Is home window tinting equal to something like blinds to keep sunlight out?

Can someone please tell me if home window tinting(solar film) will keep sunlight out as well as opaque material like blinds. I know this may be a stupid question but i was hoping someone who has experience with both could enlighten me please. The main problem is that we have doors with window in them and do not really want to drill holes into the wood to fit blinds and also would like to maintain the open view.|||Window tinting/ solar film works but the change isn't drastic. It will keep bright light from coming in but that is about it. Being dark, the glass will still get hot and create heat. Tinting works best when used with blinds or some type of mounted shade. Metal blinds are the worst ones you could possibly buy. Plastics or wood blinds are great. If you were to do blinds through out the home, and tint the french doors, that would be another way to go, blocking the light where the view may not be as important, and tinting the windows/doors you want to have a view from. Plastic blinds are the cheapest and most efficient way to cover a window. Wood blinds are even better, they absorb most of the heat they don't reflect, and if you got money to spend, wood shutters are the best way to go. All of these products will work well, and last a long time, especially if you also tint the windows you cover with blinds. The sun will take much longer to wear them out. So the final verdict, tint is great, blinds/shutters are better. Tint and blinds/shutters are the best. If your doors are made of wood, damage from mounted hardware is minimal and easily patched if you choose to take down the window covering. Shutters however, are much more permanent. Hope that helps.