Domo vs. Microsoft Access

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Domo
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Domo is a full self-service business intelligence software that combines several data analysis and reporting tools into one platform. It helps users connect to multiple data sources, create robust visual reports, manage their data, send messages in real-time, manage projects, and develop new apps.N/A
Microsoft Access
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
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.
$139.99
per PC
Pricing
DomoMicrosoft Access
Editions & Modules
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Microsoft Access
$139.99
per PC
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DomoMicrosoft Access
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DomoMicrosoft Access
Considered Both Products
Domo
Chose Domo
Domo is more suited for creating visualizations for executives, and usually they tend to be high level data visualizations.
In this sense, it is not the most powerful tools for deep dive analysis, but it is intuitive and fast. Especially if your end users will access your …
Chose Domo
Domo was by far the easiest to use of all the tools we evaluated. From a user perspective, it was more visually appealing as well. From an admin standpoint, there were more built-in connectors and the ease of using ODBC connections was a plus. It was also comparable in price to …
Microsoft Access

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Features
DomoMicrosoft Access
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Domo
9.5
72 Ratings
15% above category average
Microsoft Access
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports9.450 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.872 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.465 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Domo
9.3
71 Ratings
15% above category average
Microsoft Access
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis9.270 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.871 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Domo
8.8
69 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Access
-
Ratings
Publish to Web9.854 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.256 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.465 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Domo
8.7
70 Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Access
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.670 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.664 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Domo
9.5
71 Ratings
11% above category average
Microsoft Access
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.668 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.465 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Domo
8.8
63 Ratings
13% above category average
Microsoft Access
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.261 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application8.452 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.460 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Domo
7.7
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Microsoft Access
-
Ratings
REST API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Relational Databases
Comparison of Relational Databases features of Product A and Product B
Domo
-
Ratings
Microsoft Access
7.7
3 Ratings
3% below category average
ACID compliance00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Database monitoring00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Database locking00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Disaster recovery00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
DomoMicrosoft Access
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(75 ratings)
5.0
(99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(36 ratings)
7.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(14 ratings)
6.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(21 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DomoMicrosoft Access
Likelihood to Recommend
Domo
I believe that companies that record large amounts of data about their product, service employers KPIs, etc, can make the best out of Domo for reporting and data analysis, but if a company handles little data and is not recording this consistently, it will not be of much use.
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Microsoft
As a Material Purchasing/Planning/inventory tracking application, Microsoft Access serves its purpose well. It's presentation is clean, data entry is simple and the ability to customize search fields is welcome. It does, however, come with some caveats; namely, when setting search filters and the need arises to back up a step or two, with Microsoft Access you have to reset, or "clear all", adding extra steps/time to a query.
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Pros
Domo
  • Exceptional Transform area of the platform - any/all raw data can be manipulated and combined to create datasources that are very useful for our departments.
  • Visualization layer is clean and is very business presentable. Its simple but includes depth. Visuals can be created/used by all roles throughout our firm, its not limited to analysts.
  • Ability to communicate and talk about insights in the data - the communication tool is exceptional. I can @ mention specific users to bring attention to a discovery. I can start a private chat. I can annotate and communicate what I am seeing. I love it.
  • Mobile experience is excellent. When I am on the road i can actively monitor and engage with my team due to my Domo dashboard on my mobile device. Its amazing to run the business and not worry while away from the office.
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Microsoft
  • Very easy to create entity-relationship diagrams for various tables and designing mock layouts.
  • Really easy to navigate as it hold[s] the classic Microsoft UI. Another good thing is that it comes with the complete MS Office Suite.
  • It is really fast when joining multiple tables no matter what type of join.
  • Works on pretty much same SQL scripts so no need to learn a new language!
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Cons
Domo
  • Copying Reports - In Excel or Google Sheets, I like to make copies of similar reports and modify them as necessary for users. In Domo, makes copies of reports (called cards) but all copies are connected. So if you adjust the copy, it changes the original. This means a user has to recreate the report from scratch and then adjust it.
  • Unforgiving SQL - Domo does allow users to write their own SQL codes, which is great. However, Domo's SQL code is pickier than the other SQL database I've used (Metabase).
