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Microsoft SQL Server vs Microsoft Access Comparison (2026)

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Access

Overview

SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDMS) designed to help businesses of all sizes analyze structured or unstructured data across various data environments including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, and more.

Microsoft Access is a database management system that provides intuitive application development tools to create functional database apps in any format.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

209

One-time payment

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

1.9K

1.2K

661

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

85%

would recommend this app

4.4

214

110

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

65%

would recommend this app

Pros

“It offers powerful data management features, excellent performance, and strong integration with Microsoft tools like Power BI and Azure.”

Piyusha P.

Customer service operator

“Licensing costs can become significant as environments grow, and some advanced administration, performance tuning, and high-availability features require specialized database expertise.”

Dave R.

Manager

“From an IT administration perspective, SQL Server has been an important part of maintaining stable business operations and supporting critical enterprise systems.”

Dave R.

Manager

Pros

“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.”

Jonathan K.

Chief Marketing Officer

“In practice, databases for portfolio tracking, client registers, audit follow-up, inventory logs, or workflow forms can be created relatively fast.”

Antoine M.

Audit

“What I like best about Microsoft Access is how easy it is to learn and its seamless integration with other Office products like Excel and Word.”

Craig C.

Consultant of Continuous Improvement

Cons

“The learning curve for complex query is quite high without basic knowledge of SQL language it is quite hard to write queries”

Issac P.

Senior Engineer

“The licensing costs can be quite high for smaller businesses.”

abdo e.

Data Engineer

“Also i miss a mobile Version (like SQLLite) and i think LocalDB is not an option.”

Patric G.

CIO

Cons

“Sometimes there is an error message that pops up and it really isn’t it’s just a notification , so it would be nice to not have that happen but it’s minor”

Marianne C.

Office Manager

“It can also become fragile if poorly designed with many linked objects and VBA dependencies.”

Antoine M.

Audit

“At the point when I needed to set it up on one of my clients' machines, it required me several hours to sort out where libraries were going wrong."”

Brian B.

Owner