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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00
Microsoft Access
Star Rating
(847)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Microsoft AccessVisio
Star Rating
(673)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 3 pricing plansMicrosoft Access vs Visio
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Visio easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Visio overall.
- Reviewers felt that Visio meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Access.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Visio is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Visio over Microsoft Access.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Access
No pricing availableVisio
Free
$0.00
A basic Visio plan is included for free as part of Microsoft 365 subscription.
- Great for viewing diagrams and minor editing
- Coauthor, edit, add comments, and share diagrams in real time via the Visio web app or Microsoft Teams
- Access dozens of templates and sample diagrams to create: Business diagrams, General flowcharts, Basic organization charts Infographic timelines
Free Trial
Microsoft Access
No trial information availableVisio
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
709
8.8
586
Ease of Use
7.7
715
8.1
592
Ease of Setup
7.9
178
8.7
126
Ease of Admin
8.0
169
8.1
107
Quality of Support
7.9
565
8.0
375
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
134
8.5
95
Product Direction (% positive)
6.2
710
6.7
576
Features by Category
Communication
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Content Management
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Productivity Tools
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Administration
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Logistics
Not enough data
8.4
114
Not enough data
7.9
99
Not enough data
8.3
130
Not enough data
8.2
114
Not enough data
8.1
54
Editing & Design
Not enough data
9.1
143
Not enough data
8.7
132
Not enough data
8.8
140
Not enough data
8.7
142
Not enough data
8.6
137
Agentic AI - Org Chart
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Design Tools
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Communication Tools
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Integrations
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Software Offering
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Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
Not enough data
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Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Visual Tools
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Mind Map Availability
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Agentic AI - Mind Mapping
Not enough data
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Collaboration
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Hardware
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Security
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - Visual Collaboration Platforms
Not enough data
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Platform Basics
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Platform Additional Functionality
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Access and Visio share no categories
Unique Categories
Microsoft Access is categorized as Desktop Database
Visio is categorized as Org Chart, Diagramming, Collaborative Whiteboard, Mind Mapping, Visual Collaboration Platforms, and Wireframing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Access
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Visio
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Information Technology and Services
9.9%
Hospital & Health Care
6.4%
Computer Software
5.3%
Higher Education
4.6%
Computer Networking
3.2%
Other
70.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
what is microsoft access used for
4 Comments
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
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
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What is most interesting thing you like on Visio?
4 Comments
JP
That depends what are you trying to do. In my opinion. the ability to draw different types of diagrams using forms libraries, either built-in or that you can...Read more
Is there any option (search engine) available in software, where I can import shapes from Internet?
2 Comments
ES
Hello,
you can go to insert and then select online photos and type the name of the stencil you want to import. for example CISCO Stencil
regards,
ElieRead more
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