Sam McCraw
If you have a lot of information or data that you want to condense into a neat, tidy, and visual format then an infographic could be a great option for you.
Infographics allow you to convey complex subjects in a way that is engaging and easily digested by the audience.
In this article, we’ll show you some of the best online infographic makers, inspire you with some incredible examples, and share some templates with you so you can get started on your own infographic straight away.
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Infographic Makers
#1 Canva
Canva is probably the most popular online graphic design tool, and with good reason. Their user-friendly interface and huge template library make it easy for anyone to create incredible designs.
Their library also includes plenty of infographic templates (plus many that are 100% free to use) so it’s easy for you to pick one and use it as the base of your design.
The drag and drop nature of Canva makes creating designs a total breeze, and they even offer plenty of free tutorials to help you get up and running.
Details:
- 390+ infographic templates
- 100+ free infographic templates
- Templates for timelines, data visualizations, comparisons, and much more
- Easily create great-looking graphs for your infographics
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Create infographic designs from a blank canvas
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, Mp4, or SVG (Canva Pro only)
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Includes many free templates and design elements
- Pro Plan: $12.99 /month or $119.99 /year
- Enterprise Plans
#2 Piktochart
Piktochart is one of a few tools in this list that are heavily geared towards infographic creation and storytelling as opposed to being an online design tool that has templates for everything and anything.
Their range of infographic templates isn’t as big as Canva and a few of the other infographic makers but what’s on offer is high quality. It’s also an incredibly smooth and easy experience using Piktochart to create your own infographics.
With their free plan, you can choose from their full range of templates and download 2 designs only.
Details:
- 120+ templates
- 2 free template downloads (choose from all templates)
- Templates for comparisons, lists, timelines, and a few others
- Easily collaborate with team members on your designs
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PPT
Pricing:
- Free Plan: 2 free downloads
- Pro Plan: $24 /month or $168 /year
- Education & Non-Profit: $39.99 /year or $199.95 / year (team plan)
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
#3 Visme
Visme is another multi-faceted online design tool that lets you create a whole range of designs, including infographics.
They have a huge library of infographic templates (450+). Many of which can be customized and downloaded for free but you can only download the free templates as JPGs.
Like Canva you can create infographics from a blank canvas using various design elements, shapes, etc. but Canva’s interface is a bit more user-friendly in our opinion. Visme does have a great range of charts and graphs that you can add to your design though.
Details:
- 450+ templates
- 100+ free templates (JPG download only)
- Templates for timelines, data visualizations, how to’s, flowcharts, and much more
- Easily create great-looking graphs for your infographics
- Easy collaboration with team mates designs
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, MP4, PPT
Pricing:
- Free Plan: 5 free projects at a time, and JPG downloads
- Standard Plan: $25 /month or $180 /year
- Business Plan: $49 /month or $348 /year
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
#4 Genially
Genially is a fantastic online design tool that allows you to create presentations, videos, and of course, infographics (including easily creating animated ones!).
Their library of templates has many well-designed infographics that you can use as the starting point for your design with plenty of great-looking templates for timelines, maps, flowcharts, and much more.
There are no free templates available to download with Genially, however, their subscription prices are very affordable, starting as low as $15 per year for students.
Details:
- 350+ templates
- Templates for timelines, data visualizations, comparisons, and much more
- Easily create awesome charts and graphs for your infographics
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a JPG, PDF
Pricing:
- Student Plan: $15 /year
- Edu Pro Plan: $59.88 /year
- Master Plan: $39.90 /month or $250 /year
- Discounts for Educational organizations
#5 Venngage
Venngage has the biggest library of predesigned templates for infographics out of all the tools in this list. They also have templates for logos, social media content, presentations, and much more.
However, they currently don’t have a free plan that allows you to download any free designs. So you’ll need to get a subscription to download any designs you create with the tool.
That being said, their library is not only vast, it’s also full of quality designs. So, if you’re going to be creating many infographics it could be a great option for you.
