G2 Vendor Directory

D3.js vs. Backbone.js

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricD3.js

by Observable

Backbone.js

by DocumentCloud

Overall rating4.24.0
Review count2037
Ease of use7.28.4
Ease of setup9.59.0
Quality of support7.68.1
Meets requirements8.68.2
NPS5025.714286
Small Business40.0%40.5%
Mid-Market40.0%27.0%
Enterprise20.0%32.4%
Total page views13935
Total LLM citations39618

D3.js

D3 (or D3.js) is a free, open-source JavaScript library for visualizing data. Its low-level approach built on web standards offers unparalleled flexibility in authoring dynamic, data-driven graphics. For more than a decade D3 has powered groundbreaking and award-winning visualizations, become a foundational building block of higher-level chart libraries, and fostered a vibrant community of data practitioners around the world.

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    Backbone.js

    Backbone.js gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.

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