Visualization Tool reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 157 Reddit reviews across 20 subreddits and 25 posts to rank the best Visualization Tool brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/datascience, r/BusinessIntelligence, r/Netsuite, r/rstats, r/AskProgramming. Top-rated brands include Plotly (4.7/5), Seaborn (4.9/5), Metabase (4.0/5).
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Reviews157
Subreddits20
Posts25
Brands77
Products9
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#1
Plotly
4.7
(20)
"Plotly and seaborn for me too."
"I like Plotly (Express) as it is fast and interactive."
"Big fan of Plotly and Seaborn."
"Plotly > seaborne > matplotlib."
"I love plotly express."
"Plotly. Form the engineering view, it can work with web frameworks."
"I use plotly alot."
"Plotly....can be easily integrated in dashboards."
"I love plotly."
"Plotly and Seaborn are my go to."
#2
Seaborn
4.9
(8)
"Seaborn because those graphs are so clean."
"Seaborn is the best tool."
"Seaborn. I use pandas data frames for 95% of my work."
"Seaborn is my favorite for data exploration."
"I like seaborn and plotly."
"I like Seaborn because is so colorful and very easy to use."
"Seaborn is just beautiful by default."
"There is also next gen seaborn [API](http://seaborn.pydata.org/nextgen/) that I am excited for."
#3
Metabase
4.0
(8)
"I would recommend Metabase."
"Metabase is nice and FOSS."
"Metabase works pretty well for me."
"Metabase can do this."
"Not used it with Supabase before, but have used it with Postgres - Metabase."
"Exact same use case - we used metabase"
"Metabase is free, and it also comes as a single Docker container."
"Metabase"
#4
Bokeh
4.6
(7)
"Bokeh."
"Bokeh has been my go to - it has the right balance of versatility and usability for me."
"Bokeh, probably the best for me."
"I personally love bokeh."
"Currently Bokeh and Plotly."
"Bokeh and ggplot"
"There is bokeh. It is open source."
#5
Tableau
3.9
(8)
"I love using Tableau."
"I use Tableau for visualising after processing with Python. I love it!"
"Why is no one saying Tableau or is that just too 2019?"
"Tableau would be quite good for it."
"I currently pipe data into Tableau via KNIME."
"Tableau has an official R integration that allows you to execute R code on Tableau dataframes/objects from with Tableau itself. It actually works decently well."
"Using the NS ODBC connector ($499/mo list price) to query data out of NS using Tableau or PowerBI is going to be unsatisfactory."
"Tableau is really going downhill since their acquisition by salesforce."
#6
Matplotlib
4.2
(5)
"It's well documented, highly customizable and provides all functionalities you'll ever need."
"Matplotlib.. nothing fancy but there's tons of documentation."
"Matplotlib is the single best tool you'll only need."
"Matplotlib is nice since it works with Pandas by default."
"Matplotlib. Widely used in science and does everything you'll ever want to do."
#7
Altair
4.2
(5)
"Depends on context - Client side rendering: Altair."
"One of my favorites is Altair."
"Altair is greaty but I think its the same thing as plotly?"
"Altair"
"It has great default themes and is ready to go with minimal code."
#8
Apache Superset
4.0
(5)
"Id look at apache superset (its free) as a starter."
"Apache Superset is easy to try out and may fit your use case."
"Superset is pretty good."
"Superset support with ClickHouse is pretty good."
"Apache Superset"
#9
Microsoft Power BI
4.5
(4)
"Power BI is the better in terms of being a all-in-one tool."
"Power BI . It has ETL and data merging capabilities."
"I'd still choose Power BI."
"Personal opinion Power BI will help you get a wider range of jobs."
#10
Weights & Biases
4.3
(4)
"Once you start using wandb then there is no turning back."
"Wandb."
"Wandb."
"Im a big fan of wandb."
#11
Zing Data
4.7
(3)
"Zing Data is a super straightforward to understand, especially for nontechnical users, with a bunch of visualization options"
"Zing Data is a great option since it works with data from all major databases, doesn't require code..."
