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Compare Highcharts vs amCharts vs FusionCharts
Link | Highcharts | amCharts | FusionCharts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | highcharts.com/... | amcharts.com | fusioncharts.com |
| Demo web link | highcharts.com/... | amcharts.com/... | fusioncharts.com/... |
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| Like | Likes 18 | Likes 3 | Likes 7 |
| Open source | Yes CC by-nc 3.0 | No | No |
| Source code repository | GitHub | None | None |
| Documentation | Excellent | Good | Good |
| Issue tracking | Yes Public - All issues visible through github | Yes User scoped | Yes User scoped |
| Updates | Frequent - Several patches per year | Frequent - Several patches per year | Frequent - Several patches per year |
| Latest version | 1.0 | 3.X | 3.4 |
| Trial and Prices | Free for non commercial use and testing $ 90 (single website) - $ 3600 (10 developers license with maintenance and support for 12 months) | 1400 - Saas | 999 |
| Minified size | 45 kb | 190 KB | 553 KB |
| Dependencies | None | None | None |
| Graphic technology | HTML5 Canvas / SVG / VML | SVG or VML for old IE | SVG / VML |
| Charts types | |||
| Map controls | Yes Highcharts, separate product | Yes separate product | Yes separate product |
| Stock controls | Yes Highstock, separate product | Yes separate product | Yes separate product |
| Area | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bar | Yes horizontal, vertical | Yes | Yes |
| Bubble | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Line | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pie | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scatter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spline | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sparklines | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Candlestick | Yes Highstock, separate product | Yes | Yes |
| Donut | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Node / Edge graph | Yes | No | Yes |
| Other charts | Gauges, Radar, Polar, Step line, Step without Risers, OHLC, area range, Donut, Funnel, Waterfall, Bullet, XY, Maps are available as additional package | Column, Funnel, Pyramid, Waterfall, Marimekko, Gauges, Gantt Charts, Heat Map, Radar, Box and Whisker, Kagi, Step Line | |
| Features | |||
| Multitouch | |||
| Ability to zoom in and out of charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Annotations on the chart | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Combination of charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data labels | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Date-time axis | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export files | Yes | Yes PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF | Yes |
| External Data Loading | Yes | Yes | |
| Interactive (responds to mouse hover/click) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Text Rotation for Labels | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | |||
| Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internet Explorer | Yes 6.0+ | Yes 6.0+ | Yes |
| Google Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Safari | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iPad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Social Networks | |||
| X (Twitter) | @Highcharts | @amcharts | @FusionCharts |
| Website | highcharts.com/... | amcharts.com | fusioncharts.com |
User reviews and comments
Many bugs, not reliable, and expensive. Actualy relies on Raphael ... so use Raphael direclty !