Circos AlternativesCharting Library Tools and other similar apps like Circos

Circos is described as 'Software package for visualizing data and information. It visualizes data in a circular layout — this makes Circos ideal for exploring relationships between objects or positions. There are other reasons why a circular layout is advantageous, not the least being the' and is a charting library tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Circos for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Circos alternative is D3.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Circos are Tableau, RAWGraphs, Plotly and Google Charts.

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  1. D3.js icon
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    D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.

    76 D3.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • D3.js is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Circos.

    • D3.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Circos.

    • D3.js is Free and Open SourceCircos is also Free and Open Source
  2. Tableau icon
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    Tableau helps the world’s largest organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.

    228 Tableau alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Tableau is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Circos.

    • Tableau is the most popular commercial alternative to Circos.

    • Tableau is Paid and ProprietaryCircos is Free and Open Source
  3. RAWGraphs icon
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    RAWGraphs is an open source app built with the goal of making the visualization of complex data easy for everyone. Born as tool for designers and vis geeks, RAWGraphs aims at providing a missing link between spreadsheets and vector graphics editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Plotly icon
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    Plotly is the easiest way to graph and share data online. Open-source libraries for JavaScript (comparison with HighCharts at https://plot.ly/highcharts-alternative/), Python, R, and MATLAB.

    91 Plotly alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
     
    • Plotly is the most popular iPhone & Linux alternative to Circos.

    • Plotly is Freemium and Open SourceCircos is Free and Open Source
  5. Google Charts icon
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    The Google Charts is an extremely simple tool that lets you easily create a chart from some data and embed it in a webpage. You embed the data and formatting parameters in an HTTP request, and Google returns a PNG image of the chart.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    A general purpose real-time charting library for building beautiful, smooth, and high performance visualizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. Highcharts icon
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    Highcharts is a charting library written in pure JavaScript, offering an easy way of adding interactive charts to your web site or web application. Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie and scatter chart types.

    56 Highcharts alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Java Mobile
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Create insightful reports & dashboards, Visually analyze your business information. Easily create insightful reports & dashboards using a drag and drop interface. No IT help required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Zoho Analytics is the most popular Android & SaaS alternative to Circos.

    • Zoho Analytics is Freemium and ProprietaryCircos is Free and Open Source
    • Zoho Analytics is CustomizableCircos is not according to our users
  9. Raphaël icon
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    Raphaël is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  10. PykCharts.js icon
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    26+ well-designed, themeable, responsive, modular, real-time and easy to use charts and 109+ maps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • PykCharts.js is the most popular iPad alternative to Circos.

    • PykCharts.js is Free and Open SourceCircos is also Free and Open Source
  11. Marple Insight icon
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    Marple Insight offers powerful tools for interactive analysis of high-frequency time-series data. Engineers and scientists from automotive, aerospace and manufacturing use it to explore, visualise, and analyse sensor or test data.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. NVD3 icon
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    This project is an attempt to build re-usable charts and chart components for d3.js without taking away the power that d3.js gives you. This is a very young collection of components, with the goal of keeping these components very customizeable, staying away from your standard...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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