Microsoft Access Alternatives &amp; Competitors (2025)

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Last updated: March 2025

Microsoft Access Alternatives & Competitors (2025)

Top 4 free alternatives

Google Cloud
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
Airtable

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Features

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Ad hoc Query

Alerts/Notifications

Pricing model

Free

Free Trial

One Time License

Open Source

Subscription

Devices supported

Android

iPad

iPhone

Linux

Mac

Web-based

Windows

User rating

All Reviews

& up

Organization types

Freelancers

Large Enterprises

Mid Size Business

Non Profit

Public Administrations

Small Business

Integrated with

1Gateway

360Learning

3CX

3D Repo

4Degrees

Industry

Accounting

Airlines/Aviation

Animation

Apparel & Fashion

Architecture & Planning

Company size

myself only

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1001-5000

5001-10000

10001+

Google Cloud

4.7

Modular platform for computing, hosting, storage and more

Features

Total

157

features in common

Google Cloud user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Virtual Server
5.0
Multi-Device Support
5.0
Speech Recognition
5.0

Microsoft Access user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Relational Database Management
5.0
Activity Dashboard
4.5
Customizable Fields
4.4

Pricing

Value for money

4.4

0.1

4.3

What users say about Google Cloud's value for money

“The availability of this tool is fabulous and configuring setting up clusters is done in minutes. Also, the performance of this service is amazing, be it in any region, across the globe.”

Verified reviewer

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“Ease of being able to access the information or saved documents of high importance. Love the fact you can connect with others and build great relationships with.”

Yvonne E.

Dispatcher

Categories in common

Database

Microsoft SQL Server

(1.9K)

Relational database management system for data analytics

Features

Total

features in common

Microsoft SQL Server user ratings

Functionality

(1.9K)

Top features

Data Extraction
4.7
Full Text Search
4.7
Data Storage Management
4.6

Microsoft Access user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Relational Database Management
5.0
Activity Dashboard
4.5
Customizable Fields
4.4

Pricing

Starting from

$13,748

Value for money

4.3

What users say about Microsoft SQL Server's value for money

“For instance, rather than receiving a syntax error, you can receive a weird message if you forget to include a comma while listing the fields you are asking for.”

Mahmoud S.

marketing

“This is a great way to leverage your data to get better metrics and results. The world is driven by data these days and this is a great way to leverage that.”

Curtis L.

Instructional Technology Specialist

Categories in common

Database

Snowflake

4.7

(87)

Cloud data platform for tech professionals and businesses

Features

Total

features in common

Snowflake user ratings

Functionality

4.5

(87)

Top features

Data Capture and Transfer
5.0
Model Training
5.0
ML Algorithm Library
5.0

Microsoft Access user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Relational Database Management
5.0
Activity Dashboard
4.5
Customizable Fields
4.4

Pricing

Starting from

$23/month

Value for money

4.3

What users say about Snowflake's value for money

“I have an amazing experience using Snowflake. It is better than out previous Data Warehouse solution in everything I can think of (besides pricing).”

Verified reviewer

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“This is a cloud database and warehousing service, the syntax of snowflake is like psql. They have a good community support and good documentations for all the queries.”

Mahesh K.

Lead Analyst

Categories in common

Database

MySQL

(2K)

One database service for transactions, analytics, and ML

Features

Total

145

features in common

MySQL user ratings

Functionality

4.5

(2K)

Top features

Intrusion Prevention System
5.0
IP Filtering
5.0
Intrusion Detection System
5.0

Microsoft Access user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Relational Database Management
5.0
Activity Dashboard
4.5
Customizable Fields
4.4

Pricing

Starting from

$2,000/year

Value for money

4.6

0.3

4.3

What users say about MySQL's value for money

“Easy to install and free, nice tool to write SQL queries. Important for data analysts and a good tool on the market.”

Alessandro Alvise V.

Business Developer

“Overall MySQL is an amazing database for any kind of application. It is robust with almost every feature an application needs.”

Abhishek A.

Senior Software Engineer

Categories in common

Database

Airtable

4.7

No-Code App Platform

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Features

Total

186

features in common

Airtable user ratings

Functionality

4.5

Top features

Tagging
5.0
Referral Tracking
5.0
Multi-Channel Campaigns
5.0

Microsoft Access user ratings

Functionality

Top features

Relational Database Management
5.0
Activity Dashboard
4.5
Customizable Fields
4.4

Pricing

Starting from

$20/month

Value for money

4.5

0.2

4.3

What users say about Airtable's value for money