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# Firebird Reviews
**Vendor:** Firebird Foundation  
**Category:** [Relational Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/relational-databases)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 24
## About Firebird
Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms.





## Firebird Discussions
  - [Is Firebird free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-firebird-free)
  - [What is Firebird EXE?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-firebird-exe)
  - [Is Firebird a good database?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-firebird-a-good-database)
  - [What is Firebird used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-firebird-used-for)
  - [How to convert database (with preserving datas) from branch 2.x to 3.0 of Firebird ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/35873-how-to-convert-database-with-preserving-datas-from-branch-2-x-to-3-0-of-firebird) - 1 upvote

- [View Firebird pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/firebird/reviews?page=2&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-22+17%3A48%3A52+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ef94fbbc-bc39-4ba7-9698-a19d69bf1ffe&secure%5Btoken%5D=55d90aacf83b5707f27713a5c717a407b83609d29357166c91de39726f1567ee&format=llm_user)

## Firebird Features
**Management **
- Data Schema
- Query Language
- ACID - Complaint
- Data Replication

**Support **
- Text Search
- Data Types
- Languages
- Operating Systems

**Security**
- Database Locking
- Access Control
- Encryption
- Authentication

**Performance **
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Concurrency
- Workload Management
- Advanced Indexing
- Query Optimizer

**Database Features**
- Storage
- Availability
- Stability
- Scalability
- Security
- Data Manipulation
- Query Language

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