# SciChart Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 SciChart Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on November 30, 2025

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SciChart

## What is SciChart?

Data visualization solution that helps businesses generate custom charts with annotations, animations, themes, datapoints, and more.

## What is SciChart used for?

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### SciChart

4.7 (9)

VS.

[4.3 (329)](https://www.capterra.com/p/119119/Domo/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

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Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.6 (9)

Ease Of Use

4.1 (1,848)

Value For Money

4.3 (9)

Value For Money

4.0 (1,256)

Customer Service

4.7 (9)

Customer Service

4.0 (1,190)

## SciChart alternatives

[4.4 (360)](https://www.capterra.com/p/129749/Zoho-Analytics/reviews/)

Starting price

$30.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

91%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[4.7 (83)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10012559/EngineRoom/reviews/)

Starting price

$495.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

96%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Microsoft Power BI](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/)

[4.6 (1,869)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

96%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/)

[Tableau](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/)

[4.6 (2,348)](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/reviews/)

Starting price

$15.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Data Visualization

5.0 (8)

100.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Graphical representation of data

Real-Time Updates

4.8 (8)

100.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Real-Time Data

4.8 (6)

100.00% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Receive data and information in real time

Trend Analysis

5.0 (6)

50.00% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Review data from past periods to reveal recurring tendencies and predict future performance

Real-Time Analytics

4.8 (4)

100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Dashboard Creation

4.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Creation and customization of dashboards

SciChart 9 features

Alter the layout and content of dashboards

Creation and customization of dashboards

Graphical representation of data

Allows users to manage data from a number of sources

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Receive data and information in real time

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Review data from past periods to reveal recurring tendencies and predict future performance

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Features

4.8 (9)

4.8

Based on 9 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.3 (9)

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Value for money

4.3 (9)

4.3

Based on 9 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.7 (9)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.7 (9)

4.7

Based on 9 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 9 reviews

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5(6)

4(3)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

HD

Henning D.

Software Developer

Nanotechnology

### "Nice Charting Tool"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 10, 2025

Pros

Many different charting possibilities, the support works quite well, performance is good, and code compatibility after years when buying a newer version (I only had to change very little code)

Cons

The pricing is high. Adaptibility is a bit complicated (e.g. implementing own zoom features). Occasional problems on some graphics boards/drivers.

Review source

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HT

Harutyun T.

Senior Software Engineer

Financial Services

### "Best solution for WPF high performance charts"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 7, 2025

Pros

In general very high performance and very few bugs. Also the documentation is quite good and it is very easy for the developers to work with this product.

Cons

Sometimes handling urgent Tickets takes longer time than we expect. But that is very rarely and does not have that much impact on the quality of the support.

Review source

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DS

Dmytro S.

Lead frontend developer

Computer Software

### "Professional financial charts library"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 4, 2025

Pros

Professional financial charts library with constant updates and great technical support. The tools are reliable, easy to integrate, and evolve over time, so you always feel like you're working with something current and well-maintained. Support answers quickly and actually helps

Cons

Takes a bit of time to understand all features and configuration options, especially for beginners .

Review source

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MC

Marc C.

Sr. Software Engineer

Medical Devices

### "SciChart 2D WPF is awesome"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 28, 2025

I develop medical and industrial software, and I've found SciChart (WPF) to be a reliably performant and versatile library for real-time data display in desktop applications (scatter plots, waveform line graphs, 2D heatmaps for spectral data, and the like). Given that, it's been entirely worth the cost for me (even over an open source solution, none of which match the features and performance of SciChart, in my opinion).

Pros

I really appreciate SciChart's performance, feature set, and MVVM support. The documentation and examples are quite thorough and customer support has always been responsive and helpful.

Cons

There can be a little bit of a learning curve because of SciChart's flexibility. It's not bad, and once everything clicks, you're good. The MVVM-related documentation, while very useable, could be more thorough.

Alternatives considered

[Lucidchart](https://www.capterra.com/p/146136/Lucidchart/)

Reasons for choosing SciChart

(NOT LucidChart, but LightningChart, which wasn't on the list) I liked the API and documentation better than LightningChart, which also doesn't include a polar chart type in its equivalent subscription level (??).

