Open Source Crystal Reports AlternativesBusiness Intelligence Tools and other similar apps like Crystal Reports

The best open source alternative to Crystal Reports is RootDB. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Crystal Reports and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Crystal Reports are BIRT, SharpDevelop Reports, Seal Report and DynamicReports.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • RootDB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Crystal Reports.

    • RootDB is Free and Open SourceCrystal Reports is Paid and Proprietary
    • RootDB is Lightweight and Privacy focusedCrystal Reports is not according to our users
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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.

    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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
     
  8. EDA icon
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    The easiest data analytics tool for end users. You can make impressive reports without a single line of code. Easy to use and easy to administrate. It have Open Source option or SaaS option.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    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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    QtRPT is the easy-to-use print report engine written in C++ QtToolkit. It allows combining several reports in one XML file. For separately taken field, you can specify some condition depending on which this field will display in a different font and background color, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    KoolReport, an intuitive and flexible Open Source PHP Reporting Framework for faster and easier report delivery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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