Berto Jongman: Top 20 Data Visualization Tools

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From simple charts to complex maps and infographics, Brian Suda's round-up of the best – and mostly free – tools has everything you need to bring your data to life

One of the most common questions I get asked is how to get started with data visualisations. Beyond following blogs, you need to practise – and to practise, you need to understand the tools available. In this article, I want to introduce you to 20 different tools for creating visualisations: from simple charts to complex graphs, maps and infographics. Almost everything here is available for free, and some you have probably installed already.

List with links below the line.

Entry-level tools

1. Excel

2. CSV/JSON

Online visualizations

3. Google Chart API

4. Flot

5. Raphael

6. D3

7. Visual.ly

Interactive GUI controls

8. Crossfilter