Best Data Storytelling Tools in 2026

Infogram

The Basic plan is described for personal use.

Understand

Understand suits people who want to present dashboard or chart insights as scrollable stories.

DataStories is positioned for business experts, scientists, and engineers who want to generate and share data insights.

Datastory

Datastory describes its audience as data storytellers, analysts, journalists, NGOs, and research teams.

BStreams

BStreams suits individuals or organizations that want to create and share interactive dashboards, reports, or data stories.

ChartWeave

Hobbyists, data storytellers and collaborative teams that need no-code interactive visualizations.

Juicebox suits recruiters and recruiting agencies looking for hard-to-find talent, including teams at large companies.

Mimasa AI is positioned for organizations in government, financial services, manufacturing, logistics, and other data-intensive sectors.

ArcGIS StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps suits organizations and individuals creating map-centered narratives, briefings, or collections.

Flourish

Free is described as suited to learning and exploring.

The Pro plan is described for creators, marketers, and founders.

Observable

Observable suits people building data notebooks, visual explanations, collaborative analyses, or custom data apps.

It suits teams that need to explain changing location data without building a custom pipeline.

It suits beginners who want spreadsheet-based timeline creation and developers needing JSON, JavaScript, or self-hosted control.

Unmapped identifies newsrooms, creators, classrooms, analysts, and NGOs as audiences.

Mapji

It suits creators, businesses, and researchers who need no-code interactive maps in a browser, including real estate, logistics, healthcare, and research use cases.