DataThief III Alternatives

DataThief III is described as 'Program to extract (reverse engineer) data points from a graph' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DataThief III for Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted. The best DataThief III alternative is WebPlotDigitizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DataThief III are Datafromchart, Engauge Digitizer, Plot Digitizer and g3data.

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  1. WebPlotDigitizer icon

    WebPlotDigitizer

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    A large quantity of published data is available only in the form of plots and it is often difficult to extract numerical data accurately out of these pictures. There are several softwares available to aid this process, but most are either paid or poorly written.

    15 WebPlotDigitizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • WebPlotDigitizer is the most popular Web-based alternative to DataThief III.

    • WebPlotDigitizer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DataThief III.

    • WebPlotDigitizer is Free and Open SourceDataThief III is Paid and Proprietary
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    Datafromchart

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    Datafromchart operates as a web-based application, offering users the capability to extract data directly from charts. Designed with analysts and researchers in mind, it facilitates the extraction of estimates from various sources such as industry reports or research papers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Upload a chart or select a default chart
     
  4. Engauge Digitizer icon

    Engauge Digitizer

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    This open source, digitizing software converts an image file showing a graph or map, into numbers. The image file can come from a scanner, digital camera or screenshot. The numbers can be read on the screen, and written or copied to a spreadsheet.

    15 Engauge Digitizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Engauge Digitizer is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to DataThief III.

    • Engauge Digitizer is Free and Open SourceDataThief III is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Plot Digitizer icon

    Plot Digitizer

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    Plot Digitizer is a Java program used to digitize scanned plots of functional data. Often data is found presented in reports and references as functional X-Y type scatter or line plots. In order to use this data, it must somehow be digitized.

    15 Plot Digitizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Plot Digitizer is the most popular Mac alternative to DataThief III.

    • Plot Digitizer is Free and Open SourceDataThief III is Paid and Proprietary
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    g3data

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    g3data is used for extracting data from graphs. In publications graphs often are included, but the actual data is missing. g3data makes the extracting process much easier.

    14 g3data alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. GraphClick icon

    GraphClick

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    GraphClick is a graph digitizer shareware for Mac OS X which allows to automatically retrieve the original (x,y)-data from the image of a scanned graphor fom QuickTime movies. Free download. Features automatic detection of solid, dashed or dotted lines, bar charts or symbols.

    14 GraphClick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • GraphClick is the most popular commercial alternative to DataThief III.

    • GraphClick is Paid and ProprietaryDataThief III is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. UN-SCAN-IT icon

    UN-SCAN-IT

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    UN-SCAN-IT graph digitizer converts scanned graphs to real xy data automatically. Extract xy data values from published graphs, old plots, and strip charts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. jTechDig icon

    jTechDig

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    jTechDig is a software tool written in Java for digitizing data from an image of graph or plot. jTechDig can import images from .gif, .bmp, .png etc. files. After mapping of the coordinates system the data can be digitized manually by clicking the mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. DigitizeIt icon

    DigitizeIt

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    Sometimes it is necessary to extract data values from graphs, e.g. in most scientific publications only plots but no data values are published. DigitizeIt makes it easy to actually get back numbers from such a plot!

    14 DigitizeIt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. PlotDigitizer icon

    PlotDigitizer

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    PlotDigitizer is data extraction software. It allows users to extract data points from graphs, plots, charts, and scanned documents.

    15 PlotDigitizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. Find Graph icon

    Find Graph

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    Take any graph or data from any source (Web or PDF document, for example), add your comments, and perform any manipulations, like nonlinear regression or curve fitting. Then print your results or export them to Excel or other database.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Dagra

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    Graphs are great for understanding results in reports and papers, but to use those results in your own analysis, you'll want the underlying numerical data. Your analysis will be more flexible because you can easily include all the data from the graph, rather than just a few...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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