Table 1 A comparison of the features of various programs capable of generating Venn diagrams.
From: VennDiagram: a package for the generation of highly-customizable Venn and Euler diagrams in R
| DrawVenn | Venny | gplots::venn | venneuler | limma::vennDiagram | Google Chart | GeneVenn | VennMaster | BioVenn | VennDiagram | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shape-fill | ||||||||||
| Colour | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Shape-line | ||||||||||
| Style | X | |||||||||
| Width | X | X | ||||||||
| Colour | X | |||||||||
| Caption labels | ||||||||||
| Content | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Colour | X | X | ||||||||
| Font | X | X | X | |||||||
| Size | X | X | X | |||||||
| Style | X | |||||||||
| Location | X | X (SVG only) | X | |||||||
| Position | X | X (SVG only) | X | |||||||
| Distance | X | X (SVG only) | X | |||||||
| Justification | X | |||||||||
| Area labels | ||||||||||
| Colour | X | X | X | |||||||
| Font | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Size | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Style | X | |||||||||
| Titles | ||||||||||
| Main title | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Subtitle | X | X | ||||||||
| Position | X (SVG only) | X | ||||||||
| Colour | X | X | X | |||||||
| Font | X | X | ||||||||
| Size | X | X | X | |||||||
| Style | X | |||||||||
| Justification | X | |||||||||
| Background-fill | ||||||||||
| Colour | X | X | ||||||||
| Style | X | |||||||||
| File options | ||||||||||
| Output type | None | PNG | R graphics | R graphics | R graphics | PNG/GIF | PNG | SVG/JPEG | SVG/PNG | TIFF/PNG/JPEG/BMP/others |
| Figure resolution | X | X | X | |||||||
| Data processing | ||||||||||
| Built-in gene ID recognition | X | X | ||||||||
| Figure from file(s) | X | X | X | |||||||
| Specific optimizations | Gene Ontology | |||||||||
| General | ||||||||||
| Environment | Java | Web | R | R | R | Web | Web | Java | Web | R |
| Input format | Direct (slider) | Lists | Lists | Partial areas | R object | Partial areas | Lists | Lists/GoMiner output | Lists | Lists |
| Maximum sets | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | >5 | 3 | 4 |
| Shapes used | Circles/Rectangles | Circles/Ellipses | Circles/Ellipses | Circles | Circles | Circles | Circles | Polygons | Circles | Circles/Ellipses |
| Scaling | X | X* | X* | X (iterative) | X* | X (2-set only) | ||||
| Euler diagrams | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Margin size | X | X | X | |||||||
| Rotation | X | |||||||||
| Two-set external lines | X | |||||||||
| Other set-specific parameters | X | X |
