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I always rely on Highcharts, probably the biggest library presented here. Fit all the case (except map maybe) and flexible enough to let you change everything

by h1fra 11y ago

I always rely on Highcharts, probably the biggest library presented here. Fit all the case (except map maybe) and flexible enough to let you change everything if you or your designer want something very specific !

kaolinite 11y ago
Same. Before I found Highcharts, I'd switch between a few different graphing libraries, based on the needs of the project. I'd always find that each graphing library had its own set of limitations - there'd always be something it couldn't do (besides D3, where you can do basically anything - it's just quite complicated). Highcharts was the first library I found where, even when I assumed what I wanted to do would be impossible, it could do anything I threw at it. The number of settings and formatting options is incredible. Such a fantastic library. (By the way, for maps, there's Highmaps. It's an additional license fee but it integrates nicely and provides a bunch of cool choropleth map features, etc).
danielvinson 11y ago
HighCharts is great, but it is prohibitively expensive for a startup to use in their product.
- manigandham 11y ago
  How so? It's less than $400 for an unlimited use single developer license without support. That doesn't seem very expensive for a good product that saves time and helps productivity. I'm sure they might offer discounts if you contact them about the startup situation.
- elliott34 11y ago
  It's 90$ for a single web page that's not considered a web application, which has a dubious definition "A web application is a website that has customer specific data or charges for its use."
  - brianpgordon 11y ago
    Most tech startups probably aren't going to meet that definition. It looks like a 1-developer license for a typical SaaS offering is going to run you $390. Five developers is $1500.
anhtran 11y ago
Highcharts is beautiful but it's quite expensive for a startup in my country (VN). While the budget for a nascent webapp is around $1000. I choose Flot as the replacement. It's flexible and nice enough with responsive layout, compound charts, clearly script.
- castell 11y ago
  I used flot too, as a replacement for Highcharts. The only downside I dislike about flot is that it depends on JQuery. As I otherwise don't rely on JQuery at all, it means another ~80kb of additional JS code. Beside that, flot seem to be a very good free alternative.
  - akg_67 11y ago
    I started out with flot after noticing the high cost of Highcharts. But now have been switching out flot with dimple.js and d3.js. The charts are much better with dimple/d3.
    - castell 11y ago
      Interesting. I considered graph libs based on-top of D3. But D3 is equally big in JS file size to JQuery. And SVG wasn't supported in older Android (2.3) and slower in Firefox and Chrome 3 years ago. So flot with its Canvas rendering "won" in the end.
vengaishiva 11y ago
I tend to always go with FusionCharts[1]. And AFAIK, it offers way more charts and maps than any other library out there. 90+ chart types and 965 maps last time I checked. It's extremely customisable and has tons of readymade fiddles[2] and business dashboards[3] for inspiration(ready copy). I recently used full code of one of their dashboards for my project. I've never failed to convert my designer's or PM's concept into exact same working code with FusionCharts. Highly recommended. [1] http://www.fusioncharts.com/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/ [2] http://www.fusioncharts.com/javascript-chart-fiddles/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/javascript-chart-fiddles/ [3] http://www.fusioncharts.com/dashboards/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/dashboards/

by h1fra 11y ago

kaolinite 11y ago

Same. Before I found Highcharts, I'd switch between a few different graphing libraries, based on the needs of the project. I'd always find that each graphing library had its own set of limitations - there'd always be something it couldn't do (besides D3, where you can do basically anything - it's just quite complicated). Highcharts was the first library I found where, even when I assumed what I wanted to do would be impossible, it could do anything I threw at it. The number of settings and formatting options is incredible. Such a fantastic library. (By the way, for maps, there's Highmaps. It's an additional license fee but it integrates nicely and provides a bunch of cool choropleth map features, etc).

danielvinson 11y ago

HighCharts is great, but it is prohibitively expensive for a startup to use in their product.

manigandham 11y ago
How so? It's less than $400 for an unlimited use single developer license without support. That doesn't seem very expensive for a good product that saves time and helps productivity. I'm sure they might offer discounts if you contact them about the startup situation.
elliott34 11y ago
It's 90$ for a single web page that's not considered a web application, which has a dubious definition "A web application is a website that has customer specific data or charges for its use."
- brianpgordon 11y ago
  Most tech startups probably aren't going to meet that definition. It looks like a 1-developer license for a typical SaaS offering is going to run you $390. Five developers is $1500.

anhtran 11y ago

Highcharts is beautiful but it's quite expensive for a startup in my country (VN). While the budget for a nascent webapp is around $1000. I choose Flot as the replacement. It's flexible and nice enough with responsive layout, compound charts, clearly script.

castell 11y ago
I used flot too, as a replacement for Highcharts. The only downside I dislike about flot is that it depends on JQuery. As I otherwise don't rely on JQuery at all, it means another ~80kb of additional JS code. Beside that, flot seem to be a very good free alternative.
- akg_67 11y ago
  I started out with flot after noticing the high cost of Highcharts. But now have been switching out flot with dimple.js and d3.js. The charts are much better with dimple/d3.
  - castell 11y ago
    Interesting. I considered graph libs based on-top of D3. But D3 is equally big in JS file size to JQuery. And SVG wasn't supported in older Android (2.3) and slower in Firefox and Chrome 3 years ago. So flot with its Canvas rendering "won" in the end.

vengaishiva 11y ago

I tend to always go with FusionCharts[1]. And AFAIK, it offers way more charts and maps than any other library out there. 90+ chart types and 965 maps last time I checked. It's extremely customisable and has tons of readymade fiddles[2] and business dashboards[3] for inspiration(ready copy). I recently used full code of one of their dashboards for my project. I've never failed to convert my designer's or PM's concept into exact same working code with FusionCharts. Highly recommended. [1] http://www.fusioncharts.com/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/ [2] http://www.fusioncharts.com/javascript-chart-fiddles/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/javascript-chart-fiddles/ [3] http://www.fusioncharts.com/dashboards/ http://www.fusioncharts.com/dashboards/