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Design stunning, interactive column graphs that highlight your data’s story in seconds — no design skills needed.
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Meet Graphy AI
Add your data and Graphy's AI will create a bar chart and explain your key insights.Ready to present in slides, or paste into Slack.
Meet Graphy AI
Add your data and Graphy's AI will create a bar chart and explain your key insights.Ready to present in slides, or paste into Slack.
1. Upload or paste your data
Add your data by typing directly into the data table or copying from tools like Google Sheets or Excel. Graphy even supports connecting to Google Sheets directly for data syncing.
2. Customize the design
Personalize your bar graph with themes, custom colors, and powerful annotations to highlight key insights. Add elements like headline numbers, trend lines, and goal markers to make your data more meaningful and engaging.
3. Invite your coworkers to collaborate
Share your bar graph projects with team members for real-time collaboration and feedback. Give your colleagues access to view, edit, and contribute to your visualizations.
4. Export or embed your bar graph
Present your data live with a beautiful presenter mode or share your bar graph through interactive embeds in tools like Notion, Canva, or ClickUp. Export high-quality versions of your charts as images for use in presentations or reports.
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Trusted by 300,000+ data storytellers
Cindy Ibanez
Global Head of Marketing at Wynwood House
Thanks to Graphy 5 days of reporting were done in 4 hours.
My team were in love! They were like, oh my God, what is this, this is the future!
Joe Edwards
Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Venafi
Most other data tools are passive and leave it up to the stakeholders to interpret the numbers
Graphy helps you create stunning charts from disparate sources with the context and commentary your stakeholders need.
Stan Massueras
General Manager at Lattice
Great ideas are only impactful when communicated clearly.
Graphy enabled us to transform data into compelling stories, and those stories into meaningful action.
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
I’d rather eat cardboard than create another pivot table Thanks, Graphy (I don’t like cardboard)
Nick Lafferty
Founder at Early Exit Club
Graphy is the first tool I use when I'm looking to quickly create stunning visuals for my newsletter, social feeds, and my consulting business. I'm not stuck using Google Sheet's terrible default graphs anymore!
Liam Shalon
Director of Research and
Development at Level Ventures
Most of the BI/internal tools we have for generating reports suck so bad that it’s embarrassing. Graphy is one of the few tools in the space for visualizing data that ‘just works’.
Joe Tyndall
Head of Finance at Seedcamp
Few things get me as excited as beautiful charts do. Graphy has transformed the way we work with data for both internal and external content.
Effortless dashboards all in one place, and the AI features mean we can now produce them rapidly, and keep them updated live.
Neil Gandhi
Founder of Send.co
Graphy creates all my external facing charts.
AI does all the heavy work, and it’s drop dead gorgeous
Michael Cockburn
Founder of Desana
It was a complete game changer when Graphy started to allow me to prompt it for insights, fine tune them, and make beautiful visualizations out the other side.
Feels like the future of storytelling in business.
Mitchell Croft
Finance Director at Made Thought
Switched from presenting boring excel tables to using Graphy
Tim Chong
Co-founder and CEO at Yonder
Graphy has been game changing in helping our team build beautiful graphs without the hassle of formatting in Excel.
We use it for our internal reporting and board memos, it's super easy to make graphs in seconds.
Felix Kuhlmann
Analyst at Antler
Graphy helps me to make sense of our data from multiple sources in one place.
Jakob Knutzen
CEO & Co-Founder at Butter
Graphy allows me to make beautiful, super customized charts. This makes my communications of numbers to both investors and team much clearer.
Plus it's just fun to use 😊
Guillermo Rauch
CEO at Vercel
Stunning product.
David Jarvis
Founder/CEO at Griffin
I’ve been waiting for something like Graphy for nearly twenty years.
Beautiful, insightful, and dead easy to use. I’m obsessed.
Graphy's rating is
on
Wall of love
Trusted by 300,000+ data storytellers
Cindy Ibanez
Global Head of Marketing at Wynwood House
Thanks to Graphy 5 days of reporting were done in 4 hours.
My team were in love! They were like, oh my God, what is this, this is the future!
Joe Edwards
Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Venafi
Most other data tools are passive and leave it up to the stakeholders to interpret the numbers
Graphy helps you create stunning charts from disparate sources with the context and commentary your stakeholders need.
