Plotly

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Plotly
Company type Private
Industry Computer software
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012) in Montreal, Quebec
FounderAlex Johnson
Jack Parmer
Chris Parmer
Matthew Sundquist
Headquarters
Canada
Website plotly.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.

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History

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

Plotly offers open-source and enterprise products.

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A gallery of Plotly graphs

Data visualization libraries

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

Chart TypeChart NameJavaScript [26] Python [27] R [28] Julia [29]
Basic chartsScatter plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsLine chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsBar chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsPie chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsBubble chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsDot plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsFilled area plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsHorizontal bar chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsGantt chartTRUETRUE
Basic chartsSunburst chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsSankey diagramTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsPoint cloudTRUETRUE
Basic chartsTreemapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsTableTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Basic chartsDumbbell plotTRUE
AI and machine learning chartsML regressionTRUE
AI and machine learning chartskNN classificationTRUE
AI and machine learning chartsROC and PR curvesTRUE
AI and machine learning chartsPCA visualizationTRUE
AI and machine learning chartst-SNE and UMAP projectionsTRUE
Statistical chartsBox plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsHistogramTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsDistplotTRUE
Statistical charts2D density plotTRUETRUE
Statistical charts2D histogramTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Statistical charts2D histogram contourTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsScatterplot matrixTRUE
Statistical chartsFacet and trellis plotTRUE
Statistical chartsTree plotTRUE
Statistical chartsSPC control chartTRUETRUE
Statistical chartsViolin plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsParallel categories diagramTRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsSplomTRUETRUETRUE
Statistical chartsMarginal distribution plotTRUE
Statistical chartsStrip chartTRUE
Scientific chartsContour plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsHeatmapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsImshowTRUE
Scientific chartsTernary plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsParallel coordinates plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsLog plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsDendrogramTRUE
Scientific chartsAnnotated heatmapTRUE
Scientific chartsWebGL heatmapTRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsWind rose chartTRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsTernary contour plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsTernary overlayTRUE
Scientific chartsQuiver plotTRUE
Scientific chartsStreamline plotTRUE
Scientific chartsNetwork graphTRUETRUE
Scientific chartsRadar chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsCarpet plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsCarpet scatter plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsCarpet contour plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsPolar chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Scientific chartsImage data displayTRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsWaterfall chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsIndicatorTRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsCandlestick chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsFunnel chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsTime seriesTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsOHLC chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsGauge chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Financial chartsBullet chartTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsMapbox map layersTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsMapbox density heatmapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsMapbox choropleth mapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsChoropleth mapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsLines on mapsTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsLines on MapboxTRUETRUE
MapsBubble mapsTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsScatter plots on mapsTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsScatter plots on MapboxTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsFilled area on mapTRUETRUETRUETRUE
MapsMapbox hexbinTRUE
3D charts3D scatter plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D chartsRibbon plotTRUETRUE
3D charts3D surface plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D mesh plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D line plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D chartsTri-surf plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D cluster graphTRUETRUE
3D charts3D cone plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D streamtube plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D isosurface plotTRUETRUETRUETRUE
3D charts3D bubble chartTRUE
3D charts3D volume plotTRUE
SubplotsSubplotsTRUETRUETRUETRUE
Multiple AxesMultiple AxesTRUETRUETRUETRUE

Dash

Dash is a Python framework built on top of React, a JavaScript library. [30] But Dash also works for R, and most recently supports Julia, and while still described a Python framework, Python isn't used for the other languages, "describing Dash as a Python framework misses a key feature of its design: the Python side (the back end/server) of Dash was built to be lightweight and stateless [allowing] multiple back-end languages to coexist on an equal footing". [31] It is possible to integrate D3.js charts as Dash components. [32] Dash provides the default CSS (and HTML and JavaScript, and you can add your own), but for custom styling Dash applications CSS can be added, or Dash Enterprise used. [33]

Dash Enterprise

Dash Enterprise is Plotly’s paid product for building, testing, deploying, managing and scaling Dash applications organization-wide. [34] The product integrates with enterprise IT systems to enable organizations to build, deploy and scale low-code Dash applications. [35] With open-source Dash, analytic applications can be run from a local machine, but cannot be easily accessed by others in the organization. [36]

Enterprise IT integration

Dash Enterprise installs on cloud environments and on-premises. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure are supported, as are multiple Linux on-premises servers. [37] Authentication integrations include LDAP, AD, PKI, Okta, SAML, OAuth2, SSO, and email authentication, and Dash application access is managed through a GUI rather than code. [38] Dash Enterprise connects to major big data backends, including Salesforce, PostgreSQL, Databricks via PySpark, Snowflake, Dask, Datashader, and Vaex. [39] In 2020, Plotly partnered with NVIDIA to integrate Dash with RAPIDS, [40] and NVIDIA participated in Plotly’s Series C funding round.

Low-code capabilities

Dash Enterprise enables low-code development of Dash applications, which is not possible with open-source Dash. Enterprise users can write applications in multiple development environments, including Jupyter Notebook. [41] Dash Enterprise ships with several “development engines” for drag-and-drop application editing, application design, and automated reporting, as well as dozens of artificial intelligence and machine learning application templates. [42] [43] [44] [45]

Deployment and scaling

Dash application code is deployed to Dash Enterprise using the git-push command. Dash application deployments are containerized to avoid dependency conflicts, and can be embedded in existing web platforms without iframes. [46] [47] Deployed applications can be managed and accessed in a single portal called App Manager, where administrators can control user authentication and view usage analytics. [48] [49] Dash Enterprise scales horizontally with Kubernetes. [50] Jobs queuing, GPU acceleration, and CPU parallelization support high performance computing requirements. [51] Plotly also offers professional services for application development and workshop training.

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