Here you can compare Fast Reports report generator tools for various languages and IDEs, various platforms and operating systems.
Let's compare cross-platform report generators, their functionality and relative advantages.
The table covers desktop reporting, web-reporting (independent as well as with different server support), databases, multi-platform reporting, export filters and conversion from other report generators.
This table will help in selecting the right reporting tool for your projects.
| Feature | FastReport FMX | FastReport VCL | FastReport .NET | FastReport WPF | FastReport Avalonia | FastReport Mono | FastReport Open Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frameworks | |||||||
| VCL | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| LCL | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| FMX | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| .NET Framework 4.6.2-4.8.1 | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| ASP.NET | - | - | x | x | - | x | - |
| ASP.NET MVC | - | - | x | x | - | x | - |
| ASP.NET MVC Core | - | - | x | x | - | - | x |
| .NET Core 2.0-3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| .NET 5 | - | - | x | - | - | - | x |
| .NET 6, .NET 7, .NET 8 | - | - | x | x | x | - | x |
| Blazor Server | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Blazor WebAssembly (WASM) | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Mono | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| IDE | |||||||
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010 | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio XE | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2-XE8 | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 10 Seattle | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.3 Rio | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 11 Alexandria | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero RAD Studio 12.1 Athens | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Embarcadero Delphi Prism | - | - | x | x | - | x | - |
| Lazarus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| MonoDevelop | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Visual Studio Code | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| JetBrains Rider | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Operating System | |||||||
| Microsoft Windows | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Apple macOS | x | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Linux | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Graphic core requirements | |||||||
| GDI | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| GDI+ | x | - | x | x | x | - | x |
| D2D | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quarz | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GTK | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| libgdiplus | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| SkiaSharp | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| Report engine | |||||||
| Bands | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Code based | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| XML report templates | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Report script languages | |||||||
| Pascal Script | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| C++ Script | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| J Script | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| VB Script | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| C# | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| VB.NET | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Report script engine | |||||||
| FastScript | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| CodeDOM | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Roslyn | - | - | x | x | x | - | x |
| Data Base support | |||||||
| ClickHouse | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Elastic Search | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Couchbase | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| CSV | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Firebird | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Google BigQuery | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| IBM DB2 | - | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| JSON | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| MongoDB | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| MS Access | x | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| MS SQL | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| MySQL | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| NosDB | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| ODBC | x | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| OLE DB | x | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| Oracle | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| PostgreSQL | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| RavenDB | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sharepoint | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| SqlAnywhere | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| SqlCe | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| SQLite | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| VistaDB | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| XML | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Internal application datasets | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Custom connections | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Reporting features | |||||||
| Dialogue forms | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Report inheritance | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Master-detail-subdetail | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Drill-downs | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Groupping | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sorting | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Headers and Footers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| URLs and hrefs | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| HTML tags in text object | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Unlimited page sizes | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Preview component | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Design-time visual report designer | x | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| Run-time visual report designer | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| High DPI support | - | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| Visual SQL Builder | - | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| Localization languages | 32 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | - |
| Bundled applications | |||||||
| Designer | - | - | x | x | x | - | x |
| Viewer | x | x | x | x | x | - | x |
| Printing | |||||||
| Print to different printer trays | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Dot-matrix printer support | - | x | x | x | - | - | - |
| Advanced printing modes | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Report objects | |||||||
| Text | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Shape | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Picture | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| SVG | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sub-report | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| System text | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Chart | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Barcode | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2D barcode | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Map | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Zip code | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cellular | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| OLE | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rich Text | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Gradient | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cross-tab (Matrix) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Advanced Matrix (AdvMatrix) | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Table | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Container | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| Gauge | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Checkbox | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Sparkline | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| HTML | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Digital signature | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Web-reporting | |||||||
| Integrated HTTP server | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| CGI | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| ISAPI | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| ASP .NET | - | - | x | x | - | x | - |
| MVC | - | - | x | x | - | x | x |
| Web API | - | - | x | x | - | - | x |
| WCF | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Support of Online Designer | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| Export in formats | |||||||
| x | x | x | x | x | x | PDFSimple | |
| PDF/A | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| PDF/X | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Images Jpeg/PNG/BMP/GIF/TIFF/EMF | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| SVG | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Rich Text | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Word OOXML (docx) | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| PowerPoint OOXML (pptx) | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| HTML | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| HTML5 (layered) | - | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| MHT (web archive) | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| Microsoft XPS | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Excel OLE | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Excel XML | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Excel binary (biff8 xls) | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Excel OOXML (xlsx) | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| PostScript | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| PPML | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| LaTeX | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| DXF | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| ZPL | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| JSON | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Comma separated values (CSV) | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| DBF (table) | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Plain Text | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Open Document Speadsheet (OpenOffice) | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Open Document Text (OpenOffice) | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| XAML | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Transports | |||||||
| - | x | x | x | x | x | - | |
| FTP | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| DropBox | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Box | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| GoogleDrive | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| OneDrive | - | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Convertors from | |||||||
| Quick Report | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Report Builder | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rave Reports | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| List&Label | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| DevExpress | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Microsoft Reporting Services (RDL, RDLC) | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Crystal Reports | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| StimulSoft | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| Jasper Library | - | - | x | x | x | x | - |
| FastReport/FreeReport VCL 2.* | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| FastReport .NET | - | x | - | x | x | - | - |
| FastReport VCL | - | - | In plans | - | - | - | - |
| Distribution | |||||||
| Windows Installation file | x | x | x | x | x | - | - |
| ZIP archive | - | - | - | - | - | x | x |
| NuGet | - | - | x | x | x | x | x |
| DEB | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| RPM | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| GitHub | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Full sources | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Support | |||||||
| Online helpdesk | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Online chat | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| x | x | x | x | x | x | - | |
| GitHub Issues | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Phone | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
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