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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Ontraport

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AONTRAPORT offers customer relations management services that help with content management (creating and hosting webpages), lead tracking, traditional marketing approaches (e-mail, SMS, social media, direct mail), managing online payments, and workflow automation.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Ontraport offers a variety of plans to choose from based on the features needed. Pricing adjusts with the number of contacts in the database and users in the account. Monthly or annual plans are available, and all plans start with a 14-day free trial. Ontraport offers a Done-With-You Setup and Training Package for getting set up in the account quickly. Users can also access a free video library with step-by-step instructions on getting started and using every feature of the platform.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Ontraport
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ontraport
    -
    Ratings
    ACID compliance7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database locking8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster recovery7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.0
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.813 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    5.5
    17 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings2.413 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings2.614 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.3
    16 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Microsoft Access and Ontraport
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API00 Ratings3.011 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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    Microsoft AccessOntraport
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AccessOntraport
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Ontraport
    Here are some cases where Ontraport is well suited : - When writing emails, you can easily access to preview, manage the changes and go back to what you did before - When using automations, if there's an error, you can go back to a previous version of it. There are also some super tools that allows to see where a clients is on an automation without having to go through the all automation. It is less appropriate when you are several colleague that are addressing an issue on an email/automation as it doesn't allows you to be multiple person on the item.
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    Pros
    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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    Ontraport
    • Dashboards for our daily stats.
    • The email follows up and broadcasts are simple and easy.
    • Sales and marketing can now see the impact they have working together. Nobody can point finger anymore.
    • They have the best customer support. I can't tell you how many times they have walked me through the problems that I created.
    • Amazing email inboxing.
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    Cons
    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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    Ontraport
    • Wish they had more options for their forms. Would really like to use multi-step forms.
    • A lot of times their forms load slowly on the website. Would like to see them speed up their services.
    • Their broadcasting options are legacy. There are better options out there for sending broadcast messages.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Ontraport
    My client was already using Ontraport and had a decent investment in the tool. As soon as we turn around the revenue situation with my client's products, we will be ditching OAP immediately, despite the significant re-implementation cost we are going to face moving to a new system. I am part of a high-end, professional marketing group, and the overwhelming sentiment with these other professionals is that one should run away from this as fast as humanly possible. I thought their words were just ungrounded opinion, and I deeply regret that I did not heed them more closely before sinking still more time and effort into OAP.
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    Usability
    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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    Ontraport
    The software is just easy to use. The UI is fairly intuitive. The help system is pretty good. I find it is pretty quick to get my work completed and if I don't document my things well, I can always figure out how I did something when I need to make changes. When I have a problem the tech support is easy to deal with and when things need to get escalated they are resolved quickly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Ontraport
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Ontraport
    Most of the time OP runs fine. But I've had to submit more support tickets this year do to messages, seq.'s or rules not running correctly. Also experienced slow response times moving in and around OP.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Ontraport
    The techs are reasonably savvy, highly courteous and want to do right by their customers. Unfortunately, the product they are supporting is so deeply flawed that there's only so much they can do when your legitimate business requirements are simply not supported.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Ontraport
    I went to their Ontrapalooza event, and it opened my mind as to how the software can be used.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    Ontraport
    If you know your business, ONTRAPORT is easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Ontraport
    Task management was the main thing that separated ONTRAPORT for me. Keeping things accountable. As well, I felt the campaign builder was slicker, and that the contact management was more robust. Custom fields are very customizable.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Ontraport
    With the new lower priced options, it's now easier for newer businesses to start with a more basic version and upgrade as they need more features.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Ontraport
    • We are providing better customer service as a direct result of Ontraport. We can track where all of our customers are, what pages/sites/modules they are visiting with ease and tailor our communication accordingly.
    • Our marketing funnel has become vastly improved, meaning that our ROI for marketing has gone up. Sales this April are double what they were last year.
    • Our team works better together because we all have a better idea of what the other needs and when. The tasks that we can assign in Ontraport mean nothing gets missed, creating a better customer and employee experience.
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