What is Plotly Dash
Plotly Dash is a Python analytics software framework for quickly creating web browser dashboards using IAAD, ML and AI technologies. Plotly Dash software product is designed to work with Python and R models. Dash is well suited for building data visualisation applications based on non-trivial algorithms with highly customizable user interfaces and in pure Python.
Advantages
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Customization and Flexibility
Compared to traditional visualisation tools like Tableau, Plotly allows full control over what is being plotted. You can define how many graphs to display at any time, the number of interactive tools, such as drop-down menus, title, and axis.
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Range and Aesthetics
Besides being able to plot all Matplotlib and Seaborn charts, Plotly offers a huge range of graphs like scientific charts, ranging from Network graphs to Radar charts, financial charts, including Candlesticks, Funnels and Bullet charts, geological maps and 3 dimensional plots.
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Interactivity of Dash Graph Components
Dash application authors can write applications that respond to hovering, clicking, or selecting points on a graph.
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Dash Deployment Server
Application deployment on your servers is simplified by SSO/LDAP authentication, support plans, and more.
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Multi-User Platform
Multiple users can view apps and have independent sessions.
Analytics Data Stack Structure
Plotly Dash Alternatives
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Redash
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