Bokeh vs. IBM Analytics for Apache Spark vs. Matplotlib vs. Python Comparison Chart

Bokeh makes it simple to create common plots, but also can handle custom or specialized use-cases. Plots, dashboards, and apps can be published in web pages or Jupyter notebooks. Python has an incredible ecosystem of powerful analytics tools: NumPy, Scipy, Pandas, Dask, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV, and more. With a wide array of widgets, plot tools, and UI events that can trigger real Python callbacks, the Bokeh server is the bridge that lets you connect these tools to rich, interactive visualizations in the browser. Microscopium is a project maintained by researchers at Monash University. It allows researchers to discover new gene or drug functions by exploring large image datasets with Bokeh’s interactive tools. Panel is a tool for polished data presentation that utilizes the Bokeh server. It is created and supported by Anaconda. Panel makes it simple to create custom interactive web apps and dashboards by connecting user-defined widgets to plots, images, tables, or text.

Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. Matplotlib makes easy things easy and hard things possible. A large number of third party packages extend and build on Matplotlib functionality, including several higher-level plotting interfaces (seaborn, HoloViews, ggplot, ...), and a projection and mapping toolkit (Cartopy).