Infinite Table vs AG Grid

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AG Grid is the most established commercial data grid on the market, used across React, Angular, Vue, and plain JavaScript. It has a massive feature surface and a large community. We respect what the AG Grid team has built — it's a feat of engineering.
The core difference is not price. It's how each grid relates to React.
AG Grid was designed as a framework-agnostic rendering engine. Its React package is a wrapper — an adapter layer that translates between AG Grid's internal model and React components. The grid's state, lifecycle, and rendering happen outside React's reconciler. You configure it through a gridOptions object and interact with it through imperative API calls like api.setColumnDefs(), api.refreshCells(), and api.getSelectedRows().
Infinite Table was built for React from the start. There is no wrapper layer. Columns, sorting, grouping, and filtering are React props — controlled or uncontrolled, like any React component. Cell renderers are plain JSX. The grid participates in React's component tree, re-rendering when props change.

What this means in practice#

With AG Grid, you might write:
// AG Grid: imperative API to update columns
const onButtonClick = () => {
  gridRef.current.api.setColumnDefs(newColumnDefs);
  gridRef.current.api.refreshCells({ force: true });
};
With Infinite Table, the same operation is a prop change:
// Infinite Table: declarative React props
const [columns, setColumns] = useState(initialColumns);

const onButtonClick = () => {
  setColumns(newColumns); // grid re-renders automatically
};

<DataSource<T> primaryKey="id" data={dataSource}>
  <InfiniteTable<T> columns={columns} />
</DataSource>
No ref, no imperative API — just React state. The same pattern you use for <input value={...} onChange={...} /> works for the entire grid.

Architecture#

Infinite TableAG Grid
Built forReactFramework-agnostic (JS, Angular, Vue, React)
React integrationNative — renders through React's reconcilerWrapper — React adapter around internal DOM engine
API styleDeclarative props, controlled + uncontrolledGrid-options object, imperative api.* calls
Cell renderersPlain JSX componentsAG Grid component interface (React components supported via adapter)
State managementLives in React (useState, context, external stores)Lives inside the grid; synced to React via callbacks
TypeScriptWritten in TypeScript, first-class typesWritten in TypeScript, first-class types
VirtualizationRow + columnRow + column

Feature Comparison#

FeatureInfinite Table (free)AG Grid Community (free)AG Grid Enterprise (paid)
Sorting (single + multi)✅✅✅
Column filtering✅✅✅
Column resizing✅✅✅
Column reordering✅✅✅
Column pinning✅✅✅
Column grouping (headers)✅✅✅
Row grouping✅🔴✅
Aggregations✅🔴✅
Pivoting✅🔴✅
Tree data✅🔴✅
Master-detail✅🔴✅
Lazy loading✅🔴✅ (server-side row model)
Live pagination✅🔴✅
Row + column virtualization✅✅✅
Cell editing✅✅✅
Cell selection✅🔴✅ (range selection)
Row selection✅✅✅
Context menus✅🔴✅
Keyboard navigation✅✅✅
Theming (CSS variables)✅✅✅
Excel export🔴🔴✅
Clipboard🔴🔴✅
Integrated charting🔴🔴✅
Server-side row model✅🔴✅
Status bar / sidebar panels🔴🔴✅
AG Grid Community (MIT) does not include row grouping, pivoting, aggregations, tree data, or master-detail. Those require AG Grid Enterprise. Infinite Table includes all of these in the free Community build (with a "Powered by Infinite Table" footer). A paid license key removes the footer.

Pricing#

Infinite TableAG Grid Enterprise
Starting price$395/dev/year~$999/dev/year
Volume discount5% at 3 devs, 10% at 5, 15% at 10Contact sales
Deployment licenseNone requiredNone required
Free tierAll features, footer displayedCommunity edition (grouping/pivot excluded)
SupportEmail (paid license)Zendesk (Enterprise license)

When AG Grid is the better choice#

  • Multi-framework projects. If you need the same data grid across Angular, Vue, and React codebases, AG Grid is the only option here — Infinite Table is React-only. AG Grid's framework-agnostic core is a strength when your organisation standardises on one grid across teams.
  • The widest feature surface. AG Grid Enterprise includes built-in charting, clipboard, Excel export, column tool panels, status bars, and a full server-side row model with partial store. If you need several of these, AG Grid covers them in one package.
  • Enormous community and ecosystem. With over 1M weekly npm downloads and 13k+ GitHub stars, AG Grid has deep community resources, Stack Overflow coverage, and third-party integrations. If you value ecosystem maturity, AG Grid is unmatched.
  • You prefer the imperative API. If your team already knows AG Grid's api.* pattern from other projects, or you prefer imperative control over the grid's state, AG Grid's model may feel more natural to you than a prop-driven React API.

When Infinite Table is the better fit#

  • You want the grid to feel like React. Infinite Table's API is props, controlled state, and JSX — the same patterns you use in every other React component. No grid-options objects, no imperative API calls, no syncing grid state back to React. If your team thinks in React, Infinite Table fits that mental model.
  • You need grouping, pivoting, and aggregations without an enterprise license. These are included in Infinite Table's free build. AG Grid gates them behind the Enterprise tier.
  • You want a composable, smaller API surface. Infinite Table favours function props over boolean flags, and controlled/uncontrolled variants over imperative setters. The API is designed to compose — fewer props that do more, rather than hundreds of configuration options.
  • Simpler licensing. One plan, one key for the whole team, no deployment license.

Getting Started

Install the package, render your first DataGrid, and learn how <DataSource /> and <InfiniteTable /> work together.

Grouping and pivoting

The features AG Grid Community leaves out — included here without an Enterprise license.

Pricing

Use Infinite Table free with a footer, or buy a license to remove it and get email support.

AG Grid docs

Read AG Grid's official React getting started guide.

Help us keep this comparison up-to-date#

This page is our reading of AG Grid's public docs and pricing as of mid-2026. We want it to stay accurate. If you work on AG Grid — or you've spotted something that's wrong, outdated, or missing context — please tell us. We will update the page.