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Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by beermann »

I like Highcharts a lot and we are paying for and using it, but be careful with the licensing. Chances are you'll need to pay $390 for it unless you're using it on a single domain, in which case it's $90. And that's for a single developer. 5 developers and multiple domains = $1500 without support, and there's nothing in between. And if you don't get the license and support you don't get hotfixes and updates, which seems odd.

There are a lot of other charting libraries out there. Look at the licensing before you commit to any of them.

Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by iamshs »

jestar_jokin wrote: post #3

Unfortunately, this isn't free for commercial use, so perhaps something like Google Charts is more suitable (depending on your use case). There are plenty of alternatives out there.

Will you be kind enough to list some examples please. I am working on some of this stuff.

Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by beermann »

iamshs wrote: post #5
jestar_jokin wrote: post #3

Unfortunately, this isn't free for commercial use, so perhaps something like Google Charts is more suitable (depending on your use case). There are plenty of alternatives out there.

Will you be kind enough to list some examples please. I am working on some of this stuff.

Chartist.js just had a lot of support on HN, although I haven't used it. I've used Raphaël but customizing it can actually be a bit hard. Chart.js is simple, easy to use, and just powerful enough for most cases.

Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by Bahamut »

jestar_jokin wrote: post #3

Unfortunately, this isn't free for commercial use, so perhaps something like Google Charts is more suitable (depending on your use case). There are plenty of alternatives out there.

d3 is probably the one that has gained the most buzz from developers as of late. From my experimentation/evaluation of various charting libraries, d3 is certainly the most powerful.

Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by minimaxir »

Bahamut wrote: post #8
jestar_jokin wrote: post #3

Unfortunately, this isn't free for commercial use, so perhaps something like Google Charts is more suitable (depending on your use case). There are plenty of alternatives out there.

d3 is probably the one that has gained the most buzz from developers as of late. From my experimentation/evaluation of various charting libraries, d3 is certainly the most powerful.

For charting, d3 has an insanely high learning curve. (spent last weekend looking for one and while there are a few good d3-based charting libraries, they aren't very robust)

Re: Highcharts – JavaScript charting framework

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Post by sideproject »

Highchart has been so good for our work we HAD to pay for it. We've looked at almost every single charting library (mostly open source) but in the end, the power & flexibility of Highcharts coud not be beaten.

Another awesome thing is their support. Ask a question on their forum or SO, then you'll most likely get an answer with a working JSFiddle example either from the community or the developers of Highcharts.

This is #1 on our JS library list.

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