FigCanvas

FigCanvas is an AI scientific figure generator built for researchers, students, and academic teams. It creates scientific illustrations, data visualizations, and flowcharts in one place, letting a researcher turn a prompt or a dataset into a first draft figure in under two minutes instead of starting from scratch in a separate design tool.

A user describes a figure in a prompt, uploads a dataset, or pastes a methods section, and FigCanvas picks the right figure type for that input. Data plots are rendered from the actual numbers by AI-written Python code running in a sandbox, flowcharts are generated as structured diagrams of editable boxes and arrows, and scientific illustrations are produced by an image model that can be converted to editable SVG afterward.

FigCanvas supports scientific illustrations for pathways and mechanisms, data visualizations such as bar charts, heatmaps, PCA, and volcano plots, and flowcharts for PRISMA, CONSORT, and bioinformatics pipelines. An infinite canvas lets panels be dragged, aligned, and grouped into multi-panel manuscript figures, and any AI illustration can be vectorized into an editable SVG for 20 credits on paid plans.

FigCanvas offers a free plan with 18 sign-up credits and 10 credits per day, exporting watermarked PNG only, and a Pro plan at $19.90 per month or $149.90 billed yearly ($12.50/month) with 1,000 monthly credits, unlimited projects, and watermark-free PNG, SVG, and 300 DPI PDF export. Credit Packs and a Custom plan for labs and institutions are also available.

Use cases

• Create graphical abstracts and concept figures
• Build PRISMA and CONSORT diagrams for manuscripts
• Turn raw datasets into publication-ready charts
• Assemble multi-panel manuscript figures