DHTMLX vs. Microsoft Visual Studio

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
Visual Studio
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Visual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.
$45
per month
Pricing
DHTMLXMicrosoft Visual Studio
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
Professional
$45.00
per month
Enterprise
$250.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DHTMLXVisual Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
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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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
DHTMLXMicrosoft Visual Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(8 ratings)
9.3
(104 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(15 ratings)
User Testimonials
DHTMLXMicrosoft Visual Studio
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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Microsoft
It's useful for app development, debugging, and testing. I've been using it for two years and have seen it grow into a fantastic tool. All of the features, NuGet packages, and settings that enable different types of projects are fantastic. It also has a connection to Azure DevOps and Git. It's a fantastic product that's simple to use.
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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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Microsoft
  • Since Microsoft offers a free Community Edition of the IDE many of our new developers have used it at home or school and are very familiar with the user interface, requiring little training to move up to the paid, enterprise-friendly editions we use.
  • The online community support for Visual Studio is outstanding, as solid or better than any other commercial or open-source project software.
  • Microsoft continuously keeps the product up to date and has maintained a history of doing so. They use it internally for their own development so there is little chance it will ever fall out of favor and become unsupported.
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Cons
DHTMLX
  • documentation
  • licensing
  • more widgets
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Microsoft
  • Certain settings and features can sometimes be challenging to locate. The interface isn't always intuitive.
  • Sometimes there are too many ways to do the same thing. For example, users can quickly add a new workspace in Source Control Explorer when a local path shows as "Not Mapped," but it doesn't indicate that the user might want to check the dropdown list of workspaces. The shortcut of creating a new workspace by clicking on the "Not Mapped" link can lead to developers creating too many workspaces and causing workspace management to become unwieldy. If the shortcut link were removed, the user would be forced to use the Workspace dropdown. While it can add an extra step to the process, workspaces would be managed more easily, and this would enforce consistency. At the very least, there should be a high-level administrative setting to hide the shortcut link.
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Likelihood to Renew
DHTMLX
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Microsoft
VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
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Usability
DHTMLX
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Microsoft
The thing I like the most is Visual Studio doesn't suffer from Microsoft's over eager marketing department who feel they need to redesign the UI (think Office and windows) which forces users to loose large amounts of productivity having to learn software that they had previously known.
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Support Rating
DHTMLX
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Between online forums like StackOverflow, online documentation, MSDN forums, and the customer support options, I find it very easy to get support for Visual Studio IDE when I need it. If desired, one can also download the MSDN documentation about the IDE and have it readily available for any support needs.
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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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Microsoft
I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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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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Microsoft
  • We've had hundreds of hours saved by the rapid development that Visual Studio provides.
  • We've lost some time in the Xamarin updates. However, being cross platform, we ultimately saved tons of time not having to create separate apps for iOS and Android.
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ScreenShots

DHTMLX Screenshots

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