List of information graphics software
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This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics
Information graphics
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education...

:
  • either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
  • either it is provided specifically for information visualization
    Information visualization
    Information visualization is the interdisciplinary study of "the visual representation of large-scale collections of non-numerical information, such as files and lines of code in software systems, library and bibliographic databases, networks of relations on the internet, and so forth".- Overview...


Software Example(s) Interface | Licence(s) Operating system Distinguishing features
License Open Source (yes/no) Price
Algebrator
Algebrator
Algebrator is a computer algebra system , which was developed in the late 1990s by Neven Jurkovic of Softmath, San Antonio, Texas. This is a CAS specifically geared towards algebra education...

 
GUI Proprietary $58.99 Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Sugar 2D graphs
Baudline
Baudline
The baudline time-frequency browser is a signal analysis tool designed for scientific visualization. It runs on several Unix operating systems under the X Window System...

 
GUI Proprietary , source available Free Linux, FreeBSD, , Solaris Signal analysis tool
DADiSP
DADiSP
DADiSP is a computer program developed by DSP Development Corporation which allows one to display and manipulate data series, matrices and images in an environment similar to a spreadsheet....

 
GUI, command line, SPL script language Proprietary Windows, UNIX Numerical analysis and signal processing with a spreadsheet
Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas...

-like interface
DAP
DAP (software)
Dap is a statistics and graphics program, that performs data management, analysis, and graphical visualization tasks which are commonly required in statistical consulting practice....

 
Statistics
DataScene
DataScene
DataScene is a scientific graphing, animation, data analysis, and real-time data monitoring software package. It was developed with the Common Language Infrastructure technology and the GDI+ graphics library...

 
GUI Shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

 
Free express, $169 – $299 std. and pro. Windows, Linux, Unix/X11 2D & 3D graphing, animated graphs, data analysis, curve fitting, and data monitoring.
Descartes (plotting tool)
Descartes (plotting tool)
descartes is a platform independent image, data, and function plotter, with underlying Python scripting in the background. Its source code is released under the GNU GPL licence.-External links:*...

 
GUI GPL Any (Python) Inactive as of 2005
EditGrid
EditGrid
EditGrid is a Web 2.0 spreadsheet service. It offers both a free-of-charge service to personal users and a subscription service to organisations and is available on a number of partner sites and channels....

 
GUI (Web based) Free, or with subscription service  Any (Web-based application) Online spreadsheet
EJS  GUI GPL Linux, Windows, Creates ODE solving interactive, ready-to-publish Java applets
Epi Info
Epi Info
Epi Info is public domain statistical software for epidemiology developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia ....

 
GPL  Windows Statistics
EpsTk
EpsTk
EpsTk stands for "Encapsulated PostSript Toolkit". The codebase consists of pure M-files , which may be used to create most standard 2D scientific graphics...

 
Toolkit for use with MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...

 and GNU Octave
GNU Octave
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with MATLAB...

 
GPL Any (Octave or MATLAB)
EViews
EViews
EViews is a statistical package for Windows, used mainly for time-series oriented econometric analysis. It is developed by Quantitative Micro Software , now a part of IHS. Version 1.0 was released in March 1994, and replaced MicroTSP...

 
Proprietary Statistics
Fityk
Fityk
Fityk is a curve fitting and data analysis application, predominantly used to fit analytical,bell-shaped functions to experimental data.It is positioned to fill the gap between general plotting softwareand programs specific for one field, eg...

 
GUI, Command line GPL Windows, Linux, Mac specialized in curve fitting
FlexPro
FlexPro
FlexPro is software package for analysis and presentation of scientific and technical data, produced by Weisang GmbH. It runs on Microsoft Windows and is available in English, German and Japanese languages...

 
Proprietary MS Windows only
FreeMat
FreeMat
FreeMat is a free open source numerical computing environment and programming language, similar to MATLAB and GNU Octave. In addition to supporting many MATLAB functions and some IDL functionality, it features a codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code, further parallel distributed...

