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Create and share your own pie chart with our pie chart maker, and customize it to your liking.

Creating your custom pie chart with online and offline tools from Datylon.

Free online pie chart maker - Create and share your own pie chart (pie graph) - no coding skills needed!

Free online pie chart maker, no credit card needed.

 Make a fully customizable and reusable pie chart.

 Keep your pie chart design private or public.

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Get inspired

Scroll and click on the images below to find inspiration samples of pie graphs and other similar charts. With your Datylon account, you can use these designs, customize them and update them with your new data.

What is a pie chart?

A pie chart (pie graph or circular graph) visualizes a part-to-whole relationship. It shows how the data is divided into categories with a certain value (the slices), but it always keeps the link between the value of one category and the total sum of those categories (the pie).

This means that the slices should add up to a logical sum. If the data is in percentages, the total should round up to a hundred. If the data is in absolute values, for example in euros, the categories should form a meaningful total. 

This relative approach of comparing a part to a whole is key to understanding how to use a pie chart. If the focus of the visualization is on comparing values between categories, it’s better to use another chart type.

A pie chart works best with only a few categories, otherwise, the chart becomes an unreadable clutter. It is also very suitable when one category is very big or very small compared to the other categories. But if the differences between the categories and thus between the slices are small and not easily recognizable, another chart - for example a bar chart - is much better suited.

A pie chart visualizes a part-to-whole relationship. This is a pie chart example.
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While stacked bar graphs are generally recommended for displaying part-to-whole relationships, pie charts can still be a valuable tool in certain situations. Their popularity stems from their visually appealing circular design, which is easy for people to understand. Pie charts can be a good choice for specific layouts where space is limited. Donut chart as a variation of pie chart has an advantage of extra space in the center for labels or annotations. This can be useful in specific scenarios.

Fully customize your pie chart design with our pie chart maker
STYLING PROPERTIES

Fully customizable pie chart

All elements in your pie chart such as labels, data marks, and slices can be styled to the smallest graphic detail matching the most demanding design requirements. Background, rounded corner, stroke width, position, alignment: all tools are at hand to unleash your creativity and get the message of the pie chart across.

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Easily organize your data by loading and storing it in the pie chart maker
DATA SHEET MANAGER

Organize your data

Load and store your xls, xlsx or csv data into the pie chart maker and link it with one or more charts in your designs. Manage your data sheets in workbooks and keep everything nicely organized.

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Create captivating presentations

Bring the right message across using your pie charts. Import them as SVG or PNG in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or other tools and have your presentation look professional and on-brand.

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More pie chart maker features

Enjoy full design freedom while greatly improving productivity. We believe that carefully designed pie charts are essential to making an impact with data. Datylon gives you a pie chart maker tool with powerful styling options.
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Advanced styling

Enjoy full freedom of design with our advanced styling options. Tweak all pie chart elements to perfection.

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Chart library

Use our pie chart templates to get you started easily. Create your own to become even more productive and stay on-brand.

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Efficient data management

Import, update and store the data in an organized way speeding up the pie chart design process.

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Chart design for every platform

Use your pie charts in other applications and channels. Improve the impact of your communication.

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Work smarter, not harder

Style pie chart properties automatically based on data. Speed up production and let the data talk.

Create a free pie graph in 6 steps

You do not have to choose between freedom of design or additional productivity. With the Datylon pie chart maker, you easily create impactful data visualizations, again and again. Unleash your creativity in six steps:

Sign in or create an account

Making an account on Datylon is free and it only takes a few seconds. You can use your email address or Google account to join our platform and start making your own pie chart.

Create a pie chart with our pie chart maker in 6 simple steps

Select 'Create design'

Although you can start with editing a pre-made pie chart design on the Inspiration page, you can also create a pie chart from scratch with our pie chart maker. Just select 'Create design' and stay in the "Charts" category.

Create a pie chart with our pie chart maker in 6 simple steps

Select your default pie chart template

Default charts serve as a starting point to help you design your pie chart. Click on the pie chart card to see a set of default variations and select the one you want by clicking on it.

 

Create a pie chart with our pie chart maker in 6 simple steps

Add your data

There are a few ways to add your data to the pie chart maker. You can just type or copy-paste your data into an empty or dummy data sheet. You can also add a locally saved file. You can find more detailed information on how to manage data in the Datylon pie chart maker in our Help Center article.

Create a pie chart with our pie chart maker in 6 simple steps

Bind your data and style the pie chart

Data binding is the mandatory step to connect the data as columns or rows to categories, serie, or data marks (e.g. pie chart slices). Make sure to check out our Help Center article to learn more about binding in our pie chart maker.

Export your pie chart design

Every design, publication, and inspiration chart can be exported to SVG, PNG or PDF file.

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Create a pie chart with our pie chart maker in 6 simple steps

Pie chart resources

Learn how to work with pie charts, discover great alternatives and pro design tips, or create your own pie chart in Illustrator. Find the best chart resources below and dive into the world of pie charts.
Pie chart resource page: pie chart definition, pie chart alternatives, pie chart variations and pro tips for pie graph design
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Your starting point for making pie charts. The resource for everything around how to use and design pie charts and available built-in chart templates.

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FAQ about our pie chart maker

Is Datylon pie chart maker free?

Yes! If you want to create a pie chart or any other type of chart or graph, you need to register on Datylon. Creating your account is free and only takes a few seconds. But if you would like to use our chart maker plug-in for Adobe Illustrator, you can try it for free for 14 days. Check the pricing here.

Learn more about the differences between our products here.

How to create a pie chart?

Easily! If you want to create a pie chart online, you can create a free account on Datylon using this link. With your account, you're free to create any type of chart available. Click on "Create design" and find the chart type or chart template you're interested in. In this case, click on "Pie chart". You can also check our Help Center to learn more about how to create and style your pie chart.

Can I share my pie chart online?

Of course! When you create a new pie chart 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 print my pie graph?

Yes. Although you can export your pie chart design as a PDF (or PNG) and print it, it probably is more common to print reports and bigger layouts containing multiple charts and graphs. For this, you might want to use our robust chart 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 if I want a different type of chart?

Then with Datylon, you're in good hands! Datylon chart maker offers 130+ chart templates. Pie chart, bar graph, scatter plot, heatmap, treemap, and many, many more chart types are available in Datylon! Our chart types are carefully crafted to give you the full power of expression. Use our chart 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 pie chart?

Definitely! We're a bunch of data visualization experts ready to help you get started with our chart maker. As it is often with many online tools, at first the features of our chart maker might be overwhelming. There are different ways to get help. You can check our 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.

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