Difference between BIRT and Actuate

Hi, I have two questions, what is the difference between BIRT and Actuate as a product? BIRT Need an application server?
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mwilliams

BIRT was contributed to Eclipse by Actuate back in 2004. Actuate is still one of the top contributors to the open source version. On top of Eclipse BIRT, Actuate has a commercial version of BIRT which uses the open source version as its core. The current Actuate version, A11SP4, uses Eclipse BIRT 3.7.2. Some of the added features in the Actuate version are Flash charts, Flash maps, Flash gadgets, HTML5 charts, additional Data Source / Data Set types, and upgraded emitters. There is also the option for an interactive viewer, an ad-hoc web based designer, and the iHub for scheduling, security, etc. Actuate also has a Saas offering, called BIRT onDemand.

With the Eclipse BIRT runtime, there is an example web viewer servlet that can be deployed to an application server to allow you to call your reports by URL. You can also create your own web app using the BIRT APIs. BIRT reports can also be ran locally from the designer or using the command line.

Hopefully I answered your questions well enough. Let me know if you need more info.