Gephi Alternatives

Gephi is described as 'The leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free' and is a popular Mind Mapping tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Gephi for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Gephi alternative is yEd Graph Editor, which is free. Other great apps like Gephi are Graphviz, PlantUML, quiver diagram editor and Tableau.

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  1. yEd Graph Editor icon

    yEd Graph Editor

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    yEd is a powerful diagram editor that can be used to quickly create diagrams manually or import external data for analysis and auto-magically arrange even large data sets by just pressing a button. You can use yEd to quickly create flow charts, BPMN and UML diagrams...

    117 yEd Graph Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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    Comments about yEd Graph Editor as an Alternative to Gephi
    superluminar
    Negative
    0

    yEd is a diagram editor, not a graph analysis app

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    More for diagramming than network analysis.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think yEd Graph Editor is a great Gephi alternative, some don't.

    • yEd Graph Editor is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Gephi.

    • yEd Graph Editor is the most popular free alternative to Gephi.

    • yEd Graph Editor is Free and ProprietaryGephi is Free and Open Source
  2. Graphviz icon

    Graphviz

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    Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics, software engineering, database and web design...

    56 Graphviz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Most users think Graphviz is a great Gephi alternative.

    • Graphviz is the most popular Open Source alternative to Gephi.

    • Graphviz is Free and Open SourceGephi is also Free and Open Source
  4. PlantUML icon

    PlantUML

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    PlantUML is an open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. The generator can be run anywhere within JVM and integrated with various application such as wiki, text editor, IDE, programming language, documentation generator, and others.

    115 PlantUML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    Common PlantUML JAR GUI application that will render text file into image.
     
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    Comments about PlantUML as an Alternative to Gephi
    Guest
    Negative
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    PlantUML does not allow to import, visualize, manipulate graphs.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. PlantUML is a legitimate Gephi alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • PlantUML is the most popular Android alternative to Gephi.

    • PlantUML is Free and Open SourceGephi is also Free and Open Source
  5. quiver diagram editor icon

    quiver diagram editor

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    Efficient web-based tool for constructing high-quality commutative diagrams. Offers LaTeX export with embedded links, intuitive interface supporting both mouse and keyboard inputs, and features like multiple selections, macro support, and smart label alignment.

    55 quiver diagram editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Online
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  6. Tableau icon

    Tableau

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    Tableau helps the world’s largest organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.

    229 Tableau alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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

    • Tableau is the most popular commercial alternative to Gephi.

    • Tableau is Paid and ProprietaryGephi is Free and Open Source
  7. OmniGraffle icon

    OmniGraffle

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    OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and magically organizing diagrams with just one click.

    107 OmniGraffle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPad
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    • OmniGraffle is the most popular iPad alternative to Gephi.

    • OmniGraffle is Paid and ProprietaryGephi is Free and Open Source
  9. Cytoscape icon

    Cytoscape

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    Cytoscape is an open source software platform for visualizing complex networks and integrating these with any type of attribute data. A lot of plugins are available for various kinds of problem domains, including bioinformatics, social network analysis, and semantic web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. InfraNodus icon

    InfraNodus

     6 likes
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    InfraNodus can visualize any research notes, ideas, texts, even the Google search results on a certain topic as a text network. The words are the nodes and their co-occurrences are the connections between them.

    12 InfraNodus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    deemn
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    InfraNodus does not require complex setup and has lots of really useful presets. It also uses gap analysis and helps find hidden patterns in network.

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    • InfraNodus is the most popular SaaS alternative to Gephi.

    • InfraNodus is Paid and ProprietaryGephi is Free and Open Source
  11. Pretzel icon

    Pretzel

     8 likes
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    Pretzel is an open-source, offline browser-based tool for fast and intuitive data exploration and visualization. It can handle large data files, runs locally in your browser, and requires no backend setup.

    32 Pretzel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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  12. Penrose icon

    Penrose

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    Penrose is a platform that enables people to create beautiful diagrams just by typing mathematical notation in plain text. The goal is to make it easy for non-experts to create and explore high-quality diagrams and provide deeper insight into challenging technical concepts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Comments about Penrose as an Alternative to Gephi
    norweeg
    Negative
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    graph analysis is not the same thing as creating diagrams

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Penrose is Free and Open SourceGephi is also Free and Open Source
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    NodeXL

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    NodeXL is a free, open-source template for Microsoft® Excel® 2007 and 2010 that makes it easy to explore network graphs. With NodeXL, you can enter a network edge list in a worksheet, click a button and see your graph, all in the familiar environment of the Excel...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
     
  14. Linkurious icon

    Linkurious

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    Linkurious provides a graph visualization and analysis platform used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, intelligence or cybersecurity. Easy to deploy and highly extensible, Linkurious Enterprise makes it easy to uncover insights hidden in complex connected data.

    44 Linkurious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Explore and make sense of graph data through Linkurious Enterprise simple web-based interface.
     
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