Firebird AlternativesRelational Databases and other similar apps like Firebird

Apps similar to Firebird include SQLite, which is free and open source. Other options are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MongoDB and Microsoft SQL Server. You're spoiled for choice with Relational Databases like Firebird: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. SQLite icon
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    SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.

    74 SQLite alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. PostgreSQL icon
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    PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

    80 PostgreSQL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Free GPL database software for relational and NoSQL applications, combining InnoDB and other pluggable storage engines with replication, group replication, clustering, partitioning, stored procedures, triggers, views, monitoring, connectors, and cross-platform tools.

    69 MySQL Community Edition alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. MongoDB icon
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    MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need

    105 MongoDB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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  5. SQL Server delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage your data by enabling you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents within the database.

    69 Microsoft SQL Server alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Triplit icon
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    A full-stack, syncing database that runs on both server and client. Pluggable storage (indexeddb, sqlite, durable objects), syncs over websockets, and works with your favorite framework (React, Solid, Vue, Svelte).

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. Filesystem-backed document DBMS in Rust where every record is a Git-versionable JSON file with automatic cryptographic integrity for compliance-critical systems.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  8. Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. CockroachDB icon
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    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    102 CockroachDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Source Available

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. FerretDB icon
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    FerretDB (formerly MangoDB) is an open-source proxy, which converts MongoDB wire protocol queries to SQL, and uses PostgreSQL as a database engine.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Discover insights with Google's fully managed BigQuery, allowing fast SQL queries on petabyte-scale data. Stream data in real-time, leveraging its columnar architecture, free initial 1 TB processing monthly, and robust security features without the complexity of infrastructure management.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  12. Amazon Redshift uses SQL to analyze structured and semi-structured data across data warehouses, operational databases, and data lakes, using AWS-designed hardware and machine learning to deliver the best price performance at any scale.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
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