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| Express version | Commercial version |
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| Project editor | | |
| Login window | Not available | |
| Windows per project: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Windows per project: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Reports per project: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Classes per project: Maximum number | Limited | 8,000 |
| Sets of procedures per project: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Procedures per project: Maximum number | Limited | 5,000 for each project element |
| Global or locale variables per project: Maximum number | Limited | 65,500 |
| Project processes: Maximum number of lines | Limited | 65,500 |
| Number of components imported into a project | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Elements in a project: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Example-based RAD: Number of files taken into account | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Languages of a project | Limited | 64 |
| Renaming the framework | Not allowed in the Express version | Allowed |
| Common renamed framework | Not allowed in the Express version | Allowed |
| Importing a Visual Basic or Access project | Not allowed in the Express version | Available |
| User Groupware | The user groupware cannot be customized in the Express version. | Fully customizable |
| Component | - A component created with the Express version cannot be imported into a project created with WINDEV commercial version.
- The components used by a project cannot be translated in the Express version.
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| Internal component: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Miscellaneous | - No RAD pattern can be created in the Express version.
- Stand-alone messaging is not available in the Express version.
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| Window editor | | |
| Controls per window: Maximum number | Limited | 5,000 |
| Procedures per window: Maximum number | Limited | 5,000 |
| Process: Maximum number of lines | Limited | 65,500 |
| Languages selected for a window: Maximum number | Limited | 64 |
| Internal windows: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Window templates: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Control templates: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Miscellaneous | The Feedback component (used to manage user feedback for the applications) is not available in the Express version. | |
| Report editor | | |
| Controls per report: Maximum number | Limited | 5,000 |
| Procedures per report: Maximum number | Limited | 5,000 |
| Process: Maximum number of lines | Limited | 65,500 |
| Languages selected for a report: Maximum number | Limited | 64 |
| Miscellaneous | - PDF files cannot be used as background of reports in the Express version.
- The report viewer cannot be customized in the Express version.
- Reports & Queries is not available in the Express version.
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| Data model editor | | |
| Files: Maximum number | Limited | 65,535 |
| Items per file: Maximum number | Limited | 65,535 |
| Keys per file: Maximum number | Limited | 65,535 |
| Items per analysis: Maximum number | Limited | 65,535 |
| Miscellaneous | - The names of items and files in Reports & Queries cannot be translated.
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| Query editor | | |
| Files per query: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Help editor | | |
| Not available | Available |
| Modeling editor | | |
| Models: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Objects per template: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| UML editor | | |
| Objects per diagram | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| HFSQL database engine | | |
| Files, aliases, views or queries opened simultaneously: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Files that can be described dynamically by HDescribeFile, HDeclare, HDeclareExternal, HAliasExternal, HDBOpen, HDBCreation: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Files that can be opened during a transaction: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Assisted universal replication (ReplicEdit, ReplicAdmin and ReplicSynchro) | Not available | Available |
Log-based replication:- Via network: Maximum number of files that can be used:
- Via replication file: Maximum number of files that can be used:
| Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Generated executables | | |
| Miscellaneous | - Applications created with the Express version automatically close after about 1 hour of use.
- Applications created with the Express version have a limited lifetime (a few weeks).
- 64-bit executable generation is not available in the Express version.
- Java generation is not available in the Express version.
- The generation of applications in Windows Store App mode is not available in the Express version.
- The generation of executables with integrated framework is not available in the Express version.
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| Setup editor | | |
| Files that can be installed: Maximum number | Limited | Unlimited (depending on the resources of the current computer) |
| Miscellaneous | - A custom installer cannot be used in the Express version.
- The Express version cannot be used to perform setups via multiple directories.
- The Express version cannot be used to create setup programs via MSI.
- The Express version cannot be used to download the framework.
- Network and Push setup modes are not available with the Express version
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| Various limitations | | |
| - The ODBC driver on HFSQL is not supplied with the Express version.
- The main utilities are included in the Express version: they have the same limitations as the executables generated with the Express version (close after 1 hour, etc.).
- "WDConver" (tool for importing the external databases) is not available in the Express version.
- "WDModFic" (tool for applying the modifications made to the data files in the data model editor to the end-user computers) is not available with the Express version.
- The optional Native Connectors (Oracle, SQL Server, AS/400, Informix, etc.) are not available with the Express version.
Remark: The Native MySQL and PostgreSQL Connectors are available with the Express version. - The RTF editor is not available with the Express version.
- The link with external languages (C++, C#, Java, Basic, Cobol, Fortran, etc.) is not available with the Express version.
- It is not possible to deploy SOAP applications.
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| Free Technical Support | | |
| Not available for the Express version. For more details, see the official forums. | 15 free queries (phone and email). |