{"id":18335,"date":"2021-08-03T19:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/?p=18335"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:12:29","slug":"fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionCharts vs Open Source Solutions: Which One is Best 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>FusionCharts<\/strong> is the go-to charting API for JS developers that need to quickly and easily create and edit interactive charts on an enterprise dashboard. in addition to being easy to use, its three overlapping products provide cross-browser support. To clarify, these three products are <strong>FusionChart Suite<\/strong>, <strong>FusionTime<\/strong>, and <strong>FusionExport<\/strong>, each of which we will discuss in this article.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/#What_can_you_do_with_FusionCharts_libraries\" title=\"What can you do with FusionCharts libraries?\">What can you do with FusionCharts libraries?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/#What_are_open-source_charting_libraries\" title=\"What are open-source charting libraries?\">What are open-source charting libraries?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/#Why_choose_Fusioncharts_over_free_open-source_libraries\" title=\"Why choose Fusioncharts over free, open-source libraries?\">Why choose Fusioncharts over free, open-source libraries?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/#What_are_the_limitations_of_Open_Source_charting_libraries\" title=\"What are the limitations of Open Source charting libraries?\">What are the limitations of Open Source charting libraries?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/fusioncharts-vs-open-source-solutions-which-one-is-best-for-your-project\/#Ready_to_build_a_dashboard_for_desktop_or_mobile\" title=\"Ready to build a dashboard for desktop or mobile?\">Ready to build a dashboard for desktop or mobile?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_you_do_with_FusionCharts_libraries\"><\/span><strong>What can you do with FusionCharts libraries?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can do many things with FusionCharts. For example, FusionCharts libraries are filled with templates of widely-used chart formats. These include bar graphs, line plots, pie charts, and domain-specific chart types that range from Treemaps to Waterfall layouts. In addition to this, FusionCharts currently contains well over 2000 choropleth maps that span many countries and locations.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a simple example, if you want to measure the steady growth in sales of your products over time or identify large sets of entries collected from your app users, then FusionCharts\u2019 time-series chart has the tools to help you visualize them all at once on your browser. Suffice to say it is a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/\">data visualization tool<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library.jpg\" alt=\"A FusionCharts bar graph\" width=\"1891\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library.jpg 1891w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library-300x156.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library-768x398.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fusioncharts-Library-1024x531.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1891px) 100vw, 1891px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is a quick rundown of what each FusionCharts offering does:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>FusionCharts Suite &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This API gives you access to hundreds of charts and thousands of maps to explore. Because of this, you can upload complex reports using all kinds of creative widgets. You have the freedom to design custom dashboards for any web project and top it off with a variety of precise charted statistics.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>FusionTime &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a high-performance time-series API. It is meant for labeling stock data for users in charge of tracking business-oriented financial data. With only a few lines of code, you\u2019ll be able to create interactive time-series or stock market charts with the potential to store millions of data points. FusionTime is perfect for plotting OHLC, candlestick, and column variants.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18341 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate.jpg\" alt=\"Plotting two variable with the FusionCharts API\" width=\"1891\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate.jpg 1891w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate-300x156.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate-768x398.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Multivariate-1024x531.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1891px) 100vw, 1891px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<b>FusionExport &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The FusionExport extension lets you export a working dashboard into other formats like a PDF or image file. This makes it easy to generate live dashboards on the server without having to download them individually. FusionExport has the benefit of being compatible with other JS libraries including FusionCharts, HighCharts, d3, and Chart.js.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_open-source_charting_libraries\"><\/span><strong>What are open-source charting libraries?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In most open source charting libraries, JavaScript spearheads most of the front-end scripting. It is one of the best languages for displaying responsive charts with clear-cut visualization tools. If you\u2019re curious and want to explore alternatives to FusionCharts, there are plenty of no-cost open-source charting libraries out there.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might have heard of the classic Chart.js, which renders HTML5 on a dynamic canvas. It provides hoverable tooltips and clickable events to guide its users. It is also suitable for linear graphs and scatter charts alike. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another common charting library is Apexcharts.js. This library features advanced visualizations through data-driven maps, meter gauges, and front-end integrations on Angular, React, or jQuery. Apexcharts also provides a lot of documentation describing its different templates.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhile they may be free, these libraries have a deep learning curve. They usually require days of learning before you can even build your first chart &#8212; then configuring them to suit your requirements is another story!\r\n\r\nMany libraries do not provide a consistent look and feel across their charts. This problem gets even worse when you use multiple libraries. Sadly, few libraries officially support plugins for your frameworks and back-end languages.\r\n\r\nCommonly, these libraries have simple tutorials that help you get started, but beyond that, you\u2019re expected to jump straight into API docs or even source code without the benefit of clear examples. These libraries do showcase their individual charts and features, but most of them don&#8217;t provide examples of how to create an integrated dashboarding experience.