The best replacement for datalist is repeater.

The best alternatives to datalist are rated as following:
★★★★★  repeater
★★★  gridview
★★★  listview
★★  datagrid
★  datarepeater
★  repeater asp net
  detailsview
  repeater control
  datagrid asp net
  dataview

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Speaking about datalist, one probably shouldn't forget about paging.

Other search terms related to datalist and their ratings are:
★★★★★ paging
★★★ paging in asp.net
★★ datapager asp.net
★ datapager
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