BStreams vs TalkingMaps
BStreams
bstreams.io
TalkingMaps
talkingmaps.euSide by side
| Figure | BStreams | TalkingMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €21.08/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Data Storytelling Tools | 8.2 (#7) | 7.3 (#20) |
| Audience | The maker describes BStreams as intended for individuals and organizations, including teams, agencies, researchers, nonprofits, and sales teams. | The documentation describes it for journalists, researchers, educators, planners and anyone telling a story on a map. |
| Sharing | Reports can be shared by link or embedded in a website, and projects can be kept private or made public. | Published stories can be public, shared through private links, or embedded in another website with an iframe. |
| Support | The pricing page lists email support for Professional, video chat and email support for Service provider, and video chat support for Enterprise. | The documentation links to GitHub options to report a bug or request a feature. |
| Visualization | Users can combine charts, maps, tables, text, and images, and add filters to reports. | Stories can include Chart.js charts, KPI dashboards and TimelineJS timelines. |
Plans
BStreams
- BasicFree
- Professional (monthly)€23 a month
- Professional (yearly)€253 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Service providerPriced on request
In their own words
BStreams
BStreams is a web-based data visualization tool for building interactive BI dashboards, reports, and data stories from users’ data. Its drag-and-drop dashboard builder can work with Excel spreadsheets without software installation. Users can combine charts, maps, tables, text, and images, and add filters. Reports can be shared by link or embedded on a website; projects can remain private or be made public. The free Basic plan lists XLSX and CSV datasets, one collaborator, 50 MB of storage, a 3 MB maximum upload, and a watermark. Professional costs €23 per month and lists five collaborators, 3 GB of storage, and email support; it also lists linked Google Sheets with daily refresh and PDF and other format exports. Service provider and Enterprise plans list PDF, JPEG, and PNG exports. The maker describes BStreams as intended for individuals and organizations including teams, agencies, researchers, nonprofits, and sales teams. The service is operated by NextInt Lab S.r.l., an Italian startup with its registered office in Milan. Its terms say 24/7 availability is not guaranteed, and public or link-shared projects may be accessed, viewed, copied, and distributed by the public.
TalkingMaps
TalkingMaps has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.