AmCharts 3 is a powerful JavaScript library for creating interactive charts and maps for web applications. It offers a wide range of chart types, including line, bar, pie, and scatter charts, as well as geographical maps with customizable features. AmCharts 3 provides extensive customization options for styling and interactivity, making it suitable for creating visually appealing and data-rich visualizations.
ECharts is a powerful and interactive charting and visualization library for JavaScript. It provides a wide range of customizable chart types, including line, bar, pie, scatter, and more, making it suitable for various data visualization needs. ECharts supports responsive design, animation effects, and interactive features like zooming, dragging, and data filtering.
Both amCharts and ECharts are popular libraries for data visualization, but ECharts has gained significant popularity in recent years, especially in the JavaScript community. It is widely adopted and used by major companies and organizations.
Features and Functionalities
amCharts is known for its extensive range of chart types, customization options, and ability to handle large datasets efficiently. It provides various chart types, maps, and stock charts. ECharts, on the other hand, also offers a wide range of chart types, including more specialized ones like 3D charts. It has comprehensive support for geospatial data and provides interactive visualizations with rich animation capabilities.
Documentation
Both libraries have well-documented APIs and examples. However, ECharts has a more comprehensive and user-friendly documentation, with detailed explanations, demos, and extensive community support.
Flexibility and Customization
amCharts offers a high level of customization and flexibility, allowing developers to customize every aspect of the chart, including styling, labels, tooltips, and interactions. ECharts also provides a significant level of customization features, with a powerful styling and theming system and advanced configuration options.
Performance
amCharts is known for its exceptional rendering performance, especially when dealing with large datasets. It utilizes SVG and Canvas for rendering, optimizing performance for different scenarios. ECharts also offers good performance, but it is known to be slightly slower compared to amCharts when handling large datasets.
Integration and Ecosystem
Both libraries can be easily integrated into web applications, and they provide official packages for popular frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js. ECharts has a more active community and ecosystem with additional plugins and extensions developed by the community, allowing for further customization and integration.
License
amCharts is available under a commercial license with different pricing tiers for different use cases, including a free version. ECharts, on the other hand, is released under the Apache License 2.0, which makes it free and open-source for both commercial and non-commercial use.
