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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kinsta

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kinsta offers WordPress hosting with daily backups, Cloudflare integration, and 24/7 human-only support available in 10 languages. Boasting users among more than 120,000 businesses in over 128 countries, Kinsta helps to keep sites running smoothly wherever they're accessed and is SOC 2 audited and ISO 27001 certified to meet rigorous standards for security and data protection.

    $35

    per month single site hosting

    Microsoft Access

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Editions & Modules
    For single sites
    $35
    per month Single 20GB (or 35k visits)
    For multiple sites
    $70
    per month 2 WP installs and 40GB server (or 70k visits)
    For agencies
    $340
    per month
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Considered Both Products
    Kinsta
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    Features
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Kinsta and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    Kinsta
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% 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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    KinstaMicrosoft Access
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    Score7.4 out of 10
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KinstaMicrosoft Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kinsta
    I currently haven't found any scenarios whereby Kinsta is not well suited. Kinsta is suited to a variety of WordPress websites from business brochures to eCommerce. Kinsta's support is second to none, so if you lack technical knowledge, this is a great host to be with, especially if you need Managed WordPress hosting.
    Incentivized
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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
    Kinsta
    • Developer friendly; WP-CLI; SSH access
    • Amazing support - I never have to wait more than a minute or two to get a response!
    • Kinsta is also willing to troubleshoot issues that are not their own. They don't just say "It's not our problem" without helping to debug the issue.
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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
    Kinsta
    • No email solution provide resulting in having to find some other solution
    • Some clients find the price point difficult
    • Some clients find the lack of phone support difficult (although we find their online support great)
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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
    Kinsta
    This is an extremely solid hosting product that I have yet to find clients who use it disappointed. I have had clients move from other competitors several times in search of something more reliable and scalable but not after they moved to Kinsta.
    Incentivized
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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
    Kinsta
    Their dashboard is really well layed out and simple to use for most users. I also really appreciate the fact that our clients are able to collaborate with us by granting us access. Their site migration tool is straightforward and painless to use as well!
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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
    Kinsta
    We never had any major downtimes with our service, and I believe that's because it's based in a cloud-based network so therefore our system is being shared amongst multiple points.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Kinsta
    As mentioned before the performance was amazing and pages were loading quickly. They also provide other tools to help you improve further.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kinsta
    They are quick to respond, very knowledgeable and I don't have to be escalated to get my problems resolved quickly. They have an efficient chat system that allows for support requests to be handled quickly and easily picked up by another specialist if the need arises. They are always there when I need them.
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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
    Kinsta
    Not really it's a really easy to use system and straightforward!
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    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kinsta
    GoDaddy is the one that drove me nuts. Downtime, poor performance, abysmal customer service. I switched to Kinsta because they looked like they’d do right everything GoDaddy did wrong (and they have). Hostinger is a company whose services I still use and am pleased with them. Their shared WordPress hosting is a good value and where I put experimental sites and low-traffic things that don’t justify the purchase of better hosting at this time. They also provide good email hosting and customer service has been good. My second-favorite service provider.
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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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    Scalability
    Kinsta
    We worked with clients who have major surges of visitor hits on a Buddhist website, and Kinsta was definitely up to the job. They were able to handle this and still provide excellent performance. As well, it was easy to track down other barriers for Google Ratings using their system to further improve the performance of these clients.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kinsta
    • Our website was up and running in less than a day
    • Despite not doing a huge advertising drive yet (we're still not ready at the moment), we've noticed a steady increase of organic visitors to the site, at least by 30%, which still isn't a lot in overall numbers at the moment, but that is expected
    • Cost is higher, so we've had to separate a budget just for Kinsta
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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