Compare JavaScript chart libraries for my site
Compares kinds of JavaScript chart library against your site's needs and gives a fair way to test two of them, without claims about named versions.
Task:
Compare three kinds of JavaScript chart library for my site and tell me which kind to try first.
Context:
My site is built with [framework or plain HTML]. I need [chart types], with about [number] data points per chart, for visitors on [desktop and phone, or mostly desktop]. Interactivity needed is [none, tooltips, zoom or custom]. My team has [none, some or strong] JavaScript skills and the budget is [free only or amount].
Rules:
- Use kinds such as high-level charting libraries, low-level drawing libraries and canvas-based libraries, and do not state features, sizes, licenses or versions of named libraries as fact.
- Judge each kind on setup effort, control over the look, performance with my number of points, accessibility and long-term upkeep.
- Say what I must check in a library's own documentation and license before using it.
- Give a fair test for two candidates: the same chart built in each in under 60 minutes, and three measures to compare.
Result:
A verdict in two sentences, a table with the columns kind, good for and watch out for, then the test with its three measures in at most four lines.