Cytoscape Alternatives

Cytoscape is described as 'Open source software platform for visualizing complex networks and integrating these with any type of attribute data. A lot of plugins are available for various kinds of problem domains, including bioinformatics, social network analysis, and semantic web' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cytoscape for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Cytoscape alternative is Gephi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cytoscape are ikolinks, NodeXL, Wandora.org and VOSviewer.

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  1. Gephi icon
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    Gephi is the leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free.

    48 Gephi alternatives

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    • Gephi is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cytoscape.

    • Gephi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cytoscape.

    • Gephi is Free and Open SourceCytoscape is also Free and Open Source
    • Gephi is LightweightCytoscape is not according to our users
  2. ikolinks icon
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    Explore a world of curated content, helpful resources, and exciting updates. Sign Up below to discover more about Bio Links Tool. Do everything with one platform.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • ikolinks is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cytoscape.

    • ikolinks is the most popular commercial alternative to Cytoscape.

    • ikolinks is Paid and ProprietaryCytoscape is Free and Open Source
  3. NodeXL icon
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    NodeXL is a free, open-source template for Microsoft® Excel® 2007 and 2010 that makes it easy to explore network graphs. With NodeXL, you can enter a network edge list in a worksheet, click a button and see your graph, all in the familiar environment of the Excel...

    12 NodeXL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
     
  4. Wandora.org icon
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    Wandora is a general purpose information extraction, management and publishing application based on Topic Maps and Java. Wandora has graphical user interface, layered and merging information model, multiple visualization models, huge collection of information extraction, import...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    VOSviewer is a software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks. These networks may for instance include journals, researchers, or individual publications, and they can be constructed based on co-citation, bibliographic coupling, or co-authorship relations.

    6 VOSviewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Tabnetviz icon
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    table-based network visualizer, a command-line tool for producing static network visualizations from a node table and an edge table.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  7. Linkurious icon
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    Linkurious provides a graph visualization and analysis platform used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, intelligence or cybersecurity. Easy to deploy and highly extensible, Linkurious Enterprise makes it easy to uncover insights hidden in complex connected data.

    44 Linkurious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Graphia icon
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    Graphia is a powerful open source visual analytics application developed to aid the interpretation of large and complex datasets.

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    • Mac
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    Handles bigger graphs than Cytoscape

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    • Graphia is Free and Open SourceCytoscape is also Free and Open Source
  9. KeyLines is a JavaScript toolkit used by developers to build powerful network visualization applications, quickly.

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Cytoscape.

    • KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit is Paid and ProprietaryCytoscape is Free and Open Source
  10. Polinode icon
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    Polinode is a tool that makes it easy to perform powerful network analysis. You can either upload your own network data or use the integrated relationship-based survey tool to collect data for you before analyzing and visualizing your networks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Neoclipse icon
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    Neoclipse is a standalone workbench application to interact with Neo4j (database directory or server). It supports Cypher, index searches, visualisation, graph updates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. GraphXR icon
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    Kineviz GraphXR is a browser-based visualization platform for interactive analysis of big, high dimensional, and or connected data.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • GraphXR is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Cytoscape.

    • GraphXR is Free Personal and ProprietaryCytoscape is Free and Open Source
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