Microsoft Access

4.4
Overall rating
Reviews

4.4
Overall rating
Reviews

About Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a database management solution that helps users store and manage information, create business apps for advanced reporting and analysis. Access can easily manage large amounts of information imported from Excel or other spreadsheet applications. Microsoft Access integrates Visual Basic for Applications to helps users create any business app and automate integrated business processes. Microsoft Access can easily integrate with third-party apps using built-in connectors, allowing users to centralize data across multiple business systems and generate data visuals and insights.
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Microsoft Access pricing

Microsoft Access does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.

Starting Price:
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Free Version:
No
Free trial:
No

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Microsoft Access Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
4.2
Functionality
4.4
Ease of Use
3.9
Customer Support
3.9
5 reviews of 195 View all reviews
badawy
  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 21/12/2021

Review about Microsoft Access

I have been working on Microsoft Access since my studies and after graduating from the Urban Planning Department, and I am still practicing it in my job, as it is the rest of the Microsoft group, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, among the programs that are indispensable in many fields.

Pros

• The main reason may be availability. Microsoft workplace licensing is a should these days and comes with it access.

• Most of the time, within the absence of an appropriate information environment, access is incredibly helpful for making a info, which might be simply achieved through an access database with easy queries to extract information. In addition, creating I/O forms makes life a lot of easier to navigate through the database it's very straightforward and intelligible that beginners can handle easily...Where and what will this operate do.

• the developer also can use it for his or her own news purposes, it's going to facilitate in data analysis and that they also can work on reporting.

• we will even have information during a table format that customers can simply understand. making entity relationship diagrams for multiple tables and creating sample diagrams is incredibly simple

Cons

• One of the downsides of the program is that with the massive range of information inputs, the applying becomes slower, that ends up in a rise within the time in extracting ANd process data.

• Typically it produces a mistake because of an sudden ending that I ne'er understood.

• It' not as climbable as alternative enterprise information solutions, though it will still do the task.

Marek
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 27/04/2023

Microsoft Access Review

My overall experience with Microsoft Access was positive. I found the app to be an essential tool for my company. I appreciated its ability to handle large amounts of data and create custom databases, as well as its powerful querying and reporting tools.

Pros

What I liked most about Microsoft Access was its ability to handle large amounts of data and create custom databases. The app's intuitive interface and range of templates made it easy to create and manage data, while its powerful querying and reporting tools allowed for in-depth analysis. Additionally, I appreciated the app's integration with other Microsoft Office products, such as Excel and PowerPoint.

Cons

One thing that I liked least about Microsoft Access was its limited compatibility with non-Windows platforms. While the app was widely used on Windows machines, it could be challenging to access and edit databases on other operating systems. Additionally, the app's steep learning curve and complexity could be overwhelming for users with limited experience in database management.

Carlos
  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
1
Ease of Use
2
Customer Support
4

3
Reviewed on 31/05/2023

Not he most simple data base developing tool

Pros

The possibility to develop a data base with the microsfot office base aspect.

Cons

Too much complicate to develop and old tools in compare with new softwares more simple and friendly user.

Jonnadula
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 27/07/2022

Microsoft Access Review of Group Collaboration and User Experience

I understood Microsoft access needs a more vigorous arrangement in information capacity regions where its boundaries are surpassed particularly with enormous informational indexes. I have been involving it for SMB data sets and can say it has been a commendable encounter. SMBs upscale their organizations at any point time and their information expands this is where I require some investment of MS Access likewise increments. Which makes me self-conscious in the midst of anxiety. The presentation is impacted over the long run as the information get greater in any event, when put away in the cloud. I would cherish an improvement with stacking time against bigger informational index. Additionally mix of MS access into new innovations like blockchain is important. I'm designing my strategy for getting around utilizing MS Access with blockchain exercises and the advancement has been empowering.

Pros

Data groups can team up on a data set and tables progressively on the web application. This web Collaboration makes distant information groups profoundly useful without expecting to move out of the internet browser.

Cons

Data groups can't team up through the work area application. Cooperative suers are exposed to the limit of their internet browsers. The User experience of the web connection point isn't so smooth and pleasant as the work area application which make information the board, storehouses and inquiries somewhat hostile with huge informational index.

Michael
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 08/09/2022

Basic But Solid Data Management

I use Access and Excel daily to keep 20,000+ inventory items up to date for my e-commerce site. I cannot imagine working without Access.

Pros

My favorite thing about Access is that it works well with Excel, and I like to transfer my tables from Access to Excel so I can do data manipulation on them and then return them to Access. Of course there's more risk in operating in this manner but it also enables me to do things that would be difficult or impossible with Access alone.

Cons

There's limits on field sizes when moving back and forth between Excel and Access that are frustrating and seem to me to be unnecessary with our modern, higher powered computers.

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