Open-Source vs Premium in Ignite UI for Web Components

Ignite UI for Web Components offers two distinct paths for building modern, data-driven applications: Open-Source Components and Premium Components. This dual approach ensures flexibility for developers at every stage of their project.

Open-Source Components

There are over 50 UI components available under the MIT license, including Grid Lite, Accordion, Avatar, Badge, Banner, Button, Calendar, Carousel, Checkbox, Chip, Combo, Date Picker, Drop Down, Input, List, Snackbar, and more. You can find the full list in the Comparison Table for All Components.

All Open-Source components are marked in the header of their topics with: Open Source

They are ideal for lightweight applications that need essential functionality without the overhead of enterprise features. You can use them freely in production, customize, fork, and contribute via GitHub. No license is required.

Premium Components

Our Ignite UI Premium components come with advanced enterprise features and are used for complex applications requiring high-performance and richer functionality. Premium components include:

Grids and Advanced Components

Data Grid, Hierarchical Grid, Tree Grid, Pivot Grid
Dock Manager
Charting library
Maps library
Spreadsheet
Excel Library
Gauges - Bullet Graph, Linear Gauge and Radial Gauge
Toolbar

All the Premium components can be evaluated locally and even tested in production with watermarking. However, a commercial license is required for customer-facing deployments and for unlocking the full power of the advanced Grids, Charts, and other Premium controls.

Upgrade Path

Start with Grid Lite for essential needs and seamlessly upgrade to the full-featured Data Grid as your application grows in complexity. This ensures minimal refactoring and a smooth transition to enterprise-grade capabilities.

Comparison Table for All Components

Component	Open-Source	Premium
Accordion	✅	✅
AI Chat	✅	✅
Avatar	✅	✅
Badge	✅	✅
Banner	✅	✅
Button	✅	✅
Button Group	✅	✅
Calendar	✅	✅
Card	✅	✅
Carousel	✅	✅
Chart Area	❌	✅
Chart Bar	❌	✅
Chart Bubble	❌	✅
Chart Category	❌	✅
Chart Column	❌	✅
Chart Donut	❌	✅
Chart Financial/Stock	❌	✅
Chart Line	❌	✅
Chart Pie	❌	✅
Chart Pie Data	❌	✅
Chart Point	❌	✅
Chart Polar	❌	✅
Chart Radial	❌	✅
Chart Scatter	❌	✅
Chart Shape	❌	✅
Chart Sparkline	❌	✅
Chart Spline	❌	✅
Chart Spline Area	❌	✅
Chart Stacked	❌	✅
Chart Step Area	❌	✅
Chart Step Line	❌	✅
Chart Treemap	❌	✅
Chart Waterfall	❌	✅
Checkbox	✅	✅
Chip	✅	✅
Circular Progress	✅	✅
Color Editor	❌	✅
Combo	✅	✅
CVS Exporter	❌	✅
Dashboard Tile	❌	✅
Date Picker	✅	✅
Date Range Picker	✅	✅
Date Time Editor	✅	✅
Dialog	✅	✅
Divider	✅	✅
Drop Down	✅	✅
Excel Exporter	❌	✅
Excel Library	❌	✅
Expansion Panel	✅	✅
File Input	✅	✅
ForOf	✅	✅
Grid Data	❌	✅
Grid Hierarchical	❌	✅
Grid Pivot	❌	✅
Grid Tree	❌	✅
Grid Lite	✅	✅
Gauges Linear Gauge	❌	✅
Gauges Radial Gauge	❌	✅
Gauges Bullet Graph	❌	✅
Map Geographic Area	❌	✅
Map Geographic Bubble	❌	✅
Map Geographic Contour	❌	✅
Map Geographic High Density	❌	✅
Map Geographic Polygon	❌	✅
Map Geographic Polyline	❌	✅
Map Geographic Symbol	❌	✅
Icon	✅	✅
Icon Button	✅	✅
Icon Service	✅	✅
Input	✅	✅
Linear Progress	✅	✅
List	✅	✅
Mask Input	✅	✅
Nav Drawer	✅	✅
Navbar	✅	✅
Radio	✅	✅
Radio Group	✅	✅
Range Slider	✅	✅
Rating	✅	✅
Ripple	✅	✅
Select	✅	✅
Slider	✅	✅
Snackbar	✅	✅
Spreadsheet	❌	✅
Stepper	✅	✅
Switch	✅	✅
Tabs	✅	✅
Text Area	✅	✅
Tile	✅	✅
Tile Manager	✅	✅
Toast	✅	✅
Toggle Button	✅	✅
Toolbar	❌	✅
Tooltip	✅	✅
Tree	✅	✅
Zoom Slider	❌	✅