Hi everyone,
as you can see from the title, I'm also evaluating Crystal Enterprise vs Actuate (for web-reports). I would appreciate your opinion on the following situation.
The background: on the demo Actuate looked like a more powerful/cutting edge tool, but at the same time Crystal seems to be able to satisfy our needs. We use Crystal in client/server environment and may turn to getting it on the web through ASP.
Actuate claims to be similar to Access. Being our main report designer, I'm pretty proficient with Crystal, but I also know VB, COM and Access.
At this point, my main criteria are the following:
1) learning curve
2) speed of report design
2) availability of consultants
What do you, colleagues, think given the circumstances: is Actuate worth replacing Crystal?
as you can see from the title, I'm also evaluating Crystal Enterprise vs Actuate (for web-reports). I would appreciate your opinion on the following situation.
The background: on the demo Actuate looked like a more powerful/cutting edge tool, but at the same time Crystal seems to be able to satisfy our needs. We use Crystal in client/server environment and may turn to getting it on the web through ASP.
Actuate claims to be similar to Access. Being our main report designer, I'm pretty proficient with Crystal, but I also know VB, COM and Access.
At this point, my main criteria are the following:
1) learning curve
2) speed of report design
2) availability of consultants
What do you, colleagues, think given the circumstances: is Actuate worth replacing Crystal?