"Zing Data can have a live google sheet as a source, so its always up-to-date."
#12
Domo
4.3
(3)
"You should check out Domo."
"Domo"
"We use Domo. It has prebuilt APIs for Netsuite."
#13
Microsoft
3.7
(3)
"I’d just use powerbi, you probably have a license already if you use ms office products."
"Power BI has a Google sheets connector and it is FAR better than Data Studio."
"When I tried out PowerBI pulling from ClickHouse, it loaded the dataset into memory first before visualizing."
#14
Grafana
4.5
(2)
"I use grafana, it’s the best."
"Grafana is the open source analytics and monitoring solution for every database."
#15
Streamlit
4.5
(2)
"Streamlit with plotly."
"If you are looking for a web form sort of UI then streamlit."
#16
Columns.ai
4.5
(2)
"I think columns.ai is the perfect choice for your scenario except the timer animation."
"Try https://columns.ai? Best working with google spreadsheets."
#17
Pulse
4.5
(2)
"Fast large data visualization and application builder pulse."
"Pulse https://www.timestored.com/pulse/ works with clickhouse."
#18
Gitk
4.0
(2)
"I use gitk —all to get a bird’s eye view. Tried multiple other visualization tools but none I have found seem to be up to par with gitk unless you are looking at very simple histories."
"I use gitk which is distributed with git."
#19
Plotnine
4.0
(2)
"Plotnine cuz I love ggplot."
"Plotnine because I am used to R and ggplot."
#20
4.0
(2)
"Have you thought of using colab notebooks (which is available through Google drive) lots of guidance on how to link to Google sheets"
"Yes, data studio, now looker studio could be better for your case since you can use google sheets as a data source"
#21
Google Data Studio
3.5
(2)
"Google data studio"
"Google Data Studio is a good tool, but its blend functionality and formulas may only help you manipulate data up to a point."
#22
Power BI
3.5
(2)
"I have used many ERP systems and many data discovery and visualization tools from Cognos, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Sigma and many others."
"Using the NS ODBC connector ($499/mo list price) to query data out of NS using Tableau or PowerBI is going to be unsatisfactory."
#23
NetSuite
3.5
(2)
"Check out NetSuite new Analytics Warehouse: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17\_iRnmGZIw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17_iRnmGZIw)"
"The ODBC connector works well, but it's slow."
#24
Chart.js
5.0
(1)
"I've been eyeing it for two projects of mine for a while and it looks simple to use and creates amazing looking charts."
#25
Bipp
5.0
(1)
"You can also use bipp Visual SQL Data Explorer for visualizing SQL queries - it is a new interface in bipp Analytics BI platform - it really makes SQL visual."
#26
Plotly Dash
5.0
(1)
"Plotly Dash is really cool."
#27
Holoviews
5.0
(1)
"I like Holoviews a lot!"
#28
Panel
5.0
(1)
"I use Panel with bokeh."
#29
Ggplot
4.0
(1)
"Ggplot."
#30
Cufflinks
4.0
(1)
"Cufflinks."
#31
Inzata
4.0
(1)
"This case of loading CSV data clusters or Excel is very good for our Inzata platform."
#32
VSA
4.0
(1)
"VSA´s network monitoring could be helpful for this"
#33
TeslaFi
4.0
(1)
"TeslaFi and yes they have one for Rivian; not self-hosted though"
#34
Workbooks
4.0
(1)
"Try workbooks"
#35
IGV
4.0
(1)
"You can automate IGV to create the plots"
#36
Cognos
4.0
(1)
"I have used many ERP systems and many data discovery and visualization tools from Cognos, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Sigma and many others."
#37
Looker
4.0
(1)
"I have used many ERP systems and many data discovery and visualization tools from Cognos, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Sigma and many others."
#38
Sigma
4.0
(1)
"I have used many ERP systems and many data discovery and visualization tools from Cognos, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Sigma and many others."
#39
Pyramid Analytics
4.0
(1)
"Pyramid Analytics"
#40
ElectraFi
4.0
(1)
"[electrifi] is the popular one."
