![]() SqlServer Express is limited to 10GB database size and 1GB RAM usage. You can install it on as many computers as you like, run on as many CPU cores as you like and have the database as large as needed (some database size in Terabytes are reported for embedded Firebird). There are some minor differences in feature set, but overall they are on par.įirebird is open source under IDPL license. We can call it a draw here as both products are full featured relational DBMS. But on Windows XP which is still installed on many computers, it requires that you update Windows Installer, and download and install. On Windows 7 this makes almost no difference because. With Firebird, you can develop native Windows applications using Delphi or C++ which have a very small footprint (1-2MB). At least, if you use Microsoft technology to access it, and not ODBC.įirebird Embedded is 3MB, SqlServer is 50MB download. It allows you to access a local database file using shared-memory space without TCP/IP connection or named pipes. ![]() ![]() One might argue that SqlServer Express is not really an embedded database, but once installed it integrates into Windows in such way that we can still consider it as such. If you are new to embedded databases, you might run into problem of picking which one to use. How does Firebird embedded compare to Microsoft SQL Server Express ![]()
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