Eclipse BIRT vs Logi Composer

Eclipse BIRT creates textual reports and visual charts from data drawn from databases, files, Java, JavaScript, and web services. Its Eclipse-based report designer, runtime, and charting engine can work together, while the charting engine can also be used on its own. The designer offers a drag-and-drop layout view, data and resource explorers, a script editor, and chart and expression builders. Reports can connect to JDBC, XML, web services, and flat files; one report can combine multiple sources using inner or outer joins. Data can be sorted, summarized, filtered, and grouped, including by sums or percentages of totals. Supported report forms include lists, charts, crosstabs, letters, documents, and compound reports. The engine can produce HTML, paginated HTML, Word, Excel, PostScript, ODT, ODS, ODP, and PDF, and export data to CSV. Designs use open XML and can be embedded in desktop or web applications, especially those using Java and Jakarta EE. BIRT is free open-source software under the Eclipse Public License (EPL), with Linux, macOS, Windows, web, API, and self-hosted availability.

Logi Composer is a low-code analytics product for software teams embedding dashboards and data visualizations in their applications. Teams can brand analytics with white-label options and custom themes, configure dashboard interactions, and let end users create analytic content or run ad hoc analysis within the application. Embedding options include iFrameless, JavaScript libraries, and REST APIs. Composer offers more than 50 Smart Data Connectors for sources spanning streaming, search, document, cloud warehouse, Hadoop, NoSQL, and SQL data. Users can enrich data with custom metrics, filters, sorting, columns, and labels. Its container-ready microservices architecture can scale up or down while using existing data infrastructure and security frameworks. Listed authentication protocols include LDAP, Kerberos (SPNEGO), OAuth2, X509, and SAML2. Application and data access controls, authorization groups, and activity auditing are also supported. Composer is listed for API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows environments. Pricing is available on request.