Compare Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Firebird

At a Glance
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Star Rating
(901)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Firebird
Firebird
Star Rating
(24)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Firebird

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs Firebird

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Firebird easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Firebird overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Firebird meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) over Firebird.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
No pricing available
Firebird
No pricing available
Free Trial
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Free Trial is available
Firebird
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
739
9.1
19
Ease of Use
8.8
747
9.1
19
Ease of Setup
8.9
523
9.5
10
Ease of Admin
8.7
435
9.2
10
Quality of Support
8.6
711
7.0
16
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
423
8.9
9
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
701
5.7
19
Features by Category
8.8
466
8.4
23
Management
8.8
305
8.8
10
8.9
309
9.0
10
8.8
294
8.5
8
8.9
304
7.9
7
Support
8.3
300
7.6
7
8.7
311
7.5
10
8.6
305
8.1
8
8.8
309
8.8
8
Security
8.6
298
7.6
9
8.7
314
8.3
9
8.8
308
9.4
6
8.8
311
8.3
7
Performance
8.8
305
7.7
8
8.6
299
8.1
7
8.7
307
7.7
8
8.5
293
7.9
8
8.5
297
8.5
9
Database Features
9.0
437
8.9
18
9.2
437
9.0
18
9.0
433
8.8
18
9.2
423
8.1
17
9.1
431
7.9
16
8.5
402
9.1
18
8.7
419
8.9
18
Database as a Service (DBaaS)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
8.6
275
Not enough data
Configuration
8.8
245
Not enough data
8.4
240
Not enough data
8.6
248
Not enough data
8.0
225
Not enough data
8.9
239
Not enough data
Database Administration
8.8
240
Not enough data
8.6
230
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Availability
9.1
245
Not enough data
9.1
249
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
231
Not enough data
Security
8.3
170
Not enough data
8.6
179
Not enough data
8.4
169
Not enough data
Data Management
8.8
185
Not enough data
8.6
174
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Firebird
Firebird
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Firebird are categorized as Relational Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Firebird
Firebird has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
29.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.3%
Firebird
Firebird
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
54.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
13.6%
Reviewers' Industry
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Information Technology and Services
22.7%
Computer Software
17.0%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.2%
Firebird
Firebird
Information Technology and Services
18.2%
Accounting
13.6%
Telecommunications
9.1%
Retail
4.5%
Pharmaceuticals
4.5%
Other
50.0%
Alternatives
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Alternatives
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IBM Db2
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SAP HANA Cloud
SAP HANA Cloud
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Google Cloud SQL
Cloud SQL
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Firebird
Firebird Alternatives
Microsoft SQL Server
MS SQL
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MySQL
MySQL
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PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
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SQLite
SQLite
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Discussions
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Discussions
What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used for?
2 Comments
ADESH J.
AJ
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is used for managing and operating relational...Read more
An Amazon RDS performance best practice is to allocate enough RAM so that your working set resides almost completely in memory.
1 Comment
Siddhant S.
SS
Monty the Mongoose crying
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has no more discussions with answers
Firebird
Firebird Discussions
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