diff --git a/examples/summary.js b/examples/summary.js
index 7db42d897..7b61488cf 100644
--- a/examples/summary.js
+++ b/examples/summary.js
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ var survey = new Survey.SurveyModel(json);
 
 // SurveyAnalytics.SelectBasePlotly.displayModeBar = false;
 
+// SurveyAnalytics.VisualizerBase.suppressVisualizerStubRendering = true;
+
 SurveyAnalytics.PlotlySetup.onImageSaving.add(function (selectBaseVisualizer, options) {
   options.filename = "Exported " + selectBaseVisualizer.question.name;
 });
diff --git a/src/visualizationManager.ts b/src/visualizationManager.ts
index f4e1d477c..8066138ff 100644
--- a/src/visualizationManager.ts
+++ b/src/visualizationManager.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ export class VisualizationManager {
   ): VisualizerConstructor[] {
     let vDescrs = VisualizationManager.vizualizers[questionType];
     if (!vDescrs) {
+      if(VisualizerBase.suppressVisualizerStubRendering) {
+        return [];
+      }
       return [VisualizerBase];
     }
     vDescrs = [].concat(vDescrs);
diff --git a/src/visualizationPanel.ts b/src/visualizationPanel.ts
index 27b505d3e..0691873da 100644
--- a/src/visualizationPanel.ts
+++ b/src/visualizationPanel.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ export class VisualizationPanel extends VisualizerBase {
   ) {
     super(null, data, options, "panel");
 
+    const f = (<any>SurveyCore).hasLicense;
+    this.haveCommercialLicense = (!!f && f(4)) ||
+      VisualizationPanel.haveCommercialLicense ||
+      (typeof options.haveCommercialLicense !== "undefined"
+        ? options.haveCommercialLicense
+        : false);
+
     this._layoutEngine =
       options.layoutEngine ||
       new MuuriLayoutEngine(
@@ -304,14 +311,9 @@ export class VisualizationPanel extends VisualizerBase {
     if (_elements === undefined) {
       this._elements = this.buildElements(questions);
     }
-    const f = (<any>SurveyCore).hasLicense;
-    this.haveCommercialLicense = (!!f && f(4)) ||
-      VisualizationPanel.haveCommercialLicense ||
-      (typeof options.haveCommercialLicense !== "undefined"
-        ? options.haveCommercialLicense
-        : false);
 
     this.buildVisualizers(questions);
+
     if (!this.haveCommercialLicense) {
       this.registerToolbarItem("commercialLicense", () => {
         return createCommercialLicenseLink();
@@ -553,6 +555,9 @@ export class VisualizationPanel extends VisualizerBase {
   private buildVisualizers(questions: Array<Question>) {
     questions.forEach((question) => {
       const visualizer = this.createVisualizer(question);
+      if(!visualizer) {
+        return;
+      }
 
       if (this.allowHideQuestions) {
         visualizer.registerToolbarItem("removeQuestion", () => {
@@ -890,6 +895,9 @@ export class VisualizationPanel extends VisualizerBase {
     container: HTMLElement
   ) {
     const visualizer = this.getVisualizer(element.name);
+    if(!visualizer) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     const questionElement = DocumentHelper.createElement("div");
     questionElement.dataset.question = element.name;
diff --git a/src/visualizerBase.ts b/src/visualizerBase.ts
index 42b3a119d..d93f07cca 100644
--- a/src/visualizerBase.ts
+++ b/src/visualizerBase.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ var styles = require("./visualizerBase.scss");
  * [View Demo](https://surveyjs.io/dashboard/examples/how-to-plot-survey-data-in-custom-bar-chart/ (linkStyle))
  */
 export class VisualizerBase implements IDataInfo {
+  public static suppressVisualizerStubRendering: boolean = false;
+
   private _showToolbar = true;
   private _footerVisualizer: VisualizerBase = undefined;
   private _dataProvider: DataProvider = undefined;
@@ -198,7 +200,9 @@ export class VisualizerBase implements IDataInfo {
       question.title = this.processText(this.question.title);
 
       this._footerVisualizer = this.createVisualizer(question);
-      this._footerVisualizer.onUpdate = () => this.invokeOnUpdate();
+      if(!!this._footerVisualizer) {
+        this._footerVisualizer.onUpdate = () => this.invokeOnUpdate();
+      }
     }
     return this._footerVisualizer;
   }
diff --git a/tests/visualizationManager.test.ts b/tests/visualizationManager.test.ts
index 29d6bd8df..50724841a 100644
--- a/tests/visualizationManager.test.ts
+++ b/tests/visualizationManager.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { VisualizationManager } from "../src/visualizationManager";
 import { Text } from "../src/text";
 import { WordCloud } from "../src/wordcloud/wordcloud";
+import { VisualizerBase } from "../src/visualizerBase";
 
 test("register and get", () => {
   expect(VisualizationManager.vizualizers).toMatchObject({});
@@ -117,4 +118,18 @@ test("visualizers set order", () => {
   VisualizationManager.unregisterVisualizer("test", undefined as any);
   testVizualizers = VisualizationManager.getVisualizersByType("test");
   expect(testVizualizers.length).toBe(0);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+test("stub default visualizer and suppressVisulizerStubRendering setting", () => {
+  let testVizualizers = VisualizationManager.getVisualizersByType("signaturepad");
+  expect(testVizualizers.length).toBe(1);
+  expect(testVizualizers[0].name).toBe("VisualizerBase");
+
+  try {
+    VisualizerBase.suppressVisualizerStubRendering = true;
+    testVizualizers = VisualizationManager.getVisualizersByType("signaturepad");
+    expect(testVizualizers.length).toBe(0);
+  } finally {
+    VisualizerBase.suppressVisualizerStubRendering = false;
+  }
+});