Apache Flex vs. Progress Telerik

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache Flex
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Apache Flex (formerly Adobe Flex) is an open source application framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and devices. It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that supports common design patterns suitable for developers from many backgrounds.N/A
Progress Telerik
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
With Telerik UI libraries, Progress aims to equip .NET ninjas with a full arsenal of weapons, helping to create beautiful, modern and future-proof applications quickly and intuitively. The vendor states that with its over 1,250 UI components for all .NET platforms, as well as various themes, skins and customization options, Telerik users report cutting development time by up to 50 percent. Web
$999
per developer, royalty-free
Pricing
Apache FlexProgress Telerik
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Individual Product Licence
$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
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apache FlexProgress Telerik
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Apache FlexProgress Telerik
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(3 ratings)
7.8
(40 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(27 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(28 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache FlexProgress Telerik
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Apache Flex is an open-source SDK used to make rich Internet applications. It's developed with Action Script and MXML and works particularly well with Android and iOS ecosystems. Any flash-based application framework, such as Eclipse or the Flash above Builder, can be used to implement this. Free is best for mobile app developers, but suppose you have concerns, and consider Apache Flex's development team welcomes any questions via email.
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Progress Software Corporation
We have used the Telerik UI controls for our Admin user experience. We found that this lead to consistent user experience, with feature rich functions already provided. Effectively this meant that hour for hour, using the Telerik UI improved productivity in creating screens with more functions than using the default controls in ASP.NET. At this point most of our focus with the Telerik controls is User Interface oriented.
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Pros
Apache
  • Runs on flash (at the time this was handy, not so much now. hah).
  • Good support from the company.
  • Ability to run offline.
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Progress Software Corporation
  • Easy to configure with application.
  • It provides flexibility for complex grid customizations.
  • Takes less time for quick development UI elements.
  • UI is very responsible, which can be viewable in any device.
  • Great support from Telerik team. It only takes 24 to 48 hours to resolve your issues.
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Cons
Apache
  • It's heavy as it needs to load the Flash plugin first before rendering anything to the user.
  • Not future ready as there is no support for mobile and tablet platforms.
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Progress Software Corporation
  • I'd like to see the radwebcam include the ability to read/decode barcodes or QR codes and possibly raise a barcode read event.
  • The visual studio add-in takes a while to load, so I constantly get the slow add-in warning from visual studio 2022
  • some of the winform controls seem to have poor performance such as carousel.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
No answers on this topic
Progress Software Corporation
The Telerik UI has become part of our staple development tools. We can not be as productive without the feature set available to us in the Telerik UI ASP.NET AJAX control package.
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Usability
Apache
No answers on this topic
Progress Software Corporation
Progress Telerik UI is very usable and one of the best tools to use by the front-end development engineers in our team. It has helped us to improve the overall design of our existing and new applications. Also, the time to build applications has also been reduced effectively and we are able to focus on other areas of improvement to deliver a better user experience for our customers.
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Support Rating
Apache
No answers on this topic
Progress Software Corporation
Telerik UI support is what you are paying for. If something does not work you ask them for an example of how to solve your use case. The SEO on their sites is awesome and so well bedded into Google. The videos are good, [they're] not used much but their examples and DoJo examples make all the difference.
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Implementation Rating
Apache
No answers on this topic
Progress Software Corporation
The controls work very well as long as they are used as intended. Built-in functionality should be used whenever possible,
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
Apache Flex is a modern, standards-based programming language that supports common design patterns. It's an open-source SDK used to make rich Internet applications that work on different browsers and platforms. Any flash-based application framework, such as Eclipse or the Flash above Builder, can be used to implement this. So far, in comparison, it's much more crucial, especially for people working in fields like mobile development.
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Progress Software Corporation
Progress Telerik UI provides a large amount of language support, demos, and documentation. While the competition is still great in their own right, Progress Telerik UI has provided enough resources to cover a number of current and future projects without having to expand to other libraries.
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • Positive: Easy to learn if you already knew AS.
  • Negative: Too heavy on flash knowledge (I know it's contradictory, but it was a plus & a minus).
  • ROI was great since it saves time on multiple devices compiling.
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Progress Software Corporation
  • Telerik enabled us to demonstrate our vision for new flagship software with only a years worth of effort.
  • Telerik provided out of the box solutions for some of our more challenging UI problems.
  • Telerik support has been extremely helpful and critical to our success.
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ScreenShots

Progress Telerik Screenshots

Screenshot of Easily create eye-catching and full-featured user interface for web, mobile and desktop by selecting from our rich library of components. Use advanced features like our grid component to create tables that display data in a wide range of formats from both local and remote sources.Screenshot of Create rich dashboard applications by taking advantage of the breadth of UI widgets available within the Telerik UI toolset. Easily wire up the UI controls to any backend to display any and all kind of data that you need to surface in your applications.Screenshot of Need to add reporting and analytics capabilities to your applications? Telerik Reporting is a complete, lightweight .NET embedded reporting tool for web and desktop applications. Use Telerik Reporting to create, style, view and export rich, interactive and reusable reports to attractively and beautifully present analytical and business data.Screenshot of With Telerik UI for Xamarin you can build native iOS and Android applications, with rich user experience and outstanding performance. Enjoy all the components you need to build your mobile application.Screenshot of Build modern desktop applications with Telerik UI for WinForms and Telerik UI for WPF. The most complete desktop UI suites, with rich feature set and modern look and feel.Screenshot of