  • Text Alerts - Domo's alerts aren't always the smartest. Some of my dashboards are about the sales teams monthly performance and I get notified when there is a change of more than 20%. I always get notified at the start of the month that reports have changed from 'x' number to zero. This is expected because it's a monthly report and I hate getting texts about it. The only reason I don't term them off so I can be aware if something breaks in the middle of the month.
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Microsoft
  • Microsoft Access has not really changed at all for several years. It might be nice to see some upgrades and changes.
  • The help info is often not helpful. Need more tutorials for Microsoft Access to show how to do specific things.
  • Be careful naming objects such as tables, forms, etc. Names that are too long can get cut off in dialog boxes to choose a table, form, report, etc. So, I wish they would have resizable dialog boxes to allow you to see objects with long names.
  • I wish it could show me objects that are not in use in the database for current queries, tables, reports, forms, and macros. That way unused objects can be deleted without worrying about losing a report or query because you deleted the underlying object.
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Likelihood to Renew
Domo
Domo is a great up-and-coming product. There are many fantastic features that are extremely compelling to our end users, which makes Domo a great fit for our organization. As with many BI tools, there are items on the wish list that could make implementation, administration and usage easier, but I believe these will be addressed over time as the product matures and evolves. The overall concept and approach of this solution has definitely raised the bar in this area of expertise and I would like to see things advance in giving the enterprise tools that will make decision making easier and more robust in the future.
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Microsoft
I and the rest of my team will renew our Microsoft Access in the future because we use and maintain many different applications and databases created using Microsoft Access so we will need to maintain them in the future. Additionally, it is a standard at our place of work so it is at $0 cost to us to use. Another reason for renewing Microsoft Access is that we just don' t have the resources needed to extend into a network of users so we need to remain a single-desktop application at this time.
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Usability
Domo
The built-in user support and intuitive design of Domo makes it simple to learn and use. I find I can spend hours drilling deep, or else quickly gain an overview in just a few minutes. This is a great advantage since the flexibility fits well with the demands of my role. I enjoy using Domo since I know it will give me comparative data across almost every variable I might want to explore - I look forward to it!
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Microsoft
Microsoft Access is easy to use. It is compatible with spreadsheets. It is a very good data management tool. There is scope to save a large amount of data in one place. For using this database, one does not need much training, can be shared among multiple users. This database has to sort and filtering features which seem to be very useful.
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Reliability and Availability
Domo
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I don't think the program has ever failed me. It is one of those programs where there is always a solution if you know where to look.
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Support Rating
Domo
Pretty responsive. It took a while to get a response in selecting data points for our particular cards. Might have taken about a month? I am not sure if this was something on our end or Domo's end. But haven't had any other issues yet that required additional support from Domo.
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Microsoft
While I have never contacted Microsoft directly for product support, for some reason there's a real prejudice against MS Access among most IT support professionals. They are usually discouraging when it comes to using MS Access. Most of this is due to their lack of understanding of MS Access and how it can improve one's productivity. If Microsoft invested more resources towards enhancing and promoting the use of MS Access then maybe things would be different.
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Implementation Rating
Domo
It is a true web-based application so implementation is much easier and smoother compared to other non-web based BI solutions. Also, they offered consulting services during the implementation process, which was helpful. Also, they provided lots of on-demand training courses and videos, which I liked.
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Microsoft
there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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Alternatives Considered
Domo
At the end of the day, end-user adoption and taking the burden of IT to build reports was my goal. Demoing and testing many BI tools, DOMO is the one that allowed both to happen.
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Microsoft
Excel is a fantastic - robust application that can do so much so easily. Its easy to train and understand. However - excel does not provide a reporting function and that is typically where we will suggest a move to [Microsoft] Access. [Microsoft] Access requires a little more knowledge of data manipulation.
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Return on Investment
Domo
  • I mentioned a "previously un-analyzable" dataset that we were able to visualize in Domo - the result was business re-alignment for increased productivity, cost savings and ROI.
  • It's tough to quantify the ability to provide insights that have been desired for years but not possible - we continue to amaze our executives and product managers with the analysis we can provide.
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Microsoft
  • Not having to recreate queries or reports every time you want to use them.
  • Once an item is created and saved as part of the database, you save manpower by not having to recreate them.
  • ROI from a usability standpoint is great. Solid product with great functionality that requires low maintenance usually.
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