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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

    SAP Business ByDesign

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's cloud ERP suite offering, launched in 2007, designed for the SMB market. The product includes a broad range of capabilities including financials, human resources, sales, procurement, customer service, and supply chain. Business ByDesign is a new platform, delivered entirely through a SaaS model, with functionality that overlaps somewhat with BusinessOne, which is also an SMB product, although not a true SaaS product.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—SAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    SAP
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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
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    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
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    Features
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Business ByDesign
    -
    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
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Microsoft Access and SAP Business ByDesign
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Small Businesses
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AccessSAP Business ByDesign
    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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    SAP
    Do you plan on going public at some point? If so, this may not be the best solution for you
    Incentivized
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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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    SAP
    • I like the ease of use and the implementation methodology.
    • With SAP Business ByDesign you can integrate other systems with Web Services, and data technology to get information easy and fast.
    • SAP Business ByDesign includes an Analytics Module to create new reports in regards to your needs.
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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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    SAP
    • Time off request could be better. Right now, there is no option for sick time
    • It crashes often
    • Customization could be better
    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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    SAP
    SAP BYD work centers are consistent and easy to navigate once you understand one work center. The document flow tab that is in each window allows one to see all related transactions. Document flow is important because one is able to see the flow of transactions and can therefore reverse transactions by following the document flow in reverse. It is possible to group items in each overview screen to see what items are open. The system is working as hoped.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    Because SAP Business ByDesign allows us to improve our work, reduce the operational steps, implement audit controls, allows us found standard reports or it allows us to create new ones if you need more than the exists are enough for your work or your needs. Overall, SAP Business ByDesign allows us to standardize our operations, enhance our work, improve our skills, work over a web environment or mobile interface.
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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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    SAP
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    The Business ByDesign support is stablished since you contract the service with SAP. SAP resolves according to the service level agreement. Currently, we continue with the service and we are using the support channels available. We are receiving the support. The SAP support gets an incident and after that, they contact us to resolve the incident, if necessary, they set the meeting to understand it or we explain the incident
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    SAP
    I recommend implementing all workshops during the ERP selection that you need to know very well about the ERP software. It allows us to gather information to accurate the plan of the project implementation. Additionally, we must reach the high-level commitment to achieve the main goals, to define the RACI matrix and communicate to all project stakeholders.
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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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    SAP
    ByDesign stacks up well against the competition. Companies that do multiple things are usually the best fit (manufacturing, distribution, and service). The more 'modules' used, the fewer competitors will be able to meet the company's needs. It is not inexpensive, but if the needs of the company have the complexity from either a global perspective and need localizations and foreign currency, or a volume perspective and need resources greater than what can be easily housed on-premise, ByDesign should be a top consideration.
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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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    SAP
    • Positive - Access to the real-time reporting allowing for faster decision making especially when fixed price projects are heading into an over budget position.
    • Positive - Complex KPI can now be tracked and as a consequence intensive plans can be made to capitalise on this level of reporting. Staff also have clear visibility over their own performance.
    • Negative - We are a bit on the small side at 30 employees for a ByD solution so it was relatively expensive for us. It would be a much better value preposition above 50 employees.
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    SAP Business ByDesign Screenshots

    Screenshot of the embedded analytics of SAP Business ByDesign, which makes it possible for key users or end users to define dashboards that contain tailored reports and KPIs for their roleProduct screenshotScreenshot of some of the reports available with SAP Business ByDesign, that enable customers to create additional reports or KPIsScreenshot of the document flow, present in each business document in ByDesign, which shows a graphic of the predecessor and successor business documents as well as any associated accounting documents.Screenshot of SAP Business ByDesign's included Project Management module that is integrated with CRM to sell and bill projects, with HR to staff projects, and with SCM and SRM for procurement.Screenshot of the Financial Closing business scenario, used to perform financial period-end closing activities to ensure correct financial statements, such as Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. The Closing Cockpit helps to minimize the risk of missing important steps or incorrect timing.