Explore all of the features offered by FlexChart and WPF Toolkit Chart. You can download the matrix in PDF.
Chart Types
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Area | ✓ | ✓ |
| StackedArea | ✓ | |
| StackedArea100 | ✓ | |
| SplineArea | ✓ | |
| StackedSplineArea | ✓ | |
| StackedSplineArea100 | ✓ | |
| StepArea | ✓ | |
| Bar | ✓ | ✓ |
| StackedBar | ✓ | |
| Floating Bar | ✓ | |
| StackedBar100 | ✓ | |
| Bubble | ✓ | ✓ |
| CandleStick | ✓ | |
| Column | ✓ | ✓ |
| Combination charts | ✓ | ✓ |
| StackedColumn | ✓ | |
| StackedColumn100 | ✓ | |
| Stock/ HighLowOpenClose | ✓ | |
| Histogram | ✓ | |
| Pareto | ✓ | |
| Ranged Histogram | ✓ | |
| Line | ✓ | |
| LineStacked | ✓ | |
| LineStacked100 | ✓ | |
| Spline | ✓ | |
| SplineStacked | ✓ | |
| SplineStacked100 | ✓ | |
| Step | ✓ | ✓ |
| StepSymbols | ✓ | ✓ |
| LineSymbols | ✓ | ✓ |
| StackedLineSymbols | ✓ | |
| StackedLineSymbols100 | ✓ | |
| SplineSymbols | ✓ | |
| SplineSymbolsStacked | ✓ | |
| StackedSplineSymbols100 | ✓ | |
| Pie | ✓ | ✓ |
| Doughnut | ✓ | |
| PieExploded | ✓ | |
| DoughnutExploded | ✓ | |
| Point/ Scatter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Radar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Box-and-whisker | ✓ | ✓ |
| ErrorBar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Funnel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sunburst | ✓ | |
| Waterfall | ✓ | |
| 2D | ✓ | ✓ |
| Heikin-Ashi | * | |
| LineBreak/ThreeLineBreak | * | |
| Renko | * | |
| Kagi | * | |
| ColumnVolume | * | |
| EquiVolume | * | |
| CandleVolume | * | |
| ArmsCandleVolume | * |
Data Binding
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Objects implementing IEnumerable | ✓ | ✓ |
Core Features
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Handle Empty/ Null Data Points | ✓ | |
| HitTest | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trendlines | ✓ | |
| Coordinate Conversion Methods | ✓ | |
| Annotations | ✓ | |
| Render Modes | Default/Direct2D/Direct3D | |
| Batch Updates | ✓ | |
| Moving Average | ✓ | |
| Chart Optimization | ||
| Load Animation | ✓ | |
| Transition Animation | ||
| Grouping and Aggregation | ||
| LineMarkers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple axes | ✓ | |
| Multiple plot areas | ✓ |
Chart Features
| Features | FlexChart | MS Chart |
| Annotations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axis binding | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customizable data labels | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customizable headers and footers | ✓ | ✓ |
Data Manipulations
| Features | FlexChart | MS Chart |
| Aggregation | With custom code | ✓ |
| Sorting | With custom code | ✓ |
| TopN | With custom code | ✓ |
Look & Feel
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Themes | ||
| Predefined Palettes | 16 | |
| Custom Palette | ✓ | |
| Background Color | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background Image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background Gradient | ✓ | ✓ |
| Border and Border Styles | ✓ | ✓ |
Chart Area
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Header | ✓ | ✓ |
| Footer | ✓ | |
| Multiple Headers | ||
| Header/ Footer Borders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Header/ Footer Alignment | ✓ | |
| Rotate ChartArea | ✓ | |
| Multiple Chart Areas | ||
| Toggle Visibility | ||
| PlotArea Collection |
Plot Area
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Plot margins | ✓ | |
| Markers for PlotElements | Supported on FlexChart with LineSymbols/ SplineSymbols and Scatter chart types | |
| Markers Size | ✓ | |
| Plot Areas: Multiple | ||
| Plot Elements: Background Image/ Gradient/Color | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plot Elements: Border and Border styling | ✓ | |
| LineMarkers/CrossHair |
Data Labels
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Offset | ✓ | |
