Datawrapper

A data visualization platform which requires no coding skills, is user friendly, easily exportable, and made specifically for online journalism, like newspapers and magazines. Datawrapper is free for basic use, but may have to be upgraded for full capabilities. Data can be given by copy and pasting, importing XLS/CSV files, importing from Google Sheets, or linking external data and can be presented by charts, maps, tables.

Flourish

A user-friendly website that has animated storytelling capabilities, is easily exportable and can be used on a web browser without installation. Flourish is free for public data, however, it may need to be upgraded for full capabilities. Data can be given through uploading or copy and pasting spreadsheets and can be presented through Story Maps, Globe, Bar charts, Arc Maps, etc.

KNIGHTS LAB

This has various data visualization formats, created by Northwestern University. Knights Lab is free and has open-source materials, allowing information to be presented in multiple formats. It can be seen as a simpler version of ArcGIS’s “story maps”, but its specific focus is on visual data and has limited capabilities. Data can be video and photo media uploads presented through a Storyline, StoryMap, and Timeline.

OMEKA

A website that provides media-rich online exhibits, created by George Mason University. Omeka is free. It can be used to create a collection of items to be showcased together, but there is only one simple visual layout. Integration with WordPress may not be intuitive and requires additional plugins, with a set of minimum requirements for the server before installation. Data can be uploaded with photos and text. The default data upload is a MySQL database, but plugins can be installed to import other data formats such as CSV. It creates a visual exhibition website with customizable themes and data can be plotted on a Google map or Timeline with certain plugins.

Palladio

Palladio is used as a historical data visualization tool, specifically created for digital humanities projects. Because of this, it has multiple visualizations options, but they are focused on geospatial data. Palladio is free. Data can be copied and pasted from a spreadsheet, uploaded (.csv, .tab, .tsv), or linked to a Dropbox folder and presented map style, graph, list, and gallery views.

RawGraphs

An open-source data visualization framework, which is easily exportable and can be used on a web browser without installation. RawGraphs is free, however, it contains many charts that only serve obscure purposes. Data can be given by uploading tabular data (.csv, .tsv) or copy and pasting spreadsheets and can be presented in a wide variety including Map style.

ZOTERO

A visualization tool that is also a personal research assistant, created in collaboration for Digital Scholarship. It is good for group or individual research, but there is no visual product as it is focused on creating bibliographies. Zotero is free. Data is presented in a simple list with media citations.