AJ-5008 · JRD-23
Evaluating candidates to replace Crystal Reports for jury attendance letter generation. Each POC below tests a different approach against the same acceptance criteria.
Custom drag-and-drop designer built in vanilla JS. PDF via pdfmake. Full control, no vendor dependency. Evaluating whether the effort is justified vs. third-party options.
Pre-built designer component, non-technical user friendly. HTML output rendered to PDF via Puppeteer.
Open source drag-and-drop HTML builder. Wrapped in Angular component. PDF via Puppeteer sidecar.
Non-technical users design in Microsoft Word. Carbone substitutes merge fields server-side. Lowest barrier for BA/admin users.
Most direct Crystal Reports replacement. LGPL, Java SDK, strong enterprise track record in court systems.
Internal sandbox · Neumo · Q2 2026