DataStories vs TalkingMaps
DataStories
datastories.com
TalkingMaps
talkingmaps.euSide by side
| Figure | DataStories | TalkingMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Data Storytelling Tools | 8.4 (#4) | 7.3 (#20) |
| API | The platform supports API access to some functionality through generated API tokens, which users can revoke along with sessions. | The maker documents auto-generated REST API documentation at /api/docs. |
| Audience | The platform is described for business experts, scientists, and engineers. | The documentation describes it for journalists, researchers, educators, planners and anyone telling a story on a map. |
| Sharing | Stories can be shared with other platform accounts using viewer, share, or share-and-clone permissions. | Published stories can be public, shared through private links, or embedded in another website with an iframe. |
| Support | Users can contact the team through the website or platform chat bubble or by emailing [email protected]. | The documentation links to GitHub options to report a bug or request a feature. |
In their own words
DataStories
DataStories is an augmented and predictive analytics platform for generating insights from data without prior data-science experience. It turns structured data into interactive stories that users can interpret, act on, communicate, and share. Its analysis supports regression and binary classification, including predicting multiple KPIs at once. For regression tasks with at least one numerical KPI, the optimizer can seek KPI configurations while accounting for objectives, uncertainty, and constraints. Inputs are tabular Excel, CSV, or TXT files, with at least 20 rows and a maximum size of 40 MB. Users can optionally create PowerPoint slides from story slides available in the platform. A library connects the computational engine through Python or Jupyter, and SDK tutorials cover MLflow, Databricks, and standalone dashboards. Stories can be shared with other platform accounts using viewer, share, or share-and-clone permissions. A local workstation installation starts with Pro. The maker says cloud data is hosted on AWS servers in Ireland and remains within the EU. A trial is available for an agreed evaluation period, and may have limited features.
TalkingMaps
TalkingMaps has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.