Open-Source vs Premium in Ignite UI for Angular

    Ignite UI for Angular 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.

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    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 with advanced components

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    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 ✅ ✅
    Action Strip ✅ ✅
    Autocomplete ✅ ✅
    Avatar ✅ ✅
    Badge ✅ ✅
    Banner ✅ ✅
    Bottom Nav ✅ ✅
    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 ✅ ✅
    Chip Area ✅ ✅
    Circular Progress ✅ ✅
    Color Editor ❌ ✅
    Combo ✅ ✅
    CVS Exporter ❌ ✅
    Dashboard Tile ❌ ✅
    Date Picker ✅ ✅
    Date Range Picker ✅ ✅
    Date Time Editor ✅ ✅
    Dialog ✅ ✅
    Divider ✅ ✅
    Drag and Drop ✅ ✅
    Drop Down ✅ ✅
    Excel Exporter ❌ ✅
    Excel Library ❌ ✅
    Expansion Panel ✅ ✅
    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 ✅ ✅
    Input Group ✅ ✅
    Label ✅ ✅
    Layout Manager ✅ ✅
    Linear Progress ✅ ✅
    List ✅ ✅
    Mask Input ✅ ✅
    Month Picker ✅ ✅
    Nav Drawer ✅ ✅
    Navbar ✅ ✅
    Overlay Service ✅ ✅
    Paginator ✅ ✅
    Query Builder ❌ ✅
    Radio ✅ ✅
    Radio Group ✅ ✅
    Rating ✅ ✅
    Ripple ✅ ✅
    Select ✅ ✅
    Simple Combo ✅ ✅
    Slider ✅ ✅
    Snackbar ✅ ✅
    Splitter ✅ ✅
    Spreadsheet ❌ ✅
    Stepper ✅ ✅
    Switch ✅ ✅
    Tabs ✅ ✅
    Text Highlight ✅ ✅
    Tile Manager ✅ ✅
    Time Picker ✅ ✅
    Toast ✅ ✅
    Toggle ✅ ✅
    Toolbar ❌ ✅
    Tooltip ✅ ✅
    Tree ✅ ✅
    Zoom Slider ❌ ✅