What Combit Software does

combit Software GmbH is a privately held German software company founded in 1989 and headquartered in Konstanz, Germany, operating with 11–50 employees and ownership retained by its three Managing Directors (Bjoern Eggstein, Jochen Bartlau, Brita Dannenmann). The company has been bootstrapped since inception with no external investors, parent company, or subsidiaries. Its single product line, List & Label, is an embeddable reporting SDK that enables software developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to add reporting, printing, and exporting functionality to their own desktop, web, and cloud applications, with a documented customer base spanning enterprise accounts such as Deutsche Post, Swiss Life Germany, Lear Corporation, and Proalpha alongside a long tail of mid-market and SMB software houses.

List & Label is built as a .NET-native SDK supporting .NET 8/9/10 and .NET Framework 4.x across CLR languages (C#, C++/CLI, VB.NET), plus Delphi/VCL and C/C++ via DLL/API bindings. The technical surface includes a WYSIWYG Report Designer with MS Office look-and-feel, a DOM API for programmatic report creation, a Web Report Designer and Ad-hoc Designer for browser-based authoring, and a scalable Report Server (Enterprise Edition). Rendering is powered by SkiaSharp for GPU-accelerated cross-platform output (Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android) at up to 5x speed, and the product ships with 250+ formula functions, 40+ data providers (covering SQL, NoSQL, cloud, file, and REST/GraphQL/OData sources), and approximately 30 export formats including PDF with ZUGFeRD/XRechnung and Excel with native formulas.

The business model centers on perpetual SDK licenses (with royalty-free runtime distribution) supplemented by Enterprise Edition subscriptions (which include the Report Server) and separate professional services for support and training. Go-to-market is sales-assisted with a strong self-serve component: a direct online shop (hub.combit.com), free 30-day trial, 100-day money-back guarantee, interactive online demos, toll-free North American and European sales lines, and a partner/reseller network. Demand generation runs through developer-centric channels including a blog, knowledgebase, community forum, YouTube tutorials, GitHub sample repositories, Stack Overflow presence, and social media, targeting the horizontal developer/ISV segment worldwide.

Name

Combit Software

Legal name

combit Software GmbH

Website

https://combit.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

combit Software GmbH is a privately held German software company founded in 1989 that sells List & Label, an embeddable .NET-native reporting SDK enabling software developers and ISVs to add reporting, printing, and exporting features to their desktop, web, and cloud applications worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reporting Software / Developer SDK

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Reporting & Pixel-Perfect Reporting (HDAEAMAB)

Keywords

• Reporting SDK
• Embeddable reporting
• Cross-platform reporting
• .NET reporting components
• Report designer software

Headquarters

HQ city

Konstanz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Perpetual Software Licenses (SDK): List & Label is sold as a one-time perpetual license (without royalty fees for distribution). Developers purchase a license and may distribute the runtime with their applications at no additional cost. This is the primary revenue stream for the core reporting SDK.
2. Enterprise Edition Subscriptions: Enterprise Edition includes the Report Server (a web-based, scalable reporting platform) and is sold as a subscription. This tier targets organizations requiring centralized, server-based reporting infrastructure.
3. Professional Services & Training: Support & Training services are offered as a separate revenue stream, providing onboarding, technical support, and training for enterprise customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Combit Software develops and sells List & Label, an embeddable reporting SDK that adds reporting, printing, and exporting capabilities to desktop, web, and cloud applications. It supports .NET (8/9/10 and Framework 4.x), Delphi/VCL, and C/C++ via a DLL/API surface, and ships with 40+ data providers, 250+ formula functions, ~30 export formats, a WYSIWYG Report Designer, a DOM API for programmatic report creation, and (via Cross Platform) SkiaSharp GPU-accelerated rendering on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. The Enterprise Edition adds a scalable web-based Report Server.

Product overview

Combit Software offers List & Label as a comprehensive, embeddable reporting SDK for web, cloud, and desktop applications. The core List & Label product provides the reporting engine with a fully customizable Report Designer supporting WYSIWYG editing, free object placement, and over 250 formula functions. The product portfolio includes specialized components: List & Label Cross Platform for cross-device deployment (Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android) with SkiaSharp GPU acceleration; the Report Server for server-based web reporting included in Enterprise Edition; the Web Report Designer and Ad-hoc Designer for browser-based report creation; and the DOM API for programmatic report template manipulation. Integration options span .NET (Visual Studio with NuGet packages), Delphi/VCL with FireDAC support, and C/C++ via API. The SDK supports over 40 data providers including major SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud services, and file formats, and exports to approximately 30 formats including PDF, Excel, and Word.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• List & Label: Reporting SDK for embedding reporting, printing, and exporting features into applications. Supports .NET, Java, Delphi, and C/C++. Available for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.
• Report Server
• combit Report Server

