🆚 D3.js vs. Highcharts

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
Charting library

About

D3.js is an open-source, low-level JavaScript toolbox for data visualization.

It supports loading data from CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON formats, provides scale functions for mapping data values to visual properties, includes layouts such as force-directed graphs, treemaps, and packed circles, and offers transitions, animations, and interaction tools like dragging, zooming, and panning.

Highcharts is a commercial JavaScript charting framework based on SVG, with optional WebGL for high-volume rendering.

It supports line, area, bar, pie, scatter, heatmap, polar, gauge, range, and 3D charts, provides responsive touch support, exports to PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG, accepts data from JSON or live sources, and includes wrappers for React, Vue, and Angular.

Headquarters

Vik i Sogn, Norway

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Education and Personal License, application required
Annual
Internal use$176/seat/year
SaaS$349/seat/year
Stock charts$349/seat/year
Map charts$122/seat/year
Gantt charts$70/seat/year
Perpetual
Internal use$405/seat
SaaS$799/seat
Stock charts$799/seat
Map charts$280/seat
Gantt charts$160/seat

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #167
Charting › Rank #3
Charting › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The D3.js JavaScript library is 1.1 times more popular than Highcharts.
Total websites

Market share

Charting

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

D3.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, while Highcharts is more popular in Germany, the Netherlands, and India.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
India
Korea
Canada
Spain
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

D3.js is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, marketing and merchandising, and travel, while Highcharts is more commonly used on business, finance and banking, and government and military sites.
Business
Finance/Banking
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Government/Military
Travel
Internet Services
Public Information
Online Shopping
Health

Top sites

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