 
Linux, , Windows
GeoGebra
GeoGebra
GeoGebra is an interactive geometry software for education in schools. Most parts of GeoGebra are free software. GeoGebra is written in Java and thus available for multiple platforms....

 
GUI GPL Windows, Linux, , Sugar Very good for rendering Geometry, Graphs, Statistical Diagrams, (LaTeX) Formula Rendering. All antialiased in PNG Export. Export to SVG, EPS, EMF, PNG, PDF.
Gnumeric
Gnumeric
Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME Free Software Desktop Project. Gnumeric version 1.0 was released December 31, 2001. Gnumeric is distributed as free software under the GNU GPL license; it is intended to replace proprietary and other spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft...

 
GUI GNU GPL  Free Cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...

 
Spreadsheet
GNU Octave
GNU Octave
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with MATLAB...

 
GUI, command line, C, , Fortran GPL Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, , OS/2 or eComStation MATLAB compatible, built-in ODE and DAE solvers, extensive user contributed toolboxes
Gnuplot
Gnuplot
- License :Despite gnuplot's name, it is not part of or related to the GNU system and it is not distributed under the GNU General Public License .However, some GNU packages do use gnuplot....

 
Command line, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk own licence Windows, Mac, Linux, VMS, Ultrix, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, OS-9/68k, Atari ST, BeOS Built in scripting language
GLE
Graphics Layout Engine
Graphics Layout Engine is a graphics scripting language designed for creating publication quality graphs, plots, diagrams, figures and slides. GLE supports various graph types such as function plots, histograms, bar graphs, scatter plots, contour lines, color maps and surface plots through a...

 
Command line, GUI BSD / GPL Windows, Mac, Linux Graphics scripting language
GraphPad Prism
GraphPad Prism
GraphPad Prism is a commercial scientific 2D graphing and statistics software published by GraphPad Software, Inc., a privately-held California corporation...

 
GUI proprietary academic US$450, student US$300 Windows, Mac
Grace
Grace (plotting tool)
Grace is a free WYSIWYG 2D graph plotting tool, for Unix-like operating systems. The package name stands for "GRaphing, Advanced Computation and Exploration of data." Grace uses the X Window System and Motif for its GUI. It has been ported to VMS, OS/2, and Windows 9*/NT/2000/XP...

 
Command line, GUI, various APIs GPL Windows (cygwin), Mac(X11), Linux Uses Motif; fork of Xmgr
Graph
Graph (software)
Graph is an open source program that can generate two dimensional plots of mathematical functions and data sets.-Features:Graph supports entering functions on regular cartesian as well as parametric and polar form. Functions can be traced and at a given coordinate the function value and the two...

 
GUI GPL Windows
Graphviz
Graphviz
Graphviz is a package of open-source tools initiated by AT&T Labs Research for drawing graphs specified in DOT language scripts. It also provides libraries for software applications to use the tools...

 
DOT language
DOT language
DOT is a plain text graph description language. It is a simple way of describing graphs that both humans and computer programs can use. DOT graphs are typically files that end with the .gv extension. The .gv extension is preferred, as .dot also is used by Microsoft Office 2003.Various programs...

 
CPL
Common Public License
In computing, the CPL is a free software / open-source software license published by IBM. The Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative have approved the license terms of the CPL....

 
Linux, Windows,
gretl
Gretl
gretl is an open-source statistical package, mainly for econometrics. The name is an acronym for Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library. It has a graphical user interface and can be used together with X-12-ARIMA, TRAMO/SEATS, R, Octave, and Ox. It is written in C, uses GTK as widget...

 
GUI
Gui
Gui or guee is a generic term to refer to grilled dishes in Korean cuisine. These most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb, "gupda" in Korean, which literally...

 
GPL  Linux, Mac, Windows Specialized in econometrics and time series analyses, built-in scripting language, interface to gnuplot and R
IDPS
IDPS Software
IDPS is a graphics server software, to be run by an application program and dedicated to technical and scientific data display. An API is provided for application programs written in Fortran, C, or Python....

