Many make a blind choice of choosing data grid directly, but that is not the
right way.
Data grid provides ability to allow the end-user to sort, page, and edit its data. However, it comes at a cost of speed. Second, the display format is simple that is in row and columns. Real life scenarios can be more demanding that
With its templates, the Data List provides more control over the look and
feel of the displayed data than the Data Grid. It offers better performance than
data grid
Repeater control allows for complete and total control. With the Repeater, the
only HTML emitted are the values of the data binding statements in the templates
along with the HTML markup specified in the templates—no "extra" HTML is
emitted, as with the Data Grid and Data List. By requiring the developer to
specify the complete generated HTML markup, the Repeater often requires the
longest development time. However, repeater does not provide editing features
like data grid so everything has to be coded by programmer. However, the
Repeater does boast the best performance of the three data Web controls.
Repeater is fastest followed by Datalist and finally data grid.
See the following .NET
interview questions video on difference between Constant and Readonly: -