ReportLab

Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted · API · paid plans from £144/mo

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.7

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely4 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

ReportLab is ranked #3 of 45 in PDF creation software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at £144/mo.

ReportLab plans and pricing

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ReportLab open-source Free Core PDF generation library; free for commercial use docs.reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

ReportLab PLUS — up to 30,000 pages/month (Non-Financial) £1,728/yr Annual licence; page allowance is per month Up to 30,000 PDF output pages/month · server-side use · financial-services pricing is double reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

ReportLab PLUS — up to 30,000 pages/month (Financial) £3,456/yr Annual licence; page allowance is per month Up to 30,000 PDF output pages/month · server-side use reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

ReportLab PLUS — 30k–100k pages/month (Non-Financial) £3,456/yr Annual licence; page allowance is per month 30k–100k PDF output pages/month · server-side use · financial-services pricing is double reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

ReportLab PLUS — 30k–100k pages/month (Financial) £6,912/yr Annual licence; page allowance is per month 30k–100k PDF output pages/month · server-side use reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

ReportLab PLUS — 100k–300k pages/month (Non-Financial) £6,912/yr Annual licence; page allowance is per month 100k–300k PDF output pages/month · server-side use · financial-services pricing is double reportlab.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on PDF creation software

Free plan: Yes
Data merge: Yes
Bulk PDF generation: Yes
API access: Yes
Input sources: RML/XML, Python objects and variables, CSV, images, existing PDFs
Fillable form creation: Yes
Deployment: self_hosted

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The record

Purpose: The ReportLab Toolkit is a Python library for creating PDF documents and graphics.
Commercial product: ReportLab PLUS provides a commercial XML markup language for producing PDFs from templates and includes commercial support.
Hosted offering: DocEngine is a hosted business solution that accepts multiple inputs and provides validation tools, user access controls, and audit trails.
PDF and graphics: ReportLab supports high fidelity charts and diagrams that can update as data changes for print and web.
Input and output: ReportLab describes acquiring data and content from any source and delivering documents through print, web on-demand creation, or email.
Examples and integrations: Maker demos show JSON-to-PDF, an AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployment, XLS-to-PDF, and a Flask and ReportLab PLUS combination.
Commercial evaluation: A fully functional ReportLab PLUS evaluation download adds a nag line to every generated page until a licence is installed.
Commercial limits: ReportLab PLUS licence charges are based on output page volume, licences are intended for server-side use, and embedding the software for resale is not permitted under the standard licence.
Hosted security: ReportLab says it does not itself hold security certifications and that its data centres are ISO-27001 compliant; it describes prior penetration testing for specific hosted projects.
Image-fetch security: In version 5.0, remote image sources are untrusted by default and must be explicitly whitelisted before image fetching.
Commercial support: ReportLab PLUS annual licence customers receive same-working-day responses during UK working hours, version upgrades, best-efforts bug fixes, and a non-bug support-hours allowance.
Open-source support: The open-source toolkit is community-supported, and ReportLab staff do not promise to answer support requests directly.
Audience: ReportLab says its document-generation tools serve business and marketing needs and lists financial, digital print, university, travel, and sport sectors.
Founded: 2000
Price from: £144/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best PDF Creation Software in 2026#3 of 45

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Sources

docs.reportlab.com/developerfaqs/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.reportlab.com/reportlab/userguide/ch1_intro/· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com/about/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.reportlab.com/demos/· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com/software/downloads/· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com/pricing/· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com/about/hosted-terms/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.reportlab.com/releases/notes/whats-new-50/· checked 30 Sept 2026
reportlab.com/support/· checked 30 Sept 2026