VennDiagramWeb: a web application for the generation of highly customizable Venn and Euler diagrams

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 1 A comparison of features of VennDiagramWeb to other popular web applications used to generate Venn Diagrams

Category	Parameter	VennDiagram (Initial Release)	VennDiagramWeb	Venny [3]	BioVenn [4]	GeneVenn [5]	CRP-Sante Microarray Centre Venn Diagram [6]	VIB/UGent Calculate and draw custom Venn diagrams [7]
General	Interative Interface		X	X	X	X	X	X
	Data File Upload	N/A	X		X	X		X
	Multiple Workspaces	N/A	X
	R Code Generation	N/A	X
Circle Options	Colour	X	X		X	X
	Fill Alpha	X	X
	Border Style	X	X
	Border Width	X	X
	Border Colour	X	X
Category Labels	Content	X	X			X
	Colour	X	X		X
	Font	X	X		X	X
	Size	X	X		X	X
	Style	X	X
	Location	X	X		X (SVG only)
	Position	X	X		X (SVG only)
	Distance	X	X		X (SVG only)
	Justification	X	X
Area Labels	Colour	X	X		X
	Font	X	X	X	X	X
	Size	X	X	X	X	X
	Style	X	X
Titles	Main title	X	X		X	X
	Subtitle	X	X		X
	Position	X	X		X (SVG only)
	Colour	X	X		X
	Font	X	X		X
	Size	X	X		X
	Style	X	X
	Justification	X	X
File Options	Output type	TIFF	TIFF/SVG/PNG	PNG	SVG/PNG	PNG	PNG	SVG/PNG
	Figure resolution	X	X		X
	Built-in gene ID recognition				X
Miscellaneous	Maximum sets	4	5	4	3	3	3	3
	Shapes used	Circles/Ellipses	Circles/Ellipses	Circles/Ellipses	Circles	Circles	Circles	Circles/Ellipses/other curved shapes
	Scaling		X^b		X^a
	Euler diagrams	X	X		X
	Margin size		X
	Rotation		X
	Two-set external lines		X
	Other set-specific parameters		X
	Partition display		X	X	X	X	X	X

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