Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Firebird
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
FirebirdSQL is an open-source database which can be embedded.N/A
Percona Server for MySQL
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Percona 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
Microsoft SQL Server
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database.
$1,418
Per License
Pricing
FirebirdSQLPercona Server for MySQLMicrosoft SQL Server
Editions & Modules
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Subscription
$1,418.00
Per License
Enterprise
$13,748.00
Per License
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FirebirdPercona Server for MySQLMicrosoft SQL Server
Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree and open-source
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Community Pulse
FirebirdSQLPercona Server for MySQLMicrosoft SQL Server
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Firebird

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Percona Server for MySQL
Chose Percona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL Stacks up against all of these competitors. We choose Percona server for MySQL due to these reasons: open source, community support, scalability, and vendor locking. We were looking for an open-source database that is scalable and supported by the …
Microsoft SQL Server
Chose Microsoft SQL Server
We've evaluated a number of database platforms, including Oracle, MySQL, Interbase/Firebird, and MongoDB. While there are similarities in each of the platforms, one key difference is the tools included to administer and develop against the platform. We found that Microsoft SQL …
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User Ratings
FirebirdSQLPercona Server for MySQLMicrosoft SQL Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(4 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
8.0
(107 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
7.6
(17 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(3 ratings)
7.9
(26 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
-
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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9.0
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9.0
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User Testimonials
FirebirdSQLPercona Server for MySQLMicrosoft SQL 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.
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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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Microsoft
Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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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.
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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
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Microsoft
  • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
  • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
  • Data Security
  • Easy to understand and use
  • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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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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Microsoft
  • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
  • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
  • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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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.
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Percona
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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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.
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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.
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Microsoft
SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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Reliability and Availability
Open Source
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Percona
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Its does not have outages.
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Performance
Open Source
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Percona
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Microsoft
SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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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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Microsoft
We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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In-Person Training
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Percona
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
It was good
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Online Training
Open Source
No answers on this topic
Percona
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
very hands on and detailed training
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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.
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Percona
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Microsoft
Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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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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Microsoft
[Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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Scalability
Open Source
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Percona
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • Cost effective saving us from paid relational database.
  • Community support.
  • Efficiency in handling simultaneous connections.
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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.
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Microsoft
  • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
  • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
  • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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