Details:
- 1,300+ templates
- Templates for timelines, comparisons, data visualizations, and many more
- Easily create charts and graphs for your infographics
- Easily collaborate with others on the design (Paid feature)
- Download designs as a PNG, PDF, Interactive PDF, PowerPoint, HTML
Pricing:
- You can create up to 5 designs with the free plan (but no downloads)
- Premium Plan: $19 /month, $51 /quarter, or $192 /year
- Business Plan: $49 /month, $129 /quarter, or $469 /year
- Enterprise Plan: $5,988 /year
#6 Mind The Graph
If you’re looking to create high-quality scientific infographics then you should definitely give Mind The Graph a look.
Their fantastic library of templates and design elements is exclusively focused on science, nature, and medicine. So, if you’re looking to create infographics on those topics it will be a valuable tool in your arsenal.
Their drag and drop interface makes creating infographics a breeze, you can even create plenty of designs for free (with a watermark).
Details:
- 460+ templates
- All templates free (With watermark)
- All science-focused templates
- Create infographics from a blank canvas
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a PNG, TIFF, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan (All downloads with Mind The Graph watermark)
- Junior Plan: $9 /month or $60 /year
- Senior Plan: $15 /month or $108 /year
- ProTeams Plan: $99 /month or $708 /year
#7 Adobe Express
Adobe Express is Adobe’s answer to Canva. The online design tool has templates and tools for videos, presentations, social media content, infographics, and much more.
They have a sizeable library of infographic templates (over 300) and although they are good, the design quality isn’t quite as good as some of the other tools in this list (Canva, Piktochart, and Genially in particular).
That being said, there are some great-quality templates (and design elements you can add to your infographics) plus you can create so much for free with Spark. So, it’s definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to create designs.
Details:
- 340+ templates
- 180+ free templates
- Templates for timelines, comparisons, lists, and much more
- Collaboration tools
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Includes many free templates and design elements
- Unlimited Plan: $9.99 /month or $99.99 /year
#8 Design Cap
Like many of the other tools in this list, Design Cap is an online design tool that allows users to create a huge range of designs including social media content, presentations, infographics, and much more.
Customizing the designs is very simple with their editor. Everything is editable, and the drag and drop interface makes it easy to organize your designs the way you want them. They even have a great range of charts and graphs that can be easily customized and added to your designs.
Design Cap’s free plan gives you access to over 100 infographic templates, many of which are of good quality. The downside with the free plan is that you can only download your designs as JPG files.
Details:
- 230+ templates
- 100+ free templates (Save up to 5 designs in your account)
- Templates for timelines, lists, data visualizations, and much more
- Easily create great-looking charts and graphs for your infographics
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: JPG downloads only
- Basic Plan: $8.99 /month or $59.88 /year
- Plus Plan: $12.99 /month or $84 /year
#9 WePik
If you’re looking for a 100% free online infographic maker then you’ll want to check our WePik. It’s the online design tool from the graphic design resource company FreePik.
At the moment, all the templates on WePik are completely free to customize and download (hopefully it stays that way).
When it comes to infographic templates there are over 100 to use on WePik. Not all of them are up to the same standard as Piktochart or Canva but there are plenty of great-looking templates that you utilize (did we mention for free?).
Details:
- 100+ templates
- All templates are free
- Templates for timeslines, flowcharts, and a few other cateogires.
- Create designs from a blank canvas
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- 100% free
#10 Crello
Crello is a very similar tool to Canva, albeit probably not quite as good. Like Canva they offer an almost endless array of design tools and templates.
They also have a smallish set of infographic templates that you can utilize to create great-looking designs in no time at all.
Most of their templates are in the timeline or list category but they’re all of great quality so definitely worth checking out. Particularly if you’re on a tight budget as you can download up to 5 free designs per month with Crello (including infographics).
Crello also offers a huge library of design elements, and their animated elements are particularly strong. A good option if you are looking to create engaging animated infographics.
Details:
- 50+ templates
- All templates available with free plan (5 downloads per month)
- Easy collaboration on designs
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, or MP4
Pricing:
- Free plan: 5 downloads per month
- Pro plan: $9.99 /month or $96 /year
#11 Infogram
If you’re looking to create data visualizations that are not only visually appealing to your readers but incredibly easy to make then Infogram could be a great option for you.
The product isn’t the best when it comes to other types of designs (social media content, posters, etc.) but when it comes to infographics, charts, and map visualizations it’s a fantastic tool.
