IH

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/12/2021

"It was firebird embedded database i used for one project, with object oriented architecture."

4/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

Embedded engine, mass data capacity per file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

Obligation to code auto-increment as custom for PK ID field, different language in stead of sql

And the requirement to use a paid GUI as Maestro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UG

Verified User in Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/14/2021

"Using Firebird with forestry related database"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

It comes as a part of the software pack we are using.

Simple view, no unnecessary features, easy to use, diverse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

sometimes I can't import table from external source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IA

Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/22/2020

"Reliable in the context of our ERP solution"

4/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

Reliability and availability of resources are the main points to recommend Firebird Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

Performance might be an issue (when set data is large), Time management is another issue I found difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Christian S.

Product Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/3/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"We have used Firebird for quite a while and are very satisfied with the service"

5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

Open source database and easy to integrate I. The former application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

When I remember correctly, than the support back then in 2005 was t that great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RU

Renato U.

Mr

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/18/2019

"Excellent"

5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

it is very powerful and lightweight.

it's multiplatform and run's on Linux, Windows, OS x.

It's architecture us multigenerational, every one has a single version of record and updates are easier.

It has three versions superserver (one cache for multiple users), classic (one cache per user), and super classic (one cache for multiple users and multiple threads).

The backup process can be implemented in linux with a cron and bash.

the backup procees can be implemented in windows with schedule and batch.

The restore process is very easy compared with the complex restore process of oracle and ms sql server, or postgresql.

You can backup the database file too with a cron process on linux and with schedule manager in windows.

The access for users is very single and you can limit the access with firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

there's no cloud storage,

the replication is only master-slave but there's third replication tools.

When you delete data and dropping tables, there's no restore if you don't have a backup, but it's on every RDBMS, only Oracle has a restore of data and tables in archivelog mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Firebird:

Every database is good, it's depend on your requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

You can implement a datawarehouse database and make distributed queries for ETL process.

You can implement a distributed databases with stored procedures, and there's a much easy than a distribution with postgresql.

The easy and powerful of sql language for triggers, stored procedures and queries is like postgresql (pgsql) or plsql.

The triggers can be implemented for before or after action. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Just Sevilla .

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/20/2018

"Great unattended option for database management"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

Firebird also has a small footprint. Firebird is very valuable for the process it performs. It is a very reliable and robust database manager that makes it ideal for managing large amounts of data remotely. I often coded using Delphi, in which I had hooks in Interbase, a unique flavor of Firebird. Firebird could be very effective for the activity it performs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

The multi-user capability is supposed to have become a weak point. The decrease in market share of this database device compared to different open-source implementations makes it difficult to find tutorials, help, and different implementations. There is no way to carry out recovery using transaction log backups. There is documentation available online, but it is not the best. There is documentation available online, but it is not the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Firebird:

Considering that there are different databases without discarding them, you could really propose to search the options and notice if that fits your improvement needs. Document all the requirements of your task and ensure that the gains you obtain from Firebird are worth the trade-offs you must accept for using a much less famous gadget. Database management for tasks Database management for projects Database control for projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Firebird allowed us to easily set up copies of a database across multiple systems and meet our business needs. We were looking for a database device that was easy to distribute without restrictive licensing terms. Ease of use with improvements and deployment in a small business environment. We used this for transportation applications retaining product music. Ease of use with development and deployment in a small business environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/5/2018

"Good alternative in local servers for data management."

4/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

What I like most about FireBird is its ease in speeding up query response times, which is very necessary when creating new databases and managing elements and querying elements. It is very secure and very easy to install, you only need an executable. Also noteworthy is that it does not consume many resources, which makes it perfect for use on remote servers with limited capacities. It is a very reliable and robust database manager that makes it ideal for managing large amounts of data remotely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

The downside of Firebird is that it is somewhat complex to use; when it comes to modifying things in the manager or a database, a bit of experience is needed because otherwise it's very easy to get lost. The issue of security is also important, and with this manager, it falls short in that area, so it is not advisable to install it on remote servers that a large number of people can access, as the integrity of the data could be compromised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Firebird:

This database manager offers great performance, so if what you want is to have good performance at a reduced price by sacrificing a bit of security, Firebird could be your option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Management of international and national customer data, Big Data issues, and local-level storage management. Data processing between virtual or physical servers remotely with SQL programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sadok A.

Assistant Business Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/26/2018

"Used it on one project and was a good experience overall"

4/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

I liked the Firebird Query builder which helped me a lot during my project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

The documentation for firebird was limited and was kinda hard to me to learn it, But finally I did it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AC

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/23/2018

"Good Database System"

3/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

It is open source and well documented. Never had problems with this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

Lack of new features and scalability. Not too much forums that can help you in case of a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/31/2018

"Decent but better alternatives"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Firebird?

I used it while I was st my original college and it was okay but buggy and other competitors were better in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Firebird?

Buggy and lacked the oomph that the other competitors had. It’s simplicity was nice though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.