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dBASE vs. FirebirdSQL

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dBASE
Score 9.0 out of 10
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dBase is a one of the oldest database management systems.N/A
Firebird
Score 10.0 out of 10
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FirebirdSQL is an open-source database which can be embedded.N/A
Pricing
dBASEFirebirdSQL
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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dBASEFirebird
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
dBASEFirebirdSQL
Considered Both Products
dBASE

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Firebird
Pauline Harris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pauline Harris
Account Specialist
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.
Jane Carey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jane Carey
Account Executive
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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 …
Verified User
Anonymous
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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User Ratings
dBASEFirebirdSQL
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.0
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Usability
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8.0
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Support Rating
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5.0
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Implementation Rating
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9.0
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User Testimonials
dBASEFirebirdSQL
Likelihood to Recommend
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When looking for low maintenance and a solution suited for all kinds of pc applications. It is great when you are looking to store physical files in folder locations and you can then reference the document in the database. It has an open-source community around it along with documentation for third-party drivers of the development environment.
Jane Carey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jane Carey
Account Executive
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Pros
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  • Reliable RDMS for the SMB's and we found its performance is really fast.
  • It allows us to store the physical files into the folder location and reference of the document in the database.
  • Easy to take back-ups, and portable.
Muddassar Inayat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Muddassar Inayat
IT Solutions Consultant
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Cons
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  • Clustering features require alot of attention.
  • Remote access can be quite slow.
Pauline Harris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pauline Harris
Account Specialist
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Likelihood to Renew
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Because it is free and usually zero maintenance. Just the issue of more difficult format updates in the future lower the rating a bit.
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Anonymous
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Usability
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Usability has improved by unifying the architecture. The only thing's missing out of the box is a simple GUI DB tool for viewing DB contents and maybe running some SQL queries.
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Support Rating
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This is an open source project. It provides a fair amount of free documentation and I think forums somewhere...
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Implementation Rating
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Even somebody just starting to use RDBMS himself should get it working quickly, at least if he's got a GUI tool and some SQL knowledge.
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Alternatives Considered
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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.
Pauline Harris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pauline Harris
Account Specialist
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Return on Investment
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  • The return on investment was of course because it freed us from paid relational databases.
  • We have never experienced a negative situation.
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