HQbird Prices
HQbird is an advanced Firebird for large databases: optimized configurations, replication and high availability, automated and cloud backups, health and query monitoring, structure analysis, and a recovery toolset. Licensed per server.
Many servers - Unlimited subscription
More than about 20 servers makes perpetual $899 licenses expensive. HQbird Unlimited is for large estates and software vendors who ship HQbird with their ERP/CRM (and similar) applications - install as many copies as you need.
USD $1,300/month, or $14,500/year prepaid (regional pricing can differ). Example: 40 customer servers ≈ $30 per customer per month on the annual plan; 400 servers ≈ $3 per customer per month.
What each edition includes
| Feature | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimized configurations | X | X | X |
| Backups | X | X | X |
| Automatic performance reports | X | X | X |
| SQL query tracking | X | X | X |
| Transaction tracking | X | X | X |
| Database structure analysis | X | X | X |
| Performance self-test suite | X | X | X |
| SQL development, design & debugging | X | X | |
| Recovery | X | X | |
| Replication and high availability | X | ||
| Pool of Execute On External | X | ||
| Cached prepared statements | X | ||
| Multi-thread backup, sweep, restore | X | ||
| Encryption support | X | ||
| Enhanced authentication and security | X |