| ConnectingLines | ✓ | |
| Borders and Border styling | ✓ | |
| Styling | ✓ | |
| Format String | ✓ | |
| Custom Content | ✓ | |
| Positions for Cartesian charts | Bottom/ Center/ Left/ None/ Right/ Top | |
| Manage Overlapping | ✓ | |
| Positions for Pie charts | Center/ Inside/ Outside/ None |
Axis
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Axes: Primary X/Y | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axes: Secondary X/Y | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axes: Multiple Secondary X/Y | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axis Label: Format strings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axis Label: Hide | ✓ | |
| Axis Label: styling | ✓ | |
| Axis Range (Min/Max) values | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axis: Hide | ✓ | ✓ |
| Axis: Logarithmic | ✓ | |
| Axis: Reverse | ✓ | |
| AxisLine Styling | ✓ | |
| Labels: Angle | ✓ | |
| Labels: Manage overlapping | ✓ | |
| Major/ Minor GridLines | ✓ | ✓ |
| Major/ Minor TickMarks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Major/ Minor Units | ✓ | Only MajorUnit |
| TickMarks Thickness | ||
| TickMarks Styling | ✓ | |
| Title and Title Styling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Configure Origin | Any value | |
| TickMarks Position | Cross/ Inside/ Outside/ None | |
| Position | Top/ Bottom/ Left/ Right/ Auto/ None | Auto/Bottom/Left/Right/Top |
| Axis Label: Custom | ||
| ArrowHead styling | ||
| Axis Label: Staggered | ||
| ScaleBreaks | ||
| Predefined DateTime Interval Types | ✓ | |
| Sort Order for CategoryAxis | ✓ |
Series
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Multiple Series | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data binding | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chart types at series level | ✓ | |
| Styling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visibility | Plot/ Legend/ Both Plot and Legend/ Hidden | ✓ |
| Conditional Formatting | ✓ | |
| X and Y value functions | ||
| RoundedRadius for Bar Charts | ||
| Stacked charts | ✓ |
Legends
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Title | ✓ | ✓ |
| Title Style | ✓ | |
| Toggle Series Visibility from legend | ✓ | |
| Orientation | Auto/ Vertical/ Horizontal | |
| Position | Left/ Top/ Right/ Bottom | |
| Custom Legend Items | ✓ | |
| Items Ordering | ||
| Multiple Legends |
Marker Symbols
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Box | ✓ | |
| Cross | ✓ | |
| DiagonalCross | ||
| Dot | ||
| Diamond | ||
| Triangle | ||
| Star4 | ||
| Star8 |
User Interactions
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Tooltips | ✓ | ✓ |
| Series selection | ✓ | |
| Point selection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zooming | ✓ | |
| Scrolling | ✓ | |
| Drilldown | With custom code | With custom code |
| Axis Scrollbar | ✓ | |
| Range Selector | ✓ | |
| Draggable Markers | ||
| 3D Chart Rotations |
Tooltips
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Auto tooltips | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom content | ✓ | |
| Show Delay | ✓ | |
| Styling | ✓ | |
| Tooltips for different chart elements |
Pie Charts
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Exploded slices | ✓ | |
| Inner Radius | ✓ | |
| Starting Angle of first slice | ✓ |
Exporting, Importing & Printing
| Features | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Export to JPEG/ JPG | ✓ | |
| Export to PNG | ✓ | |
| Export to BMP | ✓ | |
| Export to GIF | ||
| Export to TIFF | ||
| Export to PDF | ||
| Export to SVG | ||
| Export to EMF | ||
| Export to EMfDual | ||
| Export to EMfPlus | ||
| Export to WMP | ||
| Save/ Load to Binary files | ||
| Save/ Load to memory streams | ||
| Save/ Load to XML | ||
| Printing | ✓ | ✓ |
Footprint
| Feature | FlexChart | WPF Toolkit Chart |
| Assembly Size | 144KB | 276KB |
Pricing
| Feature | FlexChart | MS Chart |
| Pricing | $ | $ |