SSRS is a beautiful piece of software. SQL Server Express with Advanced Services ships with SSRS, is free, comes with all the tooling and generates PDFs too.

SSRS is a beautiful piece of software. SQL Server Express with Advanced Services ships with SSRS, is free, comes with all the tooling and generates PDFs too. Perhaps surprisingly, if you install your ODBC drivers for your database engine (MySQL, Postgres etc) you can create a report from that data source as well so you're not tied to SQL Server as a database engine. Typical steps: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2615/creating-a-ssrs-report-using-a-mysql-data-source/ http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2615/creating-a-ssrs-r... And report builder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-bE0yXGlk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-bE0yXGlk Can't beat it for $0.