For teams choosing a data grid for Delphi, C++Builder and .NET applications. This page sets sgcGrid next to five commercial grids: DevExpress ExpressQuantumGrid for VCL and TMS FNC DataGrid on the Delphi side, and the DevExpress, Telerik and Syncfusion data grids for WinForms and WPF. Every cell of the other products comes from the vendor's public documentation, checked in November 2026, and each product links to the pages we read.
Select a product name to see the vendor pages behind its column. On a phone, scroll the table sideways: the capability column stays in place.
| Capability | sgcGrid | DevExpress ExpressQuantumGrid (VCL) | TMS FNC DataGrid | DevExpress Data Grid (.NET WinForms/WPF) | Telerik RadGridView (WinForms, WPF) | Syncfusion DataGrid (WinForms, WPF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data binding and virtual mode | TDataSet, ItemsSource, keyed unbound rows and virtual mode | |||||
| Server mode | SQL for 8 dialects and server side GROUP BY through FireDAC, ADO, dbExpress, IBX, Zeos or UniDAC, measured on tables of 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 rows | Not documented | Not documented | ~Data pager with on demand loading | ||
| Group panel and multi column sort | ShowGroupPanel, Ctrl+click to sort by several columns | |||||
| Column filter popup, filter builder and find panel | Funnel popup, filter row, find panel and a nested filter builder with 23 operators | |||||
| Bands, card view, tree and master detail | Bands, card view, tree and master detail (tree and master detail in the Registered edition) | ~Master detail, embedded grid | ~Hierarchy, self referencing tree, column groups | ~Stacked headers, master details | ||
| Cell merging and preview rows | Cell merging per column and a preview row, both kept in print, PDF and XLSX | ~Cell merging | ~Merged cells | |||
| Row reordering and pinned rows | Drag and keyboard reordering with undo, rows pinned to the top or the bottom | ~Fixed rows at the top or bottom | ~Row drag and drop, frozen rows | |||
| In cell visuals | Progress, sparkline, tag, link and image cells | ~15+ column types | ||||
| Conditional formatting | Rules with colours, fonts and icon sets, change flash, data bars and colour scales | |||||
| Formulas and Excel mode | 211 functions, fill handle and a workbook of several sheets | Not documented | ~Row and column calculations, AutoFill | ~Unbound columns | Not documented | ~Expression in unbound columns |
| Export formats | XLSX, PDF/UA, HTML, DOCX, CSV and JSON as shown, PNG and SVG | |||||
| Print and print preview | Fit to width, fit to page, repeated headers, right to left aware | Not documented | ||||
| Live data feeds (WebSocket, MQTT, SSE) | WebSocket, MQTT and SSE feed sources (Registered edition, with sgcWebSockets), ISA-18.2 alarm list | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| AI assistance | Ask bar for filters, sorts and highlights, with a local parser that needs no API key | ~AI Smart Paste | Not documented | Not documented | ||
| Accessibility, right to left, high DPI | UI Automation and MSAA on Windows, tested with Narrator and NVDA; FireMonkey hosts for macOS, iOS and Android built, device tests pending | Not documented | ~RTL, Coded UI and UFT | |||
| Platforms | VCL with touch, FireMonkey on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, WinForms, WPF and Avalonia, headless Linux64, the browser through sgcHTML | ~VCL for Delphi and C++Builder | ~WinForms and WPF | ~WinForms and WPF | ~WinForms and WPF | |
| Same API on Delphi and .NET | Same classes and layout JSON, Delphi 7 to .NET 10 | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
The sgcGrid column describes sgcGrid in November 2026. Some capabilities need the Registered edition, see where sgcGrid is included. Prices and licensing terms are not compared.
TsgcGridFeedSource_WebSocket, TsgcGridFeedSource_MQTT and TsgcGridFeedSource_SSE write JSON messages into the grid by key, and an alarm list follows ISA-18.2. We found none in the other products' documentation. The feed sources come with sgcWebSockets in the Registered edition, see the LiveFeed demo.
The same class names, property names and layout JSON in Delphi (VCL and FireMonkey, Delphi 7 to 13) and in .NET (WinForms, WPF and Avalonia, up to .NET 10). A team with both code bases learns one grid. See Platforms.
TsgcGridServerProvider_DataSet pages, sorts, filters and groups a database table with SQL for 8 dialects, so the grid reads only the pages on screen. The benchmarks give the figures on tables of 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 rows, with the harness to repeat them. See Server Mode.
Cell formulas with 211 functions, a fill handle and a workbook of several sheets, in the grid itself. In the table above, the other products show Partial or Not documented for this row. See Excel Mode.
TsgcGridAI turns a question in plain language into filters, sorts and row highlights. Only the field catalog goes to the model, the column names, captions, types and a few sample values, never the rows. With no provider assigned, a local parser answers with no network and no API key. See Ask Your Grid.
On Windows the grid exposes a real table to UI Automation and MSAA, tested with Narrator and NVDA. FireMonkey maps the same table, row and cell roles to the native accessibility of macOS, iOS and Android; those hosts are built and their device tests are pending. See Accessibility.
For each product we read the vendor's public product pages and documentation in November 2026 and recorded what they state. Yes means the documentation shows the capability. Partial means it shows a limited form, which the cell describes in a few words.
Not documented means the vendor documentation we checked does not list the capability. It does not say the product lacks it: it may exist under another name, in a separate control or on a page we did not read.
If a cell is wrong, or a product documents something we missed, contact us with the link to the vendor page and we will update this page.
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