When comparing Google Charts vs ReportServer, the Slant community recommends Google Charts for most people. In the question“What are the best reporting and business intelligence (BI) tools?” Google Charts is ranked 15th while ReportServer is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Google Charts is:
Google Charts has a large selection of chart types to get started with and have up in running in very little time. It uses sensible defaults, but has flexible options to allow for customization when needed. Better than most other free to use Chart APIs and has great documentation provided by Google.
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Pros
Pro Easy to use
Google Charts has a large selection of chart types to get started with and have up in running in very little time. It uses sensible defaults, but has flexible options to allow for customization when needed. Better than most other free to use Chart APIs and has great documentation provided by Google.
Pro Supports multiple Y axes
Important for trend correlation, eg. comparing number of clicks to sale amounts. Not same scales / units.
Pro Active community
Questions on the community forum are usually answered very quickly. Developers are active there.
Pro Easy to use dashboards
Integrates user centric Dashboard components that allows for easy set up of Dashboards that highlighting the most important KPIs and reports.
Pro Powerful scheduler
ReportServer has a powerful built-in scheduler to run reports at recurring intervals. Custom scheduler targets (e.g. webservices or SFTP uploads) can be specified via scripting.
Pro Cross platform and web-based
ReportServer is a Java web application and can thus be installed on any OS supporting java. Being a web-app allows access to it from anywhere without the need to install additional client software
Pro Enterprise version with support available
Besides the open source version, there is also the commercial ReportServer Enterprise edition which adds additional functionality, in particular, support for scripting and Crystal.
Pro Provides intuitive ad-hoc reporting component
ReportServer's Dynamic List provides a very intuitive, yet powerful ad-hoc reporting component.
Pro Supports multiple reorting engines including JasperReports and Eclipse BIRT
ReportServer integrates several reporting engines including the popular JasperReports, Eclipse BIRT and Crystal.
Cons
Con Cannot self-host
Google does not allow you to save or host the code yourself.