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Datawrapper vs Highcharts

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Datawrapper

by Datawrapper

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Pricing: Free tier with attribution; Pro $25 and Business $46 per user a month billed monthly ($21 and $39 billed annually), excl. VAT; Enterprise quoted

Datawrapper is a data visualization tool for newsrooms and teams publishing interactive charts, maps and tables online; the free tier keeps attribution.

15 /17 features Full profile

Highcharts

by Highsoft

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Pricing: Free for personal and educational projects. Commercial seats billed yearly: Core $366, Dashboards $264, Grid Pro $316; Stock $366, Maps $128 and Gantt $73 add to Core.

Highcharts is a family of JavaScript charting libraries from Highsoft for developers embedding charts, maps, Gantt timelines and dashboards, licensed per seat.

14 /17 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Data Visualization Tools features side-by-side

Feature	Datawrapper 15/17 features	Highcharts 14/17 features
Library of chart types beyond bar and line Scatter, area, treemap, sankey, bump, radar and similar chart families are available as templates.	Yes	Yes
Choropleth and point maps Data plots onto geographic maps as shaded regions or positioned markers with a built-in basemap.	Yes	Yes
Responsive embed code for published charts A published chart ships as an embed snippet that resizes to the width of the host page.	Yes	Yes
SVG and PDF vector export Charts export as print-quality vector files, not only as PNG or JPEG rasters.	Yes	Yes
Custom brand themes with fonts and palettes An organization theme applies fonts, colors, logos and defaults to every new chart automatically.	Yes	Yes
Annotations and highlight callouts Text notes, arrows, highlighted ranges and reference lines are added directly onto the chart.	Yes	Yes
Hover tooltips and click-to-highlight interactivity Readers hover to see values and click to highlight or isolate a series in the published chart.	No	Yes
Live data from a spreadsheet or URL A chart refreshes on its own from a linked Google Sheet or a CSV or JSON endpoint.	Yes	Yes
Animated and scrollytelling stories Several charts chain into a narrative that transitions between states as the reader scrolls or clicks.	No	No
Chart accessibility features Published charts carry alt text, colorblind-safe palettes and keyboard-navigable elements.	Yes	Yes
Interactive data tables with sorting and search Tables publish with reader-side sorting, filtering and search, including inline mini charts.	Yes	Yes
Version history for published charts Earlier versions of a chart are kept and can be restored after an edit or a data update.	Yes	No
Team workspaces with chart-level permissions Charts sit in shared folders where edit and view rights are set per team member or folder.	Yes	No
Self-hosted publishing of charts Published charts can be served from your own domain or CDN instead of the vendor's servers.	Yes	Yes
Chart rendering API Charts are generated or updated programmatically from data through a documented API.	Yes	Yes
Attribution-free publishing The vendor's logo and credit line can be removed from published and embedded charts.	Yes	Yes
Free plan for public charts A no-cost tier publishes charts publicly, usually with attribution and no private sharing.	Yes	Yes
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Datawrapper 15/17 features

Library of chart types beyond bar and line: Yes
Choropleth and point maps: Yes
Responsive embed code for published charts: Yes
SVG and PDF vector export: Yes
Custom brand themes with fonts and palettes: Yes
Annotations and highlight callouts: Yes
Hover tooltips and click-to-highlight interactivity: No
Live data from a spreadsheet or URL: Yes
Animated and scrollytelling stories: No
Chart accessibility features: Yes
Interactive data tables with sorting and search: Yes
Version history for published charts: Yes
Team workspaces with chart-level permissions: Yes
Self-hosted publishing of charts: Yes
Chart rendering API: Yes
Attribution-free publishing: Yes
Free plan for public charts: Yes

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Highcharts 14/17 features

Library of chart types beyond bar and line: Yes
Choropleth and point maps: Yes
Responsive embed code for published charts: Yes
SVG and PDF vector export: Yes
Custom brand themes with fonts and palettes: Yes
Annotations and highlight callouts: Yes
Hover tooltips and click-to-highlight interactivity: Yes
Live data from a spreadsheet or URL: Yes
Animated and scrollytelling stories: No
Chart accessibility features: Yes
Interactive data tables with sorting and search: Yes
Version history for published charts: No
Team workspaces with chart-level permissions: No
Self-hosted publishing of charts: Yes
Chart rendering API: Yes
Attribution-free publishing: Yes
Free plan for public charts: Yes

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Pricing

Datawrapper

Free tier with attribution; Pro $25 and Business $46 per user a month billed monthly ($21 and $39 billed annually), excl. VAT; Enterprise quoted

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Highcharts

Free for personal and educational projects. Commercial seats billed yearly: Core $366, Dashboards $264, Grid Pro $316; Stock $366, Maps $128 and Gantt $73 add to Core.

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