You can create designs and projects for free on Inforgram and share them online but if you actually want to download any of your designs you’ll need a paid subscription.
Details:
- 75+ templates
- Templates for timelines, lists, data visualizations, and more
- Tools for making good-looking charts for your infographics
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, MP4
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Up to 10 projects (but no downloads)
- Pro Plan: $25 /month or $228 /year
- Business Plan: $79 /month or $804 /year
- Team Plan: $179 /month or $1,788 /year
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
- Special pricing for startups, non-profits and educational organizations
#12 Easel.ly
Easel.ly is one of the very few tools in this list that only offers infographic templates. The product has a good range of infographic templates but when it comes to design quality and usability it’s a bit behind some of the other tools mentioned before.
They do offer a free plan which has a range of templates and also allows you to create infographics from a blank canvas but you can only download the designs as low-quality JPG files.
That being said, their subscription prices are incredibly low, particularly for students! Getting a subscription gives you unlimited access to everything Easel.ly has to offer (There’s also a 7-day free trial if you want to test it out).
Details:
- 700+ templates
- 100+ free templates
- Templates for timelines, data visualizations, and much more
- Easily create great-looking graphs
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Only downloads designs as a JPG
- Student Plan: $24 /year
- Individual Plan: $48 /year
- Business Plan: $60 /year
#13 Design Bold
Like Canva, Design Bold is an online design tool that allows you to create a whole host of things including presentations, posters, social media content, and infographics.
Their range of templates and the usability of the product isn’t quite as good as some of the other tools (such as Canva or Piktochart), however, they have some good-quality templates and it’s a very user-friendly product.
With a free Design Bold account, you get up to 5 free downloads per month and access to over 5,000 pre-designed templates including over 25 free-to-use infographic templates.
Details:
- 30+ templates
- 25+ free templates
- Create graphs, maps, and charts for your infographics
- Easily share designs to collaborate with others
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: 5 downloads per month
- Pro Plan: $9.99 /month or $95.88 /year
- On-demand credits (buy individual premium designs)
#14 Snappa
Snappa is another versatile online design tool that offers a great range of tools and templates to help non-designers create awesome designs with ease.
When it comes to infographics they have around 50 templates at the moment, many of which are well designed and cover various categories from timelines and lists to comparisons and data visualizations.
If you’re on a tight budget you can create up to 3 designs for free per month with a free Snappa account, including creating designs from a blank canvas using Snappa’s high-quality design elements.
Details:
- 50+ templates
- All templates available with free plan (3 downloads per month)
- Templates for Business, Education, Science, and many more categories
- Create designs from a blank canvas
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: 3 downloads per month
- Pro Plan: $15 /month, or $120 /year
- Team Plan: $30 /month, or $240 /year
#15 PicMonkey
PicMonkey’s offering when it comes to infographics isn’t as strong as some of the areas of their product. They’re first a foremost an online photo editor but their online graphic design features are improving all the time.
They currently only have around 40 infographic templates, however, what’s there is good quality. They have a good range of timeline infographic templates and solid options when it comes to fonts, graphics, and illustrations to create your own scratch.
If you’re after free infographics you’re better off looking elsewhere as PicMpnkey doesn’t currently offer any free templates. They do offer a free trial though.
Details:
- 40+ templates
- Templates for timelines, lists, flowcharts, and few others
- Easily collaborate and comments on designs with team members
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Basic Plan: $7.99 /month or $72 /year
- Pro Plan: $12.99 /month or $120 /year
- Business Plan: $228 /year
#16 Adioma
Unlike most of the other tools in this list, Mind The Graph is not a drag and drop designer. It works based on predesigned grids and layouts.
You simply need to input your data or text and it will format everything based on the layout you have selected. It makes creating infographics an extremely quick and easy process.
The main downside with their product being set up in this way is that it means users have much more limited customization options than they would with a tool like Canva.
However, if you’re looking to create simple but engaging infographics quickly it might be worth taking a look.
