--- title: "Fluent by Apryse Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Fluent by Apryse Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/windward-reporting-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Document Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/category/722-document-management/) / Fluent by Apryse Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/alternatives/) # Fluent by Apryse Review Wondering if Fluent by Apryse is right for your organization? Our Document Management Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews ## Overview Fluent by Apryse 4.8 [(41)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About Fluent by Apryse Fluent (formerly Windward Core) is a powerful document generation platform combining an MS Office designer plugin, a centralized template manager, and a best-in-class engine to automate your business’s frequently created documents. Do you work for Fluent by Apryse? [Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/Fluent/claim_requests/new?auto=true) Wondering if Fluent by Apryse is right for your organization? Our Document Management Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## Fluent by Apryse User Interface ## Popular Fluent by Apryse Alternatives Main Product Fluent by Apryse 4.8 [(41)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.55Ease of use - 4.75Value for money - 4.90Customer support - 4.67Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Reach Reporting](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/) 4.9 [(64)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.77Ease of use - 4.63Value for money - 4.80Customer support - 4.64Functionality Pricing Starting at $149.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Domo](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/) 4.3 [(332)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.12Ease of use - 3.97Value for money - 4.03Customer support - 4.28Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Board](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/) 4.5 [(138)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.35Ease of use - 4.21Value for money - 4.51Customer support - 4.51Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [IBM Cognos Analytics](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/) 4.2 [(139)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 3.79Ease of use - 3.91Value for money - 3.83Customer support - 4.16Functionality Pricing Starting at $10.60 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Bicxo](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/bicxo-profile/) 5.0 [(1)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/bicxo-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 5.0Ease of use - 5.0Value for money - 5.0Customer support - 4.0Functionality Pricing Starting at $200.00 per month Get Price ## Fluent by Apryse Pricing and Plans Fluent by Apryse has one plan. is free. Free trial Confused about pricing? We've got you covered. Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ### How does Fluent by Apryse pricing compare to alternatives? Explore how Fluent by Apryse's pricing and plan options compare with top alternatives below. | Product | Starting price | Free trial | Free version | Value for Money | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fluent by Apryse4.8[(41)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/reviews/) | Pricing available upon request | Available | Not available | 4.8 | | [Reach Reporting](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/)4.9[(64)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/reviews/) | $149.00 /mo | Available | Available | 4.6 | | [Domo](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/)4.3[(332)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/reviews/) | Pricing available upon request | Available | Not available | 4.0 | | [Board](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/)4.5[(138)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/reviews/) | Pricing available upon request | Not available | Not available | 4.2 | | [IBM Cognos Analytics](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/)4.2[(139)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/reviews/) | $10.60 /user/mo | Available | Not available | 3.9 | Fluent by Apryse4.8[(41)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/document-generation/fluent-profile/reviews/) * * * Starting price Pricing available upon request Free trial Available Free version Not available Value For Money 4.8 - [Reach Reporting](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/)4.9[(64)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/reach-reporting-profile/reviews/) * * * Starting price $149.00 /mo Free trial Available Free version Available Value For Money 4.6 - [Domo](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/)4.3[(332)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/domo-profile/reviews/) * * * Starting price Pricing available upon request Free trial Available Free version Not available Value For Money 4.0 - [Board](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/)4.5[(138)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/1931-BOARD/reviews/) * * * Starting price Pricing available upon request Free trial Not available Free version Not available Value For Money 4.2 - [IBM Cognos Analytics](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/)4.2[(139)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/ibm-cognos-analytics-profile/reviews/) * * * Starting price $10.60 /user/mo Free trial Available Free version Not available Value For Money 3.9 ## Fluent by Apryse Features - Popular features found in Document Management Access Controls/Permissions Archiving & Retention Collaboration Tools Compliance Tracking Document Classification Document Editing Document Generation Electronic Signature File Conversion File Sharing Third-Party Integrations Version Control - More features of Fluent by Apryse Ad hoc Query Ad hoc Reporting API Batch Processing Content Management Customizable Templates Data Capture and Transfer Data Connectors Data Import/Export Data Mapping Data Storage Management Data Synchronization Data Visualization Document Automation Document Management Document Review Document Storage Document Templates Drag & Drop Financial Reporting Interaction Tracking Marketing Reports Multiple Data Sources Multiple Format Support Multiple Output Formats Reporting/Analytics Reporting & Statistics Sales Reports Scheduled/Automated Reports Search/Filter Template Management Templates Visual Analytics ## Fluent by Apryse Integrations Marketo Engage Integration rated undefined from -1 review Meta for Business Integration rated undefined from -1 review ActiveCampaign Integration rated undefined from -1 review SAP Concur Integration rated undefined from -1 review Docusign Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft Word Integration rated undefined from -1 review See all 25 integrations ## Fluent by Apryse User Reviews ## Fluent by Apryse customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 41 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 34 reviews (83%) - 4 stars: 7 reviews (17%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.9/5 - Functionality: 4.7/5 --- ### Enterprise Reporting - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used other for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Quick to use but powerful and customizable. Easy to integrate with a nice API. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Really great people behind the scenes who are willing to help and knowledgable about how to best utilize the software. --- ### WIndward Studios Designer has all of the functionality you need to generate reports from a Database - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christopher H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We reduced the time to generate 100+ page contracts from 24 hours via cut and paste methods (and an average 15 days turnaround, to literally 5 minutes and 1 day turnaround. At 8 Contract updates per month average, we estimate that 1 person-year will drop to a week or so. The PMO sponsors are thrilled; they free up to do higher value work. The ROI is hugely compelling. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are so many. Connecting to 1 or more data sources is straightforward. The Wizard lets even non-SQL practitioners build the logic via the Wizard. In-line previews are so useful. The ability to establish Office formatting at the field level is impeccable once you understand it. Our developers wanted to build it in house, but my estimate it would have taken 4-6 developer years to have even an MVP candidate (and that would still have only yielded about 50-70% of the functionality you get from this COTS product). The built-in error messaging and cc to help desk is very handy (requires more advanced users to decipher). Compatibility with the MSFT XML mapping is very impressive. WIndward's on-boarding support was great, and you get a lot of time from a dedicated SE to ramp up. #### Cons Minor things: - the license key failed a few times- but Windward resolved the same day each time. - the built-in help, documentation and Wiki blog posts are extensive but sometimes out-dated. - Not really a con, but: the functionality is so extensive that it took me (an Advanced Office user with moderate SQL skills) about 6 months to deploy operationally. As with Analytics, make sure the DB schema and data is robust, then prepare to roll up your sleeves to earn your rewards. #### Vendor response Thank you for your very kind words, Replied December 2020 --- ### Powerful product which is constantly evolving and growing. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Erik H. - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2017 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Powerful tooling, with easy to use wizards to help you select and preview your data. Hides the complexity of data selection and document generation. --- ### Meets all our needs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Clint S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The Windward report designer has many features allowing our business analysts to create the report/document templates need for our business. Also, the Windward RESTful engine is very easy to implement and integrate with other systems. Windwards support is excellent as well. #### Cons Needs better support for JSON data sources. #### Reasons for choosing Fluent by Apryse It had everything we were looking for in a document generation solution. #### Reasons for switching to Fluent by Apryse The vendor stopped support, and overly complex to use. #### Vendor response Hi Clint; Thank you for the very nice review. On your request for additional support for JSON datasources, please email me (david@windward.net) to give me specifics. Or you can make suggestions at http://ideas.windwardstudios.com/ We're always working on improving the product. thanks - dave Replied November 2019 --- ### Windward Studios - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: HALEH M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use this tool (Auto tag) weekly to design reports and have different outputs such as *.docx, *.xlxs, ... #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is a powerful tool to design and generate a word, excel, pdf, ... reports and connecting to different data sources such as JSON, XML, SQL,... #### Cons Totally I haven't found any negative point with this tool which has stopped me working as I can generate different reports based on my data --- ### Windward document generation - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Robert S. - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The purchase of the software was straight forward. Software and licenses were easy to install. Windward software is as advertised. Support is great. Windward recommended a professional services vendor that delivered as well as the Windward product. I strongly recommend Windward as a document generation solution. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Windward design studio has put the ability to develop new documents in the hands of operations, and frees engineering resources. The engine delivers output as promised. We have not seen the engine struggle to produce everything sent that way. The support is great. We encountered our barcode was custom and needed Windward support. They responded quickly, worked through the issue and after a few attempts solved the issue, quickly. #### Cons Support was responsive but encountered a barcode issue that required multiple attempts to solve. It is a reality of software, but is the only con I could provide. --- ### A great piece of kit - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rob D. - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2016 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have been using Windward for nearly 2 years now and it has been the root cause of us being able to achieve what we set out to do. Needing to eradicate a number of repetitive Excel based reports, Autotag allowed us to build robust templates and improve our reporting ability and have greater control over our data. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I love the fact that it sits in Microsoft products so easily. I feel this helps reduce a lot of the burden of learning a new piece of software as you are halfway there through your knowledge of programmes such as Word and Excel. #### Cons Like most reporting software there are a few nuances that need to be understood to be able to work around them, but ultimately there are only a few of these and they generally aren't of a critical nature. --- ### A powerful tool for automating the doc generation. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Suresh P. - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We use the Java engine to generate docs (PDF & Word) through a web application, and it's quick and straightforward to implement. Overall it's a great tool to create automated reports for web applications. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Good customer support Continuous improvement on the features #### Cons You need to tweak the template a lot to get a pixel-perfect output for both Word and PDF. #### Vendor response Hi Suresh; Thank you for your very nice review. I understand your desire to get pixel-perfect output easier. Unfortunately on that we're all at the mercy of Adobe Acrobat & Microsoft Word. thanks - dave Replied November 2019 --- ### AutoTag templates - - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ed B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Superior service. Originally, the engine server failed to generate document output for our AutoTag templates. Windward analyzed and found that an exception was being thrown: "please see 'v16 RD exception received.txt'." They resolved the issue quickly with a patch and later added the fix to an updated formal version of the engine. The support team member helping me was very helpful and courteous. I have found the tag tree very helpful since it allows me to copy and paste code from other tags. I can then make some quick modifications to that code to suit the tag I am currently working on. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The tag tree is very helpful for making quick modifications to the coding. The wizard is very handy in creating code for the tags. #### Cons More complex coding is sometimes easier to modify manually, then view in the wizard. #### Vendor response Ed - thank you for the very nice review. And I agree, our support team rocks. I'm very proud of them. Replied November 2019 --- ### Review for Windward Java Engine - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We need to create commercial quality operation reports. Windward is a perfect fit. It reduced our report development time a lot. The support is very good. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. Never crash 2. Easy to use and set up 3. Able to support complex reporting logics 4. Fairly fast 5. Good support #### Cons 1. Need to use Word/Excel to build the report, no web based report builder for Java Engine. It can be a good thing, as most of our reports are in PDF, Word or Excel format. 2. It doesn't have built-in JSON format, we have report data that are in JSON format. #### Vendor response Thank you for your very nice review. On the JSON issue we do support JSON datasources (added about 3 years ago). Please upgrade to version 15 or later to see this functionality. Again, thank you for the very nice review. 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