Migrating from Kendo UI Grid (Telerik)
Kendo UI Grid is the polished, commercial enterprise grid from Telerik / Progress, available for jQuery, React, Vue, and Angular. Moving to SvGrid trades the multi-framework commercial suite for a Svelte-5-native grid with an MIT core - and a much cheaper paid tier.
Estimated effort: 3-6 hours per grid - column / event translation plus re-theming.
Kendo's exact API differs across its jQuery / React / Vue / Angular flavours; map your version's column and event names onto the SvGrid equivalents below.
Concept map
| Kendo UI Grid | sv-grid |
|---|---|
columns: [{ field, title }] |
columns: [{ field, header }] |
template / cell render |
cell: (c) => renderSnippet(...) |
editable + editor |
enableInlineEditing + editorType |
sortable / filterable |
rowSortingFeature / columnFilteringFeature |
group / aggregates |
columnGroupingFeature + api.setGroupBy() |
dataSource (local / remote) |
data array or externalSort/Filter |
pageable |
showPagination |
| Kendo themes (Default / Bootstrap) | --sg-* tokens / Tailwind |
Grid events (change, dataBound) |
onCellValueChange, onApiReady, ... |
Shape of the change
- $('#grid').kendoGrid({
- dataSource: { data: rows, pageSize: 25 },
- sortable: true, filterable: true, pageable: true, editable: true,
- columns: [
- { field: 'name', title: 'Name' },
- { field: 'amount', title: 'Amount', format: '{0:c}' },
- ],
- })
+ <SvGrid
+ data={rows}
+ columns={[
+ { field: 'name', header: 'Name' },
+ { field: 'amount', header: 'Amount', format: { type: 'currency', currency: 'USD' } },
+ ]}
+ features={tableFeatures({ rowSortingFeature, columnFilteringFeature })}
+ showPagination enableInlineEditing />
Why teams switch
- Svelte 5 native instead of a jQuery / multi-framework suite.
- MIT community core - no per-developer license for the grid itself.
- Paid support at a fraction of enterprise-suite pricing.
- No design-system lock-in - theme via
--sg-*tokens.
What to weigh
- Kendo bundles a huge component suite (charts, scheduler, editor) and decades of vendor support. If you need the whole suite across several frameworks, that has real value.
See also
- SvGrid vs Kendo UI Grid - the side-by-side comparison
- Pricing - the SvGrid Pro tiers
- Architecture - engine + render-component split
Frequently asked questions
Is SvGrid a cheaper alternative to Kendo UI Grid?
For a Svelte stack, yes: the sv-grid-community core is MIT (free, including
commercial use), and the paid sv-grid-pro tier is a fraction of enterprise
component-suite pricing.
How long does a Kendo Grid migration take?
About 3-6 hours per grid. It is a column / event rename pass plus re-theming; the columns and editing concepts map closely.
Does SvGrid match Kendo's feature set?
For the grid itself it covers the common enterprise surface - sorting, Excel-style filters, grouping, virtualization, editing, master/detail, tree. Kendo's value beyond that is the wider suite and multi-framework parity.