Comparing WPF Charts
Explore all of the features offered by FlexChart and WPF Toolkit Chart. You can download the matrix in PDF.
Chart Types
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Area | ✓ | ✓ |
StackedArea | ✓ | |
StackedArea100 | ✓ | |
SplineArea | ✓ | |
StackedSplineArea | ✓ | |
StackedSplineArea100 | ✓ | |
StepArea | ✓ | |
Bar | ✓ | ✓ |
StackedBar | ✓ | |
Floating Bar | ✓ | |
StackedBar100 | ✓ | |
Bubble | ✓ | ✓ |
CandleStick | ✓ | |
Column | ✓ | ✓ |
Combination charts | ✓ | ✓ |
StackedColumn | ✓ | |
StackedColumn100 | ✓ | |
Stock/ HighLowOpenClose | ✓ | |
Histogram | ✓ | |
Pareto | ✓ | |
Ranged Histogram | ✓ | |
Line | ✓ | |
LineStacked | ✓ | |
LineStacked100 | ✓ | |
Spline | ✓ | |
SplineStacked | ✓ | |
SplineStacked100 | ✓ | |
Step | ✓ | ✓ |
StepSymbols | ✓ | ✓ |
LineSymbols | ✓ | ✓ |
StackedLineSymbols | ✓ | |
StackedLineSymbols100 | ✓ | |
SplineSymbols | ✓ | |
SplineSymbolsStacked | ✓ | |
StackedSplineSymbols100 | ✓ | |
Pie | ✓ | ✓ |
Doughnut | ✓ | |
PieExploded | ✓ | |
DoughnutExploded | ✓ | |
Point/ Scatter | ✓ | ✓ |
Radar | ✓ | ✓ |
Polar | ✓ | ✓ |
Box-and-whisker | ✓ | ✓ |
ErrorBar | ✓ | ✓ |
Funnel | ✓ | ✓ |
Sunburst | ✓ | |
Waterfall | ✓ | |
2D | ✓ | ✓ |
Heikin-Ashi | ||
LineBreak/ThreeLineBreak | ||
Renko | ||
Kagi | ||
ColumnVolume | ||
EquiVolume | ||
CandleVolume | ||
ArmsCandleVolume |
Data Binding
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Objects implementing IEnumerable | ✓ | ✓ |
Core Features
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Handle Empty/ Null Data Points | ✓ | |
HitTest | ✓ | ✓ |
Trendlines | ✓ | |
Coordinate Conversion Methods | ✓ | |
Annotations | ✓ | |
Render Modes | Default/Direct2D/Direct3D | |
Batch Updates | ✓ | |
Moving Average | ✓ | |
Chart Optimization | ||
Load Animation | ✓ | |
Transition Animation | ||
Grouping and Aggregation | ||
LineMarkers | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple axes | ✓ | |
Multiple plot areas | ✓ |
Chart Features
Features | FlexChart | MS Chart |
|---|---|---|
Annotations | ✓ | ✓ |
Axis binding | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable data labels | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable headers and footers | ✓ | ✓ |
Data Manipulations
Features | FlexChart | MS Chart |
|---|---|---|
Aggregation | With custom code | ✓ |
Sorting | With custom code | ✓ |
TopN | With custom code | ✓ |
Look & Feel
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Themes | ||
Predefined Palettes | 16 | |
Custom Palette | ✓ | |
Background Color | ✓ | ✓ |
Background Image | ✓ | ✓ |
Background Gradient | ✓ | ✓ |
Border and Border Styles | ✓ | ✓ |
Chart Area
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Header | ✓ | ✓ |
Footer | ✓ | |
Multiple Headers | ||
Header/ Footer Borders | ✓ | ✓ |
Header/ Footer Alignment | ✓ | |
Rotate ChartArea | ✓ | |
Multiple Chart Areas | ||
Toggle Visibility | ||
PlotArea Collection |
Plot Area
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Plot margins | ✓ | |
Markers for PlotElements | Supported on FlexChart with LineSymbols/ SplineSymbols and Scatter chart types | |
Markers Size | ✓ | |
Plot Areas: Multiple | ||
Plot Elements: Background Image/ Gradient/Color | ✓ | ✓ |
