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Explore all the features offered by FlexChart in ASP.NET MVC. You can download the comparison matrix in the PDF format.

Chart Types

Chart Types FlexChart MS Chart
Area ✓ ✓
StackedArea ✓ ✓
StackedArea100 ✓ ✓
SplineArea ✓ ✓
StackedSplineArea ✓
StackedSplineArea100 ✓
Bar ✓ ✓
StackedBar ✓ ✓
StackedBar100 ✓ ✓
Bubble ✓ ✓
CandleStick ✓ ✓
Column ✓ ✓
StackedColumn ✓ ✓
StackedColumn100 ✓ ✓
Stock/ HighLowOpenClose ✓ ✓
Sunburst ✓ ✓
Line ✓ ✓
LineStacked ✓
LineStacked100 ✓
Spline ✓ ✓
SplineStacked ✓
SplineStacked100 ✓
LineSymbols ✓
StackedLineSymbols ✓
StackedLineSymbols100 ✓
SplineSymbols ✓
SplineSymbolsStacked ✓
StackedSplineSymbols100 ✓
Pie ✓ ✓
Doughnut ✓ ✓
PieExploded ✓ ✓
DoughnutExploded ✓ ✓
Point/ Scatter ✓ ✓
2D ✓ ✓
Heikin-Ashi *
LineBreak/ThreeLineBreak * ✓
Renko * ✓
Kagi * ✓
ColumnVolume *
EquiVolume *
CandleVolume *
ArmsCandleVolume *
FastLine ✓
FastPoint ✓
StepLine ✓ ✓
RangeBar ✓ ✓
RangeColumn ✓ ✓
SplineRange ✓ ✓
RangeArea ✓ ✓
PointAndFigure * ✓
Polar ✓ ✓
Radar ✓ ✓
BoxPlot ✓ ✓
ErrorBar ✓ ✓
Funnel ✓ ✓
Pyramid ✓
3D ✓
BreakEven ✓
TreeMap ✓
Waterfall ✓
Box & Whiskers ✓

* Available in FinancialChart

Data Binding

Data Binding FlexChart MS Chart
MS SQL Server ✓ ✓
OLEDB ✓ ✓
ODBC ✓ ✓
Object Data Source ✓ ✓
Oracle ✓ ✓
SharePoint Objects ✓ ✓
Unbound Data ✓

Core Features

Core Features FlexChart MS Chart
Handle Empty/ Null Data Points ✓ ✓
HitTest ✓ ✓
DirectX Rendering ✓
Trendlines ✓
Coordinate Conversion Methods ✓ ✓
Serialization Support ✓
DataPoint Filtering ✓
DataPoint Sorting ✓
Grouping ✓
DataPoints Searching ✓
Copy/ Merge/ Split Series Data ✓
Export to Dataset ✓
Statistical Analysis using predefined formulas ✓

Look & Feel

Look & Feel FlexChart MS Chart
Themes 23 12
Custom Palette ✓ ✓
Background Color ✓ ✓
Background Image ✓ ✓
Background Gradient/ HatchStyles ✓
Border and Border Styles ✓

Chart Area

Chart Area FlexChart MS Chart
Header ✓ ✓
Footer ✓
Multiple Headers ✓
Header/ Footer Borders ✓ ✓
Header/ Footer Alignment ✓ ✓
Rotate ChartArea ✓
Multiple Chart Areas ✓
Toggle Visibility ✓

Plot Area

Plot Area FlexChart MS Chart
Plot position configuration ✓
Plot margins ✓
Zones ✓
Conditional Item Formatting ✓
LineMarkers/CrossHair ✓
Markers for PlotElements Supported on FlexChart with LineSymbols/ SplineSymbols and Scatter chart types ✓
Markers Size ✓ ✓
Markers as Images ✓
Markers: Border and Border styling ✓
Background Image/ Gradient/ HatchStyle for PlotElements ✓
Border and Border styling for Plot Elements ✓
Empty Points Styling ✓

Data Labels

Data Labels FlexChart MS Chart
Offset ✓
ConnectingLines ✓ ✓
Borders and Border styling ✓ ✓
Styling ✓ ✓
Format String ✓ ✓
Custom Content ✓
Positions for Cartesian charts Bottom/ Center/ Left/ None/ Right/ Top Only applies to bar charts. Outside/ Left/ Right/ Center
Positions for Pie charts Center/ Inside/ Outside/ None Inside/ Outside/ None

Axes

Axes FlexChart MS Chart
Axes: Primary X/Y ✓ ✓
Axes: Secondary X/Y ✓ ✓
Axes: Multiple Secondary X/Y ✓
Axis Label: Format strings ✓
Axis Label: Hide ✓ ✓
Axis Label: styling ✓ ✓
Axis Range (Min/Max) values ✓
Axis: Hide ✓ ✓
Axis: Logarithmic ✓ ✓
Axis: Reverse ✓ ✓
AxisLine Styling ✓ ✓
Labels: Alignment ✓
Labels: Angle ✓ ✓
Labels: Hide overlapping ✓
Major/ Minor GridLines ✓ ✓
Major/ Minor TickMarks ✓ ✓
Major/ Minor Units ✓ ✓
TickMarks Length ✓
TickMarks Styling ✓ ✓
Title and Title Styling ✓ ✓
Configure Origin Any value Auto/ Min/ Max
TickMarks Position Cross/ Inside/ Outside/ None Cross/ Inside/ Outside/ None
Position Top/ Bottom/ Left/ Right/ Auto/ None
ArrowHead styling ✓
Axis Label: Custom ✓
Axis Label: Staggered ✓
ScaleBreaks ✓

Series

Series FlexChart MS Chart
Multiple Series ✓ ✓
Data binding ✓ ✓
Chart types at series level ✓ ✓
Styling ✓ ✓
X and Y value Functions
 ✓
Visibility X and Y value Functions Plot/ Plot and Legend/ Hidden

Legends

Legends FlexChart MS Chart
Title ✓
Title Style ✓
Toggle Series Visibility from legend ✓
Orientation Auto/ Vertical/ Horizontal Vertical/ Horizontal/ Table
Position Left/ Top/ Right/ Bottom/Auto/None Left/ Top/ Right/ Bottom
Custom Legend Items ✓
Items Ordering ✓
Multiple Legends ✓

Marker Symbols

Marker Symbols FlexChart MS Chart
Box ✓ ✓
Dot ✓ ✓
Diamond ✓
Triangle ✓
Cross ✓
Star4 ✓
Star5 ✓
Star6 ✓
Star10 ✓

User Interactions

User Interactions FlexChart MS Chart
Tooltips ✓
Series selection ✓
Point selection ✓
Zooming ✓
Scrolling ✓
Draggable Annotations

Tooltips

Tooltips FlexChart MS Chart
Auto tooltips ✓
Custom content ✓ String type only
Show Delay ✓
Styling ✓
Tooltips for different chart elements ✓

Pie Charts

Pie Charts FlexChart MS Chart
Exploded slices ✓ ✓
Inner Radius ✓ ✓
Starting Angle of first slice ✓ ✓
Selected Item Position ✓
Selected Item Offset ✓

Exporting & Importing

Exporting & Importing FlexChart MS Chart
Export to JPEG/ JPG ✓ ✓
Export to PNG ✓ ✓
Export to SVG
Export to BMP ✓
Export to EMF ✓
Export to EMfDual ✓
Export to EMfPlus ✓
Export to GIF ✓
Export to TIFF ✓
Save/ Load to Binary files ✓
Save/ Load to memory streams ✓
Save/ Load to XML ✓
Printing ✓ ✓