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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Firebird

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AFirebirdSQL is an open-source database which can be embedded.N/A
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    Firebird
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    Firebird
    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Firebird
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    Chose Firebird
    It is cost-effective, maintenance-free, easy to deploy and use on Linux and Windows environments and it works steadily. It has an open-source license. Installing Oracle was quite difficult in comparison to Firebird.
    Incentivized
    Chose Firebird
    It came a time when the practice of SQLite was lagging behind and of course, we were looking at the cost that was being involved and so Firebird made the breakthrough for us from both. It has an open-source license and it is easy to deploy on Windows and Linux environments.
    Incentivized
    Chose Firebird
    Because it is having Open Source License and easy to deploy on windows and linux environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Firebird
    As you know, the version of an application is very good for a period in the world of information technologies, it is the first in the performance / cost table. But some periods come and that practice lags behind. When Firebird made such a breakthrough, we preferred this …
    Incentivized
    Chose Firebird
    Back then I evaluated Oracle 8, IBM DB2, Mimer, SAP DB, MySQL, Borland Interbase (not Embarcadero Interbase and that one has the same roots as Firebird) and most likely other RDBMS. Firebird was free, usage was ok, it was (for my application) maintenance free and speed was ok …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Firebird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)