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Datylon Graph Maker

Design Powerful & Customizable Charts Online (Free & Paid)

Unleash the power of data visualization with Datylon Graph Maker! Create stunning and informative charts online, directly within Adobe® Illustrator®, or both.

Our user-friendly platform empowers you to easily design custom graphs, collaborate with colleagues, and share your insights seamlessly. Whether you're a data professional, marketer, student, or designer Datylon caters to your needs with both free and paid plans.

Datylon graph maker - Create and share your own graphs - no coding skills needed!

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Get inspired

Scroll and click  on the images below  to find inspiration samples of different types of graphs. You can use these designs, customize them and update them with your new data.
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Advanced design options

Go beyond basic visuals with extensive customization capabilities. Customize fonts, colors, layouts, and more to create graphs that perfectly match your brand identity and effectively communicate your message.

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Data-driven styling

Simplify the design process and ensure consistency by letting data dictate styling choices. Set rules for elements like colors and line widths based on data values, saving you time and effort.

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Seamless data integration

Import data effortlessly from various sources, including spreadsheets (XLS, XLSX, CSV) or directly connect to cloud services like Google Sheets and OneDrive Excel.

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Collaboration Made Easy

Work together with colleagues on graph creation and editing. Share designs, provide feedback, and ensure everyone stays on the same page.

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Extensive Graph Library

Save time and find inspiration with a library of 130+ customizable graph templates. Jumpstart your project with pre-designed layouts for various data types and customize them to fit your specific needs.

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Offline Editing (Paid Version)

Enjoy the flexibility of creating and editing graphs even without an internet connection in Datylon for Illustrator.

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Export & Share

Easily export your creations in multiple formats (PNG, S, PDF) to integrate them into presentations, reports, or web pages. Share your graphs directly with others online.

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Integrate with Illustrator

For even more design power, utilize the Datylon plug-in for Illustrator. Enhance your graphs with advanced features like annotations, titles, and illustrations directly within the familiar Adobe® environment.

The most powerful graph maker

We believe that carefully designed graphs are essential to making an impact with data. Datylon gives you a graph maker tool with powerful styling properties equal to none.
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Save time and resources

Datylon's intuitive interface and pre-designed templates streamline the graph creation process, allowing you to focus on communication.

#EFFICIENT

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Boost clarity and engagement

Transform complex data into clear and visually appealing graphs, enhancing audience understanding and message impact.

#TRANSPARENT

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Improve Data-Driven Decisions

Datylon makes it easy to add complex data to your reports, even if they're hundreds of pages long with many charts. It takes just one click to get a new version.

#ADAPTABLE

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Increase collaboration

Facilitate teamwork with seamless sharing and collaboration features, ensuring everyone contributes to the visual storytelling process.



#SYNERGY

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Scalability for growing needs

Datylon accommodates both individual and team requirements. Choose the free plan for basic needs or upgrade to premium plans for advanced features and offline editing.

#SCALABLE

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Unwavering Support

Data visualization can be tricky, but we've got your back! Our dedicated team is readily available to  ensure a smooth, successful data visualization experience.

#CARING

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What is a graph?

A graph is a visual representation of data. Graphs are used to provide a better understanding of larger quantities of data in a condensed and easy-to-understand manner. Graphs make it easier to find hidden information and insights that are otherwise hard to find from a table with data. This process helps improve data communication. There are many different graph types and categories, and most of them can be created with our Graph Maker.

See graph types available in Datylon
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Comparison graphs

While not the only option, comparison graphs are a popular choice for data visualization because they excel at revealing relationships between data points. This is due to their ability to clearly show how values compare to each other. In most of the cases the bar graph is the best option for comparisons. 

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Part-to-whole graphs

Part-to-whole graphs is used to visually represent how individual pieces contribute to a complete picture. They focus on composition and proportions. Stacked bar graphs in majority of the cases tend to be the best option amount part-to-whole graphs.

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Date-over-time graphs

Date-over-time graphs are used to visualize trends and changes in data over a specific period. The X axis usually represents time, the Y axis the value shows the tracked data. Most common and useful time series graphs is line graph.

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Distribution graphs

Distribution graphs are used to show how the data is spread. It is also cab be used to show probability distribution.  The essence of distribution graphs is to show how often each value appears in the dataset. The shape of distribution helps to gasp patterns quickly which makes them a powerful tool for analysis in many fields. Histogram is the first option among distribution graphs.