Stan Massueras
General Manager at Lattice
Great ideas are only impactful when communicated clearly.
Graphy enabled us to transform data into compelling stories, and those stories into meaningful action.
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
I’d rather eat cardboard than create another pivot table Thanks, Graphy (I don’t like cardboard)
Nick Lafferty
Founder at Early Exit Club
Graphy is the first tool I use when I'm looking to quickly create stunning visuals for my newsletter, social feeds, and my consulting business. I'm not stuck using Google Sheet's terrible default graphs anymore!
Liam Shalon
Director of Research and
Development at Level Ventures
Most of the BI/internal tools we have for generating reports suck so bad that it’s embarrassing. Graphy is one of the few tools in the space for visualizing data that ‘just works’.
Joe Tyndall
Head of Finance at Seedcamp
Few things get me as excited as beautiful charts do. Graphy has transformed the way we work with data for both internal and external content.
Effortless dashboards all in one place, and the AI features mean we can now produce them rapidly, and keep them updated live.
Neil Gandhi
Founder of Send.co
Graphy creates all my external facing charts.
AI does all the heavy work, and it’s drop dead gorgeous
Michael Cockburn
Founder of Desana
It was a complete game changer when Graphy started to allow me to prompt it for insights, fine tune them, and make beautiful visualizations out the other side.
Feels like the future of storytelling in business.
Mitchell Croft
Finance Director at Made Thought
Switched from presenting boring excel tables to using Graphy
Tim Chong
Co-founder and CEO at Yonder
Graphy has been game changing in helping our team build beautiful graphs without the hassle of formatting in Excel.
We use it for our internal reporting and board memos, it's super easy to make graphs in seconds.
Felix Kuhlmann
Analyst at Antler
Graphy helps me to make sense of our data from multiple sources in one place.
Jakob Knutzen
CEO & Co-Founder at Butter
Graphy allows me to make beautiful, super customized charts. This makes my communications of numbers to both investors and team much clearer.
Plus it's just fun to use 😊
Guillermo Rauch
CEO at Vercel
Stunning product.
David Jarvis
Founder/CEO at Griffin
I’ve been waiting for something like Graphy for nearly twenty years.
Beautiful, insightful, and dead easy to use. I’m obsessed.
Graphy's rating is
on
Wall of love
Trusted by 300,000+ data storytellers
Cindy Ibanez
Global Head of Marketing at Wynwood House
Thanks to Graphy 5 days of reporting were done in 4 hours.
My team were in love! They were like, oh my God, what is this, this is the future!
Joe Edwards
Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Venafi
Most other data tools are passive and leave it up to the stakeholders to interpret the numbers
Graphy helps you create stunning charts from disparate sources with the context and commentary your stakeholders need.
Stan Massueras
General Manager at Lattice
Great ideas are only impactful when communicated clearly.
Graphy enabled us to transform data into compelling stories, and those stories into meaningful action.
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
I’d rather eat cardboard than create another pivot table Thanks, Graphy (I don’t like cardboard)
Nick Lafferty
Founder at Early Exit Club
Graphy is the first tool I use when I'm looking to quickly create stunning visuals for my newsletter, social feeds, and my consulting business. I'm not stuck using Google Sheet's terrible default graphs anymore!
Liam Shalon
Director of Research and
Development at Level Ventures
Most of the BI/internal tools we have for generating reports suck so bad that it’s embarrassing. Graphy is one of the few tools in the space for visualizing data that ‘just works’.
Joe Tyndall
Head of Finance at Seedcamp
Few things get me as excited as beautiful charts do. Graphy has transformed the way we work with data for both internal and external content.
Effortless dashboards all in one place, and the AI features mean we can now produce them rapidly, and keep them updated live.
Neil Gandhi
Founder of Send.co
Graphy creates all my external facing charts.
AI does all the heavy work, and it’s drop dead gorgeous
Michael Cockburn
Founder of Desana
It was a complete game changer when Graphy started to allow me to prompt it for insights, fine tune them, and make beautiful visualizations out the other side.
Feels like the future of storytelling in business.
Mitchell Croft
Finance Director at Made Thought
Switched from presenting boring excel tables to using Graphy
Tim Chong
Co-founder and CEO at Yonder
Graphy has been game changing in helping our team build beautiful graphs without the hassle of formatting in Excel.
