qnot vs Syncfusion Query Builder
@syncfusion/ej2-querybuilder 35.1 · Commercial or community
Feature by feature.
| feature | qnot | Syncfusion QueryBuilder |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT, for everyone (qnot ahead) | Commercial, or free community license under $1M revenue and 5 developers |
| Frameworks | React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, plain DOM | JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue; Blazor and ASP.NET versions |
| Part of a suite | No, one library | Yes: grids, charts, schedulers and more, one theme (Syncfusion QueryBuilder ahead) |
| SQL | Export in five dialects with bound params; import of WHERE clauses | Export and import, plus parameterized and named-parameter SQL |
| MongoDB | Export and import | Export and import |
| Also exports | JsonLogic, Elasticsearch, SpEL, plain English (qnot ahead) | Not built in |
| Drag and drop | Built in | Yes (allowDragAndDrop) |
| NOT, read-only, limits | Yes | Yes (enableNotCondition, readonly, maxGroupCount) |
| Undo and redo | Built into the store (qnot ahead) | Not built in |
| Typed rule values | Narrowed by field and operator from the schema (qnot ahead) | A union of primitives, not tied to the field |
| Evaluate in JS | compile() / matches() on any array, browser or server | getPredicate() for filtering through its DataManager |
| Support | GitHub issues | Commercial support with a license (Syncfusion QueryBuilder ahead) |
| First render, 1,000 rules | 117 ms (qnot ahead) | 6,491 ms |
Measured at 1,000 rules.
Run of 2026-10-19: Apple M5, Chromium 156 via Playwright 1.64, production builds, no CPU throttling. Medians of fresh pages (5 to 9 per size); the tree is 10 fields in groups of 10 rules. JS is gzipped and excludes React for React libraries (jQuery is included). Lower is better. Syncfusion QueryBuilder takes 55× as long to render. The harness, its method and every size.
When Syncfusion QueryBuilder is the better choice.
- You already license Syncfusion Essential Studio. The query builder comes with it, themed like the grid, charts and schedulers you use.
- You build with Angular, Blazor or ASP.NET. qnot has no binding for them.
- You want a vendor behind it. Commercial licenses come with support and a company accountable for fixes.
- Your queries are small to medium. Under a hundred rules, Syncfusion renders in a few hundred milliseconds or less and typing is instant.
Switching.
getRules() output is a plain tree. This function converts it, operator by operator. Run it once over saved rules, or on load while both builders coexist.Columns become a schema: type: 'string' is f.text(), or f.enum() when it has values; 'number', 'boolean' and 'date' map to f.number(), f.boolean(), f.date().
Operators qnot doesn't know pass through unchanged, so validateQuery(fields, query) lists them instead of the converter dropping them. Then pick a framework-free, React or Vue builder.
Questions people ask
- Is the Syncfusion Query Builder free?
- Under conditions. Syncfusion offers a free community license to organizations with less than $1 million in annual gross revenue and five or fewer developers; everyone else needs a commercial license. qnot is MIT licensed for everyone.
- Which frameworks does each support?
- Syncfusion's query builder is a JavaScript component with wrappers for Angular, React and Vue, and versions for Blazor and ASP.NET. qnot has bindings for React, Vue, Svelte and Solid, and a plain DOM builder; it has no Angular or Blazor binding.
- Why is the Syncfusion number so high at 1,000 rules?
- In our run its first render grows faster than linearly with the number of rules: about 0.27 s at 100 rules, 2 s at 500 and 6.6 s at 1,000. Typing into a rule stays fast. If your queries stay under a hundred rules, render time is unlikely to matter.Benchmarks
- Can I convert my saved Syncfusion rules?
- Yes. getRules() returns a plain RuleModel tree; the twenty-line function above turns it into a qnot query, mapping each operator. Run validateQuery on the result to catch anything that didn't map.
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