Firebird Reviews & Product Details

Simplicity (Portability, Management) and Efficacy. I like also compliance of ASNI standards for SQL. It is easy to get a snapshot, just stop database engine, copy a file and start database service one again. Managment is as simple as it could be. There is one tool for user management, other one to backup and restore a database. It is very flexible, powerful database engine and it doesn't use much of system resources. I hope You take this into consideration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Efficacy problem with large volume of data (above 3-4GB), poor recoverability after database corruption. I don't like the archives incompatibilities between 2.x and 3.x branches. I also dislike a lack of window function in 2.x version. I would be great if there is official database explorer like SSMS or SQL Developer. I also feel lack of server linking technology to connect multiple cross-platform database to firebird. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The database is a single file that is easy to handle

DB engine is compact and easy to install

SQL implementation is following SQL standard very well

Good support for Unicode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No GUI tool to view data. However there are few good 3rd party tools for that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Database control in central operating system, open source for my needs to correct and adapt external applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adjust database in GNU Linux system and user control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Multi-user database access, a lot of developer tools to help job, support to transactions, good security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's no embedded version for Android in the version I've worked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Your db is terabytes? No problem. Just classic or superclassic architecture. Not use transaction blocking? - it fast, easy and troubleproof for you. If you use it - easy, but you need regular backup/restore your db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Firebird as data storage. Is excellent for this role Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is quite stable relational database with support of many features like stored procedures, transactions and triggers. Easy for administration and support. Big firebird’s community where you can get answers on lot of questions. It can be installed into the most of popular clouds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is hard to horizontally scale this database like almost all relational databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

easy to use, easy find on internet website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing, i like and use it. just that i say Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a whole lot easier to SET-UP unlike any other relational DB out in the Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For completely newbies. They may require some time to be familiar with the interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Free database sufficient for large systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of connection plugins to access database from other programming languages i.e. PHP, slow via remote access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Firebird is that it is very powerful, very easy to use, there are many things that can be done, simultaneous users, open source, and many versions in a short time, a lot of documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Really, there are very few bad things about Firebird, some statements are complex to remember and there are things you cannot use if you are not on the latest version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.