We use it for our internal reporting and board memos, it's super easy to make graphs in seconds.
Felix Kuhlmann
Analyst at Antler
Graphy helps me to make sense of our data from multiple sources in one place.
Jakob Knutzen
CEO & Co-Founder at Butter
Graphy allows me to make beautiful, super customized charts. This makes my communications of numbers to both investors and team much clearer.
Plus it's just fun to use 😊
Guillermo Rauch
CEO at Vercel
Stunning product.
David Jarvis
Founder/CEO at Griffin
I’ve been waiting for something like Graphy for nearly twenty years.
Beautiful, insightful, and dead easy to use. I’m obsessed.
Graphy's rating is
on
Wall of love
Trusted by 300,000+ data storytellers
Cindy Ibanez
Global Head of Marketing at Wynwood House
Thanks to Graphy 5 days of reporting were done in 4 hours.
My team were in love! They were like, oh my God, what is this, this is the future!
Joe Edwards
Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Venafi
Most other data tools are passive and leave it up to the stakeholders to interpret the numbers
Graphy helps you create stunning charts from disparate sources with the context and commentary your stakeholders need.
Stan Massueras
General Manager at Lattice
Great ideas are only impactful when communicated clearly.
Graphy enabled us to transform data into compelling stories, and those stories into meaningful action.
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
I’d rather eat cardboard than create another pivot table Thanks, Graphy (I don’t like cardboard)
Nick Lafferty
Founder at Early Exit Club
Graphy is the first tool I use when I'm looking to quickly create stunning visuals for my newsletter, social feeds, and my consulting business. I'm not stuck using Google Sheet's terrible default graphs anymore!
Liam Shalon
Director of Research and
Development at Level Ventures
Most of the BI/internal tools we have for generating reports suck so bad that it’s embarrassing. Graphy is one of the few tools in the space for visualizing data that ‘just works’.
Joe Tyndall
Head of Finance at Seedcamp
Few things get me as excited as beautiful charts do. Graphy has transformed the way we work with data for both internal and external content.
Effortless dashboards all in one place, and the AI features mean we can now produce them rapidly, and keep them updated live.
Neil Gandhi
Founder of Send.co
Graphy creates all my external facing charts.
AI does all the heavy work, and it’s drop dead gorgeous
Michael Cockburn
Founder of Desana
It was a complete game changer when Graphy started to allow me to prompt it for insights, fine tune them, and make beautiful visualizations out the other side.
Feels like the future of storytelling in business.
Mitchell Croft
Finance Director at Made Thought
Switched from presenting boring excel tables to using Graphy
Tim Chong
Co-founder and CEO at Yonder
Graphy has been game changing in helping our team build beautiful graphs without the hassle of formatting in Excel.
We use it for our internal reporting and board memos, it's super easy to make graphs in seconds.
Felix Kuhlmann
Analyst at Antler
Graphy helps me to make sense of our data from multiple sources in one place.
Jakob Knutzen
CEO & Co-Founder at Butter
Graphy allows me to make beautiful, super customized charts. This makes my communications of numbers to both investors and team much clearer.
Plus it's just fun to use 😊
Guillermo Rauch
CEO at Vercel
Stunning product.
David Jarvis
Founder/CEO at Griffin
I’ve been waiting for something like Graphy for nearly twenty years.
Beautiful, insightful, and dead easy to use. I’m obsessed.
Graphy's rating is
on
It's not just column graphs - you can create all sorts of charts
It's not just column graphs - you can create all sorts of charts
It's not just column graphs - you can create all sorts of charts
It's not just column graphs - you can create all sorts of charts
FAQ
When should you use a column graph?
Column graphs are perfect when you want to compare different categories or show how something changes over time. Think of them as your go-to choice when you have distinct groups to compare - like sales figures across different months, survey responses by age group, or performance metrics between teams. They're especially great when you have a moderate number of categories (usually 2-12) and want your audience to quickly spot differences and trends. If you're looking to create professional column graphs that really pop, Graphy makes it super easy to build beautiful, actionable charts that help drive decisions and keep everyone aligned.
When should you use a column graph?