Details:
- 50+ templates
- Create designs from a blank canvas
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, PPT, SVG
Pricing:
- Pro Plan: $39 /month or $351 /year
- Expert Plan: $69 /month or $621 /year
- Business Plan: $300 /month or $2,700 /year
#17 BeFunky
BeFunky is primarily an online photo editor and a great one at that. They recently added more tools to their offering including a graphic designer with a decent set of infographics.
Currently, they have around 35 templates with 3 of them being 100% free to customize and download. Most of which are well designed. The tool makes it very easy to customize them as well.
BeFunky is a great online photo editor, but if you’re looking to create high-quality infographics you’re probably going to want to focus on some of the other tools at the top of this list.
Details:
- 35+ templates
- 3 free templates
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Unlimited downloads of free templates
- Unlimited Plan: $8.99 /month or $59.88 /year
#18 LucidPress
LucidPress is another online design that has a nice set of infographics that you can utilize to create your own designs, as well as templates for social media content, posters, presentations, and much more.
Where LucidPress falls short in comparison to other infographic makers is the number of templates they have on offer which is currently quite limited but also the fonts and design elements that you can add to customize the templates.
Compared to tools like Canva and Piktochart you get very limited high-quality design element options in LucidPress.
Details:
- 30+ templates
- 20+ free templates (Can only have 3 projects at any one time in a free account)
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Up to 3 projects
- Pro Plan: $10 /month
- Team Plan: $12 /month
#19 Easil
Easil is another online design tool that offers many of the same features as most of the other tools in this list. They have also added infographic templates to their offering.
Their smooth and slick editor makes customizing their infographic templates a breeze, however, if you’re serious about creating high-quality infographics we’d recommend using some of the tools higher up in the list.
Details:
- 30+ templates
- 25+ free templates
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Unlimited downloads of free templates
- Plus Plan: $7.50 /month
- Edge Plan: $59 /month
#20 Edit.org
Like most of the other tools on this list, Edit.org is an online design tool that offers design templates for most things.
They have around 70 templates for infographics too, most of which are good quality.
You can download designs for free with Edit.org but you can only get a low-resolution version and the design also comes with a watermark. So to get the most out of the tool you’ll need a paid subscription.
We’d recommend trying out some of the other tools first though.
Details:
- 70+ templates
- All templates free (but can only be downloaded in low resolution with a free plan)
- Templates for Business, Education, Science, and many more categories
- Easily create great-looking graphs for your infographics
- Easily collaborate with others on the design
- Download designs as a JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, Mp4, or SVG (Canva Pro only)
Pricing:
- Free Plan: Unlimited downloads (low resolution and watermark)
- Unlimited Plan: $9.99 /month
#21 Biteable
Biteable is best known as an online video maker that allows you to create intros, promos, trailers, and other videos all within your browser.
You might not be aware that they also have some pretty cool video infographic templates (around 10 at the time of writing).
Editing the templates takes a little while to get your head around but once you do it’s pretty easy and quick to create a great-looking video infographic.
Hopefully, they keep adding more templates.
Details:
- 10+ templates
- All templates free (With Biteable watermark)
- Collaborate on video infographics (Ultimate plan only)
- Download designs as an MP4
Pricing:
- Free Plan: All downloads with watermark
- Plus Plan: $29 /month or $228 /year
- Ultimate Plan: $99 /month or $588 /year
Infographic Types & Examples
To get your creative juices flowing we’ve listed examples of engaging and incredibly well-designed infographics below for all the main infographic types.
Timeline Infographics
If something has evolved over time, or you want to visualize the history of a specific figure or topic then a timeline infographic will help you do that.
These infographics usually follow a linear path highlighting important dates with supporting graphics, images, text, and labels.
Here’s an example:
Data Visualization Infographics
If you have a large range of data on a specific subject that would be useful to display in a more visual and structured way, then a data visualization infographic could be a great option for you.
Sometimes known as a statistical infographic, they allow you to present data from various sources in a way that’s engaging and easily digested by the reader.
You just have to make sure your charts, graphs, and points flow correctly and tell a clear story.
Here’s a great example:
‘How To’ Infographics
‘How to’ infographics usually depict the steps someone needs to take to complete a specific task or goal.
As the designer, all you have to do is define the steps someone would have to take to complete that task and use visuals that will clearly walk the reader through the process.
