Comparison

Ant Design vs MUI

On the evidence we track, MUI leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Ant Design full profile →MUI full profile →

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Ant Design62

★MUI77

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Ant Design	MUILeader
vioscaleAI score	62 / 100medium · 69%	77 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	free
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.2	8.6
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40inner-desktop%2Fantd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40mui%2Fmaterial&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	163,982
Github starsadoption.github_stars	99,768	99,201
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	3,866,429	10,365,358
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	7	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ CN	Available worldwide · HQ FR
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Ant Design62 / 100medium · 69%

MUI77 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

Ant Design✓

MUI✓

Model

Ant Designcommercial

MUIfree

Price level

Ant Designfree

MUIfree

Transparent

Ant Design–

MUI✓

Security

Gdpr

Ant Design–

MUI✓

Scorecard

Ant Design7.2

MUI8.6

Vulnerabilities

Ant DesignCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40inner-desktop%2Fantd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

MUICount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40mui%2Fmaterial&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Ant Design1

MUI163,982

Github stars

Ant Design99,768

MUI99,201

Package downloads weekly

Ant Design3,866,429

MUI10,365,358

Activity

Commits last 30d

Ant Design100

MUI100

Release

Cadence days

Ant Design7

MUI7

History

Ant Design20 items

MUI20 items

License

Spdx

Ant DesignMIT

MUIMIT

Language

Primary

Ant DesignTypeScript

MUIJavaScript

Market

Availability

Ant DesignAvailable worldwide · HQ CN

MUIAvailable worldwide · HQ FR

Content

Faq

Ant Design6 items

MUI6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for frontend ui frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Frontend UI Frameworks
Capability	Ant Design	MUI
Core
Paradigm	React component library	React component library
Reusable component model	✓	✓
Rendering
Virtual DOM	-	-
Signals / fine-grained reactivity	-	-
SSR support	-	-
DX
First-class TypeScript	-	-
State
Built-in state management	-	-
Ecosystem
Official router	-	-
Performance
Runtime size	-	-

Core

Paradigm

Ant DesignReact component library

MUIReact component library

Reusable component model

Ant Design✓

MUI✓

Rendering

Virtual DOM

Ant Design-

MUI-

Signals / fine-grained reactivity

Ant Design-

MUI-

SSR support

Ant Design-

MUI-

First-class TypeScript

Ant Design-

MUI-

State

Built-in state management

Ant Design-

MUI-

Ecosystem

Official router

Ant Design-

MUI-

Performance

Runtime size

Ant Design-

MUI-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Ant Design

A comprehensive component library and design language supporting React, Angular, and Vue, offering extensive customization options and professional styling capabilities for enterprise application development.

Independently observed

MUI

Leader

A free React library containing pre-styled interface components based on Material Design, enabling developers to quickly construct application UIs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ant Design

Open sourceFree tier7-day trial

as of 2026-08-12verify ↗

MUI

Leader

from $299/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $24.92/developer/month, Premium from $49.92/developer/month, Enterprise from $116.58/developer/month (annual billing)

CommunityFree
- MIT-licensed
- 40+ free components
- Community support
- MUI Core libraries (Base UI, Material UI, Joy UI, MUI System)
Pro$299/developer/year or $24.92/developer/month
- Everything in Community
- Pro support
- MUI X Pro access
- 10+ Pro features
- Multi-app license
Premium$599/developer/year or $49.92/developer/month
- Everything in Pro
- Premium support
- Access to new features first
- MUI X Premium access
- 5+ Premium features
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Premium
- Priority support
- Customer Success Manager
- Technical support for all libraries
- Guaranteed response time
- +4 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Ant Design	MUI
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	-

Platforms

Web

Ant Design✓

MUI✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Ant Design✓

MUI–

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