SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services For The Impatient
Kent Tegels gave a talk to the Kansas City .NET Special Interest Group titled
"SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services For The Impatient"
In his talk you can find the following table :
RS vs. Crystal Reports vs. Business Objects
| Reporting Services (RS) | Crystal Reports (CR) | Crystal Enterprise (CE) |
Purpose | On-demand, Web-Based Report rendering | On-demand report rendering in fat client apps | Back-end for CR, scheduled and pre-cache |
“Sweet Spots” | Web based reporting with low cost and rapid rollout | Integration with custom thin or fat client applications | Optimized for OLAP and Analytic uses |
| Licensing cost | Tried and true, well known tool | Ad-hoc and scheduled reports |
“Sour Spots” | Integration with fat client applications | “CR” way of doing things | Licensing cost |
| Report designer is Visual Studio.NET | Licensing cost | Deployment and administration complexity |
Check out his full powerpoint slides and demos over here