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Azure Database for PostgreSQL vs Firebird SQL comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (4th)
Firebird SQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Embedded Database (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of Azure Database for PostgreSQL is 1.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Firebird SQL is 10.1%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Database for PostgreSQL1.9%
Firebird SQL10.1%
Other88.0%
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Sathish Palanisamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff Data Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Improves database performance, supports AI integration, and accelerates customer-focused innovation
Azure Database for PostgreSQL can be improved in the area of elastic capabilities. One of the things we were actively looking for is the elastic feature, which was made a GA at this Ignite event. I am really happy that finally in Azure, we have a product which we can use for elastic clusters. If you are bound with a single server, then you have a vertical limit. Now you do not have any limits. As long as your use case grows, we can grow. The only thing I would maybe be thinking about is we should also allow customers to pick different node sizes for every node inside the elastic eventually. Some nodes do not need that big capacity. So that may be a nice-to-have feature, though it is not a must-have at this point.
SS
Research and Development Project Manager at Sixense Monitoring
Efficient data storage with reliable and easy management
We are working on monitoring software that involves making a lot of measurements with sensors. We store all the data in Firebird, which is why we use It primarily for data storage It's difficult to describe how it has improved our organization because we have been using Firebird for a very long…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"A native cloud approach actually has more advantage because it is easy to deploy, faster to deploy, and easy to recover and roll back."
"We transact 128 trillion data per month using Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which helps us to be more successful on every transaction that the customer is requesting from us."
"What I appreciate most about Azure Database for PostgreSQL is not one particular feature; I think it is the use case and the facility to have a single pane of glass for managing what is on the edge, what is on the cloud, especially now with Azure Local as well."
"Azure Database for PostgreSQL has impacted our ability to innovate and stay competitive in our industry by helping our developers understand what features need to be used so they can deliver the customer use case much faster, get the value out faster, and once you get the value out faster, you are ahead of the competition."
"Azure Database for PostgreSQL has positively impacted our organization by helping us improve reliability and simplify database operations."
"The most valuable features of Azure Database for PostgreSQL are its networking capabilities, which allow for integration with other Azure services."
"Azure Database for PostgreSQL has positively impacted my organization through collaboration by allowing me to generate a report within a second and send the MIS for an employee or a team, making it very easy to display for business purposes."
"Azure Database for PostgreSQL is hugely discounted and cost-effective compared to the previous expenses for maintaining an on-premises PostgreSQL database."
"The product was easy to use."
"The reliability and ease of management are very valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is reliable, offers good performance, and is easy to use."
"We are satisfied with Firebird SQL, and we will keep on using it."
"The most valuable feature of Firebird SQL is the creation of databases."
"Firebird SQL is an open-source solution."
"We are happy with the event capabilities of Firebird SQL database. We can raise events from it and display them in our application."
"I appreciate the fact that, once the database is embedded, it doesn't need to be administered, and removes the requirement for a specific server."
 

Cons

"The pay-as-you-go pricing model of Azure Database for PostgreSQL has actually increased costs."
"Support can certainly get better."
"My impressions of the latency and availability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL is that it is a concern that arises post-migration."
"Azure Database for PostgreSQL has not really helped reduce infrastructure costs at my company."
"We would love to definitely see scalability. We would love to see it grow as more people use it and it can handle the data and maybe tell us some optimizations by reporting on what we have."
"Currently, most databases will try to use all the CPUs available and use all the memories available. We try to give all the databases one hundred percent of the hardware capacity, but sometimes because the OS layer itself will need some resources."
"However, when I start planning for production where the service will be up for two or three years, I prefer to pay upfront, as the pay-as-you-go model becomes expensive for production use."
"For development purposes, it is fine, but on production, you need to have a check on the cost of it."
"I'd rate the solution five or six out of ten for the possibilities it has currently."
"On large databases, we have some difficulties."
"Database sharing is a capability that Firebird SQL lacks."
"The solution could improve by providing partitioning and encryption. It is not at the higher level of database solution but it could be with some upgrades."
"It would be good to have more automation and integration with the tools from other vendors."
"I don't think the solution is very scalable, because the scalability of the performance when using more than one process is not very good."
"It is not easy to integrate the tool with Visual Studio."
"It would be nice to have a graphical user interface to handle the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing experience is positive. Azure Database for PostgreSQL reduces the need for hardware investments, and the pay-as-you-go pricing model positively affects database-related costs by allowing us to start small and scale as needed."
"The pay-as-you-go pricing model plays a critical role in managing database-related costs and resource allocation. We build using Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and maintain a focus on FinOps to control Azure service costs. Some clients are pushy on price. It's critical to automate it, so we're just using it when appropriate and switching it off in certain scenarios."
"We do not pay for a full-year subscription because our usage is still at the beginning phase and not much. The pay-as-you-go model works well for us."
"There aren't any notable areas for improvement that I could see. PostgreSQL was self-sufficient with no need for additional database knowledge to maintain it."
"Firebird SQL is an open-source solution, which means it is a free product."
"There is no licensing cost for this solution, as it is open-source."
"It is a public domain system as every customer can install it on their system without paying any license fee."
"It is okay."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is freely available."
"There is a yearly maintenance fee for the use of the solution."
"I was using the free version of Firebird SQL."
"The tool is open source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
Azure Database for PostgreSQL's pay-as-you-go pricing model has affected my database-related cost and resource allocation. I do not know the exact minute details of the database cost. For even mino...
What needs improvement with Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
I have not been involved in development, so I cannot share much on improvements or enhancements I would like to see at the moment. I am comfortable with the graphical user interface of Azure Databa...
What is your primary use case for Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
As a Cloud Service Provider, I manage a significant portion of Azure Database for PostgreSQL deployments on behalf of my clients. I handle provisioning and configuring monitoring for these instance...
How does Firebird SQL compare with PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL was designed in a way that provides you with not only a high degree of flexibility but also offers you a cheap and easy-to-use solution. It gives you the ability to redesign and audit yo...
What needs improvement with Firebird SQL?
We would like to improve the management of very large databases. We have databases up to three or four terabytes, and it's not so easy to manage such large databases.
What is your primary use case for Firebird SQL?
We are working on monitoring software that involves making a lot of measurements with sensors. We store all the data in Firebird, which is why we use It primarily for data storage.
 

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Sample Customers

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Elekt Labs, Streamsoft, wobe-systems GmbH, DRB Systems, Moscow City Hospital #31
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