Pick Meta-Chart if you want 12 chart types, PDF downloads, or pasted and CSV data. Pick PieChartMaker.co if you want an SVG file or a donut chart. Both are free, both need no account to download, and both show ads. Students on a school laptop should expect those ads on either site.
By Ryan Doyle, who built Pie Chart Generator. Updated November 9, 2026.
Both columns read from each tool's own pages and page code on November 9, 2026.
| Feature | Meta-Chart | PieChartMaker.co |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; no plan or price on its public pages source | Free; piechartmaker.co/pricing answers 404 source |
| Account to download | No; a free account only saves charts source | No; the home page has no sign-up source |
| Ads | Yes; a Raptive ad script in its page code source | Yes; 12 Google ad slots on the home page source |
| Download formats | PNG, JPEG, PDF source | PNG, JPEG, SVG source |
| Chart types | 12, including Venn, histogram and box and whisker source | 5: pie, doughnut, line, bar, scatter source |
| 3D | A Normal or 3D chart type setting source | A Make 3D switch source |
| Donut | No option found source | Yes; a Pie Hole box from 0 to 1 source |
| Data entry | One slice at a time, pasted numbers, or a CSV import source | Two comma-separated boxes, or titles and values together source |
| Paste formats | Commas, or one number per line, with or without slice names source | Commas, in its two boxes source |
| Color for each slice | Yes, in its Slice Details step source | No control in its form source |
| Background | Plain or gradient color source | One background color source |
| Legend position | A Legend Position setting source | Labeled, top, bottom, left, right or none source |
| Fonts | Family, color and size for the title and labels source | Title and legend color only source |
| Save and share | Save with a free account; a shortened share link source | No save or share control source |
If neither fits: Pie Chart Generator loads no ads, needs no account and downloads PNG, JPEG, SVG and PDF, with a small credit line on free files that Pro from $1 a month removes. Of 17,002 charts downloaded from it between January 29 and October 23, 2026, 13.3% were SVG and 18.6% PDF (method).