Business Intelligence Tool

I've been using Apex for quite a while now, and am extremely satisfied with it.
I have one question if people have been using it for a specific purpose.
Many of my customers want the ability to create their own reports.
We've used discoverer, but there is a limitation with images on it. BI Publisher is cost prohibitive.
has anyone done anything like this?
Interactive reports are great, but the limitation in PDF exporting is a problem. I'd be nice if when exported to PDF from a free solution, they'd hold their formatting and breaks. Also, we have to write the queries for them.
Any suggestions?

I've been using Apex for quite a while now, and am extremely satisfied with it.
I have one question if people have been using it for a specific purpose.
Many of my customers want the ability to create their own reports.
We've used discoverer, but there is a limitation with images on it. BI Publisher is cost prohibitive.
has anyone done anything like this?
Interactive reports are great, but the limitation in PDF exporting is a problem. I'd be nice if when exported to PDF from a free solution, they'd hold their formatting and breaks. Also, we have to write the queries for them.
Any suggestions?

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