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Shiny - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Shiny overview

What is Shiny?

Shiny is an application development solution for businesses of all sizes and developers, which provides features such as application management, a graphical user interface, collaboration tools, an activity dashboard, and an integrated development environment.

Using Shiny, users can embed their apps in documents built with R Markdown, host standalone apps on webpages, or build dashboards. Shiny apps are customizable using CSS, JavaScript, and htmlwidgets.

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Shiny reviews

Overall rating

4.9

/5

10

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.6/10
Rating distribution

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4

3

2

1

9

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Pros
“Linking your desktop work in a available webpage is a great opportunity to enhance the reach of your work. The interphase helps to all your work flowing.”
AM

Ailed M.

Engineer student

“For me is an improvement to the experience of coding, the visuals are great and make you feel more comfortable while coding.”
MN

Mariana N.

Neurobiology student

“This extension of R is a great way to improve your coding skills, and way better with a practical and beautiful interfase.”
VV

Veronica V.

PhD student

Cons
“The organization of the interfase can be confusing at the beginning.”
CS

Cruz S.

Master student

“Figuring out how to publish the Shiny application online was difficult at first.”
TO

Thomas O.

Graduate Student

“It is difficult for me to work the codes online, but with enough practice, you can do what you put your mind.”
FC

Francisco C.

Laboratory technician

Who uses Shiny?

Based on 10 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Higher Education
Research
Logistics and Supply Chain
Marketing and Advertising

Use cases

Application Development

Shiny's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Shiny users:

Integrated development environment
Graphical user interface
Deployment management
Collaboration tools

All Shiny features

Features rating:

Activity dashboard
Data visualization
Version control
Web app development
Workflow management

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Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Knowledge Base
FAQs/Forum
Email/Help Desk

Training options

Documentation

Shiny FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Shiny?

Shiny has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Shiny support?

Shiny supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Shiny offer an API?

No, Shiny does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Shiny offer?

Shiny offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk

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