Microsoft Access Reviews

I have tried the free trial of Microsoft access, it is a pretty decent tool and works really well on small datasets and not a very ideal tool for handling large data sets. You can create dashboard and query with the help of SQL and creating a complex report or dashboard can be a bit of a problem.

On overall basis, it is a pretty decent tool and can be used on smaller datasets.

(+) User friendly and has a good interface.
(+) It can work with most of the data sources.
(+) Ability to create a customized database, and manage data.
(+) Integration with Microsoft 365
(+) Easy access to SQL for pulling out data you require from the database.

(-) Microsoft Access is not an ideal solution for databases that grow on a daily basis.
(-) Not as fast as other competitors in the market.
(-) Not an ideal tool for building a complex dashboard.
(-) Formatting is an issue.

Microsoft Access offers incredible data management tools. It makes large databases into easy to understand. It helps to remove duplicate data and makes sure the data is error-free.

Microsoft Access is a powerful database manager. It helps to remove all the errors present on the database. It gives you meaningful reporting which serves accurate insights.

Microsoft Access offers me good features and the ability to manage a database. No cons to share.

Microsoft Access is a great database for beginners and experts alike. It offers quick and easy way to work with database without being the need to be SQL expert.

Microsoft Access is a user friendly database which is easy to learn and use. It provides a 'wizard' to help draft queries if you are not fluent in SQL. For more advanced users it supports VBA scripting for advanced data manipulation tasks. Access is also quite affordable and available as a part of Microsoft 365 subscription.

Access has some limitations on supported file size and lacks advanced reporting features as well.

Overall Microsoft Access gives a good feel if we are dealing with some data and want to manage it in better way by creating a secure database.

It is convenient for everyone to create a manageable database and having access for it at times of desire and Microsoft Access does well to fulfill this purpose.

It is good for managing basic databases but does not have supportive tools to cater big and messy databases.

Microsoft Access is one of the most simple yet effective relational database. It provides built in templates, graphical queries and VBA to develop custom solutions.

User friendly and easy to use Ribbon interface
Built In templates and good options for customization
VBA for building custom solutions
Search bar & Reporting features
Available as standalone or with Microsoft Office 365

Supports only Windows OS which limits its use case.

Overall MS Access provide huge database management system and data refining & data mining is very easy with its usage. Multiple forms can be created and user can enter the respective fields only. Bit technical but user can use for layman usages and generate the charts, reports and tables as per his requirement.

Any organization need reports and well maintained database. MS Access has all the features of entering the large data base and organizing in very better way. Its forms and pivot charts helps in updating the data in connection. Can provide the links to other access databases and update the same.

Detailed knowledge is required for management of records and data connection. Major tools are available however the nomenclature is might different from MS excel and hence training is mandatory.

Great software to organize research data or any other data you're working with. Support is good as well.

Great software to use to organize data.
Used in research labs.
Clearly shows data and has good display.

Lots of hidden tricks on how to use this software to takes time to learn.

Overall Microsoft Access is a big help in organizing big database of organization and abstracting detailed and comprehensive reports from that.

Microsoft Access is great application for organizing small or big databases, and helps users in managing and abstracting needful reports and charts in multiple manners. It needs a little laborious work to provide inputs but once done, it gives a great results.

Microsoft Access is not a commonly used application like other Microsoft products as it needs a bit technical knowledge to work on it.

Access is a great tool for storing data for small businesses. It is easy to use, the startup wizard is quite helpful for beginners and executes simple SQL queries. But it can't be helpful for large businesses with huge amounts of data.

• Nice interface and easy-to-use for beginners.
• Has a wizard when you start the software, which is useful to create a simple database.
• Works well for storing data and executing simple SQL queries.
• Has some templates you can use.
• Comes as a part of Office 365 or standalone product.

• Doesn't work for super-long databases or huge amounts of data.
• Can get clunky when working on large databases.
• Pretty useless for advanced SQL queries.

Microsoft Access is a robust, simple and efficient tool for working with databases. It provides a Graphical User Interface to work with databases, making it easy to use.

Easy to learn GUI.
Highly customizable.
Supports lots of data formats.
VBA helps in complex manipulation of data.
Integrates well with Microsoft Excel.

Queries can be difficult to form for beginners.
Not available on multiple platforms.

Access is maybe good for a small business proprietor who wants to keep track of inventory and wants more than a spreadsheet. A developer would definitely want something more.

Microsoft Access is reassuring for people who are familiar with other Office products and who might not be overly technical or inclined to learn scripting / non-graphical user interface database functions. The ability to run simple queries and joins without writing code is probably its strongest point.

Once you become decent at writing SQL queries or have many large databases and tables with complex relations (or data that can't easily be represented in a relational format), Access isn't much use. You'd want SQL Server or an Oracle offering, or a NoSQL database like MongoDB. And there's even simple SQL databases like SQLite or Postgres, that work super well with Python development...

MS Access is an excellent front end for small to medium databases that you might use at work. It is easy to pick up and use.

- The best feature according to me is that the user can create custom queries even without knowing the proper DBMS syntax.

- Might not be suitable for large databases with heavy query requirements and varieties.