Cost. Firebird is very cost effective for the job it does. There are also new versions and feature enhancements coming out as needed. Firebird also has a small footprint. It's efficient with resource useage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

There is documentation available online but it is not the greatest. Its a little limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Eric M.

Principal Software Engineer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/16/2015

"Portable, open source database implementation"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

The fact that the entire database is portable as a single file made migrating content from one system to another easy and fool-proof. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

The lower marketshare of this database system (compared to other open source implementations) makes finding tutorials, support, and other implementations difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Firebird:

Document all of your project requirements and be sure the wins you get from Firebird are worth the tradeoffs you must accept for using a less-popular system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Firebird solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were looking for an easy-to-distribute database system without restrictive licensing terms. Firebird allowed us to easily deploy copies of a database across multiple systems and fulfill our project requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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John O.

Sr. Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/26/2013

"Easy to develop and deploy"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

I used the Firebird Database platform for desktop based applications. I primarily coded using Delphi, where it had hooks into Interbase (a different flavor of Firebird). It was really easy to deploy applications without the use of the Borland Database Engine (BDE). I'm sure it's advanced since then so other IDEs can interface with the platform via API. Performance was fast and coding using Stored Procedures was similar to other database platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

Multi-User capability I think was a weakness. Although it supports this feature, it tended not to work very well in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Firebird:

Considering that there are other free databases out there, I would actually recommend looking at the alternatives and see if that fits within your development requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Firebird solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of use with development and deployment in a small business environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.