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Vega-Altair alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of Vega-Altair, shown against it.
| Vega-Altair | Vega-Lite | seaborn | Bokeh | |
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| Vendor | Vega-Altair developers (University of Washington Interactive Data Lab) | University of Washington Interactive Data Lab | seaborn developers (Michael Waskom) | NumFOCUS (Bokeh) |
| Pricing model | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Open source | Yes (BSD-3-Clause) | Yes (BSD-3-Clause) | Yes (BSD-3-Clause) | Yes (BSD-3-Clause) |
| Best for | Python users who want Vega-Lite's grammar of graphics without writing JSON directly. | Developers and data scientists who want concise, declarative chart specs rather than imperative drawing code. | Data analysts doing fast statistical exploration in Python notebooks. | Python developers who want interactive charts or small data apps without writing JavaScript. |
| Pricing | Free, open-source library with no pricing page. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free, open-source project maintained by the UW Interactive Data Lab with no pricing page. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free, open-source library with no pricing page. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free, open-source project fiscally sponsored by NumFOCUS with no pricing page. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. |
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