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Plotly
TypePrivate
IndustryComputer software
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012) in Montreal, Quebec
FounderAlex Johnson
Jack Parmer
Chris Parmer
Matthew Sundquist
Headquarters
Canada
Websiteplotly.com

Plotly is a technical computing company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, that develops online data analytics and visualization tools. Plotly provides online graphing, analytics, and statistics tools for individuals and collaboration, as well as scientific graphing libraries for Python, R, MATLAB, Perl, Julia, Arduino, JavaScript[1] and REST.

History

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Plotly was founded by Alex Johnson, Jack Parmer, Chris Parmer, and Matthew Sundquist.[2]

The founders' backgrounds are in science, energy, and data analysis and visualization.[2] Early employees include Christophe Viau, a Canadian software engineer and Ben Postlethwaite, a Canadian geophysicist.[3] Plotly was named one of the Top 20 Hottest Innovative Companies in Canada by the Canadian Innovation Exchange.[4] Plotly was featured in "startup row" at PyCon 2013,[5] and sponsored the SciPy 2018 conference.[6]

Plotly raised $5.5 million during its Series A funding, led by MHS Capital, Siemens Venture Capital, Rho Ventures, Real Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank.[7]

The Boston Globe and Washington Post newsrooms have produced data journalism using Plotly.[8][9] In 2020, Plotly was named a Best Place to Work by the Canadian SME National Business Awards, and nominated as Business of the Year.[10]

Products

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Plotly offers open-source and enterprise products.

  • Dash is an open-source Python, R, and Julia framework for building web-based analytic applications. Many specialized open-source Dash libraries exist that are tailored for building domain-specific Dash components and applications. Some examples are Dash DAQ, for building data acquisition GUIs to use with scientific instruments, and Dash Bio, which enables users to build custom chart types, sequence analysis tools, and 3D rendering tools for bioinformatics applications.[11]
  • Dash Enterprise is Plotly's paid product for building, testing, deploying, managing and scaling Dash applications organization-wide.[12]
  • Chart Studio Cloud is a free, online tool for creating interactive graphs. It has a point-and-click graphical user interface for importing and analyzing data into a grid and using stats tools.[13] Graphs can be embedded or downloaded.
  • Chart Studio Enterprise is a paid product that allows teams to create, style, and share interactive graphs on a single platform. It offers expanded authentication and file export options, and does not limit sharing and viewing.[14]
  • Data visualization libraries Plotly.js is an open-source JavaScript library for creating graphs and powers Plotly.py for Python, as well as Plotly.R for R, MATLAB, Node.js, Julia, and Arduino and a REST API.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Plotly can also be used to style interactive graphs with Jupyter notebook.[22]
  • Figure converters which convert matplotlib,[23] ggplot2,[24] and IGOR Pro[25] graphs into interactive, online graphs.
A gallery of Plotly graphs

Data visualization libraries

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Plotly provides a collection of supported chart types across several programming languages:

Chart TypeChart nameJavaScript[26]Python[27]R[28]Julia[29]
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Basic chartsBubble chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Basic chartsDot plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Basic chartsFilled area plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
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Basic chartsPoint cloudchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
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Basic chartsTablechecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Basic chartsDumbbell plotunchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxunchecked box
AI and machine learning chartsML regressionunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
AI and machine learning chartskNN classificationunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
AI and machine learning chartsROC and PR curvesunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
AI and machine learning chartsPCA visualizationunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
AI and machine learning chartst-SNE and UMAP projectionsunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical chartsBox plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsHistogramchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsDistplotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical charts2D density plotchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
Statistical charts2D histogramchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical charts2D histogram contourchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsScatterplot matrixunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical chartsFacet and trellis plotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical chartsTree plotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical chartsSPC control chartchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsViolin plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsParallel categories diagramchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsSplomchecked boxunchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Statistical chartsMarginal distribution plotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Statistical chartsStrip chartunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsContour plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsHeatmapchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsImshowunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsTernary plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsParallel coordinates plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsLog plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsDendrogramunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsAnnotated heatmapunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsWebGL heatmapchecked boxunchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsWind rose chartchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsTernary contour plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
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Scientific chartsQuiver plotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsStreamline plotunchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsNetwork graphunchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxunchecked box
Scientific chartsRadar chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsCarpet plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsCarpet scatter plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsCarpet contour plotchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsPolar chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Scientific chartsImage data displaychecked boxunchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Financial chartsWaterfall chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Financial chartsIndicatorchecked boxchecked boxunchecked boxchecked box
Financial chartsCandlestick chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Financial chartsFunnel chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
Financial chartsTime serieschecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
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Financial chartsGauge chartchecked boxchecked boxchecked boxchecked box
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