CoverageBook vs ReportServer

CoverageBook is an online PR reporting tool for agencies and in-house public relations teams. Users add links to online articles and social posts or upload print clippings, video or audio files, and custom slides. For supported coverage, it gathers screenshots, Estimated Views, social shares and outlet audience statistics. Reports can be shared online or exported as PDFs or CSV/Excel files. Supported link sources include YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Twitch, Spotify, Facebook, LinkedIn and online news articles. Print and broadcast items can have custom metrics, but those metrics are not sourced automatically. CoverageBook does not monitor coverage or alert users; users select items and add them to reports. Bronze costs $99 a month, cancellable at any time, and allows 100 clips per month and up to 5 users. A 30-day trial is available, but there is no free plan. The service was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Brighton, United Kingdom.

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.