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Community license

Enterprise reporting, free for the teams building it forward.

One embedded application, nearly every capability of the paid platform, no credit card and no per-developer fee.

Am I eligible?

Companies and individuals with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers and 10 or fewer total employees.

Note: An entity or organization may not have ever received more than $3,000,000 USD in capital from an outside source, such as private equity or venture capital, in order to be eligible for the Community License.

For eligible teams

Free$17,988/yrSingle application, one year, renewable

  • No credit card required
  • Product updates and support
  • Deploy on your own servers
Claim Free License
  • $17,988

    Annual value, at no cost

  • < 1 day

    Time to a working license key

  • Free

    Renewal, reviewed annually

Do the math

$17,988 in annual value. $0 to your team this year.

Reviewed once a year, renewed in minutes, with no obligation to buy anything after. For the paid plans, see how Bold Reports is licensed.

Process

How to get your license

  1. Apply

    Tell us about your project and company in a two-minute form.

  2. Verify

    We confirm eligibility, usually within one business day.

  3. Get your key

    Sign in and get your license key from your account page.

  4. Build

    Embed, deploy, and ship reporting to your users.

Included

What ships in the community license

Community LicenseItemized, what ships

  • Full feature access

    Nearly every capability of the paid platform, on one application with unlimited reports.

    Included
  • Deploy anywhere

    Your own servers or cloud, Windows and Linux.

    Included
  • Multitenancy

    Serve multiple tenants from a single deployment.

    Included
  • SSO and Azure AD

    Single sign-on and Azure Active Directory integration included.

    Included
  • Deep embedding

    Office 365 and reporting-tool integrations built in.

    Included
  • Ongoing updates

    Product updates and up to two support tickets a week.

    Included

Your cost this year$0

Compare

Community vs. paid, in plain terms

* For Community License - Windows and Linux deployment only.

** In Cloud, Virtual Machine deployment allowed. Scaling using Kubernetes, AKS, App Service requires Paid plan.

Community
(Free)
Paid
(From $499/month)
Applications licensed1 applicationUnlimited
Virtual machine deployment *✓✓
Autoscale deployment **Not included✓
WhitelabelingNot included✓
Syncfusion managed hostingNot included✓
Support tickets2 per weekUnlimited

Give a little back

No obligation, but here's how teams pay it forward

Share your story

Tell us how you're using the license so we can feature you on our customer story page.

  1. Complete a short survey
  2. Grant Syncfusion permission to use your logo and photo
  3. Review and sign off on the case study

Leave a G2 review

A few honest minutes on G2 helps other teams find their way to Bold Reports.

4.1/5 on G2, from real users

Reviews

What do customers say about Bold Reports?

Customers rate Bold Reports 4.8 out of 5 on Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice, and 4.1 on G2. These reviews were shared on G2; each links to the original.

  • We switched from SSRS with little effort. It works great in our WPF and Blazor applications, supports our old reports, and lets developers create new ones easily. The pricing is fair for ISVs, and the support team is fast and helpful.

    Aaron SCEO · review on G2
  • Bold Reports is easy to use, enabling both teams and business users to modify reports confidently. Setup is quick and smooth. It integrates well with SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, and other tools, and works reliably for recurring reports.

    Brad MChief Information Officer · review on G2
  • The desktop designer and writer for .NET Core make report creation easy, and connecting to databases is seamless. It’s a great solution for generating offers, invoices, and reports in our CRM app.

    Muhammed YCo-Founder & Full-Stack Developer · review on G2
  • Bold Reports was easy to integrate and works smoothly. It creates clean, professional-looking reports, and the documentation is clear with plenty of helpful examples.

    Domenico DFunzionario · review on G2

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible?

Companies and individuals with less than $1,000,000 USD in annual gross revenue and 5 or fewer developers and 10 or fewer total employees.

Note: An entity or organization may not have ever received more than $3,000,000 USD in capital from an outside source, such as private equity or venture capital, in order to be eligible for the Community License.

Why are you doing this? What’s the catch?

We loved what Microsoft did with the Visual Studio Community edition and decided to extend it to our products as well, including our new line of Bold enterprise products. There is no catch, but we would really appreciate it if you could help spread the message through Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

How long are the licenses valid?

We offer the Community License to boost your startup to success. Once you’re there, you’ll need to upgrade to a more comprehensive paid license. The community License continues until you or your company are ineligible.

How is the $17,988 USD value calculated?

Each license is valued at the On-Premises per-application price of $1,499 USD per month, so for one year, that is a savings of $17,988 USD for each tenant. If you have more tenants, you save even more.

Can the products be used to build commercial applications?

Yes.

We really like what you are doing. How can we help?

We hope to add even more value to this program in the future, but we need your help in reaching more developers. We appreciate any help spreading the message through Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, email, or blogs.

How does the Community License differ from a paid license?

The Community License has the same features and support as the paid license, but it offers only two deployment options, the Windows installer and Linux package. With a paid license, you have access to Windows, Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes deployment options.

Can the Community License be used for open-source projects?

The Community License can be used in open-source projects, but we require that you first contact us to register.

Are governments and governmental organizations eligible for the Community License?

Government-related organizations (i.e., funded by tax dollars) are not eligible for Community Licenses. Governmental agencies that are not taxpayer-funded may be eligible to the Community License after signing a master license agreement. Contact us to initiate the request and to review if you are eligible.

We are a consulting company that writes applications for other organizations. We qualify, but can we deliver products to our customers?

There are two scenarios to be considered.

Your organization owns the intellectual property (IP).

You deliver binaries to your customers, who have no claim on the IP itself. In this case, since you own the IP, redistribution to others is allowed under our standard redistribution grant. It is important that your customer has no claim on the IP. It is also important that the customer does not distribute or “white-label” the resulting application. They can only use it for internal purposes. If they distribute it, the second scenario applies.

Your customer owns the IP or distributes the application built on your IP.

In this case, Syncfusion will allow you to give each client a single commercial binary license for free, provided that each entity or organization would itself qualify for the Community License. The only stipulation is that you provide us information on your customer in order for us to confirm their Community License eligibility to register a license in their name. In the event your customer does internal development or moves development to another organization, they will need to buy actual commercial licenses by contacting us. As long as your company is the only one working on the application and you continue to meet the requirements for the Community License, no further licenses need to be acquired. If you no longer meet the requirements, a Syncfusion account representative may reach out to discuss your paid licensing options.

What is the process to request the free Community License?

Follow these steps to request a community license:

  • Click the Claim Free License link. You will be directed to the signup page.
  • Register your account. You will be directed to the Community License request form after creating your account.
  • Enter your information. After submitting it, a ticket will be generated for validating your eligibility.
  • If you qualify, you will receive a free Community License after validation is finished.