There are several reasons, for example: * it's dedicated to graph drawing, it has a smaller footprint * support for WebGL and Canvas based renderers, which is

There are several reasons, for example: * it's dedicated to graph drawing, it has a smaller footprint * support for WebGL and Canvas based renderers, which is considerably faster than SVG, when you have large networks * support for gexf files, which can be pre-rendered in exported form Gephi