 Link | amCharts | Flot | flotr2 | Highcharts | KendoUI DataViz | Shield UI Charts | LightningChart JS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | amcharts.com | flotcharts.org | humblesoftware.com/... | highcharts.com/... | telerik.com/... | shieldui.com | arction.com/... |
| Demo web link | amcharts.com/... | flotcharts.org/... | humblesoftware.com/... | highcharts.com/... | kendoui.com/... | shieldui.com | arction.com/... |
| Open source | No | Yes MIT License | Yes MIT License | Yes CC by-nc 3.0 | No | No | No |
| Latest version | 3.X | 0.8.1 (may 2013) | 1.0 | Q1 2013 | 1.7.1 | 2.0.0 | |
| Trial and Prices | 1400 - Saas | Free | Free | Free for non commercial use and testing $ 90 (single website) - $ 3600 (10 developers license with maintenance and support for 12 months) | $ 399 | Free for Non-commercial use. Requires license for commercial. OEM licensing available. | Free for Non-commercial use. For commercial purposes start from 399$ per developer. Application Developer license / Enterprise license available |
| Library size (compressed+gzip) | 238 KB | 223 KB | |||||
| Minified size | 190 KB | 95 KB | 96 KB | 45 kb | 200 K | ||
| Dependencies | None | jQuery Comes with unicorn, capable and robust, simple | underscore.js, beam.js No donut chart. Buzzzz. But seems very capable. | None | jQuery 1.9+ | jQuery | None |
| Graphic technology | SVG or VML for old IE | Canvas | Canvas | HTML5 Canvas / SVG / VML | SVG | SVG, VML | Canvas, WebGL rendering |
| Charts types | |||||||
| Area | Yes | Yes | Yes Line charts can also have fills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Areaspline | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Bar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes horizontal, vertical | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dot | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||
| Line | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scatter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spline | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Sparklines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Candlestick | Yes | Yes plugin: http://jumflot.jumware.com/candlestick.html | Yes | Yes Highstock, separate product | Yes | Yes | |
| Donut | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Node / Edge graph | 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 | Bubbles, Gantt, Pyramid, Spider | Bubble, radar | Linear Gauge, Radial Gauge, Bubble, Bullet, Donut, Scatter, Stock | Range Bar/Area/SplineArea, Polar Bar/Area/Spline/Scatter, Stepline, Steparea | XY, 3D, Heatmaps, Zoom Band Charts, Radar/Spider, Pie/Donut, Funnel, Gauge, Pyramid | |
| Features | |||||||
| Ability to zoom in and out of charts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Annotations on the chart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Combination of charts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clickable points | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Date-time axis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dynamic charts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export files | Yes PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF | No | Yes PNG, JPG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| External Data Loading | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Highlights region | No | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Data labels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Text Rotation for Labels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Interactive charts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tooltips about data points | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Google Maps Support | No | No | No | No | |||
| Platforms | |||||||
| Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internet Explorer | Yes 6.0+ | Yes 6.0+ | Yes 6.0+ | Yes 6.0+ | Yes 7+ | Yes 5.0+ | Yes |
| Google Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Safari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| iPhone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| iPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Social Networks | |||||||
| Source code repository | github.com/... | github.com/... | github.com/... | ||||
| X (Twitter) | @amcharts | @Highcharts | @KendoUI | @shieldui | @arctionltd | ||
| Website | amcharts.com | flotcharts.org | humblesoftware.com/... | highcharts.com/... | telerik.com/... | shieldui.com | arction.com/... |
| Website | amcharts.com | flotcharts.org | humblesoftware.com/... | highcharts.com/... | telerik.com/... | shieldui.com | arction.com/... |
| Demo web link | amcharts.com/... | flotcharts.org/... | humblesoftware.com/... | highcharts.com/... | kendoui.com/... | shieldui.com | arction.com/... |
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