Datawrapper offers a seamless platform to enrich stories with compelling visualizations, including charts, maps, and tables, without the need for coding or design expertise. It’s tailor-made for creating compelling visual content for articles, reports, and publications.
Key Features
- Variety of Visualization Types: Offers 19 interactive and responsive chart types, three distinct map styles, and enhanced data tables that can incorporate bar, column & line charts, heatmaps, and more.
- Easy Data Import: Users can copy data from various sources such as Excel, Google Sheets, or directly from the web. Uploading of CSV/XLS files is supported, and live-updating charts can be achieved by linking to a URL or Google Sheet.
- Intuitive Visualization Customization: Users can select, customize, and annotate chart and map types effortlessly to increase their effectiveness.
- Embedding and Export Options: Visualizations can be seamlessly embedded into websites using responsive codes or exported in diverse formats like PNG, SVG, or PDF for offline use.
- Unlimited Creation: No restrictions on the number of visualizations, even on the free plan.
- Privacy and Control: All visualizations remain confidential until actively published by the user.
- Team Collaboration: Shared folders, integration with platforms like Slack and Teams, and permission-based access enhance team-based projects.
- Custom Branding: Option to get a fully customized chart theme that aligns with specific brand guidelines for a consistent look and feel.
- Automatic Updates: Visualizations can self-refresh when linked to external data sources like CSV or Google Sheet.
- Adaptive Design: Support for both light and dark mode based on user preference, ensuring visualizations are aesthetically pleasing in any setting.
- Print Optimization: Ensures that even exported PDFs are print-ready with specified CMYK colors.
Use Cases
- Journalists and bloggers aiming to enhance their stories with data visualizations.
- Business analysts presenting comprehensive reports.
- Designers and content creators aiming for interactive web content.
- Educators explaining data-driven concepts to students.
Pricing
- Free Plan: Datawrapper offers a robust free plan that’s more than just a trial. It allows users to create and publish visualizations, export these in PNG format, but the outputs do feature a “Created with Datawrapper” attribution. Interested users can create a free account on their platform.
- Custom Plan: Priced at $599 per month, the Custom plan offers a professional solution with full design customization. Users can export visualizations in PNG, SVG, and PDF formats. This plan includes 10 user licenses and the visualizations won’t carry the “Created with Datawrapper” attribution.
- Enterprise Plan: For users requiring more tailored solutions, Datawrapper has an Enterprise plan. Interested parties need to contact Datawrapper directly for a quote. This plan encompasses all features of the Free and Custom plans, plus the added advantages of self-hosting visualizations, Single-Sign-On capabilities, and the availability of Service and Support SLA (Service Level Agreement) options.
You can check out their pricing page for more information about each plan to make the best decision for your business.
User Experience
With features such as dark mode, live updating, and brand customization, Datawrapper ensures a user-centric experience. The ease of data import and visualization customization further indicates an intuitive user interface.
Customer Support
Datawrapper offers email support, with priority support available for those on paid plans.
Community and Learning Resources
- Blog: Covering data visualization best practices, latest news, and real-world examples.
- Academy: Over 100 articles designed to guide users on how to make the most of Datawrapper.
- FAQ: Quick answers to the most commonly asked questions.
- Webinars: Live sessions and recorded videos to guide on best usage practices.
- Changelog: Keeping users updated with both minor and major improvements.
- API documentation: For those looking to integrate with Datawrapper’s API.
- Case Studies: Deep dives into how various users utilize Datawrapper to their benefit.
Integration
Given the ease of embedding in CMS and websites, along with Slack and Teams integration, Datawrapper is highly adaptable to various platforms.
