High-volume reporting, embedded in your application.

Genero Report Writer is an embedded, high-volume reporting engine — a modern alternative to Crystal Reports — that keeps report design fully separate from your data and application.

Built to produce documents at volume — not to explore them

A reporting engine designed for volume, precision and reliability — with the design decoupled from the data.

Fully customizable reports

A report designer with templates and dynamic layout: one dataset, multiple designs — charts, pivot tables, native barcodes, QR and data-matrix, label printing, and PDF/A-3 Factur-X / ZUGFeRD output.

Robust reporting system

Design is fully separated from data, with version control, impact analysis, an N-Tier + Push architecture and silent printing for unattended, high-reliability runs.

Embedded report APIs

Embed it directly in your app — Java, .NET, C#, PHP or BDL — with runtime and design-time control, a web-based report viewer, and high-resolution streaming over low bandwidth.

Scalable streaming architecture

Merge multiple sources fast, produce very large reports with high throughput and immediate viewing, and output HTML, Excel, Word, SVG or PDF (Factur-X / ZUGFeRD).

Embed it in the stack you already use

• Java — Embed reporting in your Java stack.
• C# / .NET — Native .NET and C# integration.
• PHP — Generate reports from PHP.
• BDL — Built in for Genero BDL applications.

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Leave Crystal Reports behind — without losing your reports.

A proven, low-risk path that keeps your data and layouts intact, maintains the look and feel your users know, and protects your prior investment.

What full migration looks like

01 · Initial report analysis — We assess your existing Crystal Reports — data, layouts and complexity.

02 · Proof of concept — We migrate 5 representative reports so you see the result on your own documents.

03 · Full migration — We migrate the rest — data and layouts intact, look and feel maintained.

Factur-X and ZUGFeRD, built in

Generate native PDF/A-3 Factur-X / ZUGFeRD e-invoices — compliance-ready invoices at volume, straight from your reporting engine.

Customer stories

What I like most about Genero Report Writer is its flexibility. I can quickly create complex documents with conditional data blocks…

— Karl Buleon, Technical Director, Volume Software

Before, we used to use Crystal Reports. We switched to Genero Report Writer to speed-up report execution by 35%.

— Coco Wang, Development Manager, Digiwin

So simple to use and feature rich — we look forward to converting every standard report in the near future.

— Sam Hatzi, Product Manager, Civica Pty Ltd

See how it stacks up

• Report Writer vs. Crystal Reports — How GRW replaces Crystal Reports — and what you keep.
• Report Writer vs. Business Intelligence — Why a reporting engine is not a BI tool — and when you need which.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Genero Report Writer a BI tool?

No. Genero Report Writer produces high volumes of pixel-perfect documents — it is not Business Intelligence. There are no dashboards to explore, no drill-down and no ad-hoc analytics.

Which languages can embed it?

Java, .NET, C#, PHP and BDL, with both runtime and design-time control and a web-based report viewer.

Can it replace Crystal Reports?

Yes. It’s a modern Crystal Reports alternative, with a proven migration path — analysis, a 5-report proof of concept, then full migration — that keeps your data and layouts intact.

Does it support Factur-X?

Yes. It outputs PDF/A-3 Factur-X / ZUGFeRD e-invoices, so you can generate compliance-ready invoices at volume.

What output formats does it produce?

HTML, Excel, Word, SVG and PDF (including Factur-X / ZUGFeRD).

How does it handle very large volumes?

A scalable streaming architecture with an N-Tier + Push model merges multiple sources fast and produces very large reports with high throughput and immediate viewing.