Review source

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YS

yongjia s.

science researcher

Higher Education

### "Highly Effective with Room for 3D Improvement"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 25, 2025

My experience was that of a satisfied academic user who found a powerful tool that accelerated your work, supported by a company that was helpful and engaged, even though you encountered a specific performance issue you hoped the upgrade would fix.

Pros

It saved you a lot of time by making it easy to create professional, publication-ready charts. It was powerful enough to handle your complex 3D data and scientific visualizations. The interactive features were essential for exploring and demonstrating your research data.

Cons

Poor performance with 3D animations. Specifically, you found that in version 3, rendering 3D surface meshes with more than 800 data points became "noticeably slow," which affected the smoothness of your animations. V4 improve the 3D performance in terms of start time and less memory. However, V4 has similar 3D performance in other aspects as V3.

Switched from

[Lightning AI](https://www.capterra.com/p/197385/Lightning-AI/)

two top Chart librarys in term of performance and feature. Scichart.js has education license.

Review source

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PZ

Patrick Z.

Research associate

Research

### "Highly efficient and easy to use."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

September 23, 2025

Pros

SciChart was easy to integrate into my WPF application and performed extremely well. I use a 2D chart to display a histogram of a thermal image in real time. There are also a variety of charts with many customization options so that any data can be displayed clearly. Academic licenses are available free of charge, and you always get a quick response from support.

Cons

The price would be quite high if I hadn't obtained an academic license, considering that I am currently only using one 2D diagram. The license is only granted for six months, and it is not easy to obtain or renew it. My project is long-term and progress is rather slow. When requesting a license renewal, everything about the project has to be described again, which takes time. It's OK that obtaining the academic license is more difficult. But the renewal should be easier, especially for a technical university like ours.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

September 24, 2025

Thank you for taking the time to leave such a detailed review and for highlighting how SciChart has helped with your project. We’re glad to hear that integration was smooth, performance has been strong for your real-time histogram thermal imaging project, and that our support team has been responsive. Regarding the free academic licensing: we’re pleased to be able to offer this program free of charge to students and researchers. We do require some project details with each renewal so we can continue to justify the program internally, but we understand your point that the renewal process could be simpler, especially for longer-term projects at established universities. We’ll take this on board and look at ways to streamline the process for you and others in similar situations. Thanks again for using SciChart in your work, and we wish you every success with your research project!

BB

Balin B.

Data Engineer

Automotive

### "Revolve NTNU"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 29, 2025

Overall we are really happy with the product. In our eyes SciChart is the only real option for our particular usecase. Is easy to set up, really good performing and we have had great developer support the whole way.

Pros

SciChart is without a doubt the best performing real time charting library. Also its the largest. Additionally the documentation is well written with lots of practical examples.

Cons

I found the documentation around what license key to use a bit overwhelming, as we struggled for a while figuring what type suits are needs. But this was not too bad.

Review source

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Lorenzo G.

Principal Engineer

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "Easy to use and integrate, delivering quality and high performance charts."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

August 26, 2025

Extremely positive experience, as the component was quickly integrated into our application and we were quickly able to deliver quality solutions.

Pros

SciChart 2D WPF is binding-friendly, fitting in our MVVM development pattern. It comes with great documentation and plenty of examples, allowing proficient use with little effort.

Cons

SciChart combines performance with a binding-friendly interface. When compared with open-source alternatives (which may lack either performance or support binding), associated cost becomes noticeable.

Review source

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SB

Said B.

UI Developer

Computer & Network Security

### "Great capabilities for unlocking the power of GPU on your website"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

August 23, 2025

I needed to draw millions of points in my project, and nothing but SciChart could handle it. Even with a very weak GPU, the performance amazed me. It’s optimized in a truly impressive way. I didn't know I could do all of those things on web before sci chart

Pros

Great rendering technology. I can draw millions of data markers with diverse, customizable shapes without performance concerns. It fully leverages the potential of the hardware on the web

Cons

AI chatbot of documentation can be improved. Also, documentation can be enriched with some real world applications.

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