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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Firebird

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AFirebirdSQL is an open-source database which can be embedded.N/A

    Percona Server

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/APercona Server for MySQL is a free, compatible, enhanced, open source drop-in replacement for MySQL. Percona states it provides superior performance, scalability, and instrumentation. Boasting over 5,300,000 downloads, Percona Server’s self-tuning algorithms and support for high-performance hardware delivers excellent performance and reliability Percona Server for MySQL delivers enterprise-grade features and higher uptime, along with a number of key benefits that…N/A
    Pricing
    FirebirdPercona Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FirebirdPercona Server
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Free and open-source
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    Community Pulse
    FirebirdPercona Server
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    Open Source
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    Percona
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    FirebirdPercona Server
    Small Businesses
    MariaDB Platform
    Score9.1 out of 10
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PostgreSQL
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SQLite
    Score8 out of 10
    Google Cloud SQL
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FirebirdPercona Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    FirebirdPercona Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    It is able to handle simultaneous connections when using the embedded software version. It is well suited for organizations looking for standalone servers that can handle high data volumes and still perform well and which is also cost-effective database management system especially when they are working on a low budget.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    Percona Server for MySQL covers 100% of our requirements in terms of our OLTP traffic and provides the High Availability levels required through a typical primary and 2 replica's using semi-synchronous replication. We're able to scale our writes using sharding, but a true distributed database would be a great option on top of this. In terms of OLAP traffic, we leverage columns stores available, but Percona Server fairs well
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Performance is really fast.
    • It is portable and easy to take back ups.
    • Its open n source and free.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    • Faster than other server solutions
    • Installation and configuration process is easy from the user's standpoint
    • Easy to learn and good support
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Documentation.
    • No GUI tool to view data.
    • Slow via remote access.
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    Percona
    • Better documentation
    • A better UI
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    Because it is free and usually zero maintenance. Just the issue of more difficult format updates in the future lower the rating a bit.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Open Source
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    It is easy to install and use. Using it along with Percona Monitoring and Management makes it even easier to use.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    This is an open source project. It provides a fair amount of free documentation and I think forums somewhere...
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    Percona
    We are using opensource so we have not used customer support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Open Source
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    Because it is having Open Source License and easy to deploy on windows and linux environment
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    Percona
    Performance and stability sets Percona Server for MySQL apart from the rest. Percona embraces the upstream version and contributes towards the upstream version making MySQL stronger on two fronts and thus having a much larger community. Many quality contributions have been made by Percona into the base code. Percona provides great tools to support Percona Server for MySQL and this makes the monitoring and management easier
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Cost effective saving us from paid relational database.
    • Community support.
    • Efficiency in handling simultaneous connections.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    • At the performance level, it maintains and even improves other open-source databases such as MariaDB or some commercial ones such as Oracle.
    • If we compare it with MySQL, we could have up to 50% improvement in performance.
    • For some small companies or startups, the price of the complete solution and the support can be a bit high.
    Incentivized
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