List of treemapping software
This is a comparison table of treemapping software packages and web services.
Commercial packages & services
| Software | Price | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Web service | Data sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DrasticData | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | JSON, MySQL, CSV | Dynamic treemaps in HTML5 and Flash, see DrasticData. |
| HiveOnDemand | USD 95 | No | No | No | Yes | Google Docs, Excel, CSV | The first on-demand service dedicated exclusively to treemapping. Licensed by The Hive Group. |
| Honeycomb | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, Excel, Access, CSV, MySQL, XML, RSS, Custom Data Services | Environments include: Rich Client, Thin Client, Studio, API, InfoStream. Licensed by The Hive Group. |
| Incito Mira | GBP 1,199 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Pricing based on Mira Desktop Composer, which is used to create treemaps. Web service requires own server. |
| Lab Escape Heat Map Explorer | USD 1,295 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Excel, Access, CSV, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, Sybase ASE, XML (Enterprise Edition only), any ODBC/JDBC data sources (Enterprise Edition only) | Web publication requires Web Viewer Edition and own server. Enterprise Edition includes integration, live streaming data and interface customization options. Price based on Standard Edition. |
| Lab Escape Enterprise Tree Map SDK | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Excel, Access, CSV, XML, RSS, Microsoft SharePoint, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, Sybase ASE, Custom Data Connectors | SDK for integrating tree maps into web-based (ASP.Net, J2EE or other) or desktop (Java only) software. Configured using XML; not an end-user product. |
| Macrofocus TreeMap | USD 259 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Excel, OpenDocument, CSV, Tab-delimited, JSON, SPSS, SAS, Google Docs, MS Project, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, MaxDB, File system, Yahoo! Finance | Web publication only available in Macrofocus TreeMap Server, requires own server. Price based on Macrofocus TreeMap. |
| MagnaView | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Excel, Access, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, CSV, XML, ODBC | MagnaView is very fast treemapping software, that can also publish treemaps in AJAX/Web2.0 using its Web Live server. |
| Panopticon EX Enterprise Application and Developer SDK | USD 900 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM DB2, Excel, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase ASE, Sonic MQ Message Bus, Reuters Market Feed, Complex Event Processing (CEP) Engines | SDK supports rapid development using EX product as prototyping tool. SDK available for Java, .NET and Microsoft WPF environments. EX product includes server component for enterprise-level publishing of analytical dashboards containing Treemaps and other data visualizations as well as designer component for development and testing of dashboards as well as desktop-only deployments. |
| UMD Treemap | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Tab-delimited text file | Free for non-commercial use. Contact UMD for commercial use. |
| XLCubed and XLCubed Web Edition | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Excel, MS SQL, MS AS, Access, MySQL, Oracle | Available as an Excel add-in and as a standalone Web server. |
| Software | Price | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Web service | Data sources | Notes |
Free web services
- IBM Many Eyes is website offering simple and free visual data analysis including treemapping. The site generally makes the resulting visualizations public.
- iTunes Top 100 is an interactive treemap showing the top 100 songs in iTunes subdivided by genre and color-coded by upward or downward trend.
- NewsMap.jp is an interactive treemap of current Google News items developed by Marcos Weskamp. It allows the specification of country or origin and subject area and colors news items based on the subject area and how recent the item is. See also a different implementation by Tamas Bartal and a version for social news sites by OurSignal. There is also a ukrainian version with google chart api based implementation.
- Treemap-gviz is a Google Gadget that allows treemap generation in Google Docs. The treemap is also available as a chart type in Google Docs or through Google's visualization API.
Development libraries
Treemapping libraries are available for:
- Adobe Flex: IBM ILOG Elixir, JuiceKit, flex2treemap
- Data-Driven Documents (D3): D3 treemap
- Java: Macrofocus TreeMap, JTreeMap, Prefuse, Treemap, treemaplib
- JavaScript: Macrofocus TreeMap InfoVis Toolkit, Js-Treemap, ProtoVis (slated to be replaced by d3.js), Google Visualization API, treemaplib
- Microsoft Silverlight: Silverlight Toolkit
- Perl: Treemap
- Python: SquareMap, Treemap, Treemap (TeX)
- R: Package portfolio
- Ruby: RubyTreemap
Disk space visualization tools
- WinDirStat is free software to graphically display the amount of space used by files on a disk partition.
- SpaceSniffer is a freeware Windows application for visualizing disk space use.
- Sequoiaview is a Windows application that can help you visualize\cleanup the content of your harddisks using treemaps
- KDirStat is a free tool for Linux and variants.