Bold Reports vs ReportServer

Bold Reports is a reporting platform for creating, managing, embedding, and distributing paginated reports. It supports RDL and RDLC natively, including reuse of existing SSRS reports. Its tools include a web Report Designer, Viewer, Writer, and Server for authoring, viewing, exporting, and managing reports. The platform lists 27 built-in data connectors and access to more than 250 additional systems through CData. Reports can be scheduled hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, then delivered by email, file location, FTP or SFTP, or Amazon S3. Listed export formats include PDF, Excel, Word, HTML, PowerPoint, CSV, and XML. SDKs support embedding in JavaScript, Angular, React, Blazor, and ASP.NET Core. Deployment options include web, API, Linux, Windows, and self-hosted environments. Security features include role and site permissions, per-site data isolation, encrypted stored credentials, and TLS 1.2 or later. The maker identifies SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 and says the platform supports GDPR and HIPAA requirements. Pricing is by custom quote, with a 30-day trial and no free plan.

ReportServer is an open-source business intelligence platform for companies, with reporting, analysis and distribution tools. It supports Eclipse BIRT, JasperReports, SAP Crystal Reports, script reports, ad-hoc analyses, Mondrian OLAP and Excel or Word reporting. Dynamic Lists produce ad-hoc reports in Excel, PDF or XML, while configurable dashboards can contain reports and HTML5 micro-apps. Reports can run on recurring schedules, as can maintenance scripts. Access controls combine hierarchical objects, user groups, ACLs, ACEs and user variables. Authentication supports usernames and passwords, with Active Directory or scripted single sign-on integration options. The platform connects to relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA and Google BigQuery, and can send data to services such as FTP, email, Amazon S3, OneDrive/SharePoint, Google Drive and local filesystems. It runs as a Java Servlet web application with metadata in a relational database. Community Edition is free under an AGPL license; Enterprise Edition is €3,999, paid once, including one year of upgrades, with a €1999 renewal.