What Is Datastory?
Datastory is a no-code data storytelling platform designed to turn complex information into clear, publishable stories. It supports interactive charts, data-driven web applications, reports, and presentations for teams that need to communicate findings without relying on specialist development tools.
The platform brings data management, visualization, and AI-assisted interpretation together. Its shared approach is intended to help organizations keep teams aligned around the same underlying numbers and visual identity.
Key Capabilities
- Upload organizational data for interpretation and visualization.
- Use an AI engine to identify insights and transform data into interactive charts and web pages.
- Work with a collection of more than 2,000 open datasets when proprietary data is not available.
- Maintain shared master data in a common catalog across teams.
- Build interactive charts, websites, reports, presentations, and data-driven applications.
How It Supports Data Storytelling
Datastory addresses the gap between raw numbers and material that a broader audience can understand. Teams can start with their own uploaded information or curated open data, then use the platform to shape that material into visual and narrative formats ready for publication.
The shared catalog helps reduce duplicated data preparation in larger organizations. Outputs can also be presented within an organization's visual identity, supporting consistency across different teams and publications.
Use Cases
The platform is used across journalism, research, public-sector communication, and nonprofit work. Supported examples include election visualizations, climate-data videos, interactive maps of AI activity, healthcare initiative tracking, research exploration tools, and visualizations of global tax policy.
These projects show how Datastory can make long-running research, geographic patterns, policy trends, and public datasets easier to explore. Its tools are suited to communicators, journalists, and analysts who need to explain complex issues through accessible visual experiences.