PRODUCT overview

Datylon Chart Maker  

Enjoy full design freedom while greatly improving productivity.

Datylon Chart Maker | Enjoy full design freedom while greatly improving productivity

For designers and business users

Our dataviz platform helps both designers and business users to easily create and share beautiful, on-brand charts. No coding skills required. 

Made with design at heart

We believe that carefully designed charts are essential to make an impact with data. Datylon gives you a chart design tool with powerful styling properties equal to none. 

Use online or as a plug-in for Illustrator

Supercharge your own chart designs. Use our free online chart maker or install our chart maker plug-in Datylon for Illustrator. 

Datylon | Made for both designers and business users with design at heart. You can use it online or as a plug-in for Illustrator
FREE PLAN

All-in-one solution

A powerful data visualization workbench to create and share stunning charts.
Datylon chart library
Datylon chart library

Chart library

Jumpstart from one of our 120+ chart templates and express exactly the message you want to bring across.

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Advanced styling options
Advanced styling options

Advanced styling

Enjoy full freedom of design with our advanced styling options. Tweak all chart elements to perfection and stay on-brand.

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Save time & re-use or re-purpose charts
Save time & re-use or re-purpose charts

Re-use & collaborate

Save time and re-use or re-purpose charts with new data. Discover how charts adapt automatically in a smart way. 

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Organise your data efficiently
Organise your data efficiently

Data management

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

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Apply color and style properties based on data
Apply color and style properties based on data

Data-driven styling

Apply color and style properties automatically based on data. Speed up production and let the data talk.

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Export & publish your charts
Export & publish your charts

Export & publish

Use your charts in other applications and channels. Easily share and improve the impact of your communication.

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DESIGNER PLAN

Datylon for Illustrator

Advanced data visualization right within Adobe Illustrator! Use our extension for Illustrator and boost your dataviz power with an extra set of unrivalled chart design features.

Datylon inside

Build charts with the Datylon chart maker and add annotations, titles and illustrations using Adobe’s most powerful linework toolbox.

Uplift your productivity

Leverage Illustrator and color multiple charts at once. Either in RGB, CMYK or spot colors. Place multiple charts on a single artboard and update them in one click. 

Integrated Adobe workflow

Import your Datylon charts in Indesign while keeping them up to date in Illustrator. Or place your charts in After Effects for animation. 

Supercharge your chart designs

Create a Datylon account and get started online or download a 14-day trial version of Datylon for Illustrator. Connect with a Datylon expert for a free demo session.
enterprise PLAN

Enterprise dataviz solutions

Unlimited flexibility and power to meet the most challenging needs of your chart design and production workflow. From group licenses to tailored made solutions and support. 
Enterprise plan | Unlimited flexibility and power to meet the most challenging needs of your chart design and production workflow. From group licenses to tailored made solutions and support. 

Empower your team

Unlock the full power of Datylon for your teams with SLA’s, first prio support and bespoke training.

Tailored to your workflow

Use our API and single sign-on (SSO) to integrate Datylon seamlessly in your workflow. On-premise and private-cloud deployments possible.

Customize

We offer custom development, integration and design services to further optimize your workflow.

Want your own custom solution?

Talk to one of our solution architects to analyse your requirements and design a custom solution fit for your needs.

Get inspired

We have created a wide variety of charts, reports, data stories, infographics and presentation slides to give you a taste of what Datylon can do for you. 

Trusted by companies worldwide

"We use the Datylon plug-in for Illustrator to design charts and data-heavy reports for customers. Thanks to Datylon we were able to increase productivity whilst also enjoying more design flexibility."

RF Design testimonial
Rachel Fletcher

Founder & Creative Director - RF Design

"By condensing vast amounts of information into a more attractive and readable format, busy port Executives now understand what the data is saying and can make better decisions.”

Port of Antwerp testimonial
Yves Adriaensen

Head of Market Intelligence - Port of Antwerp

"The fact that we now have full control over text, and can easily resize charts, are key features for us. Features that do not exist in Illustrator itself. With Datylon we reduce production time and work 4 times faster!"

Human Capital Media testimonial
Theresa Stoodly

Art Director - Human Capital Media

FAQ

What are the system requirements?

System requirements for both the Datylon web app and Datylon for Illustrator plug-in can be found here.

Can I use Datylon for Illustrator offline?

Yes, you can. Apart from a one-time short online connection needed to activate the license key, Datylon for Illustrator can be used offline.

Do you provide support?

Yes. Every Datylon subscription includes support and software updates during the active subscription period. Learn more here.

What is the difference between the Datylon web app and Datylon for Illustrator?

The Datylon web app allows you to build single charts to share online, or to export to graphic editors. Datylon for Illustrator is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator designed to create multiple charts in a layout. Templates made with Datylon for Illustrator can be updated with new data in the web app. Learn more about the differences here.

What about my privacy?

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

Is my data secure?

If you save your data, charts or designs on Datylon's online dataviz platform, 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 online dataviz platform, 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 images for private use.

When using Datylon for Illustrator, your data and visualizations are only stored in the Illustrator .ai files you edit. No data or charts are sent over the internet. This means you have full data security control.

You need an internet connection to activate your Datylon for Illustrator license when you start using Datylon for Illustrator for the first time. Thereafter no internet connection is needed until your license expires after which a new license check over the internet is needed.