# Sequel Data Access Reviews **Vendor:** Fortra **Category:** [Other Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-analytics) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About Sequel Data Access A Key Part of Fortra (the new face of HelpSystems) Sequel is proud to be part of Fortra’s comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio. Fortra simplifies today’s complex cybersecurity landscape by bringing complementary products together to solve problems in innovative ways. These integrated, scalable solutions address the fast-changing challenges you face in safeguarding your organization. With the help of the powerful protection from Sequel Data Access and others, Fortra is your relentless ally, here for you every step of the way throughout your cybersecurity journey. ## Sequel Data Access Reviews ### 1. Simple, Easy to Use and Powerful Data Access and BI Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Max V. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Sequel Data Access?** SEQUEL makes it easy to develop and deploy reporting and data analysis solutions. Data can be retrieved from many databases and platforms. Solution itself is deployed via powerful and cost-effective IBM i on Power server solution. It provides rich client (Windows) as well as web interface. **What do you dislike about Sequel Data Access?** Would like to be able to access individual reports outside of the web portal using direct link, but this is a very minor issue. **What problems is Sequel Data Access solving and how is that benefiting you?** Day-to-Day reporting, BI, Data extract (ETL). Very simple and fast solution. Users are provided with a number of interfaces (web, Windows GUI or downloaded files in just about any format). ### 2. A powerful data query and reporting tool **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2018 **What do you like best about Sequel Data Access?** The breadth of queries that can made on data in order to build comprehensive reports for the business. **What do you dislike about Sequel Data Access?** We've found a lack of readily understandable guidelines for novices means there's a steep learning curve where most documents assume you have prior knowledge **What problems is Sequel Data Access solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to query the engine database for IBM Datacap and pull out comprehensive statistics for the business in order to monitor it's efficiency. ### 3. Sequel Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Sequel Data Access?** I like how fast it runs queries with a lot of data. I also love that you can take a set of data from somewhere else and create a table with it within Sequel. Then you can pull that new table in with other tables already there to create a new data series. **What do you dislike about Sequel Data Access?** I'm not extremely skilled in writing code so understanding how writing the code was challenging. The query editor does help to write the code for you but reading and understanding it was difficult for me at first. **What problems is Sequel Data Access solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using sequel to create metric reports to present to suppliers to discuss their performances. I've realized that you can create entire custom reports and link tables into Excel so everything can be refreshable instead of having to pull the data every single time. This makes creating and customizing pivots a breeze. - [View Sequel Data Access pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/sequel-data-access/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-02+05%3A27%3A19+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=19c25bf3-0f0d-4a65-9d9f-8c7c82e147da&secure%5Btoken%5D=4cd7682db3fd2312befa9facebcb4ccb0e708bcfe63368a073ccb248c18c1c7e&format=llm_user) ## Top Sequel Data Access Alternatives - [SolarWinds Database Observability](https://www.g2.com/products/database-observability/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (220 reviews) - [Azure Analysis Services](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-analysis-services/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (152 reviews) - [Azure Monitor](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-monitor/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (89 reviews)