# Firebird Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Firebird Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Firebird

## What is Firebird?

Free open source relational database (no double licensing) for Windows/Linux/MacOS/Android, with drivers for JDBC, .NET, Node.JS, Delphi, PHP, Python, etc. Highly scalable (from embedded to 1000+ connections), compact (Windows installer is 7Mb), in repositories of major Linux distros. Easy installation: runs out-of-the-box; easy maintenance: incremental and full online backups, self-maintenance; enterprise features: database and wire encryption, trace/audit, autonomous transactions, monitoring.

## What is Firebird used for?

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Firebird

4.8 (8)

VS.

[4.6 (2,222)](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$20

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.8 (8)

Ease Of Use

4.4 (1,974)

Value For Money

4.8 (6)

Value For Money

4.5 (1,505)

Customer Service

3.7 (6)

Customer Service

4.4 (1,431)

## Firebird alternatives

[Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/)

[4.6 (1,974)](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/reviews/)

Starting price

$13748.00

Per User, Per Month

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[MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/)

[4.6 (2,094)](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/reviews/)

Starting price

$2000.00

Per User, Per Month

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[Microsoft Access](https://www.capterra.com/p/233275/Microsoft-Access/)

[4.4 (205)](https://www.capterra.com/p/233275/Microsoft-Access/reviews/)

Starting price

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Highest Rated

[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)

[4.7 (2,259)](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/reviews/)

Starting price

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Access Controls/Permissions

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Backup and Recovery

Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data

Data Dictionary Management

Stores definitions of the data elements and their relationships (metadata) and how they are retrieved for the user

Data Storage Management

Manage and store data in a database

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Run stored procedures and queries in multiple programming languages, such as JSON, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, and SQL

Performance Analysis

Monitor and analyze the performance and status of a server or system/application

Firebird 7 features

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data

Stores definitions of the data elements and their relationships (metadata) and how they are retrieved for the user

Manage and store data in a database

Run stored procedures and queries in multiple programming languages, such as JSON, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, and SQL

Monitor and analyze the performance and status of a server or system/application

Database management based on relationships between data

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Features

4.5 (8)

4.5

Based on 8 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.8 (6)

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Value for money

4.8 (6)

4.8

Based on 6 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

3.7 (6)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

3.7 (6)

3.7

Based on 6 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Based on 8 reviews

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5(6)

4(2)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

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AU

Anonymous User

FIREBIRD AT OFFICE

Computer Hardware

### "DATABASE WITH FIREBIRD"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 15, 2019

WITH THIS SOFTWARE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HEALTHY MY DATABASES AND THOSE OF MY CLIENTS

Pros

IT IS A SOFTWARE THAT HAS MANY FUNCTIONALITIES THAT FACILITATE THE USE OF IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HEALTHY DATABASE

Cons

IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND SUPPORT VIDEOS THAT HELP YOU LEARN TO USE THAT SOFTWARE

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AU

Anonymous User

Software Developer

Information Technology and Services

### "Firebird RDRMS"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 12, 2019

Pros

Firebird is an open source relational database management system. unlike the SQL server, this software is also used in Mac and Linux system. It's essay to learn because the syntax is vet easy of query.

Cons

The auto suggestions of variable and keywords some time not provided.

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AU

Anonymous User

manager developer

Business Supplies and Equipment

### "large experience with firebird"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 9, 2019

my experiences is more than 10 years with solving different projects and in all I have not had any problem

Pros

excellent community support protection in remote transactions without problems

Cons

has no replication secure in the weak information

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LS

Laszlo S.

director

Computer Software

### "Perfect for small-group enviroment and Delphi developing"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

November 16, 2018

We are developing a software for restaurants in Delphi (pascal) enviroment since 15 years. (That is a very complex and raw enviroment with heat, breaking PCs, power-outage, low budget, high demands, etc.) Collected some experience with other DB systems too, but yet Firebird was the ONLY engine with all necessary skills detailed before. In those 15 years: 300 DB, on 2000 PCs, used by 1-20.000 users, adding and querying millions of records >> with 1x dataloss only! (Not counting when a HDD chipset fried by lightning and they had no backup.)

