Hi David,
Thanks for your interest in Syncfusion products.
The GridControl and GridGroupingControl have the direct support for importing and exporting the data from/to excel. Moreover, the GridGroupingControl has the support import/export records with filter operation. So, we would suggest you to, use the GridGroupingControl for your requirement. Please refer to the below UG link to know more about the key features of grids and choose the grid based on your requirement,
Please let us know, if you need any other assistance.
Regards,
Arulpriya