#41
TezLab
4.0
(1)
"TezLab is better while you drive and in the phone."
#42
Data Studio
4.0
(1)
"Datastudio will do this."
#43
Snowflake
4.0
(1)
"It's free and fit my startup needs."
#44
Mixpanel
4.0
(1)
"First thought is a product analytics tool like Mixpanel or Amplitude."
#45
Plod
4.0
(1)
"Have a look and see if Plod fits your needs."
#46
Draxlr
4.0
(1)
"It is easy to use and quite affordable compared to the alternatives."
#47
Visivo
4.0
(1)
"It's super customizable and a lot easier to deploy / develop than other code based tools."
#48
Qlik
4.0
(1)
"Qlik all the way!"
#49
Explorazor
4.0
(1)
"You can try out explorazor. Easy to use UI plus you can ask questions to your data."
#50
Whaly
4.0
(1)
"Check out Whaly, they also have a free trial."
#51
Qlik Sense
4.0
(1)
"Qlik Sense, PowerBI or Tableau (in that order as well)."
#52
Klipfolio
4.0
(1)
"I use klipfolio to build dashboards of all kinds of data."
#53
Minard
4.0
(1)
"We've launched a platform for exactly this use case."
#54
Zingdata
4.0
(1)
"Is a genai analytics tool that supports natural language querying."
#55
Palantir Foundry
4.0
(1)
"Palantir Foundry can do this ;)"
#56
ReportQL
4.0
(1)
"There's a tool I stumbled upon called Reportql."
#57
Google Cloud Platform Data Fusion
4.0
(1)
"Gcp data fusion can do that with its wrangler."
#58
TIBCO Spotfire
4.0
(1)
"If you’re trying to do segmentation and real time data I would recommend Spotfire."
#59
GoodData
4.0
(1)
"They offer no-code/low-code, drag and drop GUI so users can create their own visuals, reports, and metrics without SQL."
#60
Sigma Computing
4.0
(1)
"Checkout Sigma Computing. It's on the Snowflake partner connect already so setting it up will take literally minutes."
#61
Infocaptor
4.0
(1)
"Please checkout Infocaptor. Not only it has the best Ad-hoc data Visualization but also the best free style dashboard editor."
#62
Highcharter
4.0
(1)
"Highcharter is my favorite and is extremely easy to use. I think it's better than plotly from a visual standpoint and more user friendly."
#63
Shiny
4.0
(1)
"I would consider Shiny too"
#64
Rbokeh
4.0
(1)
"Rbokeh is pretty solid."
#65
Highcharts
4.0
(1)
"I quite like highcharts for it's simplicity and range of options."
#66
XCharts
4.0
(1)
"Xcharts is really slick and easy to use, but doesn't offer so many graph types and cool features."
#67
D3.js
4.0
(1)
"D3js is probably the most versatil one but not directly a graphing library, but a library for data driven documents."
#68
Lets-Plot
4.0
(1)
"[Lets-plot](https://lets-plot.org), a ggplot2 port by JetBrains that creates interactive graphs."
#69
Leaflet
4.0
(1)
"Leaflet if you're doing anything with location data."
#70
NetFlow
4.0
(1)
"Instead of Telegraf, what you should be trying to set up is something like a NetFlow collector."
#71
Echarts
4.0
(1)
"I really like echarts, plotly, seaborn, and the original matplotlib."
#72
Home Assistant
3.0
(1)
"Home assistant has a Rivian plugin if you want to self-host. It's not as feature-rich as the paid services obviously."
#73
NSAW
3.0
(1)
"Why not use NSAW?"
#74
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
3.0
(1)
"I use SSRS a lot for reporting on SharePoint, because it plays really nice with SharePoint and it is free."
#75
Netron
3.0
(1)
"Tried Netron and it was alright."
#76
AIM
3.0
(1)
"I like AIM for personal use, it’s very easy to set up."
#77
Geckoboard
3.0
(1)
"Geckoboard?"
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