to do some customization , the code started to look like alien language. Simple task like custom row coloring can be daunting. There are also performance issue on big tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Datatables: jqGrid is good alternative. it handles well with the big amount od data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Datatables solving and how is that benefiting you? We used to display various tables of tickets or tasks. This is quick out of the box solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/26/2019 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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