DHTMLX vs. React

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DHTMLX
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
DHTMLX delivers versatile JavaScript/HTML5 libraries and UI widgets designed for building modern enterprise web apps of any complexity. With these out-of-the-box components, web developers can streamline their coding processes and integrate advanced functionality, to reduce development time. The actual DHTMLX product lineup comprises a range of web-based tools that can cover most of the contemporary business needs. DHTMLX
$79
one-time fee lowest cost single component
React
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React enables users to create interactive UIs. Design simple views for each state in an application, and React will update and render just the right components when data changes. React is available free and open source under the MIT license.N/A
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Editions & Modules
DHTMLX Gantt Individual - Professional Functionality with Standard Support
$699
one-time fee for 1 developer
DHTMLX Gantt Commercial - Professional Functionality with Premium Support
$1399
one-time fee for 5 developers
DHTMLX Gantt Enterprise - Professional Functionality with Premium Support
$2999
one-time fee for 20 developers
DHTMLX Gantt Ultimate - Professional Functionality with Ultimate Support
$5999
one-time fee for an unlimited number of developers
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUI widgets are available standalone or "a la carte," or as part of bundles built around a theme (e.g. complete edition, scheduling components, planning components, etc.).
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.9 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.9 out of 10

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Enterprises
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User Ratings
DHTMLXReact
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(8 ratings)
7.2
(13 ratings)
Usability
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9.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
DHTMLX
Rapid development of web applications: DHTMLX provides a set of pre-built UI widgets that can be easily integrated into web applications, which makes it well suited for developing applications quickly. DHTMLX is well suited for building enterprise-level applications that require complex UI elements and data visualization. DHTMLX is less appropriate for Simple applications: If you are building a simple application that does not require a complex UI, DHTMLX may be overkill, and you may be better off using a lighter-weight framework.
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Open Source
React is a JavaScript user interface construction library that works well for:
  • Developing web apps with dynamic and complicated user interfaces.
  • creating reusable UI elements that may be used in other applications.
  • creating single-page applications with dynamic content updates that don't require a page reload.
  • The Virtual DOM's effective updating mechanism allows it to handle large volumes of data updates.
React, on the other hand, might be less suitable for:
  • Websites that are simple, stagnant, and have no interaction. Other libraries or simple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript may be a better fit in such circumstances.
  • Web sockets may be a better choice for applications that need real-time updates, such as chat or gaming apps.
  • When creating mobile apps, React Native is a better option.
  • Server side rendering only, as React is designed to run on the client side.
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Pros
DHTMLX
  • We got a response and fix for every issue we opened a ticket for
  • The components are full with quite a lot of feature
  • The team is responsiveness is very quick
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Open Source
  • React is fantastic for building performant user interfaces. Our web app is snappy and great for our customers.
  • React has the philosophy of doing one thing and doing it well which is the view layer of the application. This makes it incredibly intuitive and flexible for developers to use.
  • React has lead the way in being able to write modular and structured code. It is a drastic improvement since the days of spaghetti jQuery code.
  • React has an unmatched community. The amount of tools and libraries available is fantastic, and there plenty of solutions available online for common problems.
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Cons
DHTMLX
  • documentation
  • licensing
  • more widgets
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Open Source
  • Debugging React is challenging. Bugs in react code generate stack traces internal to React and it is often totally unclear how it relates to the code you actually wrote.
  • Relating your React elements to corresponding DOM elements is difficult. The intentional separation of virtual and actual DOM also makes it difficult to map the elements to the structures in the DOM. This is partially ameliorated by the use of the React dev tool, which provides a DOM-like view of the React elements, but the tool still does not provide a direct correspondence with the DOM that is often necessary to figure out why something isn't right.
  • Because JSX is React-specific and not a language feature, a special compilation process is necessary to convert JSX code to normal JS. Coming from a C++ background, compiling things doesn't bother me, but many JS developers are used to a less structured development.
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Usability
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Open Source
React is just a bit of a different animal. I was avoiding it for the longest time. I thought for sure I would land on Vue or something else with a more approachable and familiar appearance. But after taking an online course in React, I started realize what people were raving about (and complaining about) and decided to implement it at our office for one of our products.
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Support Rating
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Open Source
Since it's open-source and very popular, the community support for React and related tools and libraries is excellent. There are a lot of people using the same tools, and so issues tend to get fixed quickly and "recipes" are easy to come by. And since it's backed by Facebook, they have a dedicated engineering team working on the progression of React.
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Alternatives Considered
DHTMLX
We have tried few other options also which are not exactly tools and they are not listed here. The brief documentation along with the features samples makes DHTMLX better when compared with other options.
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Open Source
While this is a widely contested debate with various blog posts and benchmarks all over the place, its really a personal choice to determine what works for the team. Coming from a Angular 1.x background, I decided to try a new framework when Angular 2.x was announced and at that time React is gaining popularity and Vue hasn't taken off yet. Compared to Angular 1.x and Vue (hybrid of React and Angular) that split the logic from the html templates, I loved the way React breaks code into components using the jsx syntax. In my mind, this allows for cleaner components and easier maintenance
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Return on Investment
DHTMLX
  • Rapid development of web applications
  • Rich data visualization tools, which makes it ideal for building data-driven applications
  • Suited for building enterprise-level applications
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Open Source
  • Our web applications now run much faster because the whole page doesn't reload
  • We spend less time developing UI components because a lot of them are readily available on NPM
  • We don't have to optimize apps for multiple browsers since React natively supports it.
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Screenshot of DHTMLX Gantt ChartScreenshot of DHTMLX SchedulerScreenshot of DHTMLX Diagram LibraryScreenshot of DHTMLX Kanban BoardScreenshot of DHTMLX Suite UI LibraryScreenshot of DHTMLX Grid Widget