Chart Tool comparison excerpt

 

Not all of these software has been tried and tested, so most of the following information is taken from the product documentation.

 

	Gruff	Jfreechart	XML/SWF	Fusioncharts free version	Fusioncharts V3 (commercial edition)
Type	Ruby class	Java class file	Flash chart component	Flash chart component	Flash chart component
Operating System Platform	Independent Platform	Independent Platform	Independent Platform	Independent Platform	Independent Platform
Adobe Flash plug-in required?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can it be used for advanced data analysis?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Install software or other plug-ins?	Yes, you need to install Install rmagick, ImageMagick, and Gruff	Yes, JDK Version 1.3 or higher	No	No	No
Can I generate a dynamic chart?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Output to image?	Supported	Supported	Supported	Not Supported	Supported
Utf8 support	Not mentioned in this document	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ease of use	Easy to use, but you need to write a lot of code	Not easy to use. USER FRIENDLY	Too many XML tags used to configure charts are complex.	It is easy to use and can be easily used by developers and users.	It is easy to use and can be easily used by developers and users.
2D/3D bar chart support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Line chart support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scatter chart support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Area Chart support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2D/3D pie chart support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2D/3D ring chart support	No	Yes, with a ring chart Form	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gantt Chart support	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (Part of fusionwidgets V3)
Hybrid graph support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gauge chart support	No	Yes (Part of the XML/SWF Standard)	Yes	No	Yes (Part of fusionwidgets V3)
Real-time graph support	No	No	No	No	Yes (Part of fusionwidgets V3)
Data-driven Map	No	No	No	No	Yes (Part of fusionwidgets V3)