How can you create beautiful infographics without using Photoshop?
I'm not a Photoshop expert, so I take days to create a basic infographic. I'm a Paint ninja, but I can't create nice infographics by using Paint. So I was searching for fast, easy, and cheap (even free) alternatives.
The most important aspects of each tool are outlined for each product.
- Free version: Is a free version or free trial available?
- Restrictions: What are the restrictions of the free version?
- Price and pro functions: What are the new features if you pay?
- Usability and design: What does the interface look like? Is it easy to use
- Templates: How many templates are available in the free version?
- Objects: How many objects are available in the free version?
- Charts: How many charts are available in the free version?
- Customizability: the extent of customizability
- Downloading: Are you allowed to download infographics in the free version?
- Help: Are blog posts, tutorials, and/or guides available?
Here's a look at the different tools and comparisons to help you easily find the most appropriate tool for your needs.
1. Easel.ly
- Free version: free basic version, no trial
- Restrictions: fewer objects, fewer templates
- Price and pro functions: $36/year, more templates, access to thousands of images
- Usability and design: easy-to-use, simple interface
- Templates: 13 templates
- Objects: small amount
- Charts: five different charts
- Customizability: good
- Downloading: allowed in free (high-quality and PDF)
- Help: blog posts, guides and tutorials to get started and to make infographics
2. Piktochart
- Free version: free basic version
- Restrictions: watermark, picture size, maximum 20 photos, no export to PDF
- Price and pro functions: $29/month, $290/ year, more templates, high-resolution images, export to PDF
- Usability and design: easy-to-use simple interface
- Templates: 11 templates
- Objects: huge amount of objects
- Charts: 14 different ones
- Customizability: awesome
- Downloading: allowed with watermark but not high resolution
- Help: blog posts, guides and tutorials to get started and to make infographics
3. Infogr.am
- Free version: 30-day free trial
- Restrictions: 10 images maximum are allowed to upload to each infographic, watermark added
- Price and pro functions:
- Pro: $15/month, downloading allowed, real-time data, private infographic sharing, co-creation with team members, more than 100 icons, detailed infographic analytics, rich text editor, new themes
- Whitelabel: $42/month, no watermark, custom logo, removed share buttons
- Usability and design: simple interface
- Templates: 13 free, very similar templates
- Objects: no objects in the free version
- Charts: 18 different ones
- Customizability: restricted
- Downloading: not allowed in the free version
- Help: blog posts, guides, and tutorials to get started and to make infographics
4. Venngage
- Free version: free basic version, no trial
- Restrictions: downloading not allowed in free version
- Price and pro functions:
- Premium: $19/month, $49/quarter, $190/year, more themes, charts, objects, downloading as PDF or PNG, and other infographic features
- Team and Education plans
- Usability and design: simple minimalist interface, easy to use
- Templates: 10+ templates
- Objects: huge amount of icons
- Charts: six different charts
- Customizability: very good, lot of options
- Downloading: not allowed in free version
- Help: huge knowledge base, solution for any problem
5. Canva
- Free version: You can register for free full functionality, no trial needed.
- Restrictions: None. You pay after each item used. You can create infographics for free or very cheap.
- Price and pro functions: You pay after each infographic created, and the price depends on the items you added.
- Usability and design: nice design, easy-to-use interface
- Templates: huge amount of templates
- Objects: lot of objects and shapes (Most are free.)
- Charts: lot of charts but without the option of adding data and tables
- Customizability: good
- Downloading: allowed
- Help: blog posts, guides, and tutorials to get started and to make infographics
Also, checkout this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/nShmwzh879g
6. Visme
- Free version: free basic plan, no trial
- Restrictions: up to three projects, watermark added to the infographic, max. 100MB storage space, all projects are public
- Price and pro functions:
- Visme Standard: $6/month, billed yearly (otherwise $10/month), up to 15 projects, no Visme brand on infographics, 250MB storage, download as PDF and HTML, more charts, premium support, but projects are public
- Visme Complete: $16/month, billed yearly (otherwise $28/month), unlimited projects, no Visme brand on infographics, 1GB storage, download as PDF, HTML5, more charts, private and public projects, collaboration, premium support
- Educational and nonprofit: YES, discounts offered
- Usability and design: easy to use, simple
- Templates: five templates
- Objects: huge amount of objects and shapes
- Charts: 10 different charts, editing and adding data is limited (just five charts)
- Customizability: good
- Downloading: allowed only as JPEGs
- Help: huge knowledge base, solution for any questions
7. Infoactive
- Free version: You can start using it for free.
- Restrictions: Infoactive logo added, infographics are public
- Price and pro functions:
- Starter: $12/month, static image exports, interactive data exploration, unlimited graphics
- Standard: $29/month, all Starter plan features, set passwords on infographics, remove Infoactive's logo, live data via Google Sheets
- Premium: $49/month, all Standard plan features, direct phone support, custom data integrations, custom themes, team accounts
- Discount for students, teachers, and nonprofit organizations: YES, discounts offered
- Usability and design: simple minimalist design, easy to use
- Templates: two templates
- Objects: no objects
- Charts: 14 different charts
- Customizability: very limited
- Downloading: not available, just embed code or link to share
- Help: FAQs and tutorial videos
Don't like these tools? Try PowerPoint to create infographics.
HubSpot has created 10 customizable templates in PowerPoint. It is an easy way to get started. You just put the necessary information pieces into the shapes, change the colors, and fonts—and it is done.
If HubSpot's templates are not enough, you can find more here.
COMMENTARY: An awesome infographic can add sparkle and pizzazz to your digital content. I love them and use them all the time to make a point without having to write a lot of text. It helps open up vistas that you did not know existed. I hope you enjoyed using some of these infographic design tools.
Courtesy of an article dated July 24, 2015 appearing in MarketingProfs
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