Products and services

• List & Label Core embeddable reporting SDK that adds reporting, printing, and exporting to desktop, web, and cloud applications. Supports .NET, Delphi/VCL, and C/C++ via DLL/API. Ships with 40+ data providers, 250+ formula functions, ~30 export formats (PDF with ZUGFeRD/XRechnung, Excel, Word, SVG, PNG, JPEG, XHTML/CSS), WYSIWYG Report Designer, and DOM API. For software developers and ISVs building commercial or in-house applications.
• List & Label Cross Platform Cross-platform edition of List & Label that renders reports from a single codebase on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android using SkiaSharp GPU-accelerated rendering. Supports Blazor, MAUI, ASP.NET Core, Avalonia, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures. For developers building multi-OS and containerized applications.
• List & Label Report Server Web-based, scalable reporting platform (combit Report Server) included in List & Label Enterprise Edition. Provides centralized server-side reporting, browser-based report design and viewing, and integrates into cloud or on-premises infrastructure. For enterprises that need centralized, scalable reporting infrastructure with self-service for end users.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reports and documents implemented approximately 50% faster compared to building in-house
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration28 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Embarcadero RAD Studio (Delphi/VCL)coreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label provides a VCL component for seamless integration with Embarcadero RAD Studio (Delphi). FireDAC support enables easy and fast data access from a variety of databases including Oracle, MS SQL Server, SQLite, DB2, MySQL, and PostgreSQL in Delphi applications.
• Visual Studio / Microsoft .NET EcosystemcoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label provides special NuGet packages for quick integration into Visual Studio .NET projects. Supports .NET 8/9/10 and .NET Framework 4.x, and all CLR languages (C#, C++/CLI, VB.NET). Integrates natively with Entity Framework, LINQ, and ADO.NET data objects.
• SkiaSharpcoreTechnology or IntegrationSkiaSharp provides the GPU-accelerated rendering engine for List & Label Cross Platform, enabling up to 5x faster rendering on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android from a single codebase.
• Microsoft SQL ServercoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label's SqlConnectionDataProvider provides native integration with Microsoft SQL Server databases. Relationships between tables are automatically analyzed and transferred.
• Oracle DatabasecoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label's OracleConnectionDataProvider provides native connectivity to Oracle databases using Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client, with automatic filter syntax translation (SUBSTR vs SUBSTRING) for optimized database-level filtering.
• PostgreSQLcoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label provides native data provider support for PostgreSQL databases, enabling direct connectivity for report generation.
• MongoDBcoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label can be used as a MongoDB reporting tool, with dedicated forum guidance and documentation for integrating List & Label with MongoDB data sources.
• Google BigQuerycoreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label includes a GoogleBigQueryDataProvider that enables access to Google BigQuery data via OAuth 2.0 authentication (using a never-expired Refresh Token to generate Access Tokens).
• Blazor, MAUI, ASP.NET Core, Avalonia (Modern .NET Frameworks)coreTechnology or IntegrationList & Label Cross Platform offers out-of-the-box support for Blazor, MAUI, ASP.NET Core, Avalonia, and other modern .NET frameworks, enabling cross-platform reporting from a single codebase.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Windward Studios: Windward provides document generation and reporting tools focused on template-driven document automation, sharing the embeddable-reporting use case for application developers but with a narrower, document-generation emphasis.

Direct peers

• FastReport: FastReport provides embeddable reporting tools (VCL, .NET, FMX, WEB) with a visual designer and wide format support — a direct competitor in the embeddable reporting SDK category, particularly for Delphi/VCL developers like Combit's legacy base.
• Stimulsoft: Stimulsoft offers embeddable reporting tools (Stimulsoft Reports) for .NET, JavaScript, and other platforms with a visual designer and broad data connectivity — directly competing with List & Label in the developer-embedded reporting SDK category.
• Syncfusion (Bold Reports): Syncfusion's Bold Reports is a reporting platform that targets both embedded reporting in apps and standalone server-side reporting, overlapping with both List & Label SDK and Report Server offerings.
• TIBCO Jaspersoft: Jaspersoft / JasperReports offers embeddable and server-based reporting primarily for Java environments; an adjacent but comparable reporting SDK/platform that competes for application-embedded reporting budgets.
• Progress Software (Telerik Reporting): Progress Telerik Reporting is an embeddable reporting tool for .NET with a web-based designer and multi-platform support — a direct competitor within the .NET developer reporting segment where Combit operates.
• DevExpress Reporting: DevExpress provides a reporting suite for .NET (WPF, WinForms, Blazor, ASP.NET) with a visual report designer and broad data sources, directly overlapping with List & Label's embeddable reporting positioning.
• GrapeCity (ActiveReports): GrapeCity's ActiveReports is an embeddable .NET reporting SDK with a designer, data connectivity, and export formats — a near-direct competitor to List & Label targeting the same ISV/enterprise developer persona.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (SQL Server Reporting Services / Power BI): Microsoft SSRS and Power BI are bundled, platform-scale reporting/BI offerings within the .NET and Azure ecosystem — a broad incumbent that competes with List & Label on price (bundled) and on modern cloud-native analytics positioning.
• SAP Crystal Reports: Crystal Reports is a long-established reporting product now under SAP, embedded into many enterprise and ERP applications — a broad incumbent in the same enterprise reporting category as List & Label.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/combit
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@List-Label
• Facebookfacebook.com/combit.software
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/combit
• Xx.com/combit_software

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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