Microsoft Access reliable cost-effective inventory management database
January 23, 2026

Microsoft Access reliable cost-effective inventory management database

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access

We use Microsoft Access as an inventory database for large-purchase orders of materials that we in turn convert (custom, based on customer needs/designs). Once a shipping container has been received and the material(s) tagged, they are entered into Microsoft Access with dimensions, lot/batch numbers and quantity. At this point, the primary users are our Sales team, Order Costing & Material handlers.

Pros

  • Once set up correctly, searching using personalized drop-downs
  • Remote accessibility
  • Ample room for comments/special requirements

Cons

  • Interface could be more user-friendly
  • Appearance could be updated
  • Ability to "step" back search parameters instead of needing to essentially "clear all"
  • Improved functionality for Material Purchasing
  • Ease of data entry/cataloging raw material shipments for Receiving
  • Improved inventory search/location-specific tracking for Material Handling
  • At-a-glance inventory & cost visibility for Sales team
As before, I'm assigning a value of "8" to Microsoft Access for its functionality. The application is great in terms of simple design, customizable filters/search fields and data entry.
It lacks a bit of finesse (subjectively) in terms of UI/presentation, the ability to "back step" incrementally by filters if you've filtered by multiple fields (you have to "clear all"/reset if you need to adjust a single search parameter) and it can be slow to load each query.
  • Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Microsoft Access is used independently of Microsoft's Office suite (also in use) at our company - the usual applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. and does not really overlap. Microsoft Access was selected as a simple, functional inventory database based on ease of data entry, search functionality and avoiding the need for a separate ERP module.

Do you think Microsoft Access delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Access's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Access live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Access go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Access again?

Yes

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Epicor CMS, HubSpot CRM
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.

Microsoft Access Feature Ratings

Relational Databases
9.0
ACID compliance
10
Database monitoring
9
Database locking
9
Encryption
9
Disaster recovery
9
Flexible deployment
8
Multiple datatypes
9

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