Infogram is similar to the design tool, Canva, but with a more robust set of data visualization and mapping options. You can create dashboards, slideshows, fact sheets, and other types of data stories, and this tool is very easy to use. 

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While you can't build full dashboards or data stories with Datawrapper like you can with Infogram, Datawrapper is among the best tools out there for creating individual graphs and maps that look quite professional (many news outlets use Datawrapper to create data visualizations)

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Now owned by Canva, Flourish may not be quite as easy to use as Datawrapper and Infogram, but this tools enables you to create an array of engaging and unique data visualizations, including some that allow you to animate the data – for example, to effectively show change over time.

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For a few clients projects oriented around putting data on maps, I've used StoryMaps, which is part of the mapping platform, ArcGIS. StoryMaps allows you to create data stories that you scroll through and that can incorporate beautiful and impactful maps. Tableau and PowerBI are powerful business analytic tools, particularly for creating dashboards for an organization's internal use, but both tools can take some time to learn. And you may find that the visualization you want to create can be easily built using the old standards of Excel, Google Sheets, or even PowerPoint.

if you want some guidance on how to make use of color in data visualization, address issues of color blindness and equity, or summarize Likert Scale data, see this past copy of the Hillcrest Advisory e-mail newsletter.