Purchase Crystal for Intranet

[VBApprentice]

I am in need of guidance in the purchasing of Crystal 8.5

I need to put Crystal on our Intranet. I need to tell our purchasing department which version to purchase, but I do not know which version. Is it Developer, Professonal, Standard or Enterprise? I need the cheapest. I can not determine by Segate's web site. I also heard that with 8.5 we would also have to purchase an additional web component.

If anybody has any advice what so ever please let me know.

Thank you.

 

[synapsevampire]

I think Crystal Enterprise Standard is tossed in with any Crystal Reports purchase, so yo can do a small Intranet.

Be careful though, the non-negotiated licensing is extortionate!!!

-k

http://www.informeddatadecisions.com

kai@informeddatadecisions.com

 

[Soleil525]

We purchase CR8.5 Developer edition and it came with Crystal Enterprise 8, which included five concurrent access licenses. I guess as long as you don't have more than five users running/viewing the report at the same time, than you should be ok.

 

[kenhamady]

Depends on how many users, and if they need to design reports or just run them. Here is an article that might shed some light on your options:

http://www.kenhamady.com/news0202.html

Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
Public classes and individual training.
Guide to using Crystal in VB

http://www.kenhamady.com/

tek@kenhamady.com

 

[ravo]

We called Crystal about this and they informed us you could buy just the web component for approx $800 australian. Of course you will still need a ful version somewhere to design the reports.
We found it as confusing as you did via their web site but there is generally a local number (or at least national) to phone them and ask directly.

Regards

Dave

 

[kenhamady]

The web component server comes for free with Developer edition, and Crystal Enterprise comes free with Professional. Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
Public classes and individual training.
Guide to using Crystal in VB

http://www.kenhamady.com/

tek@kenhamady.com