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At a Glance
MariaDB
MariaDB
Star Rating
(224)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Star Rating
(847)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Microsoft Access

MariaDB vs Microsoft Access

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

  • Reviewers felt that MariaDB meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Access.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, MariaDB and Microsoft Access provide similar levels of assistance.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of MariaDB over Microsoft Access.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
MariaDB
No pricing available
Microsoft Access
No pricing available
Free Trial
MariaDB
Free Trial is available
Microsoft Access
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
181
8.4
709
Ease of Use
8.9
183
7.7
715
Ease of Setup
8.8
113
7.9
178
Ease of Admin
8.4
109
8.0
169
Quality of Support
7.9
141
7.9
565
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
87
7.8
134
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
174
6.2
710
Features by Category
8.7
173
Not enough data
Management
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.4
22
Not enough data
Support
8.6
26
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
8.5
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
Security
8.7
27
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
Database Features
9.0
152
Not enough data
9.1
155
Not enough data
9.2
155
Not enough data
8.6
146
Not enough data
8.6
150
Not enough data
8.7
150
Not enough data
9.0
154
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
Storage
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
Availability
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Performance
9.0
8
Not enough data
Security
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Support
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
MariaDB
MariaDB
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
MariaDB and Microsoft Access share no categories
Unique Categories
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is categorized as Desktop Database
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
MariaDB
MariaDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
41.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
27.3%
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
26.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
38.9%
Reviewers' Industry
MariaDB
MariaDB
Information Technology and Services
25.9%
Computer Software
19.9%
Telecommunications
5.1%
Internet
5.1%
Education Management
3.7%
Other
40.3%
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Hospital & Health Care
5.5%
Higher Education
5.5%
Computer Software
4.5%
Financial Services
4.0%
Other
72.9%
Alternatives
MariaDB
MariaDB Alternatives
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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
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Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access Alternatives
OpenOffice Base
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Discussions
MariaDB
MariaDB Discussions
Improvements in the mechanism of replication
1 Comment
Yannick L.
YL
MarieDB Galera cluster is the way to go https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-galera-cluster/Read more
What is MariaDB used for?
1 Comment
Avnish A.
AA
It is a relational database that stores data in form of row and column coming as input from a source like application softwaresRead more
What is MariaDB server?
1 Comment
NC
MariaDB server is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is compatible with MySQL. I'm pretty sure it was a fork of MySQLs...Read more
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