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Add to SafariWhen comparing NextReports vs ELK Stack, the Slant community recommends NextReports for most people. In the question“What are the best open source reporting tools?” NextReports is ranked 1st while ELK Stack is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose NextReports is:
NextReports Designer is a desktop application written in Java so it can run on any OS with a Java version 7+.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Cross platform
NextReports Designer is a desktop application written in Java so it can run on any OS with a Java version 7+.
Pro Very stable
Pro Supports exporting reports to different format
With NextReports you can design beautiful reports and you can export them to different formats of your choosing, for example pdf, excel and HTML are supported (there are also many other formats that are available).
Pro Easy to use
Reports can be easily designed using a grid layout similar to excel.
Pro Android app
There's a very good Android application called NextReports Sight which can be connected to the server and you can watch all the real time widgets from your phone.
Pro API which can be used to run Next reports
NextReports Engine is a very simple Java api which can be used to run Next reports.
Pro NextReports Server
NextReports Server brings security, centralization, dashboards, BI features, scheduling, monitoring and many other features.
Pro Powerful
Deep search and data analytics and powerful data visualizations.
Pro Very intuitive web interface.
Pro Docker
Docker images available, makes installs quick and painless.
Pro Windows
Although originating from the Linux world, Windows installation is also possible.
Cons
Con Suspicious upvotes
Lot's of one-time votes from members that did not vote on anything else.
Con Official website changed
The link http://www.next-reports.com/ leads to a company called "Capone" now (does this sound a little suspicious?).
Con Could use Libreoffice .odt output
Con Stability of the new version 9.1
Con Complex
Although well documented, installation and configuration can be daunting for beginners. Another easier option is using ELK as a service.
