Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange admins?

GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (133 reviews). Smart Lists typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (56 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

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GridMate: Inline vs Smart Lists — Salesforce

GridMate vs Smart Lists

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

GridMate

5.0·133reviews

GridMate is an all-in-one productivity suite of 32 powerful Lightning components (grids, calendars, maps, kanban) designed to boost adoption, utilization, and productivity in Salesforce by enhancing the user experience and overcoming native limitations.

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	GridMate	Smart Lists
Tagline	“GridMate is an all-in-one productivity suite of 32 powerful Lightning components (grids, calendars, maps, kanban) designed to boost adoption, utilization, and productivity in Salesforce by enhancing the user experience and overcoming native limitations.”253 chars	“With Smart List you can save days of custom development and build a custom list in a matter of minutes.”103 chars
Description	1199 / 2000 chars60% used	1126 / 2000 chars56% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages	enfrdejazh_CN+1 more	en
Platforms	Salesforce	Salesforce
Developer	GridPal LLC	Salesforce Labs

At a glance

8 metrics · auto-computed

Feature comparison between GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar and Smart Lists
Metric	GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar	Smart Lists
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	4.4 ★
Total reviews	★ 133	56
Free plan	—	★ Yes
Pricing	paid	free
Pricing tiers	1 tier	—
Listed features	★ 9	6
Languages	6 supported	1 supported
Listed since	Sep 2019	May 2022

AppRanks verdict

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The call

Based on the data on this page, GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar is the stronger choice for most Salesforce AppExchange admins — 5.0★ vs Smart Lists's 4.4★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.

Pricing

On pricing, Smart Lists offers a free tier (free) while GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar starts at paid. The free option meaningfully reduces evaluation cost, particularly at low usage volumes where the entry-paid tier can outpace the value delivered.

Review base

GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar has the larger user base (133 reviews vs 56), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Smart Lists's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.

Who should pick what

Recommended by size: small/early-stage admins who need fast install and low risk should default to GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar; mid-market and enterprise admins with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Smart Lists's 56-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar's broader-but-shallower coverage.

How this is generated

This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.

Read each app's audit: GridMate: Inline Editing, Smart Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar audit • Smart Lists audit

Listed	September 13, 2019	May 19, 2022

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3. Features

As listed by each developer

GridMate

GRIDS Unlock flexible grids that leverage your existing metadata including Related Lists, List Views, quick actions, and flows. Enjoy inline editing, mass actions, Excel-like functionality, filters, grouping, sorting, conditional coloring, and more.
MAP LIST Visualize and act on records with Google Maps in Salesforce. Plot standard/custom objects, filter by radius, apply conditional coloring, and run mass actions, all in one view. It's a powerful, affordable alternative to Salesforce Maps.
MULTI CALENDAR Streamline field service scheduling and beyond with a drag-and-drop calendar. Gain a horizontal, resource-based calendar view in Salesforce with filters, conditional coloring, and mass actions to plan, assign, and manage with clarity.
SINGLE CALENDAR Simplify appointment scheduling in Salesforce with a unified drag-and-drop calendar. This Salesforce calendar scheduling solution delivers real-time visibility with filters, color-coded events, and custom layouts for team alignment.
KANBAN BOARD Visualize pipelines, projects or cases with a customizable kanban board Salesforce teams love. Drag, drop, edit and run mass actions in real time. A smarter kanban Salesforce experience with stages, conditional coloring, and custom actions.
GANTT CHART Visualize projects with a Gantt chart Salesforce users trust. Create tasks, groups, and milestones inline, drag-and-drop to reschedule, link dependencies, and edit in place—making it the ultimate project management tool Salesforce teams need.
FILE EXPLORER Enhance Salesforce document management with seamless cloud integrations, dynamic views, and flexible permissions. GridMate File Explorer redefines Salesforce file management with bulk upload/download, cut-copy-paste, and in-app search.
...And many other components The GridMate suite also includes the Compact Calendar, Pivot Grid, List View Grid, Related List Grid, Report Table, List View Kanban, Object Timeline, Record App Switcher, Record Card, Record KPI, Chrome Extension, and more.
USE CASES • INDUSTRIES • TEAMS • CLOUDS GridMate supports 60+ use cases spanning data management, file and project management, scheduling, reporting, and more - built for every industry, any team, and all Salesforce Clouds with seamless adaptability.

Smart Lists

Use point-and-click configuration to build your searchable custom list with inline edit, predefined filters and custom actions
Customizable search form with advanced search capabilities and SOSL search
Supports Salesforce objects, external objects, files and custom data sources (web service, complex SOQL queries...)
Available for AppBuilder and Digital Experience pages as well as Screen Flows
Supports direct relationships such as Cases for an Account as well as complex relationships such as Files related to the Account of the parent Case
Fully localizable for multi-lingual implementations

Keyword	GridMate	Smart Lists
record	#2	#1
actions	#4	#4
use cases	#4	#5
standard and	#9	#2
standard or	#9	#2

7. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

GridMate

GridMate redefines the Salesforce user experience. It provides a suite of components to simplify complex data management: - Inline create, edit & delete - Inline grids with inline record details - Multi copy-paste from CSV & Excel - Mass actions: -- Create, edit, delete -- Quick actions -- Emailing -- Approval -- Calling flow -- Sharing -- Assignment -- Lead conversion - Conditional coloring - Filtering & sorting - Columns freezing - User-defined filters - Aggregation handling - Export data grid to CSV & Excel - Related list as Accordion, Cards, Tabs - Multi Calendar - Grids for flows - Smart Grids - FieldSet Grids - Dynamic FieldSet Grids - Parent Related List Grid - Related List Grid - List View Grid - User Grids - Pivot Grids - Kanban Board - Gantt Chart - File Explorer Supports standard & custom objects on all Salesforce Clouds & Platforms. 👋🏻 Trialforce available for a test drive or contact us for a free demo. 👋🏻 Please install GridMate Extension unmanaged package to support quick actions👇🏼 Production: https://login.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04t3i000002nGle Sandbox: https://test.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04t3i000002nGle

Top keywords

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grids7×3.78%
grid4×2.16%
list4×2.16%
salesforce4×2.16%
actions3×1.62%
inline3×1.62%
related3×1.62%
related list3×1.62%
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actions --2×1.08%
apexp2×1.08%

Smart Lists

Smart Lists is the component you need if you are struggling with the limitations of List Views and Related Lists or need an advanced search component This flexible component allows you to build custom lists of records, files, and external data by using point and click configuration. It can be deployed on record pages, home pages, custom app pages, community pages and flow screens. It offers advanced filtering and searching capabilities that are not available in standard list views and related lists: - Inline edit with multiple record types - Standard filters All, My, My Team, My Subordinates & My Queues - Fully customizable filters such as Open Cases I Created - Advanced search capabilities for record types, record owner, and related records Smart Lists supports complex relationships as Cases related to the Department of the parent Account or Files related to the Account of the parent Case Smart Lists comes with standard actions creating, editing and deleting records. New custom actions can be added For complex use cases, it is possible to populate the list from custom data sources such as web services

Top keywords

lists6×3.28%
related5×2.73%
custom4×2.19%
pages4×2.19%
record4×2.19%
advanced3×1.64%
cases3×1.64%
component3×1.64%
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GridMate vs Smart Lists

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Smart Lists

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3. Features

4. Categories & rankings

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6. Activity in the last 90 days

GridMate · 3 changes

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