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Correlation graphs

Correlation graphs are used to explore relationships between two sets of data They allow to see if changes in one variable are linked to changes in another variable. Correlation graphs are great to identify potential connections in the data. It's also important to remember that correlation graphs show trends but not causation. The go to option for visualizing correlation is scatter graphs.

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DATYLON REPORT STUDIO PLAN

Create free graphs in an online editor

Datylon Report Studio is an online web application that allows to produce reports based on your on-brand templates. Powerful data management makes the process incredibly quick and easy. Allows to create unlimited designs and export them in svg, png or pdf format. 

DATYLON FOR ILLUSTRATOR PROFESSIONAL PLAN

Make graphs in Illustrator

Advanced data visualization right within Adobe® Illustrator®! Use our plug-in for Illustrator and boost your dataviz power with an extra set of unrivaled graph design features. Build graphs with the Datylon graph maker and add annotations, titles and illustrations using Adobe’s most powerful linework toolbox. Try it out for free with a 14-day trial.

DATYLON FOR ILLUSTRATOR PREMIUM PLAN

Advanced support and training

In addition to Datylon for Professional plan you'll receive an exclusive training sessions where our expert will guide you through the tool and help to unleash its full potential to maximize your results. Get your questions answered quickly with our one-day business day response to your support requests. No more waiting around – focus on what matters most, knowing our team is always here to back you up.

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What others say about Datylon

Discover how Datylon for Illustrator helped others in creating beautiful data visualizations. All reviews come from verified Datylon users.

Good to know (FAQ)

Here are a few important things to note about Datylon.
If you still have questions, you can check out our Help Center.
Is Datylon graph maker free?

Yes! If you want to create any type of graph design, you need to register on the Datylon platform. Creating your account is free and only takes a few seconds. You can also try our chart maker plug-in for Adobe Illustrator for free with a 14-day free trial, no credit card needed. Learn more about the difference between our free online graph maker and paid Datylon for Illustrator plug-in here.

How to make a graph online?

It's very simple! If you want to work on a graph design, you should first create a free account on Datylon using this link. With your account, you can make any graph available. Click on "Create design" and find the graph type or graph template you're interested in. Our graph templates help you to get started but remember that any graph can be customized. You can also check our Help Center to learn more about how to create and style your own graphs.

Can I share my graph designs online?

Yes! When you create a new graph design, by default it's private. You can then publish the design and add it to publications. Every publication can be shared and embedded online. Just right-click on your publication and generate the code.

Can I collaborate on my graph design?

Yes! Datylon is a fully collaborative data visualization platform. Read here how Datylon supports re-usability and collaboration. We also created a detailed article about Datylon templates and how to work with them. Make sure to check it out here.

Can I print my graphs?

Yes. Although you can export your graph design as a PDF (or PNG) and print it, it probably is more common to print reports and bigger layouts containing multiple graphs. For this, you might want to use our robust graph maker plug-in for Adobe Illustrator - Datylon for Illustrator. The plug-in supports CMYK color mode or spot colors enabling on-brand color consistency. Learn more about the color modes available here.

What types of graphs can I create?

Datylon graph maker offers 120+ graph templates. Pie graph, bar graph, scatter plot, heatmap, treemap, and many, many more graph types are available in Datylon! Our graph types are carefully crafted to give you the full power of expression. Use our graph templates to get you started easily and quickly. Create your own to become even more productive and stay on-brand.

Can you help me make a graph?

Definitely! We're a bunch of data visualization experts ready to help you get started with our graph maker. As it is often with many online tools, at first the features of our graph maker might be a bit overwhelming. So we want to make sure you always get our help. You can check the elaborate Help Center and see if your question can be answered there. If not, we're more than happy to show you around our tools and services! Use this link to schedule a free demo session!

Okay, but what about my privacy?

We take data security and privacy issues very seriously. Please check our privacy policy to learn more.

About data security:
If you save your data, charts or designs on Datylon's online platform (web app), it will belong only to your account and you will have full control over it. Your data is treated as confidential while Datylon keeps all online user data in secure servers.

If you publish a project on our web app, it can be accessed through a direct link with a unique ID. If you want to make sure nobody finds your visualizations, keep them unpublished and download them as PDFs, SVGs, or PNGs for private use.

Read more here.