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Thanks for your feedback! Which products do you have in mind which do the design part? Particularly those that work in a browser.

Essentially we are something like Crystal Reports for web apps. Being web based is a core part of our proposition.

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I have never heard Crystal Reports mentioned in a positive light. I think the parent means tools like InDesign which can create professional reports. If one could upload a pdf export of an indesign file and update it on the cloud through your api then I imagine designers would be throwing money at you fast.

That is in fact what I meant, but OP has the point that they are more trying to compete in the BI tool arena.

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