 
GUI, Fortran, C, Python, Socket Server GPL Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, OSF1/True64, Windows Uses Qt 3/Qt 4, runs as a server
IGOR Pro
IGOR Pro
IGOR Pro is a scientific data analysis software, numerical computing environment and programming language that runs on Windows or Mac operating systems. It is developed by WaveMetrics Inc., and was originally aimed at time series analysis, but has since then evolved and covers other applications...

 
GUI proprietary
standard US$550
academic US$395
student $US85
Windows, Mac 3D and volume visualization, Curve and peak fitting, Signal processing, Image processing
JFreeChart
JFreeChart
JFreeChart is an open-source framework for the programming language Java, which allows the creation of a wide variety of both interactive and non-interactive charts.JFreeChart supports a number of various charts, including combined charts:...

 
GUI, Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

, Groovy 
LGPL Any (Java)
jHepWork
JHepWork
jHepWork is an interactive framework for scientific computation, data analysis and data visualization designed for scientists, engineers and students...

 
GUI, Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

, Jython
Jython
Jython, successor of JPython, is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Java.-Overview:Jython programs can seamlessly import and use any Java class. Except for some standard modules, Jython programs use Java classes instead of Python modules...

 scripting
LGPL Any (Java) Multi-platform, IDE with code assist, Jython/Python scripting
KChart 
GUI GPL Linux (KDE)
Kig
Kig (software)
Kig is free and open source interactive geometry software, which is part of theKDE edutainment project. It has some facilities for scripting in Python, as well as the creating macros from existing constructions.- Import and export :...

 
GUI GPL Geometry diagrams only
kst 
GUI GPL Linux (KDE), Windows (beta)
LabPlot
LabPlot
LabPlot is a platform-independent open-source cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis, written for the KDE desktop. It is similar to Origin and is able to import Origin's data files.-History and Perspective:...

 
GUI, Qt scripting GPL Linux (KDE)
LabVIEW
LabVIEW
LabVIEW is a system design platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments. LabVIEW provides engineers and scientists with the tools needed to create and deploy measurement and control systems.The graphical language is named "G"...

 
Proprietary
Maple
Maple (software)
Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. It was first developed in 1980 by the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada....

 
GUI, Command line $1895 , Linux, Windows
MathCad
MathCad
Mathcad is computer software primarily intended for the verification, validation, documentation and re-use of engineering calculations. First introduced in 1986 on DOS, it was the first to introduce live editing of typeset mathematical notation, combined with its automatic computations...

 
GUI $1195 Windows Simple GUI driven interface
Mathematica
Mathematica
Mathematica is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing...

 
GUI, Command line, $2495 Windows, , Linux, HPUX, Solaris Computer algebra, statistics and numerical analysis system with general graphic language
MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...

 
GUI Proprietary Linux, , Windows Matrix system
Maxima  GUI, Command line GPL Linux, Windows, , BSD and Unix Like OS Various graphical user interfaces, Support LaTex with GNU TeXmacs
GNU TeXmacs
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific word processor and typesetting component of the GNU Project. It was inspired by TeX and GNU Emacs, though it shares no code with those programs. TeXmacs does use TeX fonts. It is written and maintained by Joris van der Hoeven. The program produces structured...

 and Web frontend with Sage
Mavis  GUI Proprietary Free for personal use Windows Interactive, animated graphs, charts and diagrams
MedCalc
MedCalc
MedCalc is a statistical software package designed for the biomedical sciences. It has an integrated spreadsheet for data input and can import files in several formats...

 
GUI Proprietary $395 Windows Statistics
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

 
GUI Proprietary
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...

Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 and
Spreadsheet
MLPlot  Java API GPL Linux, , Windows SVG
Monarch Charts  Charting library Commercial Any, Java Charting library component based on java, SPC charts
Nucalc
NuCalc
NuCalc, also known as Graphing Calculator, is a computer software tool made by the company Pacific Tech. The tool can perform many graphing calculator functions. It can graph inequalities and vector fields, as well as functions in two, three, or four dimensions. It supports several different...

