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Who can use FusionCharts Free?

FusionCharts Free cover all your basic charting needs with the necessary chart types and features. Some of the highlights are:

• 22 popular charts like Column, Line, Pie, Bar, Area, Stacked, Candlestick and Funnel Chart, that look the same across all browsers
• Animated and interactive charts that make your applications look “wow”
• Works with PHP, ASP.NET, JSP, ColdFusion, Python, RoR, simple HTML pages or even PowerPoint Presentations
• All the charts can pull data from any database and are AJAX enabled

If the chart types and features in FusionCharts Free satiate you, then you end up spending zilch for your charting requirements. But in case you need more chart types and advanced features in your charts, check out FusionCharts Suite.

Why are we giving it out for free?

It’s very understandable to assume that a free product will have a catch somewhere. But with FusionCharts Free, none of those assumptions hold true. We have no catches, no tricks, not even a watermark.

We are giving it out for free for one simple reason - so that you can relish the fluid beauty of flash charts. Lately, Flash charts have been spreading like forest fire on the web. A lot of big and small companies have been using Flash charts to deliver eye-catching and snazzy graphics out of boring data tables. At FusionCharts, we want you to be a part of this revolution.

And what better way to do it than using the leading flash charting product without having to pay anything?

Is there a difference between FusionCharts Free & FusionCharts XT Evaluation?

Yes. FusionCharts Free and FusionCharts XT Evaluation are vastly different products with entirely different licensing schemes.

FusionCharts Free aims to fulfill your basic charting needs with a very commonly used set of charts, having the necessary but basic features. The product is completely free with no gimmicks and no hidden pitfalls. Its features however are a lot limited than FusionCharts XT.

FusionCharts v3, on the other hand, provides you advanced charting options like exporting chart as image/PDF, gradients, 3D lighting, better animation with an easy way for building your own animation styles, exporting chart data as CSV/XML, in-built debugger, enhanced AJAX support and advanced filter effects like shadow, blur and bevel which you can apply to the various chart elements. It also provides advanced chart types like true 3D charts, scroll charts, glass-effect column charts, dual Y-axis charts to name a few. FusionCharts v3 evaluation version allows you to try out all these advanced options and more.