--- title: Material Reviews meta\_title: 'Material Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 13 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Material works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 13 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Material Reviews & Product Details Material is a design system backed by open-source code that helps teams build high-quality digital experiences * * * Seller [Google](https://www.g2.com/sellers/google) Discussions [Material Community](https://www.g2.com/products/material/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Essential Studio](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Essential Studio") Essential Studio 4.5/5(797) ](https://www.g2.com/products/essential-studio/reviews) [ ![Progress Kendo UI](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Progress Kendo UI") Progress Kendo UI 4.4/5(257) ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-kendo-ui/reviews) [ ![Progress Telerik](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Progress Telerik") Progress Telerik 4.5/5(217) ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-telerik/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/material/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 13 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) DD Darshan D. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/5/2023 "My personal favorite UI tool kit" 5/5 What do you like best about Material? -Nice and clean designs backed by solid UI/UX theory which makes user interaction smoother -Supports almost every frontend designing libraries -Backed by Google -Minimalistic designs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? -Off the top of my head I think Material UI is oversimplified. -It could use some more fancy design elements -Optimization can be a bit tricky Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? -Material UI provides out-of-the-box components that can be directly used in any product, whether mobile app or website. It helps us save development time tremendously and looks very minimalistic and clean. Due to its simple design it goes along with most of the branding stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![F. Javier P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "F. Javier P.") FP F. Javier P. Mobile Team Lead Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/1/2023 "The best style framework" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Material? For me, it's the go-to design system. It has all the components built-in to create an awesome looking app or web. Those components have a lot of work behind to look crisp and clean. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? Sometimes, Google pushes it too hard, and there are some apps created by Google itself that doesn't follow their own guidelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? Material gives a starting framework for your UI components. It's throrougly tested by Google itself, and each of its iterations (right now, we are on the third one), surpasses the last one Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ansh G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ansh G.") AG Ansh G. Software Engineerq Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/28/2022 "Material is an awesome UI tool that has helped me create applications faster." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Material? Material has helped me save a lot of time while creating the frontend for various applications, thanks to the ready-made components it offers. The components that it provides are very attractive and beautiful and very similar to modern-day application designs that we can use in our application either full or parts as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? Learning the names of the components to use in the application is a hard part as you will need to work on some projects to remember the name of the components and use them smoothly in your projects then. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? I had made a shopping portal using Material in the frontend which came out to be very beautiful saving me a lot of time using the ready-made components it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shobhit V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shobhit V.") SV Shobhit V. Senior Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/24/2022 "Application Building become more simplified" 5/5 What do you like best about Material? Material has been providing best user experience to its users, which is one the best thing. and we love to use its open source system design plateform for getting better enhanced solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? Well, there's no such high priority caches, and I never observed anything to put it a off mark on application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? Application building is major section where I'm using this Ui Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ansh G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ansh G.") AG Ansh G. Software Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/4/2022 "Material is an awesome tool that has helped me create frontend applications very smoothly." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Material? I have used Material in many of my applications and the components that materail provide are easy to use and add in our projects due to the resuability of the components. Moreover, the UI created using Material is very attractive and modern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? You still need prior knowledge of frontend to work with Material and hence knowing frontend is a prerequisite of Material. Also, one needs to work thoroughly on Material to be familiar with the components and their names. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? It has helped me create beautiful applications that I have made using material technology in the front-end. Designing everything from scratch is no more required with Material. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/29/2020 "A great library for all things mobile and desktop" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Material? It plays nice with both mobile and desktop front-ends. It has great React support as well as TypeScript definitions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? The grid pattern can leave a bit to be desired, especially when compared with Bootstrap. Also, the theme API can be a bit opinionated and hard to manage, but it works OK all in all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Material: It's a great alternative to Bootstrap, especially if you like the Google ecosystem look. Great animations for buttons as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? Building front-end solutions for both mobile and desktop applications, in a manner that can make them not only easy to maintain but also reusable across different components and repositories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Joshua R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Joshua R.") JR Joshua R. IT Project Manager Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/9/2019 "An essential tool for any Android Development" 5/5 What do you like best about Material? If you follow the Material Design guidelines your app will always look like it was made by an experienced professional. So it's not only essential for developers but for designers as wel.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? Not so much a dislike, but sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for when you have countless elements to discover. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? Everything I need to know about how an Android app should look like is there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/17/2019 "The new era of design" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Material? I am a UI Developer, I am using material design since last 2 years, it gives very simple and easy integration of design patterns, it has its own packages it helps me to explore more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Material? There are some things that I have not yet get i.e. some classes are hard to find and memorise also customization is very difficult in some cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Material solving and how is that benefiting you? Integration with angular it makes sense rather than using any other 3rd party library, it gives all modules as we need very easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/material/pricing) ## Work at Google? Claim this profile to respond to reviews, update product info, and reach in-market buyers. 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