How to infographics can also simply be lists of tips that help a reader complete a goal or challenge.
Here’s an example:
Geographical Infographics
If you have a set of location-based or demographic data that you want to visualize then a geographical infographic will work for you.
They usually use a map as the focal point and have supporting graphs, charts, text, and labels to help convey the story.
Here’s an example:
List Infographics
List infographics usually consist of tips, facts, benefits, or related information that tell a story together.
The goal is to educate the reader on a specific topic and help them understand it clearly.
Here’s an example:
Comparison (vs) Infographics
Use a comparison infographic if you want to compare two or more different things. You can clearly visualize their differences using a comparison infographic.
By putting them side by side you will help the reader easily see the pros and cons of each, or the similarities and differences. You can also utilize graphics, labels, and text to really get your message across.
Here’s an example:
Flowchart Infographics
Some topics have a number of different routes they can go down or a number of different ways they are connected.
If the topic you’re trying to convey falls under this category then you should use a flowchart infographic. These can help you show the reader the relationships between different elements to make a topic easy for them to understand.
Here’s an example:
Hierarchical Infographics
If there are varying levels of importance, significance, or difficulty in your data then a hierarchical infographic is likely your best choice.
These types of infographics can organize your data, compare them, and show how they are connected so your readers can get a clear understanding.
Here’s an example:
Anatomical Infographics
If you want to break down and highlight the different elements of something then an anatomical infographic could be a great choice.
Here’s an example:
Infographic Templates
We thought we’d make it incredibly easy for you to get started on your own Infographic, so we’ve picked out 17 templates from some of our favorite infographic makers from the list above that we thought stood out.
The best part is that they are all free templates too!
Timeline Infographic Templates
Data Visualization Infographic Templates
‘How To’ Infographic Templates
Geographical Infographic Templates
List Infographic Templates
Comparison (vs) Infographic Templates
Flowchart Infographic Templates
Hierarchical Infographic Templates
Anatomical Infographic Templates
Infographic FAQs
Just in case you had some more questions regarding infographics and infographic makers we thought we’d answer some of the most common infographic questions here.
What is an infographic?
If you’ve read this guide up until now you should have a decent idea. But just in case you’re still not sure, an infographic is a visual representation of a specific topic or idea.
They’re designed to make it as easy as possible for the reader to quickly digest the information and get a better understanding of the given topic.
What makes a good infographic?
The video from Visme below goes into more detail. But here’s the topline tips for creating a good infographic:
- Tell a story
- Have a predefined journey in mind for the reader
- Provide a new angle on a topic
- Add practical value for the readers
- Well structured (easy to follow and digest)
- Focus on one key message
- Visually appealing (it has to look good)
- Accurate information (well-researched data and facts)
- Short and sweet copy (don’t have to too much text)
What is the easiest way to create one?
The easiest way to create an infographic (if you don’t have knowledge of design software like Adobe InDesign or Illustrator) is to use an online infographic maker.
We recommend Canva, Piktochart, and Venngage as these tools are incredibly easy to use, have a great range of pre-designed templates, and have plenty of design elements you can utilize to create your own infographic quickly and easily.
Where can I create free infographics?
The easiest way to create an infographic (if you don’t have knowledge of design software like Adobe InDesign or Illustrator) is to use an online infographic maker.
We recommend Canva, Piktochart, Visme, or Genially as these tools are incredibly easy to use, have a great range of pre-designed templates, and have plenty of design elements you can utilize to create your own infographic quickly and easily.
What are some other good sources for infographics??
If you don’t want to create your own infographics or use an online infographic maker there are a few other options.
You could work with a designer from a website like Fiverr to get an infographic designed for you.
Alternatively, you could create a design competition on sites like Design Crowd to have designers bid to work with you on the project.
Lastly, you could buy or download premade infographic designs from a site like Envato Elements – you’ll likely have to have to learn to use some design software to work with these templates though.
Wrapping things up…
So there you have it, 21 tried and tested infographic makers (with plenty of free options), some inspiring infographic examples, and some templates to get you started quickly and smoothly.
Now it’s time for you to start creating some awesome infographics!
If you have any questions, comments or have suggestions for other infographics resources, leave a comment below!
