4 Easy to Use Tools to Make Infographics for your Blog Posts

What`s the best way for disseminating data into visual compelling medium? How to get your data in to non analysts so they can understand it? The answer is Info-graphics but how to make one? Here are the 4 best tools for making info-graphics instantly. Use them and learn from them!

1. Venngage

Developed by the team of Visual.ly, the Venngage is more like a dataviz sharing online community. This community looks forward to make reports simple for analysts who don`t feel comfortable installing expensive softwares.

The free demo mode of Venngage comes with most functionality compared to other tools but the full version provides export options as well as the ability to publish privately. In addition, the Venngage paid version also lets its user to utilize social media analytics with standard reports as templates set up.  In simple words, you will have every feature you want in free version, but the data upload and bugs will hold you down. So you better pay the price for using this tool!

2. Easel.ly

The UI of Easel is easy to adjust and navigate. Easel provides a wide array of layout options which includes specified landscape and mobile sizes. This tool also have a large library of useful graphics such as shapes, vector icons, backgrounds and much more. Users can easily download these files as JPG or share a link in private/public sharing options.

Unlike other info-graphic tools, the Easel is not capable of inputting data tables. Therefore you need to make the bar charts and scale visuals on your own. Easel.ly is free but unfortunately, it`s only provided in beta version. Hopefully, more functionality will be added in future which will improve the overall product.

3. Piktochart

The web based tool offering six themes for free, Piktochart is an easily to use tool for creating great visuals online. With the help of Piktochart, you can easily drop and drag different objects as there are wide number of customization options here. In addition, you can also add bars, pie charts and likes from CSV.

With help of Piktochart, you can also export JPG and PNG files in print and web quality. However, in the limited version, you will have to tolerate a Piktochart watermark on every JPG and PNG download. Piktochart have good grip over visual elements which include the layout, fonts, backgrounds and much more!

4. Infogr.am

Starting with Inforgr is easy as its interface is very well designed. The Infogr.am has highly interactive visual centered interface rather than a data concerned. Users can easily start with one of 6 templates (provided for free) and then add data and their comments. These free provided templates are beautifully designed but they offer limited customization, which makes them pretty simple of no designers.

Infogr.am proves to be a great tool for making charts to embed and share on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. However, the privacy control of Infogr is limited. So it would be better it you visualize data for public use only!