Top vue.js datatable components
1. KendoVue Grid
Maybe you know the Kendo UI library from back in your jQuery days (we did!).
They now have Vue wrappers for most of their components, so you should definitely check it out if you need an enterprise-level UI library. But they are also experimenting with native components, and newly built their grid component from the ground up with Vue.js.
Besides basic CRUD functions, grouping, filtering, paging and the usual suspects, they have some nifty little features like reordering columns with drag and drop, scroll modes (including virtual scrolling), internationalization and Excel/PDF export.
We found it easy to use and well-documented!
2 .Vuetable 2
Look into Vuetable if you don’t want or need a UI framework around your datatables. Vuetable takes your JSON data to turn it into a simple HTML table you can style independently. You can use it with any CSS framework, too, as long as it supports HTML tables.
Choose between API and data mode and use Vuetable either with an endpoint providing data, or with readily available data. It supports sorting, pagination, search filters and detail rows.
You can go and check out the Tutorial for Vuetable 2 – it also shows how to use Bootstrap with it, so you can see how it works with a CSS framework.
3. Syncfusion Vue Data Grid
The Syncfusion data grid is part of their extensive UI library. It’s a workhorse that can handle high volumes of data without any performance loss.
The tables support inline CRUD operations, filtering, data export, stacked headers, row grouping and more. We especially love Syncfusion’s focus on being mobile- and touch-friendly as well as supporting WAI-ARIA for accessibility. Data binding is very flexible, as it can handle various local and remote sources. Together with JSON it’s a great choice for SPAs.
This grid is perfect for enterprise-level and data-heavy applications. You don’t have to be an enterprise to be able to afford it, though. Syncfusion’s whole Vue UI library is available under a free community license for individuals and smaller companies, which is more than awesome in our opinion.
4. ag-Grid
ag-Grid is a really sophisticated datatable solution. “ag” stands for agnostic, meaning it’s available for a lot of different JS frameworks.
Definitely look into it if you need to build complex tables. It is probably overkill for a small project, but it might be the perfect fit if you need advanced functions like drag-and-drop for rows, grouping or live updates. Also, it has been optimized for performance, if you have to handle big data sets.
There’s a free version to try it out, but for enterprise applications you will probably need an extended license.
5.Enso Datatable
The Enso Datatable lets you create complex tables based on JSON templates.
It supports server-side data loading and Excel exporting. Out-of-the-box functions range from searching, sorting and pagination to front-end translations and customization of column visibility.
This datatable uses Bulma for its layout, and has a few other dependencies for some of its functions. You can use it as part of the whole Enso ecosystem, which provides you with an SPA boilerplate. If you don’t need that, you can use the datatable independently, too (but you need some experience with Laravel/Vue to do so).
6.Vuetify Datatables
If you already plan to use a component framework for developing your apps and need one that supports datatables, you should look into Vuetify! It’s a Material Design Framework, providing you with a lot of ready-to-use components.
Vuetify’s datatables are flexible and support sorting, searching, inline-editing, pagination and more. Also things like a progress bar for loading states are included, and CRUD actions can be combined with their dialog component.
7.jQWidgets Data Grid
The data grid component included in the jQWidgets UI framework is basically as powerful as Google Sheets. It’s a responsive grid with sorting, filtering, drag and drop, custom keyboard navigation, nested grids, exports and many more features. It’s suitable for large datasets that users can manipulate.
The jQWidgets framework also offers more components – but it is not free. They have great pricing for smaller projects and single developers too though. It comes with 500 demos for the grid component alone, and is also available for Angular, React and jQuery.
8.Buefy Datatables
Buefy is a collection of lightweight Vue.js UI components based on Bulma. If you’re looking for a UI Kit to go with your datatables, take a look at this library that’s only 60KB big (gzipped/minified).
The datatable component offers basic features like sorting, detail views for rows and pagination. The frontend can be adapted well to optimise legibility, by choosing narrow or striped rows f.ex. The component also supports sorting and paginating from the backend.
9.Vue Data Tables
This table is based on the UI Toolkit Element UI, and was built to be easily customizable. It does not provide a lot of functions out-of-the-box besides (front- and serverside) pagination, but its core structure can be used to create tables with custom functions and actions.
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