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Chart.js vs CanvasJS : What are the differences?
Developers describe Chart.js as "Simple, clean and engaging charts for designers and developers". Visualize your data in 6 different ways. Each of them animated, with a load of customisation options and interactivity extensions. On the other hand, *CanvasJS * is detailed as "Beautiful HTML5 Charts Library built on JavaScript & HTML5 Canvas Element". It runs across devices including iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, Microsoft Surface, Desktops, etc. This allows you to create Rich Dashboards that work across devices without compromising on Maintainability or Functionality.
Chart.js and CanvasJS can be categorized as "Charting Libraries" tools.
Some of the features offered by Chart.js are:
- animated
- HTML5 based
- Responsive
On the other hand, CanvasJS provides the following key features:
- Themes
- Chart Types
- Interactivity
Chart.js and CanvasJS are both open source tools. It seems that Chart.js with 45.2K GitHub stars and 9.89K forks on GitHub has more adoption than CanvasJS with 2 GitHub stars and 2 GitHub forks.
I have used highcharts and it is pretty awesome for my previous project. now as I am about to start my new project I want to use other charting libraries such as recharts, chart js, Nivo, d3 js.... my upcoming project might use react js as front end and laravel as a backend technology. the project would be of hotel management type. please suggest me the best charts to use

I've used Highcharts with both Angular Js Reactive applications (render as ReactJs) and also a bit of D3. Personally I found Highcharts to be the easiest to use but, with still quite a good level of customisability if you need it. graphs and charts then give D3 a try.
Pros of CanvasJS
- 30+ Chart Types2
- Works across Devices and Browsers1
- Well Documented1
- Simple API1
- Responsive Charts1
- Performance1
- Exporting as Image1
- Easy Customization1
- Low learning curve1
Pros of Chart.js
- Offers all types of charts12
- It's totally free6
- Interactive Charts6
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Cons of CanvasJS
- It's not free1
Cons of Chart.js
- Slow rendering11
- Bitmap quality export2
- Low quality zoom plugin1
- It's totally free0