Column graphs are perfect when you want to compare different categories or show how something changes over time. Think of them as your go-to choice when you have distinct groups to compare - like sales figures across different months, survey responses by age group, or performance metrics between teams. They're especially great when you have a moderate number of categories (usually 2-12) and want your audience to quickly spot differences and trends. If you're looking to create professional column graphs that really pop, Graphy makes it super easy to build beautiful, actionable charts that help drive decisions and keep everyone aligned.
When should you use a column graph?
Column graphs are perfect when you want to compare different categories or show how something changes over time. Think of them as your go-to choice when you have distinct groups to compare - like sales figures across different months, survey responses by age group, or performance metrics between teams. They're especially great when you have a moderate number of categories (usually 2-12) and want your audience to quickly spot differences and trends. If you're looking to create professional column graphs that really pop, Graphy makes it super easy to build beautiful, actionable charts that help drive decisions and keep everyone aligned.
When should you use a column graph?
Column graphs are perfect when you want to compare different categories or show how something changes over time. Think of them as your go-to choice when you have distinct groups to compare - like sales figures across different months, survey responses by age group, or performance metrics between teams. They're especially great when you have a moderate number of categories (usually 2-12) and want your audience to quickly spot differences and trends. If you're looking to create professional column graphs that really pop, Graphy makes it super easy to build beautiful, actionable charts that help drive decisions and keep everyone aligned.
What is the difference between a bar graph and a column graph?
The main difference is simply orientation! Column graphs have vertical bars that go up and down, while bar graphs have horizontal bars that go left to right. It's really that straightforward - they show the same type of information, just rotated. You'll typically see column graphs when categories are short (like months or product names) and bar graphs when you have longer category labels that would be cramped if written horizontally.
What is the difference between a bar graph and a column graph?
The main difference is simply orientation! Column graphs have vertical bars that go up and down, while bar graphs have horizontal bars that go left to right. It's really that straightforward - they show the same type of information, just rotated. You'll typically see column graphs when categories are short (like months or product names) and bar graphs when you have longer category labels that would be cramped if written horizontally.
What is the difference between a bar graph and a column graph?
The main difference is simply orientation! Column graphs have vertical bars that go up and down, while bar graphs have horizontal bars that go left to right. It's really that straightforward - they show the same type of information, just rotated. You'll typically see column graphs when categories are short (like months or product names) and bar graphs when you have longer category labels that would be cramped if written horizontally.
What is the difference between a bar graph and a column graph?
The main difference is simply orientation! Column graphs have vertical bars that go up and down, while bar graphs have horizontal bars that go left to right. It's really that straightforward - they show the same type of information, just rotated. You'll typically see column graphs when categories are short (like months or product names) and bar graphs when you have longer category labels that would be cramped if written horizontally.
What is another name for a column graph?
Column graphs are also commonly called "column charts," "vertical bar charts," or simply "bar charts" (though technically bar charts are horizontal). Some people also refer to them as "column plots" in more technical contexts. The terms are pretty much interchangeable in everyday use - most people will know what you mean regardless of which name you use.
What is another name for a column graph?
Column graphs are also commonly called "column charts," "vertical bar charts," or simply "bar charts" (though technically bar charts are horizontal). Some people also refer to them as "column plots" in more technical contexts. The terms are pretty much interchangeable in everyday use - most people will know what you mean regardless of which name you use.
What is another name for a column graph?
Column graphs are also commonly called "column charts," "vertical bar charts," or simply "bar charts" (though technically bar charts are horizontal). Some people also refer to them as "column plots" in more technical contexts. The terms are pretty much interchangeable in everyday use - most people will know what you mean regardless of which name you use.
What is another name for a column graph?
Column graphs are also commonly called "column charts," "vertical bar charts," or simply "bar charts" (though technically bar charts are horizontal). Some people also refer to them as "column plots" in more technical contexts. The terms are pretty much interchangeable in everyday use - most people will know what you mean regardless of which name you use.
What are column graphs best used for?
Column graphs shine when you need to compare quantities across different categories or track changes over time periods. They're fantastic for showing things like monthly sales figures, survey results by demographic, budget allocations across departments, or performance metrics over quarters. They work best when you want viewers to easily compare heights and spot patterns, trends, or outliers at a glance.
What are column graphs best used for?
Column graphs shine when you need to compare quantities across different categories or track changes over time periods. They're fantastic for showing things like monthly sales figures, survey results by demographic, budget allocations across departments, or performance metrics over quarters. They work best when you want viewers to easily compare heights and spot patterns, trends, or outliers at a glance.