 
GUI proprietary US$100 Windows, Mac OS,
Numbers (iWork)
Numbers (software)
Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers 1.0 was announced on August 7, 2007 and thus it is the newest application in the iWork Suite. Numbers runs on Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" or newer...

 
GUI Proprietary
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...

 
Spreadsheet
OpenOffice.org Calc
OpenOffice.org Calc
OpenOffice.org Calc is the spreadsheet component of the OpenOffice.org software package.Calc is similar to Microsoft Excel, with a roughly equivalent range of features. Calc is capable of opening and saving most spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel file format...

 
GUI GNU LGPL
GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License...

 
Free Cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...

Spreadsheet
OpenPlaG
OpenPlaG
openPlaG is a PHP based function graph plotter for the use on websites. It was first released in April 2006. In June 2007 its source code was published under the GNU GPL license. PlaG is an abbreviation for Plot a Graph....

GUI GPL Any (PHP 5) graph plotter
Origin
Origin (software)
Origin is a proprietary computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. It is produced by OriginLab Corporation, and runs on Microsoft Windows...

GUI, COM, C/ and scripting proprietary US$
950(std)
1500 (pro)
50(student)
Windows
Paraview
ParaView
ParaView is an open source, freely available program for parallel, interactive, scientific visualization. It has a client–server architecture to facilitate remote visualization of datasets, and generates level of detail models to maintain interactive framerates for large datasets. It is an...

GUI, Python scripting GPL Windows, Linux/Unix, Parallel scientific and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with...

 visualizations
PDL
Perl Data Language
PDL is a set of array programming extensions to the Perl programming language.PDL is an extension to Perl v5, intended for scientific and other data intensive programming tasks...

 
Free Perl Data Language
PGPLOT
PGPLOT
PGPLOT is a device-independent graphics subroutine library written starting in 1983 by Tim Pearson, a professor at Caltech. PGPLOT is written mostly in FORTRAN with a modular output API that allows output to several dozen types of plotting device...

 
FORTRAN, C Windows, Mac, Linux (Fortran) California Institute of Technology Inactive as of 2001
Physics Plot
Physics Plot
Physics Plot is a software package designed for plotting scientific data. The software was developed by Dr. Charles D. Spencer and his students. The software is marketed by Physics Academic Software...

 
GUI proprietary US$100 Windows (visualbasic)
ploticus
Ploticus
Ploticus is a free, open source program for producing plots and charts from data. It runs under Unix, Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux, and Win32 systems. Community support is customarily done through Yahoo News Groups...

 
Command line, C GPL Windows, Mac, Linux plots and charts from data
PLplot
PLplot
PLplot is a library of functions that are often used to make scientific plots in compiled languages such as C, C++, D, Fortran, Ada, OCaml and Java. PLplot can also be used interactively by interpreted languages such as Octave, Python, Perl and Tcl. The current version was written primarily by...

 
Ada, C//D, Fortran 77/90, C, , Java, Lisp, Lua, OCaml, Octave, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk LGPL Windows, Mac, Linux Many different output formats: CGM, GIF, Jpeg, Png, Latex, PBM, PDF, Postscript, SVG, XFig, Qt, wxWidgets
PSPP
PSPP
PSPP is a free software application for analysis of sampled data. It has a graphical user interface and conventional command line interface. It is written in C, uses GNU Scientific Library for its mathematical routines, and plotutils for generating graphs....

 
GUI
Gui
Gui or guee is a generic term to refer to grilled dishes in Korean cuisine. These most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb, "gupda" in Korean, which literally...

, command line 
GPL  Linux, Mac, Windows Statistical analysis of sampled data. Free replacement for SPSS
SPSS
SPSS is a computer program used for survey authoring and deployment , data mining , text analytics, statistical analysis, and collaboration and deployment ....

.
QtiPlot
QtiPlot
QtiPlot is a platform-independent open-source cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. It is similar to the proprietary programs Origin or SigmaPlot, and is being used to substitute these in universities ....

 
GUI, Python GPL Windows, Mac, Linux Python scriptable
R
R (programming language)
R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians for developing statistical software, and R is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis....

 
GPL  Linux, Mac, Windows Interoperabile with other free software packages.
RLPlot  GUI GPL  Linux, Mac, Windows
ROOT
ROOT
ROOT is an object-oriented program and library developed by CERN. It was originally designed for particle physics data analysis and contains several features specific to this field, but it is also used in other applications such as astronomy and data mining....

 
GUI, , Python, Ruby LGPL Windows, Mac, Linux De facto standard in high energy physics
RRDtool
RRDtool
RRDtool aims to handle time-series data like network bandwidth, temperatures, CPU load, etc...

 
Command line GPL Windows, Linux
S-PLUS
S-PLUS
S-PLUS is a commercial implementation of the S programming language sold by TIBCO Software Inc..It features object-oriented programming capabilities and advanced analytical algorithms.-Historical timeline:...

 
Proprietary Statistics
S-Lang  Statistics
S-Lang 
SAS System
SAS System
SAS is an integrated system of software products provided by SAS Institute Inc. that enables programmers to perform:* retrieval, management, and mining* report writing and graphics* statistical analysis...

 
Proprietary Statistics
Scilab
Scilab
Scilab is an open source, cross-platform numerical computational package and a high-level, numerically oriented programming language. Itcan be used for signal processing, statistical analysis, image enhancement, fluid dynamics simulations, numerical optimization, and modeling and simulation of...

 
CeCILL Windows, Linux, Matrix system
SciPy
SciPy
SciPy is an open source library of algorithms and mathematical tools for the Python programming language.SciPy contains modules for optimization, linear algebra, integration, interpolation, special functions, FFT, signal and image processing, ODE solvers and other tasks common in science and...

, NumPy, matplotlib
Matplotlib
matplotlib is a plotting library for the Python programming language and its NumPy numerical mathematics extension. It provides an object-oriented API which allows plots to be embedded into applications using generic GUI toolkits, like wxPython, Qt, or GTK...

 modules for Python
Python (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...

 
Python, GUI, command line BSD/matplotlib Linux, FreeBSD, , Windows Extensive numerical and scientific library with MATLAB-style plotting
SOCR
SOCR
The Statistics Online Computational Resource is a suite of online tools and interactive aids for hands-on learning and teaching concepts in statistical analysis and probability theory developed at the University of California, Los Angeles...

 
Statistics
SPSS
SPSS
SPSS is a computer program used for survey authoring and deployment , data mining , text analytics, statistical analysis, and collaboration and deployment ....

 
GUI, Command Line Proprietary Statistics
Stata
Stata
Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package created in 1985 by StataCorp. It is used by many businesses and academic institutions around the world...

 
Proprietary Statistics
Statgraphics
Statgraphics
Statgraphics is a statistics package that performs and explains basic and advanced statistical functions. The software was created in 1980 by Dr. Neil Polhemus...

 
GUI Proprietary $695 Windows Statistical software package for exploratory data analysis, statistical modeling, design of experiments, time series forecasting, quality improvement and Six Sigma.
StatPlanet  GUI Proprietary Free, Commercial version: $430 - $640 Windows (web and desktop), Mac and Linux (web only) Interactive graphs and maps, online and desktop versions
Statistical Lab
Statistical Lab
The computer program Statistical Lab is an explorative and interactive toolbox for statistical analysis and visualization of data. It supports educational applications of statistics in business sciences, economics, social sciences and humanities. The program is developed and constantly advanced by...

 
Systat
SYSTAT
SYSTAT is a statistics and statistical graphics software package, developed by Leland Wilkinson in the late 1970s, who was at the time an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago...

 
Proprietary Statistics
SymPy
SymPy
SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. The stated goals of the library are to become a full-featured computer algebra system and to keep a simple code base to promote extensibility and comprehensibility. SymPy is written in Python....

 
BSD Linux, , WIndows Python library for computer algebra and symbolic mathematics
Sysquake
Sysquake
Sysquake is a numerical computing environment based on a programming language mostly compatible with MATLAB. It offers facilities for interactive graphics which give insights into the problems being analyzed...

 
GUI, command line Proprietary $250 (LE free) Linux, Windows, MATLAB compatible, interactive graphics
SciDAVis
SciDAVis
SciDAVis is a platform-independent open-source cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis...

 
GUI, Python GPL Windows, Mac, Linux Qt4-based GUI, Python scriptable
SigmaPlot
SigmaPlot
SigmaPlot is a proprietary software package for scientific graphing and data analysis. It runs on Microsoft Windows.The software can read multiple formats , and can also perform mathematical transforms and statistical analyses.-History:SigmaPlot was developed by Jandel Corporation for Windows 3.1x...

 
GUI proprietary Commercial US$799, Government US$699, Commercial US$549 Windows
Tableau
Tableau Software
Tableau Software is an American computer software company headquartered in Seattle, WA, USA. It produces a family of interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence, and is reportedly anticipating revenue of $30 million to $40 million in 2010.- History :The company traces...

 
GUI Proprietary $999 – $1800 Windows Spreadsheet
Tecplot
Tecplot
Tecplot is the name of a family of visualization software tools developed by Tecplot, Inc., which is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.-Tecplot Chorus:...

 
GUI proprietary Linux, Mac, UNIX, Windows Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with...

Teechart
Teechart
TeeChart is a Charting Library for programmers developed and managed by Steema Software of Girona, Catalonia.It is available as commercial and non-commercial software...

 
Charting library Commercial Windows, Linux Charting, Gauge and Map components for .NET, VCL, ActiveX, Java, PHP.
think-cell chart
Think-cell
think-cell is a German computer software company founded in 2002 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The Fraunhofer Society spin-off focuses upon the creation of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel add-in products...

 
GUI proprietary Annual subscription Windows Support for waterfall
Waterfall chart
Waterfall Chart is a form of data visualization which helps in determining the cumulative effect of sequentially introduced positive or negative values. The waterfall chart is also known as a Flying Bricks Chart or Mario Chart due to the apparent suspension of columns in mid-air...

, Marimekko and Gantt chart
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts...

s. Direct integration into Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a non-free commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system...

.
Veusz
Veusz
Veusz is a scientific plotting package. Veusz is a Qt application written in Python, PyQt and NumPy. It is freely available for anyone to distribute under the terms of the GPL. It is designed to produce publication-quality plots. The name should be pronounced as "views".This program produces...

 
GUI, Python, Command line GPL Unix, Windows, Mac Create publication-quality PS/PDF plots, Python scripting and plugin interface
Visifire
Visifire
Visifire is a set of data visualization components powered by Microsoft Silverlight & WPF. Visifire is a multi-targeting control which can be used in both WPF & Silverlight applications. One can use the same API to create charts & gauges in Mobile, Web & Desktop environments. Visifire can also be...

 
Independent of Server side Scripting GPL Windows, Mac
Zoho Office Suite
Zoho Office Suite
The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...

 
GUI (Web based) Proprietary
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...

 
Any (Web-based application)

Vector graphics

Vector graphics
Vector graphics
Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...

 software can be used for manual graphing or for editing the output of another program. Please see:
:Category:Vector graphics editors
  • List of vector graphics editors
  • Comparison of vector graphics editors
    Comparison of vector graphics editors
    A number of vector graphics editors for various platforms exist. Potential users of these editors will make a decision based on factors such as the availability for the user's platform, the feature set, usability of the user interface and the focus of the program. Some programs are more suitable...


See also


Diagramming software
  • Comparison of numerical analysis software
    Comparison of numerical analysis software
    The following tables provide a comparison of numerical analysis software.- General :- Operating system support :The operating systems the software can run on natively .- Language features :Colors indicate features available as...

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