# Firebird Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Firebird Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Database products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/71249/Firebird --- # Firebird Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) 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? [Database](https://www.capterra.com/database-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 8 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Firebird?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.firebirdsql.org&name=Firebird) ## 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 (2,229)](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor 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 (2,199) Value For Money 4.8 (6) Value For Money 4.5 (1,529) Customer Service 3.7 (6) Customer Service 4.4 (1,305) ## Firebird alternatives [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/) [4.6 (1,977)](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/reviews/) Starting price $13748.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/) [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) [4.6 (2,095)](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/reviews/) Starting price $2000.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) [Microsoft Access](https://www.capterra.com/p/233275/Microsoft-Access/) [4.4 (207)](https://www.capterra.com/p/233275/Microsoft-Access/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 91% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/233275/Microsoft-Access/) Highest Rated [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) [4.7 (2,282)](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/71249/Firebird/alternatives/) ## 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 Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.5 (8) 4.5 Based on 8 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.8 (6) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Value for money 4.8 (6) 4.8 Based on 6 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## 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 Filter by rating 5(6) 4(2) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent 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 Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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 Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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.) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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 Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/71249/Firebird/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. 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