SpreadsheetGear - Performance Spreadsheet Components Compare SpreadsheetGear Products

The SpreadsheetGear family of products includes:

Although many of the common features between these products are identical, there are some differences due to differences or limitations in each .NET platform. Please see below for more details, but note this is not intended to be an exhaustive list of differences between each product.

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SpreadsheetGear Engine for .NET

A broad cross-platform library that provides a programmatic, in-code spreadsheet feature set similar to that offered by SpreadsheetGear for .NET Framework.

  • Formerly known as "SpreadsheetGear for .NET Standard".
  • Includes a .NET Standard 2.0 target to support various platforms such as .NET Framework 4.6.2 or higher, .NET 6 (works with earlier versions), UWP, Xamarin, Mono and more.
  • Includes a .NET 6 target, which provides all the capabilities of the .NET Standard 2.0 target plus utilization of "hardware intrinsics" which enable additional optimizations on specific hardware when supported on the hosting machine.
  • UI capabilities are not included in this product (see SpreadsheetGear for Windows).
  • Go to NuGet Package page.

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SpreadsheetGear for Windows

Builds on top of the SpreadsheetGear Engine for .NET product to provide various Windows-based UI capabilities.

  • A SpreadsheetGear for Windows license includes access to SpreadsheetGear Engine for .NET.
  • Interactive WorkbookView and FormulaBar controls Windows Forms and WPF applications, with high-DPI support.
  • WorkbookDesigner dialog and "Explorer" dialogs to modify various aspects of a workbook such as worksheets, ranges, charts, shapes, etc.
  • Image rendering of ranges, charts and other shapes.
  • Printing capabilities.
  • Go to NuGet Package page.

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SpreadsheetGear for .NET Framework

Trusted by thousands of companies for over 18 years and 9 major version releases, SpreadsheetGear for .NET Framework is the ultimate solution for all things spreadsheets on .NET Framework.

  • Extensive APIs to read, write and modify workbooks, charts and more.
  • Blazingly fast multi-threaded calculation engine with support for 449 functions.
  • Interactive WorkbookView and FormulaBar controls for Windows Forms and WPF applications.
  • WorkbookDesigner dialog and "Explorer" dialogs to modify various aspects of a workbook such as worksheets, ranges, charts, shapes, etc.
  • High-DPI image rendering of ranges, charts and other shapes.
  • Printing capabilities.

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SpreadsheetGear
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The SpreadsheetGear Bundle gains you access to the entire suite of SpreadsheetGear products.

  • SpreadsheetGear Engine for .NET
  • SpreadsheetGear for Windows
  • SpreadsheetGear for .NET Framework

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FeatureSpreadsheetGear
Engine for .NET
SpreadsheetGear
for Windows
SpreadsheetGear for .NET
Framework
.NET 6.NET Standard 2.0.NET 6 for WindowsFramework 3.5Framework 4.6.2
Excel Reporting
Excel Compatible Charting
Excel Compatible Calculations
Multithreaded Calculation
Hardware Intrinsics
Images from Excel Charts and Ranges
Comprehensive and Consistent API
ASP.NET (e.g., Web Forms)
ASP.NET Core
Windows Forms Controls
WPF Controls
WorkbookView - High DPI / Multi-Monitor Support
WorkbookView - Rich Text Rendering
WorkbookView - Interior / Fill Pattern Rendering
Design-Time Workbook Designer, Range Explorer, Chart Explorer, Shape Explorer and various dialogs
Runtime Workbook Designer, Range Explorer, Chart Explorer, Shape Explorer and various dialogs
Save to XPS
Printing & Print Preview
Supported Platforms and IDEs
.NET 8, 7 and 6
.NET 5
.NET Core 3.1, 3.0, 2.2, 2.1 and 2.0
.NET Core 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1 and 1.0
.NET Framework 4.8, 4.7 and 4.6.2
.NET Framework 4.6.1, 4.6, 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5, 4.0 and 3.5
.NET Framework 3.0, 2.0 and 1.0
Xamarin.iOS
Xamarin.Mac
Xamarin.Android
Universal Windows Platform
Mono
Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio 2019
Visual Studio 2017
Visual Studio 2015
Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio 2012 or earlier
Visual Studio Code