Difference between Gridview,Datalist and Repeater

• Gridview - Limited in design, works like an html table. More in built functionality like edit/update, page, sort. Lots of overhead.
• DataGrid - Old version of the Gridview. A gridview is a super datagrid.
• Datalist - more customisable version of the Gridview. Also has some overhead. More manual work as you have to design it yourself.
• ListView - the new Datalist : Almost a hybrid of the datalist and gridview where you can use paging and build in Gridview like functionality, but have the freedom of design. One of the new controls in this family
• Repeater - Very light weight. No built in functionality like Headers, Footers. Has the least overhead.
  Features of a GridView 

  •Displays data as a table
  •Control over
   –Alternate item
   –Header
   –Footer
   –Colors, font, borders, etc.
   –Paging
  •Updateable
  •Item as row
  Features of Repeater

  •List format
  •No default output
  •More control
  •More complexity
  •Item as row
  •Not updateable
  
  Features of DataList
  •Directional rendering
  •Good for columns
  •Item as cell
  •Alternate item
  •Updateable

   Repeater :
  

      It contains  Header Template, Item template , alternate
  Item template and footer template . it can't support
  Selection, editing, sorting and paging. this is read only
  and fast.
  
  Datalist :
   
     It contains Header Template, Item template , alternate
  Item template , Edit itm template and footer template . it
  can't support  sorting and paging but  support selection and
  editing
  
  DataGrid(or GridView) :
  
  It contains Header Template, Item template , alternate Item
  template , Edit itm template and footer template . it can
  support selection, editing , sorting and paging . Mostly
  every developer caught used this control  .