InterBase Product Editions

Which InterBase Edition is right for me?

Attribute Description	IBLite	InterBase ToGo	InterBase Server Edition
Licensing of CPU Cores	1	4	8
Licensing simultaneous users	1	1	Unlimited
Number of connections per user	1	8	4
Remote client access	Yes	Yes	Yes
TCP listening server	No	No	Yes
Strong (AES) database and column encryption	No encryption of any kind (weak or strong) allowed	Yes	Yes
Strong network (SSL) encryption	No encryption of any kind (weak or strong) allowed	Yes	Yes
Able to import add-on licenses	No	No	Yes
Database file size limitation	100MB	No limit	No limit

Server Edition

InterBase XE3 Server Edition is a cost effective, zero administration, and lightweight but powerful embeddable database for your business critical applications. As your organization grows, InterBase XE3 Server scales with you. InterBase XE3 Server allows hundreds of simultaneous users to connect to a single database. You can start with 8 CPUs/cores and a single user but can add up to 32 cores and unlimited users. In addition to providing local RDBMS capabilities, the server edition also allows remote connections for increased flexibility. InterBase server provides AES data encryption and SSL communication for more security and access control. Perfect for Enterprises, ISVs, OEMs and VARs who need to embed a database into their applications.

Supported platforms: InterBase XE3: Windows, InterBase XE: Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris

ToGo Edition

InterBase XE3 ToGo Edition is a full-featured embeddable database that runs in a stand-alone environment but allows deployment of applications which directly utilize the InterBase engine DLLs. With no separate database server process running, the database engine executes in the application process space providing an extremely small footprint. Together with other key features such as high security, zero administration and simple installation, InterBase XE3 ToGo is an incredible solution for VARs, OEMs and ISVs.

Supported platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, iOS

IBLite

IBLite is a freely deployable, embeddable database for iOS that runs in a stand-alone environment and allows deployment of apps which directly utilize the InterBase engine. With no separate database server process running, the database engine executes in the application process space providing an extremely small footprint. IBLite is a choice embedded database solution for VARs, OEMs and ISVs. Upgrade from IBLite to InterBase ToGo edition for additional functionality including encryption, multi-core support and larger database file sizes. IBLite is available exclusively with Delphi XE4 (Professional with Mobile and above) and RAD Studio XE4 (all editions).

Supported platforms: iOS

Desktop Edition

InterBase XE3 Desktop Edition provides you with a great embeddable solution for stand-alone single user applications. Desktop Edition offers SQL RDBMS capabilities for local connection from multiple applications and scales to 4 CPUs/Cores while providing you with all the InterBase features including small operational footprint, AES data encryption for more security, high availability and performance, and zero administration. Perfect for small to mid size ISVs, OEMs and VARs who need to embed a database into their applications.

Supported platforms: Windows

Developer Edition

InterBase XE3 Developer Edition is a full featured free server edition, zero administration, lightweight but powerful database to embed into your application. This version gives you an option to develop with InterBase on your development machine. Downloading and installing this version does not give you permission to use InterBase in deployment or production for free. You must use one of the other paid versions of InterBase to use for deployment and actual production.

Supported platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris

VAR and OEM Special Pricing

OEMs and VARs can get special pricing by setting up a VAR agreement. Contact your sales rep for more information.