Pros

\- single file Database ! (Easy deployment and restoration) - easy version upgrade from 0.9-2.5 in these years. (Sadly 3.0 broke the continuity... still waiting to fix it.) - nice integration into Delphi enviroment - MINIMAL installation overhead. (Perfect for mass-deployment.) =7MB - on-the-fly backup (commited transactions), N-backup - shadow file (=secondary realtime backup-file on a separate disk) - old (20y+) PC support too! (Win2000+) - no special enviroment-/installation / depencecy necessary (like .NET) - no registration required to DOWNLOAD the installer And since v3.0 stable is out >> - it can be easily scaled to handle Terrabyte-sized DBs with shared-RAM-caching. - can encrypt the communication protocol and the DB file itself too - Android supprt From v4.0: - finally introduced different "transacion timeout" skills to drop broken connections or cancel any queries running too long.

Cons

\- hard to influence the engine-developers about development-directions - many open (bug- and important request-)tickets are still not resolved after many years - limited error handling (does not explaining what the error is... if you have a bad syntax, etc.)

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MARIA V G.

UNIVERSITY TEACHER

Education Management

### "Oh! How to forget it, if it was the first database manager that I learned to use.!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 31, 2018

The first database manager I learned to use. I have used it in multiple projects. Great

Pros

GREAT. With this database management system you can create, modify, backup and maintain your relational databases in a simple way. It uses the SQL language, apart fundamentally is MULTIPLATAFORMA and open source. Easy to install on equipment with minimum requirements. There is a lot of documentation about its functionalities. It is powerful and fast. You can use it with many programming languages for the realization of your applications. Excellent.

Cons

In general lines you can use it without any problem for your projects. Recommended for the realization of your information systems.

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Maria Elena B.

Analista Programador

### "It is a lightweight and easy to install database"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

May 22, 2018

It was very useful during my apprenticeship in data base management for being of open coding

Pros

What I like the most is its ability to manage small and large databases and since it is open source it does not require a license, it does not consume much resources and practically does not require configuration, it has many ways to access the database: ODBC, OLEDB, .Net provider, native JDBC driver type 4, Python module, PHP, among others. It has an official page and communities where documentation can be obtained. On the other hand, it allows incremental backups.

Cons

What I do not like is that they stopped publishing their updates, in a few words they stopped releasing new versions which means that this application has already been abandoned.

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Eyamir U.

Profesora

### "Es un RDBMS muy poderoso, que me dio muy buenos resultados para desarrollar proyectos, y es gratuito"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

May 8, 2018

It was of great benefit to me in the use of the database material, it was very useful to develop the projects implemented in the field

Pros

What I like is that it is multiplatform, capable of handling small and large databases. Being open source does not require licensing, and has full support for Stored Procedures and Triggers. Supports Transactions 100% ACID, Referential Integrity, in addition Complete internal language for stored procedures and triggers (PSQL), Support for External Functions (UDFs). Virtually no configuration required. Multi-generational architecture and low resource consumption. It has many ways to access the database: native / API, dbExpress drivers, ODBC, OLEDB, .Net provider, native JDBC driver type 4, Python module, PHP, Perl, among others. Native support for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOS. By oter part allows incremental security copies Availability of binaries in 64bit architecture Complete implementation of cursors in PSQL and Monitoring Tables Triggers at Connection and Transaction level, and use of Temporary Tables. It has an official page and communities where documentation can be obtained

Cons

what I like the least is that it was left as a bit abandoned, so it started to get complicated to get updates and documentation, although it was already challenged and are the last versions already in circulation

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SO

Stanton O.

Developer

Banking

### "Solid, reliable, fast and has met our needs for the past decade."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 4, 2017

Free, fast, reliable and accurate database system.

Pros

Database speed is great. It has the ability to handle multiple concurrent connections. Works well with .NET framework. Has fantastic libraries and great UDF support. Have worked on it for over a decade, and it is well supported.

Cons

Security is a bit lacking when compared to other database management systems. Roles can be better. A single file storage system could be seen as a pro or a con, depending on your business needs.

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