KeyLines vs VOSviewer
KeyLines
cambridge-intelligence.comVOSviewer
vosviewer.comSide by side
| Figure | KeyLines | VOSviewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Graph Visualization Tools Software | 8.6 (#2) | 7.4 (#9) |
| Data sources | Any datastore or data source; JSON; Neo4j; Amazon Neptune; Cosmos DB; DataStax Enterprise Graph; ArangoDB; TigerGraph; JanusGraph; Elastic; REST APIs; GraphQL APIs | The software supports data from Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, Lens, PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, OpenCitations, and WikiData. |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, UK and Lowell, Massachusetts, USA | Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
| Purpose | It helps developers and analysts explore complex connected data, including cybersecurity threats, fraud, intelligence, and supply-chain risk. | VOSviewer constructs and visualizes bibliometric networks and can visualize co-occurrence networks of terms extracted from scientific literature. |
| Supported systems | Official support covers Windows 11 with Edge, Chrome and Firefox; macOS with Chrome, Safari and Firefox; iOS Safari; Android Chrome on request; and the latest Ubuntu LTS with Chrome or Firefox. | The download page provides builds for Windows, macOS, and other systems; the other-systems version runs as a JAR file. |
Plans
KeyLines
- Free TrialFree
- Proof of conceptPriced on request
- SubscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
KeyLines
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VOSviewer
VOSviewer constructs and visualizes bibliometric networks, including networks of terms found together in scientific literature. It supports networks based on citation, bibliographic coupling, co-citation and co-authorship, drawing on sources including Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, Lens, PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, OpenCitations and WikiData. Analysis tools include network layout and clustering, English-language text mining, fractional counting and thesaurus-based data cleaning. Visualizations include density and overlay views, with zooming and scrolling; high-resolution screenshots can be saved as bitmap or vector files. VOSviewer Online runs in a browser, opens JSON and map and network files, and shares visualizations through links, QR codes or embeddable HTML. The stand-alone version can share through Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Dropbox. The software is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and the web; the download page also offers a JAR version for other systems. Running it requires Java 8 or higher. The maker describes its analyses as useful to research institutions and research funders. VOSviewer can be used freely for any purpose.