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Infragistics vs Radzen

Infragistics and Radzen both land on Depends.

Radzen

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Depends
Confidence: Medium

Blazor-savvy .NET teams get a genuinely good, free component library; pay $799/dev only if the low-code Studio saves you real dev time.

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Infragistics versus Radzen
CompareInfragisticsRadzen
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forEnterprise .NET teams.NET teams building internal tools
Who it's not forSolo devs on free stackstech stacks . Blazor-only, useless elsewhere
PrivacyNo recent breaches found; two old disclosures on record (2010 WebHtmlEditor, 2016 missing-encryption CVE).⁶No breaches found; a disclosed 2025 medium-severity vulnerability plus dependency and CSP warnings, addressed on official forums.
Support qualityPriority support sold; no quality dataActive forum; some issue threads linger unresolved
Public sentimentG2 and Gartner carry ratings across Infragistics toolkits (138 G2 reviews), while Reddit threads show developers weighing paid suites against free options.¹Developers praise component quality and ship it to production, but a vocal minority calls it over-engineered with recurring issues.
Biggest gotchaRenewal lapse stops updates and support; budget annual renewals into cost10Strict Content-Security-Policy breaks DataGrid advanced filtering; may need unsafe directives

Pick Infragistics when

  • Enterprise .NET teams
  • Data-heavy dashboards
  • Blazor/Angular line-of-business apps
  • Embedded analytics via Reveal

When Infragistics is not a fit

  • Solo devs on free stacks
  • Startups watching budget
  • Simple sites or prototypes
  • Teams avoiding vendor lock-in

Pick Radzen when

  • .NET teams building internal tools
  • Blazor devs wanting free UI controls
  • CRUD/business apps on Blazor
  • Mixed low-code + real-code workflows

When Radzen is not a fit

  • Non-.NET tech stacks . Blazor-only, useless elsewhere
  • Non-developers expecting no-code simplicity . beginners report a rough start
  • Blazor learners . Reddit threads warn third-party libs add confusion
  • Simple needs a spreadsheet or off-the-shelf SaaS already covers

Sources

  1. Infragistics Products on G2g2.com
    review
  2. Infragistics App Builder Reviews . Gartnergartner.com
    review
  3. Anyone using Ignite UI for Blazor in a real project?reddit.com
    review
  4. Are there people who still use paid libraries?reddit.com
    review
  5. App Builder by Infragistics vs Wrike . TrustRadiustrustradius.com
    review
  6. CVE-2016-10552 . NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  7. Infragistics WebHtmlEditor 7.1 . Exploit-DBexploit-db.com
    security
  8. Infragistics CVEs . OpenCVEapp.opencve.io
    security
  9. Infragistics Product Pricinginfragistics.com
    official
  10. Subscription Renewal . What You Loseinfragistics.com
    official
  11. Infragistics Innovation Lab . 30 yearsinfragistics.com
    official
  12. Infragistics and Fujitsu Global Partnershipinfragistics.com
    news
  13. Reveal Named G2 Embedded BI Leaderthescxchange.com
    news
  14. Infragistics Ultimate 25.1 Releaseddevopsdigest.com
    news
  15. Free Blazor Components | 145+ UI controls by Radzenblazor.radzen.com
    official
  16. Radzen Pricing . Blazor Pro & Team Plansradzen.com
    official