Bold Reports Cloud Edition
A Cloud Reporting Software for Modern Business Reporting
Upload your existing RDL reports, connect your data, and get started with pixel-perfect reports from a fully managed cloud reporting platform. Bold Reports Cloud Edition gives your organization its own application and handles hosting, upgrades, backups, and scaling, so your team can focus on creating, managing, and sharing reports.
Native RDL Support
Opens SSRS report files directly
Minutes
From signup to first report
99.9% Uptime
Uptime target for Bold Reports Cloud Edition
No Maintenance
We handle the infrastructure
Organizations that use Bold Reports
The Problem
Reporting Shouldn't Require Infrastructure Management
Self-managed reporting requires your team to provision virtual machines, configure databases and IIS, and handle upgrades, backups and scaling before the first report runs. Traditional reporting platforms often create operational overhead before reporting can deliver value. Bold Reports Cloud Edition removes the infrastructure burden and helps you get started faster with the reports you already have.
Before you can even start, you must.
- Provision VMs and configure reporting infrastructure
- Maintain databases, IIS settings, upgrades, and backups
- Scale resources to meet growing reporting demands
- Recreate existing reports when moving to a new platform
The Differentiator
How Do You Move to the Cloud Without Rebuilding Your Reports?
Most cloud reporting platforms require you to recreate existing reports before you can start using them. Bold Reports Cloud Edition takes a different approach. With native RDL support, you can upload existing report definitions and start reporting faster without rebuilding reports from scratch.
| Typical Cloud Reporting Platform | Bold Reports Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Reports | Rebuilt in the vendor's format | Upload existing RDL reports |
| Report Definition Format | Proprietary format | Standard RDL format |
| Time to Get Started | Additional migration effort | Faster onboarding |
| Cloud Deployment | Supported | Supported |
| Infrastructure Management | Managed | Fully managed |
Move your SSRS reports to the cloud with less effort and achieve faster time to value.
Why Bold Reports Cloud Edition?
What Does Bold Reports Cloud Edition Include for Modern Cloud Reporting?
Designed for organizations of all sizes, Bold Reports Cloud Edition simplifies report creation, management, and distribution with a cloud-native experience built for today's business needs.
Go Live Faster
With Bold Reports Cloud Edition, there is no VM to provision, no database to configure, and no IIS environment to manage. Sign in, upload your RDL reports, connect your data sources, and start reporting in minutes.
Simplify Platform Management
Eliminate the operational overhead of managing reporting infrastructure. Bold Reports Cloud Edition handles platform updates, security patches, backups, and ongoing maintenance for you. The Bold Reports Cloud database keeps a backup of the last 7 days of data by default.
Scale as Your Reporting Grows
Support increasing report workloads, users, and peak reporting periods without provisioning additional infrastructure or planning for capacity in advance. Your reports run in an application reserved for your organization, so they stay responsive as demand grows.
No Format Lock-In
Your report definitions remain in the RDL format used by SSRS. Continue using your existing reporting assets without moving to a proprietary report format.
Built for the Entire Reporting Lifecycle
Complete Reporting Capabilities for Modern Teams
Explore the core capabilities for modern cloud reporting designed to support your reporting needs, from report creation and data connectivity to distribution and accessibility.
Web Report Designer
Design pixel-perfect operational reports directly in your browser, including invoices, statements, and business documents.
Advanced Report Authoring
Create rich reports with tables, charts, gauges, images, parameters, expressions, and subreports for diverse business needs. As a cloud-based reporting tool for developers, Bold Reports supports REST APIs and SDKs for embedding reports directly into your own applications.
Connect to Your Data
Build reports using data from SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Excel, REST APIs, and more. For teams running on Microsoft Azure, Bold Reports works as azure reporting software too, connecting directly to Azure-hosted databases and services.
Web Report Viewer
Enable users to search, filter, sort, drill down, and drill through reports to uncover insights and perform deeper data analysis with ease.
Scheduled Report Distribution
Deliver scheduled reports automatically to users and groups across your organization without manual effort. See Bold Reports report scheduling for schedule and delivery options.
Multiple Export Formats
Export reports to PDF, Excel, Word, HTML, PowerPoint, CSV, XML, and TXT for sharing, distribution, and offline access.
Security & Compliance
Enterprise-Grade Security for Cloud Reporting
Protecting your reports and data is a core part of the Bold Reports Cloud Edition experience. Your organization works in its own application, never one shared with other customers. From encryption and access controls to platform security and compliance practices, we help organizations confidently manage reporting in the cloud.
Hosting & Infrastructure
Hosted on secure cloud infrastructure.
Encryption
Data protected in transit and at rest.
Authentication
Secure user authentication and access controls.
Tenant Isolation
Multi-tenant support within an application dedicated to each customer.
Compliance
Bold Reports holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report from an annual independent audit; request a copy through the Trust Center.
Support
Access security documentation and resources when needed.
