Functionality WebGrid ASP.NET GridView
Price and source code € 399 for WebGrid Suite and source code is available Included in ASP.NET and no source code.
WebGrid Support Account FREE and comes with several spin-off products. N/A
Performance and ViewState Faster then GridView and small viewstate footprint Fast and large viewstate footprint
Design-Time/Smart Tag Yes Yes
GridView like property behavior and names Yes Yes
Validating data/input data Automatic (uses data source information) Requires
Serialize columns (requires a data source) Yes No
Server and Client events Both (32 server events and 8 client events) Server events
Learning Center / Starter Kit Yes No
Choose Data Source Yes (Support also tables, views and xml files directly) Yes
SQL Generator (Foreignkeys, Many-To-Many) Yes No
DataSourceID property for columns Yes. (Requires a valid set of primary keys) No
Ajax Support Yes No
Runtime filter and Master-Detail Filter Yes No
Cache Yes* (Grid information and resources) No
Client grid object and events Yes No
Column Types Many Few
JQuery and JQuery UI Support Integrated (Can be disabled) No
Themes Yes, 24 standard themes (JQuery UI CSS Framework) No
Layout Templates Yes, both Grid and Detail views supported. Yes
Trace and debug information Yes No
Support Frequently updated. (See roadmap) Yes
 
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