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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

    wasmCloud

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AwasmCloud is a dynamic, elastically scalable WebAssembly host runtime for securely connecting actors and capability providers, from Cosmonic headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Users can build functions and services in WebAssembly and run them anywhere. Functions and services can be built in the language desired and run securely, everywhere. wasmCloud is available free and open source.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Cosmonic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Microsoft Access and wasmCloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    wasmCloud
    -
    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
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Access and wasmCloud
    Feature
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    wasmCloud
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AccesswasmCloud
    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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    Cosmonic
    If you want to start pivoting your legacy code into a serverless paradigm this is the platform to target. If you want to start moving away from walled gardens and back into a space where code isn't centralized, costs can be offset by utilizing customer or edge hardware this is the platform to focus on. If you want a model that will scale well past many of the existing serverless frameworks, that won't get caught up in the security weaknesses of current paradigms this is what you need to invest in. If you want modern code to interact with legacy code in a safe way that doesn't expose vulnerabilities you can't patch against wasmCloud is awesome. If you want to write simple code that can jump from cloud to cloud to the user or edge node check it out!
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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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    Cosmonic
    • Host density of workloads
    • Streamlined security approach to writing code and reducing bloat
    • Interoperability of modules written in different languages
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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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    Cosmonic
    • Simplified open-source model for on-boarding devs, i.e. bare host no elixir/GUI
    • Home-labbers guide to wasmCloud
    • Spark more community involvement for capability providers
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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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    Cosmonic
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cosmonic
    wasmCloud is still in the early stages of development but the product is rapidly evolving and stabilizing and I feel it will be a preferred way of deploying and managing remote, distributed applications in the future.
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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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    Cosmonic
    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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    Cosmonic
    The core team is extremely responsive in their provided channels. From slack to github issues, there is never a long wait for feedback or guidance.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    Cosmonic
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cosmonic
    No answers on this topic
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cosmonic
    Have not made a purchase yet as we are still in the POC stage.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Cosmonic
    The team is incredibly helpful and informative about the product - I have not needed to use their professional services thus far.
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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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    Cosmonic
    • WasmCloud has massively simplified the required ops expertise needed to run modern software.
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