What are column graphs best used for?
Column graphs shine when you need to compare quantities across different categories or track changes over time periods. They're fantastic for showing things like monthly sales figures, survey results by demographic, budget allocations across departments, or performance metrics over quarters. They work best when you want viewers to easily compare heights and spot patterns, trends, or outliers at a glance.
What are column graphs best used for?
Column graphs shine when you need to compare quantities across different categories or track changes over time periods. They're fantastic for showing things like monthly sales figures, survey results by demographic, budget allocations across departments, or performance metrics over quarters. They work best when you want viewers to easily compare heights and spot patterns, trends, or outliers at a glance.
How do you interpret a column chart?
Reading a column graph is pretty intuitive - just look at the height of each column! The taller the column, the higher the value. Start by checking the vertical axis (y-axis) to understand what's being measured and the scale, then look at the horizontal axis (x-axis) to see what categories you're comparing. Compare column heights to spot which categories are highest or lowest, look for patterns or trends if the data is over time, and pay attention to any significant differences between columns.
How do you interpret a column chart?
Reading a column graph is pretty intuitive - just look at the height of each column! The taller the column, the higher the value. Start by checking the vertical axis (y-axis) to understand what's being measured and the scale, then look at the horizontal axis (x-axis) to see what categories you're comparing. Compare column heights to spot which categories are highest or lowest, look for patterns or trends if the data is over time, and pay attention to any significant differences between columns.
How do you interpret a column chart?
Reading a column graph is pretty intuitive - just look at the height of each column! The taller the column, the higher the value. Start by checking the vertical axis (y-axis) to understand what's being measured and the scale, then look at the horizontal axis (x-axis) to see what categories you're comparing. Compare column heights to spot which categories are highest or lowest, look for patterns or trends if the data is over time, and pay attention to any significant differences between columns.
How do you interpret a column chart?
Reading a column graph is pretty intuitive - just look at the height of each column! The taller the column, the higher the value. Start by checking the vertical axis (y-axis) to understand what's being measured and the scale, then look at the horizontal axis (x-axis) to see what categories you're comparing. Compare column heights to spot which categories are highest or lowest, look for patterns or trends if the data is over time, and pay attention to any significant differences between columns.
Do column graphs have gaps?
Yes, column graphs typically have gaps between the columns, and that's actually important! These gaps help separate each category visually, making it clear that you're looking at distinct, separate groups rather than continuous data. The gaps make the chart easier to read and prevent the columns from blending together.
Do column graphs have gaps?
Yes, column graphs typically have gaps between the columns, and that's actually important! These gaps help separate each category visually, making it clear that you're looking at distinct, separate groups rather than continuous data. The gaps make the chart easier to read and prevent the columns from blending together.
Do column graphs have gaps?
Yes, column graphs typically have gaps between the columns, and that's actually important! These gaps help separate each category visually, making it clear that you're looking at distinct, separate groups rather than continuous data. The gaps make the chart easier to read and prevent the columns from blending together.
Do column graphs have gaps?
Yes, column graphs typically have gaps between the columns, and that's actually important! These gaps help separate each category visually, making it clear that you're looking at distinct, separate groups rather than continuous data. The gaps make the chart easier to read and prevent the columns from blending together.
The AI Graph Maker
From messy data to beautiful graphs in a click,
Graphy is the fastest way to tell stories with data.
Graphs
All graphs
Backed by
Coatue
General Catalyst
Northzone
Seedcamp
Graphy Technologies Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved
The AI Graph Maker
From messy data to beautiful graphs in a click, Graphy is the fastest way to tell stories with data.
Graphs
All graphs
Backed by
Coatue
General Catalyst
Northzone
Seedcamp
Graphy Technologies Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved
The AI Graph Maker
From messy data to beautiful graphs in a click,
Graphy is the fastest way to tell stories with data.
Graphs
All graphs
Backed by
Coatue
General Catalyst
Northzone
Seedcamp
Graphy Technologies Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved
The AI Graph Maker
From messy data to beautiful graphs in a click,
Graphy is the fastest way to tell stories with data.
Graphs
All graphs
Backed by
Coatue
General Catalyst
Northzone
Seedcamp
Graphy Technologies Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved