Free Crystal Reports AlternativesBusiness Intelligence Tools and other similar apps like Crystal Reports

The best free alternative to Crystal Reports is ReportBurster, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Crystal Reports and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Crystal Reports are RootDB, BIRT, SharpDevelop Reports and Seal Report.

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  1. RootDB icon
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    An open source self-hosted webapp allowing you to make reports using the full power of the SQL language.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. BIRT icon
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    BIRT is an open source technology platform used to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded into rich client and web applications.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SharpDevelop Reports (SDR) is the open source .NET reporting solution shipping with SharpDevelop. SDR supports Windows (WPF or Windows Forms) as well as Web (ASP.NET) applications thanks to its ability to use printers or output directly to PDF.

    41 SharpDevelop Reports alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Seal Report icon
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    Seal Report offers a complete framework for producing daily reports from any database or any No SQL source. The product focuses on easy installation and report design: Once setup, reports can be built and published in a minute.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  5. DynamicReports is an open source Java reporting tool based on JasperReports. It allows to create dynamic designs and it doesn't need a visual report designer. You can very quickly create reports and produce documents that can be displayed, printed or exported into many...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Valentina Reports is a rare cross-platform C++ implementation of the powerful report tools including:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  7. ART Reporting icon
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    ART is a web based reporting solution. SQL queries can be published in a few minutes. It supports tabular, crosstab, charts, scheduling, email alerts, drill down, among other features. Results are exportable to spreadsheet/pdf.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Colombian Report Designer (CRD) is a report solution like Jasper Report, Crystal Reports or FastReport, but based on Javascript framework. It can be easily used with any CrossPlatform application.

    100% Javascript Report Designer and Preview Print..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Free, open source SQL report writer offering a WYSIWYG designer, XML-based versioned report definitions, embeddable renderer for local print, PDF, and Postscript output, support for barcodes, image and watermark integration, and compatibility with major OS and databases.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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