what's the best Firebird IDE? [closed]

Question

Simple question. I'm considering Firebird and SQLite for an upcoming project. SQLite has SQLite Administrator, which is pretty good but gets +1M because it has autocomplete. But Firebird supports FKs, so I'm more comfortable with it. I'm leaning toward Firebird right now.

What is your favorite Firebird IDE and why?

Edit: Personally, I'll be gravitating toward the free ones because I'm not making much on this project. But I'll leave the question as is.

Answer 1

I like IBExpert for Firebird (or Interbase). They have a free personal edition.

Answer 2

Test all this !

• IBEasy http://www.marc-grange.net/telecharger.htm *
• IBExpert http://www.ibexpert.com *
• Database Workbench http://www.upscene.com *
• FireFace http://www.fireface.eu
• Firebird Maestro http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/firebird/maestro/
• EMS SQL Mananger http://sqlmanager.net/products/ibfb/manager *
• BlazeTop http://www.devrace.com/en/blazetop/
• Firebird Development Studio http://www.sqlly.com/
• FlameRobin http://www.flamerobin.org/ *
• Kevora IDE http://kevora.sourceforge.net/
• IBWebAdmin http://www.ibwebadmin.net/ *
• RazorSQL http://www.razorsql.com/
• SQuirel SQL http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/ *
• OD Web ISQL http://www.e-naxos.com/dnlManager.aspx?GROUP=6 *

For me the best is IBExpert and after Database Workbench because they have stored procedure debugger

(*) means free or have free version (personal...)

Answer 3

I would not want to enter it into a contest for best Firebird IDE (yet), but you could look into FlameRobin for a free multi-platform administration program for Firebird. It has auto completion, starts as fast as no other GUI tool I know of, and the price should be right for you.

Answer 4

Databaseworkbench - does everthing - SQL Developer's heaven

Answer 5

I have used the free version of EMS SQL Manager. It is a great IDE with all the features I ever need and compares with something like Management Studio for SQL Server. Link

Answer 6

I can suggest you Firebird Maestro. It's not free but what you get for the price of a license is a very good product, especially because you can perform most of your tasks visually.

Answer 7

Aside from an IDE for Firebird, you may want to take a look at Sinática Monitor for Firebird.
It's great for finding bottlenecks.

Answer 8

I guess you are looking for AnySQL Maestro

1. Freeware
2. Able to work with Firebird and SQLite databases at the same time

The producer also offers a tool for SQLite (SQLite Maestro) that SUPPORTS FOREIGN KEYS (with referential integrity triggers) but it has only 30-day free trial (costs about $70).

Answer 9

FlameRobin is simple, easy to use, and has a small footprint. Additionally, it's free.