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# Microsoft Access

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> Database management system that allows users to store and manage data and create database-powered apps.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 206 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Microsoft Access?

Database management system that allows users to store and manage data and create database-powered apps.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 206 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Microsoft
- **Location**: Redmond, US
- **Founded**: 1975

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing Details**: Please contact Microsoft directly for pricing information.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, French, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
- **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, France, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands and 11 more

## Features

- Reporting & Statistics

## Integrations (2 total)

- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Database Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/18/database-management/software)

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## Reviews

### "A good database and query solution" — 4.0/5

> **Guy** | *1 August 2024* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: Compatibility and familiarity with all other Microsoft product family
> 
> **Cons**: feels somewhat less powerful and functional than other database and query engines
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> find for small or quick projects, but sometimes lacking for more complex needs

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### "Creates Databases with Ease" — 5.0/5

> **Ezra** | *28 August 2024* | Luxury Goods & Jewelry | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love how easy it is to create databases for companies with this software.  The graphics are awsome and it gives you all the settings and options on a easy to use platform.
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> **Cons**: It sometimes has trouble importing files from other databases not created with Access giving you a mess to clean up.
> 
> This is by far the hest software for creating databases ive ever used.  It helps create databases for medical data entry that companies still use 20 years later.

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### "Great tool for smaller databases." — 4.0/5

> **Chuck** | *21 August 2025* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: Access is simple to use and made setting up relatively small databases quick and easy. Having integrated forms also made it easy to move the database around as needed.
> 
> **Cons**: Its performance starts lagging when your database starts getting somewhat large. I also sometimes had struggles getting other tools to connect to it.
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> Overall it is a great tool if you are starting with a small dataset.  Also, because of the integrated forms, it is easy to provide this in a central location to do structured data collection from multiple people.

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### "ACCESS review" — 5.0/5

> **Aaron** | *11 July 2025* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I think microsoft access has a lot more pottential than all people realized, it was a very good tool to handle and manage large data bases. Many people do not know this product exist and that is a shame, at the same time most people do not actually handle such a large data base so that excel does not meet their needs. Access has been a power full tool do handle and take care of my large data bases tasks, and its potential for automatization
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> **Cons**: At this time with this software in specific, I actually have not find any problem or complain about access it, works well for data storage and data handling, and it is compatible with microsoft apps and others.
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> The hole experience is very good with access, in my case I use it to handle welding data for several hundreds of robots in a body shop. I use access for this data handling and it is easier to do this task in access than in any other software, for instance excel. And also make depth and complicated link within information easier.

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### "User-Friendly Database Management with Scalability Limitations" — 4.0/5

> **Parsa** | *28 August 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
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> **Pros**: Its user-friendly interface and integration with other Microsoft Office products make database management and reporting accessible for non-technical users.
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> **Cons**: Limited scalability and performance issues arise with larger datasets, making it less suitable for extensive database projects.
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> I would rate Microsoft Access as a robust and versatile database management tool, suitable for small to medium-sized projects.

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