Deployment Options
Choose the Deployment Model That Fits Your Needs
Comparing on premises vs cloud reporting software starts with one question: how much of the infrastructure do you want to manage yourself? The options are a fully managed cloud service or complete control over your reporting environment. Bold Reports supports both answers, with deployment options built for your security, compliance, and operational requirements. The table below breaks down each one.
| On-Premises | Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Managed by | Your Team | Bold Reports |
| Infrastructure | Customer Managed | Dedicated & Managed |
| Deployment Time | Based on Your Setup | Minutes |
| Upgrade Management | Fully Controlled by You | Handled by Bold Reports |
| Data Location | Your Infrastructure | Managed Cloud Environment |
| Air-Gapped Support | Yes | No |
| Free Trial | Yes | Yes |
| Best For | Organizations requiring complete control and data residency | Fast cloud adoption with minimal administration |
Report server cloud deployment typically takes minutes with Bold Reports Cloud Edition, versus days or weeks for a self-managed setup. Bold Reports Cloud Edition runs each customer in a dedicated application on managed infrastructure and does not support air-gapped deployment; teams that need air-gapped operation or data kept inside their own infrastructure choose the On-Premises Edition.
Get the Details You Need
Frequently Asked Questions
What is cloud reporting software?
Cloud reporting software is a vendor hosted reporting platform, or cloud reporting platform, that enables users to create, view, schedule, and distribute reports through a web browser. As a cloud-based reporting tool, Bold Reports Cloud manages the underlying infrastructure, maintenance, updates, security, and scalability, allowing teams to focus on building and sharing reports instead of deploying reporting software with cloud deployment steps of their own.
Can I use my existing RDL reports in Bold Reports Cloud Edition?
Yes. Bold Reports Cloud Edition supports native RDL report definitions, allowing you to upload and use existing reports without converting them to a proprietary format.
Can I connect reports to my business data sources?
Bold Reports Cloud supports connectivity to a variety of data sources, including relational databases, files, and web services. Refer to the supported connectivity options for deployment-specific requirements.
Is my data secure?
Bold Reports Cloud includes security features such as authentication, encryption, tenant isolation, and platform-level protections designed for cloud environments. Each customer also works in a dedicated application, so tenants from different customers never share one.
How has the Bold Reports Cloud Edition architecture changed?
Bold Reports Cloud Edition now gives each customer a dedicated application with multi-tenant support. Earlier, customers shared a single application, and their tenants sat side by side inside it. Today, each customer creates the tenants they need in their own application, which keeps data more secure and reports faster because the application is not shared. Older descriptions of Bold Reports Cloud Edition as one application shared by multiple customers no longer apply.
What is a cloud report server?
A cloud report server is a report server that a vendor hosts and operates, which stores report definitions, connects to data sources, and renders, schedules and delivers reports through a web browser. Bold Reports Cloud Edition is a hosted Bold Reports Report Server: Bold Reports handles hosting, upgrades, backups and scaling, while your team uploads RDL reports and connects data sources. There is no virtual machine, database or IIS environment for your team to set up.
Is Bold Reports Cloud Edition a SaaS reporting platform for developers?
Yes. Bold Reports Cloud Edition is a vendor-hosted SaaS reporting platform in which Bold Reports runs hosting, upgrades, backups and scaling, and each customer has a dedicated application. For developers, Bold Reports Cloud Edition provides REST APIs and SDKs to embed reports in their own applications. Report definitions stay in the standard RDL format, so they are not tied to a proprietary report format.
Can I schedule and automate report delivery?
Yes. Schedule reports to be generated and distributed automatically to users and groups through configurable delivery schedules.
Which export formats are supported?
Bold Reports Cloud Edition exports reports to PDF, Excel, Word, HTML, PowerPoint, CSV, XML, and TXT.
What if our data must remain entirely within our environment?
Choose On-Premises Deployment, where Bold Reports runs within your own infrastructure and security boundaries.
Can Bold Reports Cloud Edition generate reports for a web application?
Yes. A web application can use Bold Reports Cloud Edition as a hosted report generation service. Reports are designed in the browser-based Web Report Designer, run against connected data sources, and embedded in the application through REST APIs and SDKs. Users view reports in the Web Report Viewer or receive them as PDF, Excel, Word, HTML, PowerPoint, CSV, XML or TXT exports, on demand or on a schedule.
Does Bold Reports work with Microsoft Azure?
Yes. Bold Reports Cloud Edition connects directly to Azure-hosted databases and services, alongside SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Excel and REST API data sources. Teams that want Bold Reports inside their own Azure subscription can deploy the On-Premises Edition to Microsoft Azure, including Azure App Service. The Bold Reports deployment page lists the supported deployment targets.
How much does Bold Reports Cloud Edition cost?
Bold Reports publishes current Cloud Edition plans, billing terms and prices on the Bold Reports pricing page rather than on this page. Bold Reports Cloud Edition offers a 30-day free trial, so teams can upload RDL reports and connect data before buying. Because Bold Reports handles hosting, upgrades and backups in Cloud Edition, there is no separate reporting server infrastructure to budget for.
Move Your Reporting to the Cloud Faster
From migrating legacy reports to embedding reporting in applications, Bold Reports helps you move forward with confidence.