# Jira vs Microsoft Access Comparison

| | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.0 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 7,912 | 854 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (43.8% of reviews) | Enterprise (39.0% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Free 10 Users Per Month | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Jira

Pros:
- Ease of Use (1157 reviews)
- Project Management (857 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (682 reviews)
- Complexity (504 reviews)

### Microsoft Access

**Not enough data**

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.9 (6399 reviews) | 8.4 (716 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.1 (6496 reviews) | 7.7 (722 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.1 (2672 reviews) | 7.9 (185 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 7.7 (1760 reviews) | 8.0 (171 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (5028 reviews) | 7.9 (571 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.6 (1622 reviews) | 7.8 (136 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.5 (6173 reviews) | 6.3 (716 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Jira

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: Free 10 Users Per Month

Description: Free forever for 10 users

Key Features:
- Unlimited goals, projects, tasks, and forms
- Backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar, and summary views
- Reports and dashboards

[Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/jira/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Microsoft Access

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Project Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Jira** | 8.4/10 | 1025 |
| **Microsoft Access** | N/A | N/A |

#### Tasks

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Creation & Assignment** | 9.3 (720 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Due Dates** | 9.0 (654 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Task Prioritization** | 9.2 (683 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **To-Do Lists** | 8.8 (626 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Dependencies** | 8.5 (585 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Mass Updates** | 8.2 (562 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Drag & Drop** | 8.5 (594 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Recurring Tasks** | 8.5 (509 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Projects

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Planning** | 9.0 (623 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Project Map** | 8.7 (556 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **GANTT** | 8.2 (527 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Calendar View** | 8.4 (539 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Views** | 8.6 (551 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Project Budgeting** | 7.7 (468 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Issue Tracking** | 9.3 (626 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Templates** | 8.3 (524 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Critical Path** | 8.0 (457 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Time & Expense** | 8.1 (484 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Methodologies** | 8.7 (549 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Resource Management

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resource Definiton** | 8.3 (498 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Capacity** | 8.3 (525 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Scheduling** | 8.5 (513 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Project Monitoring

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Baselining / KPIs** | 8.4 (501 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Resource Allocation** | 8.4 (514 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboards** | 8.8 (583 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | 7.4 (436 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | 7.5 (436 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Project Management

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | 7.4 (302 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | 7.7 (303 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | 7.9 (333 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | 7.6 (300 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | 7.6 (305 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | 7.4 (301 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | 7.9 (315 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Bug Tracking

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Jira** | 8.4/10 | 2190 |
| **Microsoft Access** | N/A | N/A |

#### Bug Reporting

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **User Reports & Feedback** | 8.8 (1775 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Tester Reports & Feedback** | 8.8 (1730 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Team Reports & Comments** | 8.9 (1822 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Bug Monitoring

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Analytics** | 8.6 (1720 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Bug History** | 8.9 (1847 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Retention** | 8.8 (1699 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Bug Tracking

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Adaptive Learning** | 7.6 (247 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | 7.7 (249 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | 7.6 (247 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Product Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Jira** | 8.5/10 | 4315 |
| **Microsoft Access** | N/A | N/A |

#### Communication

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Wiki Documentation** | 8.4 (2688 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Community Forum** | 8.2 (2530 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Customer Ideation** | 8.1 (2435 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Planning

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Work Capacity** | 8.7 (3169 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Task Ranking** | 8.8 (3293 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Kanban Board** | 8.8 (3085 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Custom Workflows** | 8.7 (3299 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Release Forecasting** | 8.3 (2660 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Workflow Management

| Feature | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Time Tracking** | 8.6 (3032 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Progress Monitoring** | 8.9 (3583 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Budgeting** | 7.8 (2263 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Team Scorecard** | 8.4 (2504 reviews) | Not enough data | 

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## Categories

**Unique to Jira (3):** [Bug Tracking Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/bug-tracking), [Product Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/product-management-software), [Project Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/project-management)

**Unique to Microsoft Access (1):** [Desktop Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/desktop-database)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Jira | Microsoft Access | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 23.4% | 34.0% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 43.8% | 27.0% | 
| **Enterprise** | 32.8% | 39.0% | 

### By Industry

#### Jira

- **Computer Software:** 23.6%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.6%
- **Financial Services:** 4.8%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.2%
- **Internet:** 4.0%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.3%
- **Retail:** 2.0%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 1.7%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 1.5%
- **Banking:** 1.4%
- **Other:** 30.8%

#### Microsoft Access

- **Information Technology and Services:** 7.5%
- **Higher Education:** 5.6%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 5.5%
- **Computer Software:** 4.6%
- **Financial Services:** 4.1%
- **Education Management:** 3.9%
- **Telecommunications:** 3.2%
- **Government Administration:** 2.9%
- **Insurance:** 2.8%
- **Research:** 2.7%
- **Other:** 57.3%

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## Top Discussions

### Jira

- Title: [Is Jira a good tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-jira-a-good-tool) — 13 comments, 4 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, it is. It's good for having an area to house all tasks required for a scope of work. "
- Title: [How is Jira transforming project management practices in agile software development teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/jira-how-is-jira-transforming-project-management-practices-in-agile-software-development-teams) — 11 comments, 8 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "With jira we were able to streamline team collaboration by showing the actual status of all the team effort in jira timeline while we conduct Scrum..."
- Title: [What are the features of JIRA?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/jira-what-are-the-features-of-jira) — 11 comments, 2 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Allows you to setup your project as your team/company flows thru the agile process. You can see what is next in the sprint, where others are, enter your..."
- Title: [Is Jira free tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-jira-free-tool) — 8 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "JIRA is free up to 10 users, 2GB of storage. However, they do offer paid plans for more users and storage if need."
- Title: [How is Jira transforming project management practices in agile software development teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-is-jira-transforming-project-management-practices-in-agile-software-development-teams) — 6 comments, 4 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "It helps to planning to visualizing progress, managing, backlogs and bug tracking"

### Microsoft Access

- Title: [what is microsoft access used for](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-access-used-for) — 4 comments
  > **Top comment:** "We use this when registering guests for bus trips through our tour company."
- Title: [do you know other useful documentation besides those of Microsoft?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/do-you-know-other-useful-documentation-besides-those-of-microsoft) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "There are Microsoft Access for Dummies books that I find very useful. They 're both for novices and people with intermediate skills."
- Title: [Is it reliable to use Access forms just like visual basic to build applications?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-it-reliable-to-use-access-forms-just-like-visual-basic-to-build-applications) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Comment deleted by user."
- Title: [What is Microsoft Access used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/microsoft-access-what-is-microsoft-access-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a database management system used for creating, managing, and querying relational databases, facilitating data entry through forms and generating reports."

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/jira-vs-microsoft-access)