\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_choose_Fusioncharts_over_free_open-source_libraries\"><\/span><strong>Why choose Fusioncharts over free, open-source libraries?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\nBelow is a roundup of reasons that explain why going with a free, open-source library over FusionCharts may be a false economy when it comes to building your dashboards. The examples below show you what FusionCharts offers and where the others fall short.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Style your FusionCharts dashboard to match your site\" width=\"1891\" height=\"983\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2.jpg 1891w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2-300x156.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2-768x399.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FusionCharts-2-1024x532.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1891px) 100vw, 1891px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<b>FusionCharts is Easier to Use<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plot high-performance charts for Big Data applications on Time-series, Multivariate, or Stock values<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trusted by developers from over 28,000 companies from Google to IBM<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Few barriers to entry on uploading your first chart<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Easy to set up your dashboard or a new theme with consistent visuals<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>Integrations<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compatible with JavaScript, CDNs, or NPM managers<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Available documentation on each programming language is attached with live examples<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ready-to-use charts tailored to specific industries, compiled on an aggregate list from the library itself<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Automatic configurations that adjust the default settings and find the best method for displaying your charts<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>Features<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time navigation scaled to your project scope without worrying about bugs<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Effortlessly export your charts to the server or send your reports through email<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supports older browsers and positions elements to match your device size<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Receives frequent updates from an active development team to focus on customer-driven priorities<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live chat and personalized help whenever you need it<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flexible pricing plans and licensing options if you have a smaller team<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_limitations_of_Open_Source_charting_libraries\"><\/span><strong>What are the limitations of Open Source charting libraries?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\nOpen source charting libraries may be free but sometimes you get what you pay for. They can suffer from recurring issues, have trouble charting your data and offer inconsistent (or no) documentation. They<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can also fall short in some areas, such as having inconsistent visuals on the front end.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Recurring Issues<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructions are unclear or disjointed&#8211;less beginner-friendly for chart building<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May not support all frameworks because fewer libraries can operate alongside your plugins<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">API documentation and source code pages may be difficult to comprehend without proper demos in place<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May not have previews of navigating the dashboard, forcing the user to test features themselves<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are responsible for calling the shots on default configurations<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May not have a release roadmap, thereby causing delays in your project timelines<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>Trouble with Charting<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smaller capacity for storing charts, requiring you to install multiple libraries to find a suitable chart\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time-series plots may also lack UX elements to label and identify key indicators<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chart exports are likely to result in missing data or unfit layouts, especially for printing<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Product may only work on modern browsers, possibly raising errors on older versions<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must rely on online communities to assist you with technical problems<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With open-source libraries, there is no commitment for future bug fixes or feature additions. This can delay or leave your project timelines open-ended. In addition, with open source libraries there is no single point to get support. While you are working to meet a deadline, it\u2019s risky to expect on-demand support from an online community. For this reason, you should always consult the documentation before selecting an open-source charting library, whether you plan on getting FusionCharts or another product. <\/span>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ready_to_build_a_dashboard_for_desktop_or_mobile\"><\/span>Ready to build a dashboard for desktop or mobile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nAll said, there are over 800,000 developers from 28,000+ companies who prefer FusionCharts products over open source or other paid libraries.\u00a0 If you want to get all the variations of popular charts like Bar, Column, Line, Area, and Pie; or domain-specific charts like Treemaps, Heatmaps, Gantt Charts, Marimekko Charts, Gauges, Spider Charts, Waterfall Charts, and many more, then FusionCharts is is the way forward. In addition to charts, we also have over 2000+ choropleth maps which cover countries, counties and also cities!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/\">Head over to FusionCharts to start working with our powerful charting libraries today!<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FusionCharts is the go-to charting API for JS developers that need to quickly and easily create and edit interactive charts on an enterprise dashboard. in addition to being easy to use, its three overlapping products provide cross-browser support. 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