Plot Elements: Border and Border styling | ✓ | |
LineMarkers/CrossHair |
Data Labels
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Offset | ✓ | |
ConnectingLines | ✓ | |
Borders and Border styling | ✓ | |
Styling | ✓ | |
Format String | ✓ | |
Custom Content | ✓ | |
Positions for Cartesian charts | Bottom/ Center/ Left/ None/ Right/ Top | |
Manage Overlapping | ✓ | |
Positions for Pie charts | Center/ Inside/ Outside/ None |
Axis
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit 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: Angle | ✓ | |
Labels: Manage overlapping | ✓ | |
Major/ Minor GridLines | ✓ | ✓ |
Major/ Minor TickMarks | ✓ | ✓ |
Major/ Minor Units | ✓ | Only MajorUnit |
TickMarks Thickness | ||
TickMarks Styling | ✓ | |
Title and Title Styling | ✓ | ✓ |
Configure Origin | Any value | |
TickMarks Position | Cross/ Inside/ Outside/ None | |
Position | Top/ Bottom/ Left/ Right/ Auto/ None | Auto/Bottom/Left/Right/Top |
Axis Label: Custom | ||
ArrowHead styling | ||
Axis Label: Staggered | ||
ScaleBreaks | ||
Predefined DateTime Interval Types | ✓ | |
Sort Order for CategoryAxis | ✓ |
Series
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Multiple Series | ✓ | ✓ |
Data binding | ✓ | ✓ |
Chart types at series level | ✓ | |
Styling | ✓ | ✓ |
Visibility | Plot/ Legend/ Both Plot and Legend/ Hidden | ✓ |
Conditional Formatting | ✓ | |
X and Y value functions | ||
RoundedRadius for Bar Charts | ||
Stacked charts | ✓ |
Legends
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Title | ✓ | ✓ |
Title Style | ✓ | |
Toggle Series Visibility from legend | ✓ | |
Orientation | Auto/ Vertical/ Horizontal | |
Position | Left/ Top/ Right/ Bottom | |
Custom Legend Items | ✓ | |
Items Ordering | ||
Multiple Legends |
Marker Symbols
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Box | ✓ | |
Cross | ✓ | |
DiagonalCross | ||
Dot | ||
Diamond | ||
Triangle | ||
Star4 | ||
Star8 |
User Interactions
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Tooltips | ✓ | ✓ |
Series selection | ✓ | |
Point selection | ✓ | ✓ |
Zooming | ✓ | |
Scrolling | ✓ | |
Drilldown | With custom code | With custom code |
Axis Scrollbar | ✓ | |
Range Selector | ✓ | |
Draggable Markers | ||
3D Chart Rotations |
Tooltips
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Auto tooltips | ✓ | ✓ |
Custom content | ✓ | |
Show Delay | ✓ | |
Styling | ✓ | |
Tooltips for different chart elements |
Pie Charts
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Exploded slices | ✓ | |
Inner Radius | ✓ | |
Starting Angle of first slice | ✓ |
Exporting, Importing & Printing
Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Export to JPEG/ JPG | ✓ | |
Export to PNG | ✓ | |
Export to BMP | ✓ | |
Export to GIF | ||
Export to TIFF | ||
Export to PDF | ||
Export to SVG | ||
Export to EMF | ||
Export to EMfDual | ||
Export to EMfPlus | ||
Export to WMP | ||
Save/ Load to Binary files | ||
Save/ Load to memory streams | ||
Save/ Load to XML | ||
Printing | ✓ | ✓ |
Footprint
Feature | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
|---|---|---|
Assembly Size | 144KB | 276KB |
Pricing
Feature | FlexChart | MS Chart |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | $ | $ |