<p>earlier today someone asked about free/cheap component libraries for winforms.  I'm interested in the same thing, but for asp.net.  There are some great commercial libraries like Telerik and DevExpress, but are there any great free/cheap alternatives?</p>

[{'answer_id': 59862, 'author': 'Dale Ragan', 'author_id': 1117, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1117', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I am not sure what you constitute as cheap, but the Peter Blum ASP.NET controls are a good buy.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.peterblum.com/Home.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">peterblum.com</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 59944, 'author': 'Guy Starbuck', 'author_id': 2194, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2194', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I would suggest that you can get free components at sites like <a href="http://www.codeproject.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">codeproject</a>, but you are going to end up sinking a ton of time separating the wheat from the chaff and figuring out how to use them, and since they are not a unified library the APIs and integration will be a new learning curve for each different control.</p>\n\n<p>So I would recommend, unless you are a hobbyist with a lot of time on your hands, it is without a doubt worth the money for your company to buy something from Peter Blum, DevExpress, Infragistics, Telerik, or one of the other vendors who will provide support and documentation.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 59973, 'author': 'Dhaust', 'author_id': 242, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/242', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Check out the <a href="http://www.asp.net/community/control-gallery/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ASP.NET Control Gallery</a>.   </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>"The Control Gallery is a directory of over 900 controls and components to use in your own applications. You will find everything from simple controls to full e-commerce components." </p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Not all of them are free but definitely worth a look.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 254977, 'author': 'basementjack', 'author_id': 33186, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/33186', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I\'m enjoying the <a href="http://www.obout.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Obout">obout.com</a> control suite for asp.net - $200 buys you the whole suite and they seem to be actively developing it. </p>\n\n<p>The Grid and Treeview are very strong in this suite, and I\'ve been impressed with support. </p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 560398, 'author': 'Canavar', 'author_id': 55351, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/55351', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Try this free custom web controls : <a href="http://www.eworldui.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Excentrics World .NET</a></p>\n'}]
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