Free InfoGraphics Tools
- Easel.lyBy creating a free account on this site, you can create eye-catching graphics using a variety of tools and with the ability to import data from Excel. With a relatively inexpensive Pro Account, Easel.ly also makes available a larger selection of objects, fonts, templates, and other options.
Infographics are visual representations of data or other information. They can communicate information quickly and clearly, highlighting scope, comparisons, and progressions. Infographics can be statistical-based, chronological timelines, process-based, geographically structured, or present information in a myriad of others ways. Many tools for creating infographics are available on the Web. Good tools for finding data to present in infographics can be found on the Data & Statistics guide.
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- Timeline JS3"Easy-to-make, beautiful timelines."
- CreatelyThis site provides tools to create infographics, flow charts, mind maps, and other diagrams as well as features for real-time collaboration and group projects. Free accounts are available, but an account is not required to use the site. Additional features, including a desktop app, are available for a price.
- StatsilkStatsilk offers a variety of tools. StatPlanet is a free, downloadable application for making interactive maps; StatPlanet Plus is an expanded version offering advanced options and more templates, available for purchase. StatTrends is a free web-based application for creating and embedding interactive charts and graphs into your web-pages; a desktop version is also available.
- Google Fusion TablesFusion Tables is an experimental data visualization web application to gather, visualize, and share data tables. The web service provides means for visualizing data with pie charts, bar charts, lineplots, scatterplots, timelines, and geographical maps. Users can upload their own data or search the web for data to import.
- Tableau PublicA free, downloadable app that lets anyone publish interactive data to the web. Once on the web, anyone can interact with the data, download it, or create their own visualizations of it. A paid professional version offers additional features.
- CanvaA free site for designing presentations, social media graphics, and other images.
Paid Online Infographics Tools
Other Infographics Resources
- Microsoft OfficeMS Offices includes tools for generating Infographics in Word, Excel, and Power Point. Microsoft sells additional templates to expand Word's capabilities.
Mindmapping Tools
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. Free mindmapping tools are available on the web, and mindmapping capabilities are included in many broader Infographics tools.
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- CreatelyThis site provides tools to create infographics, flow charts, mind maps, and other diagrams as well as features for real-time collaboration and group projects. Free accounts are available, but an account is not required to use the site. Additional features, including a desktop app, are available for a price.
- MindmeisterThis site offers mindmapping tools with a free account. Several levels of paid accounts offer advanced features.
- DataferrettThis data analysis tool from the US Census Bureau allows you to create maps, graphs, and charts from Census datasets. Java required.
