--- description: Get information about Microsoft Access price, usability & features from verified user experiences. Read reviews from Indian business users & discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Microsoft Access Price, Features, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra India --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Database Software](/directory/18/database-management/software) > [Microsoft Access](/software/1015743/microsoft-access) # Microsoft Access Canonical: https://www.capterra.in/software/1015743/microsoft-access Page: 1 / 10\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/1015743/microsoft-access?page=2) > Database management system that allows users to store and manage data and create database-powered apps. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 208 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## 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** | 208 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | 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 Software - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Database Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/18/database-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I also sometimes had struggles getting other tools to connect to it. > > 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. ----- ### "Great Database Tool for Small Businesses" — 4.0/5 > **Jonathan** | *6 July 2026* | Insurance Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like most about Microsoft Access is how flexible it is for building custom databases without needing a huge budget. It's great for organizing large amounts of data, creating forms for data entry, and generating reports. I also like that it integrates well with other Microsoft Office products like Excel, making it easy to import and export data. Once you spend a little time learning it, you can customize it to fit almost any small business or internal project. > > **Cons**: Microsoft Access has a bit of a learning curve, especially if you've never worked with databases before. The interface can also feel a little outdated compared to newer cloud-based tools. It works well for smaller projects, but as databases grow larger or multiple people need to work in them at the same time, performance can start to slow down and it isn't always the best option for team collaboration. > > Overall, my experience with Microsoft Access has been very positive. It's a reliable tool for creating and managing custom databases, and it has handled everything I needed for tracking information, generating reports, and organizing data. While it takes some time to learn and isn't as modern or collaborative as some cloud-based platforms, it offers a lot of functionality for the price. I'd definitely recommend it to individuals or small businesses that need a customizable database solution without investing in more expensive enterprise software. ----- ### "Excellent for quick internal databases, but limited at scale" — 4.0/5 > **Antoine** | *30 April 2026* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I liked most about Microsoft Access is how quickly you can build practical internal tools without heavy development. In practice, databases for portfolio tracking, client registers, audit follow-up, inventory logs, or workflow forms can be created relatively fast. It is strong for combining tables, queries, forms, and reports in one desktop tool. > > **Cons**: What I liked least about Microsoft Access is scalability. Once data volumes grow, many users need simultaneous access, or governance requirements become stricter, the tool reaches limits. It can also become fragile if poorly designed with many linked objects and VBA dependencies. ----- ### "Microsoft Access review" — 5.0/5 > **Sheila** | *15 May 2026* | Construction software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Microsoft Access made it easy for me to add in clients as well as search for clients in any field I needed to. > > **Cons**: Creating the the files I found to be more on the difficult side I wasn't as much involved in that part but I'm sure I could learn it. > > My overall experience with Microsoft Access was a very good experience dealing with customers databases. ----- ### "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 > > **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. > > 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. 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