If you don't play very often, you're probably better off with a free open-source option like Omae or Chummer5. If you play SR5 frequently, especially with all of the currently published supplements, it's invaluable as it essentially does all the work for you. The down side is that to get all of this content (assuming you don't already have a Hero Lab license) requires a steep $60 investment ($30 for the software itself, and then $10 for each of the three data packs which add the supplemental content). It's also worth noting that as of the writing of this answer Hero Lab has all of the currently published supplemental material available (including errata) with the exception of Run Faster, which just came out recently (within the last month).
There is just no substitute for having a licensed product that can include the entire long-form description of a particular item or ability without running afoul of copyright issues. I find that form-fillable character sheets for SR5 in particular simply don't adequately do the job because either they never have enough room for all the information I need to be able to reference quickly or they aren't flexible enough to accommodate a system with as many bells-and-whistles as SR5.
#Online 5e character builder generator#
Nevertheless it does not replace a Character Generator like Chummer 5 for example. In addition a lot of functions for calculating values are provided. The sheet is editable and can be printed on paper or PDF.
Despite not being free, I personally find that Hero Lab is worth it for SR5, just because there is so much material that it's hard to keep your math straight with other tools or methods. The Shadowrun 5 Charaktersheet Generator gives you the opportunity to create an individual character sheet for Shadowrun 5. It's easy to use, gives you plenty of options, and gets frequent updates to fix bugs or add more content.