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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

    Qualtrics

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AQualtrics is software for advanced quantitative and qualitative research to design products that satisfy customers, increase market share, and build enduring brands. The platform brings sophisticated quant and qual research together with analytics in a single platform.

    $1,500

    per user/per year

    Pricing
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
    Research Core 1
    1,500
    per user/per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Access
    Access is comparable to other database programs.
    Incentivized
    Qualtrics
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    64%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    -
    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
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Microsoft Access and Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of Microsoft Access and Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Private Company Data00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Independent Research Access00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Market Research
    Comparison of Market Research features of Microsoft Access and Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Qualtrics XM for Strategy and Research
    6.6
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Competitor Research00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Consumer Feedback00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Competitor alerts00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Market Insights and Reports00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Small Businesses
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    7.0
    (174 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.4
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    6.4
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    1.6
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AccessQualtrics
    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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    Qualtrics
    Qualtrics is a good medium for creating surveys and getting analytics back for it. I think it's easy to learn if you are in the business of creating surveys or if it's part of your studies. It can be a little overwhelming for a brand new user who has never created a survey for the first time. So onboarding could be better.
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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!
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    • Qualtrics CoreXM is easy to use for quick one-time surveys or for measuring opinions over time
    • It's great for sending/managing RSVPs for meetings or other gatherings or to collect important data like Conflict of Interest declarations.
    • Qualtrics CoreXM's reporting and crosstab functionality is beefy and gets better all of the time. I'm always amazed at how easy it is to generate reports for sharing my survey response data and research.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    • The collaborate feature can be clunky and sometimes we have to remove access and add a person back in for them to see the survey in their lists
    • We have a contract through our university and more than one person has created their account in the wrong place, causing some administrative headaches as that is fixed so that we can collaborate on surveys with them.
    • I wish it was easier to organize my surveys into folders, there should be a more efficient way to do that.
    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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    Qualtrics
    I was impressed a couple years ago when two heads of market research at Fortune 500 companies told me about them, and I've been even more impressed with the advancements I've seen in the last year. I like where the company is headed, and I look forward to using them again in a future role.
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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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    Qualtrics
    All the menus are very user friendly and intuitive. I can always find exactly what I'm looking for and can change anything I need to with ease. All the elements of the survey are adjustable with very little effort and without confusion.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Qualtrics
    Whenever we have had an issue with trying to figure out how to do something (even though the documentation is incredibly well put together) we have asked Qualtrics support and have always received our answer nearly immediately (I think in maybe 10 times, only once did a support person need to call us back). Qualtrics support is dedicated to solving customer issues right, and in the first contact, if at all possible
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qualtrics
    I still use it. It does everything you need an online survey to do. From heat mapping to complex skip logic and display logic. I use it weekly and it never disappoints
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    Qualtrics
    I like being able to easily integrate new colleagues by simply giving them a log in user name and password
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    ]Qualtrics] CoreXM is great if you want something that is a little more [long] lasting and impactful than a simple survey engine, but aren't quite ready for something that is a long term sustainable program. I would put [Qualtrics] CoreXM squarely in the large, defined project phase. CX is more of the program phase, and other lessor vendors are great for the pre-project definition phase
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    • Increased productivity due to the highly intuitive user-interface and template saving capabilities.
    • Reporting and analytics are extremely valuable. Our team can track responses and share feedback/results extremely quickly.
    • If a user has created a great template, they can share to external teams quite easily. It helps other departments!
    Incentivized
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