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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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.

    Zoho Analytics

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Zoho Analytics is a self-service BI and analytics platform that uncovers patterns, spots emerging trends, tracks business metrics, and detects anomalies. Designed for ease of use, it enables business users to create reports and dashboards independently, without relying on IT.

    $60

    per month 5 users

    Pricing
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    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*
    Standard
    $60
    per month Starts at 5 Users
    Premium
    $145
    per month Starts at 15 Users
    Enterprise
    $575
    per month Starts at 50 Users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*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.There is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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    Community Pulse
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Syncfusion
    Chose Syncfusion Essential Studio
    The products mentioned are not really in the same category as Syncfusion. As far similar type of products are concerned, we haven't used others. We have evaluated for sometime but did not use. The main reason was the support service.
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Substantially more cost-effective and very similar functionality. The graphs and dashboards are definitely not as pretty as the ones mentioned above but we found it hard to justify tens of thousands of dollars more.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    I'm a certified Access Developer. I prefer Zoho Reports for this kind of work (sales reporting) because it is cloud-based. I can work on a report at my desk, and then when I get into the boardroom present it on the big screen, drill down, etc. The ability to work on it from …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    FileMaker Pro is a great database of course, and has many default layouts which are easy to use and look great...however, it was a little too much power for what we need in a simple sales report and harder to collaborate on. We still use Filemaker, just not for the reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Reports is the most user friendly option.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Reports has the features that we were looking for -
    • Import of data from an API endpoint in JSON format (no specific schema)
    • Scheduled imports
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    I like the free features and simplicity of Zoho. Also great for a startup business.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    78 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    71 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    70 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    Features
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.6
    135 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.1
    137 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.0131 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.6136 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.6137 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.4
    129 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.2108 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.6127 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.0
    84 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.280 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.566 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.5
    129 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.6127 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.972 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.5122 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    6.4
    97 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.371 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings4.373 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings5.986 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Syncfusion Essential Studio and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Syncfusion Essential Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Analytics
    8.3
    65 Ratings
    7% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.161 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (31 ratings)
    7.2
    (139 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (83 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    5.4
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    4.9
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (71 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Syncfusion Essential StudioZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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    Pros
    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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
    • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
    • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Zoho
    • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
    • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
    • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Zoho
    I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    Zoho
    For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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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    Zoho
    The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Syncfusion
    Feedback from the team has been very positive.
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    Zoho
    If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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    Scalability
    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Zoho
    • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
    • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
    • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Zoho Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of some of the available 500+ native integrations that unify data across a business for a holistic analysisScreenshot of the visual data pipeline builder used to create data flows with data stagesScreenshot of where to turn questions into insights with Ask Zia.Screenshot of an example of the actionable insights, powered by Zia insights's key driver analysis.Screenshot of Get instant, at-a-glance insights with dynamic dashboards.Screenshot of the interface to build and deploy ML models with the no-code AutoML platform