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At a Glance
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Star Rating
(842)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.6% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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SQLite
SQLite
Star Rating
(256)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about SQLite

Microsoft Access vs SQLite

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SQLite easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with SQLite overall.

  • Reviewers felt that SQLite meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Access.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Microsoft Access is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SQLite over Microsoft Access.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Access
No pricing available
SQLite
No pricing available
Free Trial
Microsoft Access
No trial information available
SQLite
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
704
8.5
208
Ease of Use
7.7
710
8.9
208
Ease of Setup
7.9
173
9.1
80
Ease of Admin
8.0
168
8.8
77
Quality of Support
7.9
561
7.7
158
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
133
8.3
59
Product Direction (% positive)
6.3
706
7.5
202
Features by Category
Not enough data
8.0
1,610
Management
Not enough data
8.9
26
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
7.8
26
Support
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
8.4
29
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.2
27
Security
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.6
26
Performance
Not enough data
7.9
23
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
8.2
24
Not enough data
8.5
25
Database Features
Not enough data
8.1
172
Not enough data
8.4
170
Not enough data
8.3
174
Not enough data
6.7
159
Not enough data
6.9
156
Not enough data
8.0
171
Not enough data
8.3
176
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
SQLite
SQLite
Microsoft Access and SQLite share no categories
Unique Categories
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is categorized as Desktop Database
SQLite
SQLite is categorized as Relational Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
38.6%
SQLite
SQLite
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
44.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
24.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
31.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Higher Education
5.5%
Hospital & Health Care
5.4%
Computer Software
4.6%
Financial Services
4.1%
Other
72.8%
SQLite
SQLite
Information Technology and Services
30.4%
Computer Software
21.5%
Higher Education
4.9%
Financial Services
3.6%
Internet
3.2%
Other
36.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Michael S.
MS
Michael S.
Verified User in Insurance

Of the many businesses I have worked for all have one thing in common. They track data in a spreadsheet. Access takes Data analysis to a new level. Many people don't know that if built correctly your database can cross reference between many fields of data...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Tapan J.
TJ
Tapan J.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

It's a very simple form of database supporting small/medium size of data. It slows down exceptionally when queries are run on large datasets.

SQLite
SQLite
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Chris S.
CS
Chris S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

It allows a lot of reads and writes simultaneously and when you have an entire office accessing your database at once, caching and parallel access is essential.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Accounting

the user interface needs to be more engaging

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SQLite
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Discussions
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access Discussions
what is microsoft access used for
4 comments
gail l.
GL
Microsoft Access helps you analyze large amounts of information, and manage related data more efficiently than Microsoft Excel.Read more
do you know other useful documentation besides those of Microsoft?
2 comments
Michael H.
MH
Access for Dummies is actually pretty good.Read more
Is it reliable to use Access forms just like visual basic to build applications?
2 comments
JR
If is a very small project is ok But it’s better use VB.net for create a program and store the data in MySQL or MMSQL or SQLite Read more
SQLite
SQLite Discussions
Where can i find better documentation for SQLite? Any tutorials?
1 comment
Krishna  m.
KM
I'm unable to access external websites, but if you have any specific text or content from the SQLite tutorial that you need help with, feel free to share it...Read more
Is SQLite free to use?
1 comment
Abhishek U.
AU
Yes. It is free and easy to use. Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
SQLite has no more discussions with answers