Overview
What is Microsoft Access?
Microsoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
A great Database management solution which covers all aspects of data storage and management.
A superb database management system
[Microsoft] Access - not for the faint of heart - but certainly for the amateur data miner
Microsoft Access a great MS SQL alternative
Best in Business, Microsoft Access!
A powerful database that lets you organize your data as you like
Very powerful, but not easy to configure
Simple and Easy database management solution
Access makes my job easier!
Simple and graphical database management tool for small and medium corporate projects
Access is a great investment for your company
Microsoft Access Review
Microsoft Access Makes it Possible!
Microsoft Access is still relevant!
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Pricing
Microsoft Access
$139.99
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Demos
Workflow Builder for Microsoft Access Demo
Use a File Dialog in Microsoft Access
Open Source Simple LIMS Software for Small Lab Demo
Microsoft Access Electronic Signature Capture Database Template
Microsoft Access Database Tutorial - User form Login Security Demo
Microsoft Access Project Management Database Template
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Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows |
Mobile Application | No |
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(1-25 of 98)Nice when is included
A great Database management solution which covers all aspects of data storage and management.
A superb database management system
[Microsoft] Access - not for the faint of heart - but certainly for the amateur data miner
Microsoft Access a great MS SQL alternative
[Microsoft] Access allows you to create places to store data in an easily retrievable fashion, allowing multiple users and form views for display and data entry, reporting, and data analysis. Easily mitigable to SQL Server, as you continue to grow. I've turned many an [Microsoft] Access database into a front-end for SQL Server. The Application looks and behaves like the other Office products, making it's introduction to new users fairly simple and straight forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Best in Business, Microsoft Access!
Very powerful, but not easy to configure
Simple and Easy database management solution
Access makes my job easier!
Access is a great investment for your company
Microsoft Access Review
Microsoft Access Makes it Possible!
Microsoft Access is still relevant!
Microsoft Access for Newbies
However, I rated this an 8 overall because of the Learning curve and limited number of expienced users able to help with questions.
Definitely take the risk to try and learn it though. You won't regret it!
A good tool for rapid development and prototyping, better for data management than Excel
- Microsoft Access is great for local low code, relational database applications where users are creating, reading, updating, and deleting data (CRUD)..
- Access provides SQL implementation and relational database functionality in a easy-to-use environment which makes it superb to excel for data management activities.
- Useful mostly for locally stored database and not network or cloud-based applications
- Easy-to-user interface makes it hard to compete against
- The underlying SQL and relational database architecture handles larger sets of data much better than Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Access is good for databases management
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Access is wonderfully affordable and customizable, just be prepared to do some training.
Microsoft Access Positive Aspects
MS Access is excellent for setting up a small scale database or to simply import data and run VBA script to automate data manipulation tasks. It's also an excellent tool to link with enterprise-level data warehouses usually kept in Oracle or MS SQL Server. In such cases MS Access simple acts as a frontend tool that can query data. You can create professional reports for publishing data.
MS Access tends to fall short while handling bigger datasets that have more than a few million records. The processing time, especially when run from a network drive can be very slow compared to running on your local machine. The file size in such cases is also a limitation. Although that limitation can be overcome using multiple backend data files it does require a bit of routine maintenance.