EspressReport Vs Jasper Report

1. Jasper reports are not user friendly reporting tool. It needs an ant tool to compile, run the application.

EspressReport is a user friendly application. Anyone can create the report without knowledge for Java. It didn’t need any third party tool to compile/run applications.

2. Jasper reports can be exported into the following formats.

PDF, HTML, XLS, RTF, ODT, CSV, TXT or XML document.

EspressReport: Run reports in applets or generate HTML/DHTML, PDF, Excel, RTF, XML, text or CSV files.

3. Jasper provides only for the JDBC connection.

EspressReport: JDBC, JNDI, SOAP and Sales Forge

4. Jasper Report Supports data sources are Database, Java Class, CSV and XML files.

EspressReport: Draw data from databases, XML files, Text files, and Java arrays/objects/classes/EJBs. Unique Data View feature allows easy database access/querying.

5. Jasper only provides the Summary report and Crosstab reports.

　　EspressReport: Simple Columnar, Summary Break, Crosstab and Master & Detail report

6. Jasper Report supports the following charts

Pie, Pie 3D, Bar, Bar 3D, XY Bar, Stacked Bar, Stacked Bar 3D, Line, XY Line, Area, XY Area, Scatter Plot, Bubble, Time series, High Low Open Close, Candlestick.

EspressReport provides 2D Column ,3D Column,2D bar,3D bar,2D stack bar,3D stack bar,2D stack column,3D stack column,2D area,3D area,2D stack area ,3D stack area,2D line,3D line,2D pie,3D pie,2D scatter,3D scatter,2D High Low,3D High Low,2D HLCO,3D HLCO,2D 100% Column, 3D 100% Column,3D Surface,2D Bubble,2D Overlay,2D Box,2D Radar, 2D Dial,2D Gantt and 2D Polar .

7. Jasper didn’t provide the web service technology for the developers.

EspressReport provides the web service technology for the developers.

8. Jasper report: Anti-alias feature didn’t support for the charts

EspressReport provides the Anti-alias support for the charts.

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