Chartimator vs Flourish
Flourish (owned by Canva) is the best-known tool for interactive data visualization — a huge chart library built for embedding on web pages and newsroom sites.
But if your destination is a video — TikTok, Shorts, Reels, YouTube — the workflow breaks: Flourish has no native MP4 export, so creators end up screen-recording their browser and cropping the result. Chartimator starts from the opposite end: the output is a video file, designed for social formats from the first click.
| Chartimator | Flourish | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | MP4 video file | Interactive web embed |
| Native video export | Yes — rendered in-browser | No — screen recording required |
| Vertical 9:16 format | First-class | Not a target format |
| Multi-scene stories | Yes — chained scenes in one video | One visualization at a time |
| AI draft from a prompt | Yes — editable scene document | No |
| Chart type breadth | 5 video-native scene types | Very large library |
| Interactive embeds | No | Yes — its core strength |
| Price | Free (beta) | Free tier; paid plans are quote-based |
Which should you use?
Choose Flourish when you need an interactive chart living on a web page — that's what it's built for, and it's excellent at it.
Choose Chartimator when the deliverable is a video: social-first formats, multi-scene data stories, cinematic motion, and a real MP4 file at the end — without screen recording anything.
Try Chartimator freeFrequently asked questions
Can Flourish export video at all?
Flourish is built for interactive embeds and doesn't offer a native one-click MP4 export — the common workaround is screen-recording the animation in a browser, which costs quality and time.
Does Chartimator do interactive embeds like Flourish?
No — Chartimator is video-first. If you need an interactive chart on a webpage, Flourish or Datawrapper are better fits.
Can I migrate my Flourish data to Chartimator?
Yes — export your data as CSV and drop it on Chartimator. The same wide format (rows = entities, columns = periods) works in both tools.