Merits and Demerits of WEBI and Crystal reports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Experts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I came up with many documents, but i cannot able to find the exact merits and demerits over WebI and Crystal Reports.
Experts can u people help me out in this regards,
Atleast the comparison between them.
Regards,
Suman Thangadurai

What angle are you coming at this from?
Are you talking about in terms of replacing Deski?
Or as a first reporting tool to learn?
If you're moving away from Deski, I'd personally go for Webi. Very small amount of learning required to move from one to the other. It's also much easier to pick up and start working with.

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