We performed a comparison between Firebird SQL, Oracle MySQL Cloud Service, and PostgreSQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, PostgreSQL, Firebird and others in Open Source Databases."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."
"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."
"The solution is very useful for stock management."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is reliable, offers good performance, and is easy to use."
"I find the ease of deployment to be the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"Firebird SQL is an open-source solution and can run on most operating systems, such as Linux, Unix, and Windows."
"I can deploy it on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows — it's very easy."
"Firebird SQL is an open-source solution."
"The scalability of the database is absolutely guaranteed by the new features."
"The most valuable feature is the data aggregation function."
"It is very easy to start working with the product."
"It's easy to use."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is easy to use and implement."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is data migration."
"The product is easy to learn."
"The stability of the solution is very good. I wouldn't have used it for the past seven years if I was not satisfied."
"The product is quite flexible."
"What I like is that it's quite powerful in terms of performance."
"The solution is quite stable."
"We often use PostgreSQL for operations monitoring because we are a manufacturing company."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"I like that you can move any relational database from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I also like that it's pretty stable."
"The initial setup is quick and easy."
"The tool is user-friendly."
"This solution isn't very user-friendly, or intuitive, which could be improved when it is developed."
"It would be good to have more automation and integration with the tools from other vendors."
"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 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."
"Database sharing is a capability that Firebird SQL lacks."
"Firebird SQL's performance has slowed since Firebird SQL 3 or 3.5 versions, where they developed over-the-wire encryption."
"The security of the users could improve in Firebird SQL."
"On large databases, we have some difficulties."
"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."
"They could include more advanced features like clustering and replication in the Oracle databases."
"The support is not that great. They're not really supporting directly anymore and relying on experts to figure out technical issues."
"In a production environment, upgrading from a lower to an upper version is a very long process that needs to be improved."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service's scalability is an area of concern that can be better."
"Sometimes MySQL does upgrades on the server. When we are still using the old server and when they integrate the upgrade, they don't carry along some of the old syntaxes. The versions don't sync."
"Improvement could be made in the workflow, particularly when it comes to making changes or implementing certain functions."
"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."
"PostgreSQL uses high memory compared to its counterparts when a highly demanding load is involved, especially one that makes many concurrent connections to the database."
"We have to set up event API, which takes a lot of events from the user."
"I have noticed that user and access management should be improved."
"They need to improve the user experience of the management."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
"I'm not really able to customize it."
"There are some products out there that have a slightly different method of implementation for the SQL language. Some of those are slightly better in some areas, and PostgreSQL is slightly better in some areas. I would probably like to match all of those products together. It is just down to the functionality. For example, Oracle has a number of options within SQL that are outside of what you would class as the SQL standard. PostgreSQL misses some of those, but PostgreSQL does other things that are better than what Oracle does. I would like to merge those two products so that there is a certain amount of functionality in a single product."
"It needs more integration."
