Aspects
D3.js
D3.js is a JavaScript library for creating interactive data-bound visualisations of documents using HTML, SVG, and Canvas.
Raphael
Raphaël is a cross platform JavaScript library for outputting vector graphics in both standards compliant SVG (for Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer 9+ ...) and VML for older versions of Internet Explorer.
Place fallback browsers
| Quality | Example |
|---|---|
| Older brother |
"This should be possible maybe be aware snap.svg isn t so compatible with older browsers in which case you could look at raphael which is snaps older brother d3.js is very well established as well" from question "Using snap svg for manipulating/dragging/hide/show nodes in SVG diagrams" |
| Older |
"Raphael supports older versions of ie whereas d3.js is based on current web standards" from question "Any visualization library which does not require user interaction" |
| Older versions |
"The only place where raphael defeats d3.js is fallback raphael supports older versions of ie where as d3.js is based on current web standards ie 9" from question "Visualizing Charts Tutorial" |
Others
| Quality | Example |
|---|---|
| Better |
"As it stands d3.js is not just better than raphael and processing in many cases but is also a viable replacement for jquery underscore.js and other frameworks" from question "D3.js vs Raphael.js" |
| Much harder |
"D3.js is much harder to learn than raphael but in both cases you will also have to learn svg to be able to create better animations" from question "D3.js vs Raphael.js" |