Choose an Infogram replacement by what you publish most. Newsroom-style charts and maps, template infographics, automated recurring reports, free open-source charts from a spreadsheet and developer charting libraries are separate jobs, and the tools below each lean towards one of them. Match the output first and the shortlist shrinks fast.
What do you publish: charts in articles, infographics for social, reports for clients, or charts inside your own product? Infogram covers several of those in one tool, and its alternatives mostly specialise. Here are eight, in no particular order, sorted by the output they suit.
It's worth being honest about who'll make the charts, too. A reporter on deadline, a marketer building a social graphic and a developer wiring a dashboard want very different things from the same chart, and a tool that delights one of them will frustrate the others. If more than one of those people works in your team, you may end up with two tools rather than one, and that's fine.
What you publish decides the tool
Newsroom-style charts. Datawrapper and Flourish make clean, responsive charts and maps for articles and embeds.
Infographics. Venngage works from business templates, the closest match for Infogram's infographic side.
Automated reporting. Datylon builds charts and reports that refresh when the data changes, useful for monthly client reports.
Free and open source. RAWGraphs is a free, open-source way to turn spreadsheet data into charts.
Code libraries. Plotly and Highcharts are for developers building charts into apps and dashboards.
Two fresh notes from the vendors themselves. everviz's own page now says Fonn Group acquired it and introduced Teikna, so check which product you're signing up to. And the ChartBlocks site says it was sunset, so it isn't on this list, however often older roundups mention it.
Eight chart and infographic tools compared
| Tool | Output | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Datawrapper | Charts, maps and tables | Newsroom-style charts for articles |
| Datylon | Report and chart automation | Recurring reports that update with new data |
| everviz | Charts for web and broadcast | Charts for websites and live video graphics |
| Flourish | Interactive charts and maps | Embeddable interactive charts and maps |
| Highcharts | JavaScript charting library | Developers adding charts to web apps |
| Plotly | Open-source charting for Python | Teams building interactive data apps in code |
| RAWGraphs | Open-source visualisation | Quick charts straight from spreadsheet data |
| Venngage | Infographic maker | Template-led infographics for business |
Advice for publishing data online
Pick two tools that match your main output and rebuild one chart you've already published in each. Look at how it renders on a phone, how it embeds in your website or CMS, and how easily a colleague could update it when the data changes. Those three tests tell you more than any feature table.
Don't skip the boring checks either. Find out whether you can export a chart as an image or PDF for print and slides, whether your brand fonts and colours can be saved as a theme, and who in the team can edit a chart once it's live. Those details decide whether a tool still feels easy six months in.
If your charts sit in news or blog content, responsiveness and accessibility matter most. If they go into client reports, automation saves the most hours. And if a developer is building charts into your product, a library will beat any drag-and-drop editor. For related lists, see my roundups of Piktochart alternatives and Visme alternatives, plus Tableau alternatives for heavier analytics.
Each tool in alphabetical order
Ordered by the alphabet and nothing else. Every line reflects the vendor's own description.
Datawrapper
Best for: Journalists and publishers making interactive, responsive charts, maps and tables without code; the vendor's pitch is a single web app from design to publishing.
Datylon
Best for: Analysts producing recurring reports whose charts update with new data or through Excel and APIs; the vendor promises automation without compromising design.
everviz
Best for: Newsrooms and broadcasters publishing charts to web, broadcast and live video; its own page says Fonn Group now owns it and has introduced Teikna.
Flourish
Best for: Making interactive charts, graphs and maps to embed on the web or in reports, with no coding, according to the vendor.
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Highcharts
Best for: Developers adding stock, map, Gantt and dashboard charts to web products with a JavaScript library the vendor calls fast to implement.
Plotly
Best for: Python users who want open-source graphing libraries and frameworks, including Dash, for building interactive data apps, as the vendor describes them.
RAWGraphs
Best for: Turning spreadsheet data into visualisations with a free, open-source tool the vendor calls the missing link between spreadsheets and data visualisation.
Venngage
Best for: Businesses making infographics from professional templates with AI design help; the vendor calls itself the infographic maker of choice.
Saving your Infogram work before you switch
Charts already embedded on your site will keep pointing at the old service, so list every page that carries one before you change anything. Download the underlying data for each chart, plus image exports for anything that must keep showing while you rebuild.
Then rebuild the charts that get the most views first, swap the embeds page by page, and keep the old account open until the last one is moved. A broken chart in a popular article does more harm than a slow migration.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between a chart tool and an infographic maker?
A chart tool focuses on turning data into accurate, interactive charts and maps. An infographic maker focuses on layout and design, mixing charts with icons, text and images in a template.
Can I embed interactive charts in WordPress?
Most online chart tools give you an embed code or a link that works in WordPress and other website builders. Test one embed on a draft page to check it resizes on mobile.
Do I need to code to make interactive charts?
No. Many chart tools are drag-and-drop. Code libraries suit developers who want charts built into an app or dashboard, with full control over how they behave.
What makes a chart accessible?
Clear labels, enough colour contrast, a text description of the main point and, ideally, a data table people can read with a screen reader. Check which of these each tool adds for you.
Can chart tools update automatically?
Some can link to a spreadsheet or data source so charts refresh when the numbers change. That's useful for recurring reports and dashboards.
Are open-source chart tools safe for client work?
Generally, yes, but check the licence terms for commercial use and keep a copy of your data and exports, since community projects can change direction.
