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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Syncfusion Essential Studio

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ASince 2002, Essential Studio® has supported the development of software applications across industries and economic sectors, in both public and private enterprises.

    $0

    with the Syncfusion Essential Studio Community License. It includes free access to all 1,600+ controls and is available to companies and individuals with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue and 5 or fewer developers.

    Pricing
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    1. Syncfusion Essential Studio Community License
    $0
    *The Syncfusion Essential Studio Community License includes free access to all 1,600+ controls and is available to companies and individuals with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees. Note: An entity or organization may not have ever received more than $3,000,000 USD in capital from an outside source, such as private equity or venture capital, in order to be eligible for the Community License.
    2. Essential Studio UI Edition
    Custom Quote
    per year Packages to suit teams of all sizes
    3. Essential Studio Document SDK
    Custom Quote
    per year Packages to suit teams of all sizes
    5. Essential Studio Standalone Document SDKs
    Custom Quote
    per year PDF Viewer SDK; DOCX Editor SDK; Spreadsheet Editor SDK
    4. Essential Studio Standalone UI SDKs
    Custom Quote
    per year Grid SDK*; Chart SDK*; Schedular SDK; Gantt SDK; Rich Text Editor SDK; Diagram SDK; File Manager SDK*
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMinimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.*Grid SDK, Chart SDK, and File Manager SDK are also included as part of the Essential Studio UI Edition. **The Syncfusion Essential Studio Community License includes free access to all 1,600+ controls and is available to companies and individuals with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees. Note: An entity or organization may not have ever received more than $3,000,000 USD in capital from an outside source, such as private equity or venture capital, in order to be eligible for the Community License.
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    Community Pulse
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Kintone
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Case management9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Task management9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kintone and Syncfusion Essential Studio
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    8.8
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (43 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.9
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KintoneSyncfusion Essential Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    The datagrid is probably their most popular control I would think. It is so flexible and configurable. Most of mine are plain views in ASP.NET Core, but I have a whole bunch that are dynamically created at runtime in my controller. That is so powerful.
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    Pros
    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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    Syncfusion
    • Integrates well into Microsoft tech stack. i.e. ASP.NET, Blazor etc. So it acts as a plug-n-play, which is great!
    • Shrinks the development cycle without adding too much of its own ecosystem overhead.
    • Provides different UI skins so the controls don't appear as "stitched".
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    Cons
    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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    Syncfusion
    • Sometimes links point to dead addresses in the documentation.
    • Some components have a difficult learning curve but that is usually due to the complexity of the control.
    • Minor version changes introduce breaking changes, for example updating from 20.1.x to 20.2.x gives us licensing errors, which in my opinion is a kind of breaking change as it requires all users to update their licenses.
    • Theming with CSS variables is not possible. Access to Theme Studio code is not possible. So a fully custom solution is needed to make Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition components themeable with CSS variables.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need.
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    It takes effort to include a new component library into existing software, especially in our case where we have 5 large applications that are written and maintained by about 100 developers. So changing such a core thing comes with a lot of effort. The other reason we will very likely renew our use of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition is that it works really well and has helped us to speed up the development process.
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    Usability
    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    I would rate Syncfusion® Essential Studio® a 10 out of 10 for overall usability. The components are intuitive to implement, with clear APIs and consistent design patterns across the suite. This makes it easy for developers to get started quickly and reduces the learning curve even when working with new controls.
    In addition, the documentation and sample projects provide practical guidance that helps accelerate development. The built-in customization options also allow us to adapt the components to fit our branding and business requirements without excessive effort. Overall, the usability is one of the key reasons why Syncfusion has become an essential part of our development toolset.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    Although I have decades of software development experience, I had never created a website from scratch before, and my html and css skills are not particularly strong. Between documentation and incredible dedication from the support team they helped me overcome all of my challenges. It's amazing that they typically create sample code for most of the issues that I submitted. On rare occasions where I uncovered a defect they kept me informed as to its status, and typically resolved it in a short-term release, and/or gave me a reasonable workaround. They hopped on zoom calls with me on multiple occasions when necessary.
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    Online Training
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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    Syncfusion
    Feedback from the team has been very positive.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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    Syncfusion
    Firstly, there is a free version for small businesses and it allows you to jump start without risk. I found one of the other products a bit short in the number of out-of-the-box supported events handlers for each control and, although you can manually add them, I feel more comfortable to just have them ready. After using the free version I just felt in love with Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition controls and decided to stay with them; they have all I need and more. The usage of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition controls is straightforward and intuitive. Support is world-class even for the free version; you get answers in 24 hours at most. Also, the support team is ready to remotely connect to your project in case it is needed; we have had one situation like this, and the issue was solved.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
    Incentivized
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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    Syncfusion
    • First of all, I think the best positive impact is the reduce of time development. I do not know exactly how much time, but certainly, using the framework we save a lot of effort and time.
    • About negative impact, sometimes using the controls of the framewrok have a signifcant impact in the execution time and page load.
    • And of course, the use of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition has a significant impact of the learning of javascript and JQUERY.
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    ScreenShots

    Kintone Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of apps from the portalScreenshot of 4 ways to build an appScreenshot of the drag and drop interfaceScreenshot of business app viewsScreenshot of Kintone appearing across desktop, and mobile

    Syncfusion Essential Studio Screenshots

    Screenshot of An overview of Syncfusion® Essential Studio®, which is a software package that includes more than 1,600 components and frameworks for WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET (Web Forms, MVC, Core), UWP, WinUI, Flutter, Blazor, JavaScript, Angular, Vue, and React.Screenshot of The DataGrid control, which is a grid component that helps display and manipulate large amounts of data in a tabular format. Its feature set includes functionalities like data binding, sorting, grouping, editing, filtering, swiping, dragging, resizing, loading more items, pull-to-refresh, and exporting to Excel and PDF file formats.Screenshot of The PDF Viewer, which is .NET PDF class library developed with 100% managed C# code that can be used to create, read, and write PDFs.