We performed a comparison between Firebird SQL and Oracle MySQL Cloud Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I can deploy it on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows — it's very easy."
"The product was easy to use."
"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."
"I like that we don't have to pay external fees to migrate this data. So, we are looking to relocate from Postgres or EDB."
"It helps us in detecting all kinds of problems in the code, such as bad quality, unclear code, or any violation in the code or best practices."
"We are happy with the event capabilities of Firebird SQL database. We can raise events from it and display them in our application."
"Firebird SQL is an open-source solution."
"The most valuable feature of Firebird SQL is the creation of databases."
"The scalability of the database is absolutely guaranteed by the new features."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is data migration."
"The product is good for tuning."
"The most valuable feature is the data aggregation function."
"The solution overall is very, very good. It's got good integration with other databases and adds new features often."
"The access to a suite of management and administration tools that simplify tasks such as database provisioning, configuration, and monitoring."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is flexible and is an open-source product."
"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."
"The main feature I expect is to be able to work with different databases at the same time because that's a wishlist item for me."
"Technical support and performance could be better. We have some problems with this solution, but we don't know if the problem is with the database or the configuration. For example, sometimes, the users can't access the database."
"The security of the users could improve in Firebird SQL."
"It would be nice to have a graphical user interface to handle the product."
"On large databases, we have some difficulties."
"This solution isn't very user-friendly, or intuitive, which could be improved when it is developed."
"It is not easy to integrate the tool with Visual Studio."
"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"The user interface is not simple."
"Integrating business intelligence or NLP solutions would help us save time and would prevent us from having to take a deep dive. Data problems seem to multiply on the system when you interact with it. Automation would save a lot of man-hours."
"The tool’s stability must be improved."
"It requires a significant amount of expertise and effort to manage, especially when dealing with substantial volumes of data."
"The solution should offer memory management."
"They could include more advanced features like clustering and replication in the Oracle databases."
Firebird SQL is ranked 4th in Open Source Databases with 14 reviews while Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is ranked 7th in Open Source Databases with 15 reviews. Firebird SQL is rated 7.8, while Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Firebird SQL writes "A stable and freely available tool with well-written documents". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service writes "A stable solution that can be used to perform on-premises to cloud migrations". Firebird SQL is most compared with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB and SQLite, whereas Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is most compared with Amazon Aurora, MySQL, Percona Server, PostgreSQL and SingleStore. See our Firebird SQL vs. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service report.
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