KendoUI vs Jquery/Bootstrap Design decision for Asp.Net MVC application

Question

I am in the process of evaluating the above technologies for a new ASP.Net MVC4 web site. We would like to have a responsive web site to support desktop and mobiles.

KendoUI

I am not sure whether the existing MVC controls are responsive. There are different set of controls for mobiles. Does it mean i need to maintain 2 projects for Desktop and Mobile?

Our company has already purchased KendoUI (for some other project)

Jquery/Bootstrap

As most of the Bootstrap controls are responsive, it looks like a better candidate for us and it is free

I have some experience with Bootstrap resposnsive web sites and I know sometimes it could be a pain to overwrite styles with media queries. Can we do the same with KendoUI? Does it need the same amount of effort as per Bootstrap?

If anyone has any prior experience with KendoUI for a responsive web site please share..

Edit

When i browse the responsive DEMOs of KendoUI site it gave me below message.

Kendo UI Mobileis fully supported only in WebKit based browsers and IE10. Please use a compatible desktop browser or open the examples in a mobile WebKit based browser or Windows Phone.

Does it mean if I create the site with KendoUI responsive controls, it will not work in IE9 and Firfox (is not WebKit based) ?

Answer 1

Well, why not both?

There is this 2012 KendoUI blog post showing both frameworks working really well together. I'm still learning both tools, but I intend to use a similar approach.

Hope that helps.