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I am looking for visualization and charting in my project.

So Suggest all possible comparison for d3.js and zingChart

Please also consider following factors :

1.Layout adjustments on webpage
2.Learning simplicity
3.Documentatin available
4.Ease of Implementation
5.flash support

Finally I would like to know which is the best choice from these two libraries?

Thanx in advance.

Lars Kotthoff
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D3 :

  1. Open source - YES(BSD license)
  2. Focuses on - D3 is drawing library which focuses on charting + data visualization
  3. Mobile friendly - No Please See Detail
  4. Graphics Technology - SVG / HTML5 / CSS
  5. Compatibility - IE 6.0 + all modern browsers
  6. Export Chart Data - Needs more coding at server side to export charts
  7. Popularity - Widely used and popular
  8. 3D Support - No
  9. Online Support / help - Full Support with good documentation and examples as it is open source
  10. Offline limitations - No

Zingchart :

  1. Open source -No (but free trial of full version available).
    Price : $249 to $9999 (Trial version available with watermark )
  2. Focuses on - Pure Charting library, custom data visualization is difficult 100's of predefined chart types, geographical maps, custom data visualization modules... all with tons of styling options
  3. Mobile friendly - Yes
  4. Graphics Technology - HTML5/Canvas/SVG/VML/Flash/Image/PDF. with server-side charting options available
  5. Compatibility - IE (7&8) 9 + all modern browsers
  6. Export Chart Data - Easy to export generated charts in various formats - (pdf,png,bmp,SVG)
  7. Popularity - Not much Used by the Fortune 100 to startups -- large implementations for NASDAQ, Adobe, Alcatel-Lucent (just to name a few)
  8. 3D Support - Yes
  9. Online Support / help - Average Documentations and examples Getting started guides, documentation by chart type, features, and API methods/events, full JSON Attributes/Syntax, Tutorials Access to personalized support via email, and phone, right-click to share your charts for questions
  10. Offline limitations - No
whoan
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Merrily
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  • Notice I highlighted the differences with the OP's answer. The original post was difficult to understand. Merrily, put more effort the next time please. – whoan Jul 11 '15 at 16:31
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D3 :

  1. Open source - YES(BSD license)
  2. Focuses on - D3 is drawing library which focuses on charting + data visualization
  3. Mobile friendly - No Please See Detail
  4. Graphics Technology - SVG / HTML5 / CSS
  5. Compatibility - IE 6.0 + all modern browsers
  6. Export Chart Data - Needs more coding at server side to export charts
  7. Popularity - Widely used and popular
  8. 3D Support - No
  9. Online Support / help - Full Support with good documentation and examples as it is open source
  10. Offline limitations - No

Zingchart :

  1. Open source -No Price : $249 to $9999 (Trial version available with watermark )
  2. Focuses on - Pure Charting library, custom data visualization is difficult
  3. Mobile friendly - Yes
  4. Graphics Technology - HTML5/Canvas/SVG/VML/Flash/Image
  5. Compatibility - IE 9 + all modern browsers
  6. Export Chart Data - Easy to export generated Charts in various formats(pdf,png,bmp)
  7. Popularity - Not much
  8. 3D Support - Yes
  9. Online Support / help - Average Documentations and examples
  10. Offline limitations - No
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I am also trying to get the details on JavaScript based charting library. While searching for this, I came across this wiki page. Comparison Of JavaScript Charting Frameworks. I hope this helps.

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