--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Essential Studio. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Essential Studio Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [App Development Software](/directory/30082/application-development/software) > [Essential Studio](/software/32602/essential-studio) # Essential Studio Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/32602/essential-studio Page: 1 / 39\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/32602/essential-studio?page=2) > Syncfusion Essential Studio® offers 1,600+ software components and frameworks for developing web, mobile, and desktop applications. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 932 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Essential Studio? Syncfusion® is proud to serve a wide variety of customers, from individual developers to over half of the Fortune 500. No matter your needs or your budget, we have the tools to help your team succeed. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 932 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Syncfusion - **Location**: Morrisville, US - **Founded**: 2001 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway and 12 more ## Features - API - Change Management - Code Editing - Collaboration Tools - Compatibility Testing - Customisable Templates - Data Import/Export - Data Modeling - Debugging - Deployment Management - Design Management - Design Templates - Drag & Drop - For Developers - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Pre-built Templates - Visual Modeling - Workflow Management ## Integrations (1 total) - Microsoft Visual Studio ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [App Design Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31063/app-design/software) - [App Building Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32016/app-building/software) - [Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32755/integrated-development-environment-%28ide%29/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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But too frequent releases caused issues as behaviour on certain components would unexpectedly change. ----- ### "Good all round, especially considering it is free for Community Edition users\!" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *25 August 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Community Edition is great, because it gives access to professional components to small developers like myself, who wouldn't be able to afford a license otherwise. There are so many different components across so many different platforms. I like that all of the web-based components work through a central Javascript library, and it is possible to interact with them directly through Javascript as well as via the framework. They might not cover every use-case, but they are pretty comprehensive and customisable. There are some bugs occasionally, but not that often, and customer support are generally efficient at resolving things in a reasonable timescale. Updates are frequent, and they seem very good at keeping up with new platforms as well as maintaining support for old ones. > > **Cons**: There have been a few bugs over the years, but as I said, not too bad and I've been fairly impressed with the level of support, which is comprehensive, even for Community Edition users. The old EJ (1) libraries NuGet packages used to be a bit frustrating sometimes to get matching versions when using multiple components in the same project, but they seem to have resolved that. > > Very good overall, although I should say that I've only used a fairly small number of components. I was primarily looking for a good grid component to display reports in, and I've used a couple of those. ----- ### "SyncFusion is a good library overall" — 3.0/5 > **Peter** | *7 January 2026* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Value for money, and extensive feature set. There is a good potential to use SyncFusion to solve many problems within a single app. > > **Cons**: The interfaces with some of the components are illogical. Also, the documentation is not entirely clear. > > I appreciate all the effort invested in SyncFusion. My main interest was charting and tables. I have temporarily switched to chart.js, mainly because I have prior experience with it. ----- ### "An fantastic product with excelling customer service." — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *5 August 2025* | Sports | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The wide range of graphs and controls that can easily be used in a MAUI app across Windows, iOS and Android. Customer support is awesome, even for the free tier for companies of under $1m turnover. They always get back within 1-2 days and often release a new fix within a week if required. > > **Cons**: One of the graphs - the scatter chart - can operate a bit slowly on iOS when lots of annotations are placed on it. However this is a relatively minor issue. > > Excellent - great customer support and fantastic product. Would strongly recommend to anyone who is building a MAUI app. ----- ### "Fantastic set of tools" — 5.0/5 > **Jake** | *4 February 2026* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: A fantastic suite of charts and graphs, very well docuemnted which is very good for humans and AI tools alike. Customisation was a breeze and had just the right level needed, not too granular and not broad. > > **Cons**: Very few cons to be honest. The zoom on the line chart in flutter is a bit off sometimes but this is very minor. > > Really good, I moved from another graphinb library in Flutter to Sync Fusion and the difference has been great as a dev and for my users. ----- Page: 1 / 39\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/32602/essential-studio?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/32602/essential-studio) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data